Washington telegraph., 1863-07-08

| hEfALlATloN ON NON-COM BATANTs--II An
evil disposed man should enter the family of
anotAer, and, prompted by malignant hate,
massacre his wife and children, he would be
execrated as a monster in the mouths Of all
mea. If the injured man should follow him
to the ends of the earth, and tear his heart
from his breast, all men would, despite the
sermon on the mount, applaud the deed. But
if he should enter the house of the murderer,
and slay his wife and children in return, how
ever we might pity his m adness, we would be
shocked at the deed as the act of a savage.
| And it, on the other hand, he should find the
| family of the murderer in distress, and speak
kindly and forbearingly to them, and pass
them by unharmed, all would recognize in that
| the highest exaltation of the sentiment of a
| gentleman and a Christian.
The low minded, unrefined, cruel and vim
dictive spirit of the Northern people, has
manifested itself towards the innocent non
| combltants of the South in acts of cruelty and
indignity, since their invasion of our soil.
| They have insulted women, driven them with
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from their homes. They have murdered the
men, burned their houses, ravagcd their pro-
perty.
| We have now begun a counter invasion.
| How noble the contrast we may present by re-
framing to do likewise, We are making his
tory. Let it not only be filed with heroic deeds
of arms but with prouier monuments for pos
terity to admire. The Northern character has
exhibited itself regardless of courtesy to the
women or humanity to the children of a people
who never injured them. We hope to exhibit
| to the world that Southern chivalry extends
its deferential courtesy to the wives and
daughters of those who have injured Us, and
the innocent partakers of the detestab!e blood
of their fathers Southerners have proven
themselves cavaliers "sdas peur." The time
comes to prove that, under provocations which
might have stirred the blood of less sober
to the mad rage of the tiger-they are also
''sans reprochs."
We adopt the following, which we find in the
State Gazette. Speaking of our advance into
Pennsylvania. it says:
"Instead of making war upon women and
children, and non-combatauts, our army pro-
tects them, as well as private property. Every
thing needed by thc army is bought and paid
for. Large amounts If supplies, clothing,
cavalry and artillery horses; and. indeed.
everything needed by the army aud the
try, will be procured. paid for in our money.
aud brought into our lines. This feature nj
the invasion particularly reioices n. Our
enemies will learn that while their armies.
| from Generals to private soldiers. have. with
rare exceptions, been hnt bands of robbers.
house burners and murdercrs, who spared
neither sge nor sex, nor condition. ours have
prosecuted the war Ike cy.izci Christians.
spared non-comba;autS. aud protected peace
ablc citizens in the possession ot thrir property
This course will be of advantage IN our caa~r
in several ways Fart, it is right. Second.
being right. the contrast with our enemies will
be greatly to our advantage hcior. the civil
lied worl-wc are making history Yhird.
the people. content with our mild rule. aud
finding tIade vitE profitable. will hc male
friends instead of enemies. EeHrtA, every lol-
lar Of Confederate money put II circulation
among the Northern people. gives them N in
terest, 10 the extent o.! IL value IN our cause,
and thus AN interested party will BE lrought
into existence who VIII favor our independence
and separate nationality
DEvELoPuESrs.-Fromt the hrst we have be-
ovsd that the ultra Abolition sentiment Of the
North was not averse to the dissolution Of the
Union. They are honest. aud have all the
spect from which we are able t0 extend 70
sincere motives in the minds of men rendered
fanatical by morbid moral sentiments. Many
of them have actually believed slavery 10 be
sin, just as some crazy seets believe marriage
to be, and act upon that belief right hon estly-
They woui. have abolished it, IL they could
have done -. ia the o.d U"i5n. Not being
able to clTcc, that. they prefer to be rid Mt ihr
responsibility which they think attaches 10
them on account OF slavery, whilst they main
tain politiua, connection with us. Ne would
be glli to get rid of them. God knows, and
Join with theiu IN prosecuting ihe divorce. We
I think this branch of Aboljtonsts have little
care for the pccuniary advantages to be derived
from their connection with the South. and
prefer a smaller and poorer government. ex
purgated of this institution which annoy> their
conscience. !, is from the miiler Republicans
and the Democrats ihlt wc have most to fear.
They would keep us to prey upon form
erly.
In ouI las we noticed split amongst the
German papers in st. Louis. Thc more ultra
Republicans oppose Lincoln, and have hoisted
the name of Fremont. They are gradually
adopting the ultra Abolition view Of the cas,
it appears. Enigmatcal as it seems, We would
not be at all astonished yet, to find the first
propositions for peace on the basis Of recog-
milton to come from this quarter, long before
| the Democrats cease to talk of the ''staIs and
| stripes" and ..the best government the world
ever saw, and rivers running into the Gulf,
and all that nonsense, by which they deude
| themselves into the idea that if the North will
only to punish us, will he grateful
and repentant and rush back into the Union
| again, and give them up all the loaves and
\ fishes without any recognition, and glad to get
out of a scrape.
Mr.. Conway, of Kansas, it may be remem-
bered, broke ground upon this subject in the
last Federal Congress, by offering some very
strange resolu tions looking to recognition. Ii
was whispered then that it was done by the
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