Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-11
AN ENGLISH GLANCE AT TIE STONE FLEET

AN ENGLISH GLANCE AT THE STONE FLEET.
tFrsm the London Tines Dec. 10
The longer the civil war in America lasts the
dent becomes the signs that il is brutazng at eas.
Of tee combatans Ii We had opportunities Of watching
the deeds Of the ConieGerates closely follow
those Of the Fsdsrals might possibly ind that the
progress towards vengeance is not very unequal
in both parties. So far However. as events have public
ly uaaspired e is he North phieh "a SroOinq fes aud
bioodtkirstt e IS he high protesting PWritdns Vho
trsaisl 20 my9sr in cold blood Il IS the citizens Of
Nss York aud Boston, claiming credit for ciuiizdii0n
AID literary taste, Who erW'.T7 IA the commission
Of SaatoH distraction War is terrible enough at BEST
bu, war has lie mi.igations among civilized men
We DO rot 10 Europe when take city cut the
throats OF all the and children, as the Talpngs
have done in China neither do we burn down the city
ard SOW sal. upon the site sometimes done
in Elr6pe in blrbarous days. We do not torture our
prisoners after the described in Mr.. Ooopei's
redskin novels As civilized and christian men, put
birdie the worst instincts Of our animal nature
even in our mousns OF Eos; intense element There
things ashamed to do ia the heai of conflict,
ald we count that man mere villain who when there
is 10 fght raging eOy revenge without danger and
can feel tsroeous oy the il fiction OF suffering.
There ere tad sgGs in tie recent from America.
Already have the Northern Government threatened TO
hang up all the prisoners they may take at sea, and al
ready have thy filed prisons with condemned vicms,
whom they boas; that they about TO put TO death
l. is quite clear, according 10 all laws DIVIDE and human,
tha; FEEDER. Government have right TO hang
these after taking them prisoners at sea than they
have hang any prisoners they take land Ii would
be murder TO do 50. But much tear tha, this crime
Nouli have sycady been committed if i. had depended
solely upon the VII Of tie Northern R.pablc. The
however also have prisoners aud prisoners
or note. They have chosen from them 6y lot number
equal 70 that OF 100 seanen threatened who 20
tergO the tGrdshps and 70 endure the fate.
Here are the rst STEPS taken towards feniish emula.
ton in human sacrifices Meantime the two sets OF pris
ouers tortured by comtcress dungeons hard usage
ud prison diet The House OF Representatives takes
her eager step forward in this downward pah,
and addresses President irh the torture Of
iamned cells starvation upon the captives taken
.om under the British flag. or course this would be
5t signal tor further retaliation, and would but send
OF Ter ecers OF the Northern army into close con6ne
ne nj In tho prisons Of the South Il is game OF tor
turA the North leadag OF aud the South followirg
.uit Up TO the present moment actual murder has
been committed. We may, however, expect every day
70 har that Of these prisoners has died under
the har3hips he is enduring and that prisoner on the
other side has been publicly banged TO revenge bis
sah If this dreadful play OF death for death Is once
togu1, it must go till The prisons emp.ied
10Th sides and the between the Anglo Saxon Amer
i,ans will b. Ike a war OF cInpi5als.
Again there are limits to the rights Of destruction
,hcr even a nation at war may exercise We read 10
Gsot:us and other writers upon the state Of and
pace that an people who deserve the name Of nation
nave in all times respected Thugs which beneficial
,hr ~aols human Thus there is rule derived
from the authority of Holy Writ that fuit shall be
asvd ahesegsr iouud Tue Implements Of the husband
man have also been hell sacred. To Conquer, and
to destroy is the right vf beigerent nation Of civilized
,eiugs. Yet We told, with dlstardly eIultston,
a. .ets have gone forth from New London ard New
e. d0rd lcdaH not With soldiers and arms, blt with
,ss and thar these fleets with their stony burihens
s.u;, led bsoadide, have obrated for years to come
,e Nanles Of enrT ny s5A 10 those cursed cities Char
,,,on ami Savannah" The object is 10 strange these
Great oats OF commerce. not TO repOsses them but TO
Destroy hsm for al tine "0f the effectiveness of such
stone IOckads writes TIE eHuug journalists OF New
Yo-k - be no doubt. Tae main ship channel
.1dng 20 savannah is but two huldred aud fifty yards
sr,ss the place, aud b. perfectly barred
~ half d Of these vessels Charleston harbor is
ously cEau e 20 the sane treatment Olce sunk these
Oh hulks becc points for The accumulation Of sluv
which the MYERS Des- down, and OF The sand which
:hs tides carry back. Tnere is natural tendency ~
.1ch pors 10 form DISTINCTIONS and all have do H.
