The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1862-07-10
Low the Rebels should be Treated
R A Southern Patriots views,
C0l FOrney wrlIes . lh0 PhlIad0lPhil

a sOutneEu NuUlOVA NieNs'
Col Forney writes TO tho Philadelphia
Press.
have letter before me, written by
one Of the heroes who fought under our
lag at PiItsburg Landing. He says; !
cast my first vote in the State Of Tennes-
see, l was horned and raised Ia Demo.
crat of the straightest sect, and | have
known personally for tho last sixteen
years many Of the leading men Of the
South; but when ] see what have seen,
Che tiger is aroused ia my nature -
Every ridge is rough with gravesl 1t
mokee me shudder to think Of them. 1t
Is by np means ar uRCrequent sight to see
ihe bhy kened hand Of tho dead exen.
ding lrons the soil, as if in suppliOation
slor decent burial feel as if It would
be delight to turn common haagmaG,
and spend the balance of my days in
choking to dCnI b the instigstors Of this
internal rebellion It's doubtless crime
to murder one's neighbor for gold; TO
burn his house; to commit piracy upon
ihe high seas, but, in my estimation, the
man who commits one or all Of these
1crimes is an angel oflight compared with
stbe instigators Of this rebellion And
& yet we are called upon to consider this
WAR a m marc difference ofpolitics, and hon.
ornble members of Congress lift up sheir
bands in holy horror when you talk even
Eofso mild punishment as conGscation,
Where is but one way to close this re.
tbellion, and that is 10 crush il out with
lpn iron hand. The slaYeholding South,
with the exception ofsuch loyal men as
you find in Eastern Tennessee and West.
FERN North Carolina, and in Missouri,
Kentucky, Maryland, aud Western Vir.
Iginia, is rotton with treason. Slavery
breeds treason as certainly as q minsma'
Etc swamp breaths ague Let US destroy
THAT tree not at once, for it might crush
Ehs in its fall but at least, let us giEdle it
Iland cut Off ito top root, and it will die by
degrees. It's leaves are already withering
sand, as It's branches shrivel, they will
Elrop to the ground, enriching the soil
lupon which they fall. The black race is
llloyal, docile and patient. Ny policy is
lto exclude Slavery from all the Terrific
bries of the Union, present and prosPec
Etiyc;to free the slaves o the rebels and,
hive them the lands of their masters in
lease, with the privilege of purchasing
sin fee simple, upon the payment ola fair
blaluation We must adopt this policy,
BGr maintain an immense ormy in the Sc
ded. States for the next one hundred
And now hear Colonel Robert M. Lee,
Of your city, another Democrat, who
writes over the dead body Of his gallant
son, these honest words
"Tbe individual who could have wit
messed the sceIes l have witnessed since
my my arrival here, and hesitate before
the most stringent measures the Govern.
ment can adopt; to bring tospeedy judge.
ment the traitors to our Government, is
unworthy the name OF man. Mercy 10
them is cruelty to civilization, and as for
patience with the sympathisers of trai-
tors in our communities s-this is little
short of treason. They should bo driv-
on from our midst, orcompelled TO aban-
don their reasonable practices and con-
versation, and that 81 once"
Those are better arguments than the
resolutions of party Conventions-better
testimonials in favor Of the right and
against the wrong than the inhtgues of
politicians, the snoers of di9afected dem
agogues, and the uttcrance of the delicate
dilcttannt of tho club houses.