The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1862-08-09
TRADING WrrR TIE YANKEES.

Marshal General in that State, TO
be allowed to trade with the city OF
New Orleans, in provisions, &c,
Gen r. has returned the following
able and patriotic answers, refusing
the request;
FIRST DIsrRIcr PRoVosT MAR J
sHAL GENERALS OFFICE,
TANGIPAHoA, July II, 1862. J
To Mcssys. H. b. Haad, Thomas
Gillespie and other citizens of
the Parish Of ST. 7ammaay,
COMMUNICATION petition ask
ing permission to open trade with
the enemies Of your country who
occupy New Orleans and Baton
Rouge, the commercial and political
capitals of your State, has been re-
ceived by Gen. Ruggles, and l am
directed by him to reply,
In doing so | beg leave to call
your attention to General Order
No, 2, from these headquarters, and
to paragraph Ist OF General Order
No. 9, from Department Headquar-
tiers, prohibiting all intercourse and
traffic with the enemy, or persons
within its lines, and announcing the
penalty of death against those who
engage in it. Copies of these are
herewith enclosed for your informa.
ton,
These orders have been called
for by the stern necessities Of the
times, and it is believed, have met
with the most universal approval
of the loyal citizens of the country
Nor is there anything novel in the
regulations they prescribe, or the
penalties they announce. They
but declare and clothe with penal
sanctions doctrines long established
and universally recognized.
Even in your communication,
while asking to be exempt from
their provisions, you recognize their
justice, for you say: eve are aware
that in time of war there should Je
no trade between beligerants," But
you urge that yours is an exception.
al case, and that to enforce this rule
would subject you to great hard
ships,
For now more than twelve month >
your country has been engaged ii.
a gigantic struggle for existence.
Her noble people have poured out
their treasures as water, and like
the ancient patriarchs, have not
even withheld their children from
the sacrifice, but have cheerfully
sent them forth to encounter the
tolls of the march, the diseases Of
the camp and perils of the battle,
field. Hundreds of them have fall
en- by the wayside--thousands have
fingered and died in the hospitals,
many Of them for the want Of med
icines which could not be obtained,
and thousands more have persisted
on the field Of battle. But their thin
and wasted ranks have been filled
by others, eagerly pressing forward
to take the place of the fallen, and
to-day your flag is proudly borne
in the face Of and behind the foe by
men half. clothed, half. fed, and who
for months have not known even
the rude comforts of a soldier S tent
Nor has the army been alone in this
respect: every class Of society has,
to greater or less extent, been sub
jected to hardships and priyations,
which to their lasting honor, be it
said, have been firmly and even
borne. And if, gentle
men, the time has come, when you
are called upon to take your portion
of the widespread suffering, the
General commanding hopes and be-
lieves that you will not be found
wanting in courage and fortitude to
bear it like men and patriots.
You say that if not permitted to
dispose Of your bricks, lumber, etc,
they will be mere rubbish on your