A. ths physicians sFy, to assist nature.
"Bsccuin- thor Nughly mbsdded in the sand, these
accumulatOls bu; advance With time, forming uncOn-
suer.tl Obstacles 70 eopening the hTbors and esAb
shng-a blockade which the hig'es: pressure diplomacy
Il tae world ~ be utterly Poweress raise" II this
bs true-aud we believe the tact Of ths attempt is esah.
.hed-i,i an srg OF hostility tae whole hum race
The civil yea eek refused to put out "the eye Of
eecsy" tic savage American sas in full seclrity TO
.,raize al thu senses by which the Southern States
r,r5t communicate in all time to come with the outer
9" So
world ut be confessed SAYS this eIulfng Van.
fL '.here /, something woUiruiy gratifying IN this
-nsnt RESTLESS piece OF Riodimlnthean justice The
sslmusss Of tns method is and chef d &c Ia is
ay; no vlgartneatrieal yerg ,aDee laying Of city
ia ashes as those heated bragglrs OF Charleston threat
sned bur a silent blight falling on them as ttolgh out
a. In, night-deadly nevabN-and leaving those per.
6ious cHies il 4 ps;rifed aih in life" People who
you'd puck the un OF the heavens TO put their
mics 10 Darkness dry up the rivers that grass
might forever grow the soil where they bad been Of
f.ned Yet such ask for sympIthies and there
are scattered few among US who are not ashamed to
,ieutify themselves With them and their doirgL
Orcs agaiu the government OF the NORTH il tSe az
ony Of is disappointment and It's rsgs is evidently about
% make an atteUp. % spread massacre through the
protected dwell ngs OF their sstranged bre.hrsl That
ne division OF these two vast countries mus occasion
ne extinction Of slavery Que sho looks thoughully
rpou passing doubt Two independent States
O. nno stand side by side without the element OF slavery
oozlug forth. And this design Of the North has moth
" 10 DO With slavery principle. II cOntempates
tho negro only ss instrument OF revenge. IL means
not the sutjsion Of armed men ia fair fight but hoi
hle deeds tommi;.ed upon defenceless Whs Of every
age and sex Here ag4il Webelisve that the success
u the sch me will not by any correspond with
he atrostv Of the reception But il is terrible
for men calling themselves CIVILIZED to have
t.mplated Il is terrible alike for whites aud for blacks
tor seems tta after exciting these black men to work
on. thii uumIly rsgcugs the North does not propose
0 endure their pr,ssucC Mr. Lincoln, like one Of the
dsspots OF the ToId, undertakes to transport the
yhcis race, slave AID Zee, territory which
Nhite n ~ desires, bu. which Mr. Lincoln will buy for
them, that he may lever more behold sable face.
All thes1 thirgi are, ye., but In their commence
nsut Some are only threatened; others only ter
ativsly begua. They promise however, in their deyel
opui such scenes Of horror "a tue world has never
seen srcs men ought like wild beasts. Agaius: such
methods of protest al the outset Against bloody
r-priscs against the 'antoA distraction of those har-
bours which bsnet,en. Creator has given for tho en-
,yments Of ali bis creatures against ilcitlous to do
nestle rapae and murder protest 10 the name OF hu
mani.y and iFizaiol There is scope enough given
nv the laws for ruthless deeds but sct3 Of
ance never We, decided greet war and ought not 10
De permitted bt tte guardians Of the civilization Of man
Giad. 8.
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