St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-06-05

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he said il was part Of TIE shinbone of man.
The soldiers represented that there were lats
's u,e seus s.ss 'hs hs':
|nE ;. Tae outrases upon the dead will rev,iv.
the rsselIections Of the cr4elties to which say
age tribes subject their prisoners. They we're
buried In many cases naked, with their feces
downward. IL They we're lett to. decay in, the
open air, their bones carried off ss trophies,
Sometimes, 40 the testimony proves, to be used
a. personal adornments, and one vitness de-
liber%1ely ayers that the head of one Of our
most gallant otiotr& was cut Of by secession
it, % b turned into . drinking cup on tho
occasion Of his marriage. Monstroas ~ this
revelation nay appear to Re, your comuaitte
have been informed that during the lest two
weeks the skull of Un;on soldier has been
exhibited in tho Office OF the Sergeant at Arms
OF the House of Representatives, which had
been converted to such = purpose, and which
sl prisoners taken in . recent coDnict The
Testimony Of Governor sSpregue, of Rhode IT,
land, iy most interesting. 1t confirms the worst
reports against the rebel soldiers. and concla-
'siveiy proves that the body Of one the bravsst
stheers in the volunteer service vas burned.
He does not hesitate to add that this h yena de-
secrssion Oft honored corpse vas because the
rebels believed it to be the body of Colonel
Sloculn. ag gAinst whom they were infuriated Tor
having isplay eA 30 much courage ar d chival-
ry ~. tprci1g hisIegimtnt tea,lessly and bra
vely upon them. These disclosures, estab; ;ish-
ing. ast they incontestably do, the consis,en,
,nhuuanity OF the rebel leaders, will be read
with sorrow and ind nation by the people oi
the loyal States. They should inspire these
people 70 renewed exer,ions to protect our
| country from the restoration TO power Of such
men. They sh"ulI, and " bell. W they will
arouse the disgust and honor Of foreign notions
against this unholy rebellion"
have mysell seen . letter written bys f.
male IN Alabama to her brother in tho rebel
! for having written to her 'wish Tie blood Of d
lankss" .a
In , speech lately delivered in New York
Psrson Brownlov, the hei Ut East tennessee
gave additional testimony on this revoltiua
| subject in these words:
why, gentlemen, after the battle Of Manas
! sas they passed through our town on furlough
officers aud privatss going down into Dixie
| e1aultNt, and brought with them divers vhs,
they s.Iied Yankee heads-ihe entire heads Of
Union 1roops-soms Of them With, long b ard
aud they would take them by the hair and
shake they out OF the window. and say, "A
damned Yankees heSd!' This 10 the spirit o.
,h. vile, untored savages Of hell, and he whc
apologies for them is no bettsr than hs vh<
is perpetrstor Of the crime"
These, sir, are the beings in whose behal
our elemency in invoked! These are th.
! ''ohlvSlrous southern hearts you would viz
, back by hin iness! Those are the creature.
over whose success northern sympat hlsers re
joice Tne blood curdles in our veins, and we
tuen away with sickening disgust from tn,
cont empla.ion Of their horrid crimes to in
quire what gigantic inquity it is that bresd'
such moral monsters. The answer is obvious
1t il slavery that vitia ed the conscience, de
stroyed the morals, bru,alized the soul, and, il
l,s own foul tens, generated these monsters O.
wickedue 8, whose mad attempts to- destroy
the Republic Is characterized by the frigntfu
sscesses to which have referred All tn,
want, misery, strife, treacbery, blooished, bar
bAr.ty, and desolation which now stalks
through this once happy e.un,ry, have thei
origin in the fell system Of human bondage
which it has nourished and protected. an
neunce new doctrine borne of modern fan
aticism. l out accept present troubles an.
per.ls - the ripe fruits Of slavery aud as tn,
fulfllment Of predictions uttered long ago b,
the sages ofthe Revolution - =;