St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-06-12
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Rebel Barbarities.


Rebel Barbarities. .
When ths ctx fsaconciliate" acobsil
|iats II is aised II dealing with thd rtbsl
|lion, i should % remembered to YhoSm1,ii
is wo ire sskedlto grant this Cancellation
Every report 4iomaths battle field Shes'
that the mass Of the rebel soldiers arr
worse than -unoivil;sed barbarians-ru r
detous, reveneeful and degraded. The,
have been 20 long accustomed to seeing
those above them in the social and politi
cal scale treat human beings ia their pow
er With unbouuded cruelty, that this hat
become. "A almost iaherentqushty Of thei'
nature, and i is now they show tbs effects
of such . state Of society. Wounded and
he lpless soldiers who! fall in their power
are butohe+ed in cold blood --''ttse1i;r Mroat'
, c;4'lt f>on, cdr 70 Garland the b9aies Of
the dead INITIATED and 4aisdgursd. When
;Demeerstic, conservatives" (alie' trait,
iors) ask that couoiliation b, offered would
they bear it ID the rebels under the e., fi+Ss
Of truce which ! was s. IN defiance Of -ll laws
of civilized warfare, fred upon when pre-
scented BY Col. Henley, is1'she battle at
Williamsburg! Would they 60 'beall'ns
rs III y.~ Z EES.saF
the olive. branch in one hand and the Com
stitution. il The Other and holding out
the latter say, "Fricnis, misguided breth-
rem, come again sooder the 'broad 'protcc-
ton Of this charter Of. our libertiss;' You
did wrong 10 refusing; VS. permission 70 pay
your taxes, carry your mails, and catch
your n,ggers; if We have not yet eaten
dirt enough at your feet, here we are ready
to do service to our utmost capacity, ana
to this the limit has never yet. been
found ?" This is the way in which the
address issued by the Democratic Members
Of Congress, and endorsed BY the Demo
cratic papers throughout the land would
have us put down the rebellion and restore
the Union. But would this be effective ?
None bat traitor will say So The way
to crush treason now, and forever, is BY
the cold steel of Northern bayonets, car
ried by the unfa'tering hands of Northern
is by such charges as that Of
The Minnesota Fifth at Corinth, that we
are tv be restored to lasting peace and tran
guilty. H~
As proof Of what we have said We ask
for the following extract from
he official report of Brigadier General
Gordon, who was engaged in the battle It
Williamsburg: = ~. - -}s,si :.
NY retreating columns suffered . serious loss
ii the streets of Winchester; males and. fe-
males Wed with each ether in increasing the
,umber Of their victims by firing from the
aouses, throwing hand grenades, hot water, and
nissils Of every description. The hellish spir-
t Of murder was carried out by the enemy's
truck down with saber and pistol the helpless
'oldier sinking from fatigue, unheeding his
'ries for mercy, Indifferent to his claims as q
prisoner of war. d.,
This record Of infamy is preserved for the
emalss of Winchester. But this is not all
Dur wounded in hospital, necessarily left to
he mercies Of our enemies, am credibly in
ormed, we're bayoneted by the rebel infantry,
n the same town, in the SANG apartments
where we, on the victorious field Of Winchcs
er so tenderly nursed the rebel wounded;
we're even so more than barbarously rewarded.
The rebel cavalry, scoulI appear, care no
quarter. 1t cannot be doubted that they butchered
'ur straggl:rs; that they fight Under black aaG;
Sat they cried, as then SLEW the ,ceary and jaded,
'Give no quarter to thetd-d Yankees"
The above is sufficient to show what
slavery will do to degrade humanity-trea-
on, assassination and butchery are its off,
'prings. The following contrmatory item
=: from the Pittsburg (Pa) D'spatc1:
A respectable gentleman of this city,
whose son IS in Col. Black regiment, has
bown US letter from the young man, da-
ed New Kent Court House, May IA At
er mentioning that he had arrived, with
lis regiment, at West Peint, after the bat
lie there between Frankhn's Division and
he Rebels, the Indignant soldier says to
lis father = -: l. 49,. stre:.. , - t,~-et3 =
II saw about sixty of the dead. Some had
heir threats eat from ear to- ear. It was done
fter they were wounded. It was an awful
o. - d!
The father Of the writer allows us to-
i've his name freely to any respectable
'arty who denies that the Rebels have
such in ernal barbarities upon
'ur troops. n"3 .a@>"" =. .t,
This 6endishness is not, confined. acne
o the spriv.tes, buteppears to be instiga-
ed. If not carried into actual effect. bv the