Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-06-16
Yankaa Atrooities.

and fortune to ayenge the wrong punish the wrong
aoer and appesse the passion that masters his whole
being. refined wOman in feeble health, is left az
home, with her babes and female Servants The house
Is beset by and burnt over her head her person
violated and she is driven into the fields and woods Her
servants are carried tR by the despOier her algbted
iafaLts are left to the Of the outr gel mother,
whose n6rmit es disable her from procuring for them
means Of subsistence even if the barns mad not been
desiroyed the cattle sal the provisions stolen or van
tonly wasted and the growing crops leveed With the
ground.
This scene il not witnessed alone by the ravagers and
their unoaeuding victims. Many neghbOrs, men of
high social position s,alwart and reoute are speeta-
tors tom tie beginning the end. They are not 81
lent They heap, upon the rufiAns all manner of re-
proaes, tel them that theis conduct is shameful, COW
ardly fendth, and mpore them in the name Of chris
.anity and civilization desist from their barbares
But all the time they venting this eloquent indgna-
ton their arms are folded upon their broad Chess
They DO 10, lirt 3 finger Of Interference.
lit be asked why men so powerfully framed and so
evidently well bred are content to stand as idle witness
e. Of such brutality the only expected reply would be
that they we're parayzed ard physically incapable Of
making good their words by corresponding actions
Whatmust be establishment when oftbeir own accord,
they deny the charge Of physical inability, and own
With compaeeut administration that they do net
lively intervene to stop these atrocities or the
that they DO net deem prudent 10 incur the anger Of
the ruGiAns and ind in this house-burning, vic
l,tpg crop destroying Vandalism a source Of peeuniary
beneit2
One weuld suppose that the earth does rot contain
I'D hat Ia int shot o1 II
purely laneul II it we're asserted that the scene is
real, and the men who display such inhuman indiGer
eoce to the su.rrgs Of women and children capable of
being pointed out general outery would be raised for
their names and Ilae.s Of abode That they belonged
10 the lowest race Of mankind end inhabited the
mote corners Of the earth, could not for moment be
doubted.
We have before slip from piper called "7Ls
STANDARD" printed not month sgO in the city Of
London, the capital OF The British Empire The Stand
ard il if we mistake not an Abolition organ. It
speaks Of the manner Of Waging in America, and
con rass the attocous system Of the North with the
practice Of civilized Europe. When civilized Eu
ropean nations make upon each other, 'the lives
and property ofuon-comblan,s religOusy respect
ed the country Is not ravlged, the harvess
tonly dsstrOyed The saeking Of O~ns the burning of
Vages the ravsgng Of feds and the destruction of
property are repugnlnt the mereful rules Of our
mod m CODE 49, at would seem mon
s,rOus thing that we should send troops ndiscrim
nA,ey to scour the country mi sion Of burning ard
DESTROYING" "In the Northern war, IS
carried on By the Northern armies have example
of ever thing tbas war ought not to beof nothing that
it should be- The humane system Of warfare, as inter
I w.
cause Mcclellan failed. For some reason OF their owr,
the pltriots seem determined prOSng the indie
6nitely. Taey might if they chose march 400 900 or
100000 men straight upon Redmond and end the duel
by battle beneath is walls Instead Of this, they d.
vide their forces into ten or dozen divisions, which
are scattered in all directions through the eneuys coun
try. This can lead to no result"
Il clear according the Standard that the object
of the North is 70 prOons the long possible,
q lay waste and destroy the South its people
into submission a word TO wage not after the
manner Of civilized nations but in the savage fashion
Of barbarans Of the lowest type The Standard "a
tempts fully to lay bare the h,deOus misery of once
happy and smiling country" Toe passage in which this
attempt is made 50 well done, that quote it entire
,Tbere are men in Missouri fighting ike Red Indians
There are Federals in esq louisiana making ike
briVauds There is State in the unfortunate Sou
which is not by this time Injured TO blood and havoc
One Federal division which assembled the other day
A creek Of the Mississippi destroyed in less than |
A week plantation properly valued at three millions
of dollars and seven hundred thousand bushels Of
corn. The same devastation Is being wrought in |
Tennessee and Louisiana The object OF the North |
IA IN desrrv ~ absolute starvation the brave people
which il sl 6g -suhjugate by arms It is a shame
70 Chrisb-u men, it would be disgrace to savages
n Is WORTHY OF tends. This IS not the only feature
Of the war which partakes Of the diabolcal.- |
IL was but the other day that Irish major general
man held in honor in New York famOus Tor his incapa-
city and infamous by his crime distinguished himself
BY the deliberate murder Of cOmrade in arms. Tbs
Is nothing % graduate In murder would to be a
necessary part OF The education Of Northern general
We DO not say it WantOnly viniictvey; the reflection
Is forced upon BY iact the narration OF which will
cause shudder in every Christian who reads it
Tue Federal general commanding In Missouri has
issued order Of the day, in which he directs that all
Confederate soldiers taken prisoners in that Stale
10 be summariy executed and disposed Of by hanging
CT shooting. This is the way in which the Federal |
Americans carrying on var which is abhorrent TO
Con and prescription so hdeOus that il makes
blush 90 think thai these Of the race and
sneak the same language ourselves How long must
Eafope look on How long will she stand BY motion
less aud rneomIlniniI 81 By permitting such things
without protest the nations OF Europe becoming
cessory 10 crimes black and mOnstrous that they
blast the very age in VII Oh live ike the breath of
furnace
So, then, the picture Of the violated woman driven
With her babes into the wilderness no fancy sketch
The men Who stand BY with folded arms are not III
Islanders, but Englshmen. How eloquenty the Stand
ard resOunts the wrongs Of The South how bitterly it de-
nounees the atrocities Of the North, and how persist
Oaty E0gand holds alOOf and eOmpels France and al
Europe 70 follow her example Is she less guilty than
tie NoriA tsells Not one Whit The crimes to which
shs EarOpe, is accessory" 'blaek and mon
srOus that they blast the very age in which we i've like
ne bleAti Of furnace" The language is strong the
Indignation noble. Was there ever more beautiful
display Of the 6ne words that butter no parsniPsi
There is a Circumstances attending the atrocities Of