The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-07-06

their own medicine and they WIN soon be cured We
on this subject from our Richmond ex
changes.
We know not what may be the instructions or inten-
tons Lee but do know the heart Of this
country is burning for vengeance. We know that the
Presidents plantation has long since been revenged
plundered the estate Of General Lee long ago cons
Gated The richest regions OF Louisiana and OF Tennessee
are smoking this day and thousands upon thou
OF helpless creatures routed from their homes and
huddled within lines, living charity and wishing
General Lee has no-the formal "insructions'' lately
Issued BY the Yankee Secretary Of War; and re published
IN the MaQiirer two weeks ago; from which "instruc
tons lest anybody should have forgotten them, we re-
peat an extract:
and distractions OF the and channels of rc travel
communlcson and Of withholding Of sas,ensncs or
nemys country affords necessary for the subsst
Whether this Yankee be sound or not, il is
their law and their practice Here around the Of
bands Of their brsands have been landing in every
burning spelling reducing TO desolaton all the abors aud
possessions OF man they have passed through our and
IKE destroying demons panic In their van, and ID their
private property as read in the Yankee papers,
"has been hitherto respected by the rebeshas t. m
deedY Then are those laws Of and military
sity which allow sail destruction Of property and with
holding Of all sustenance and means OF life from the
enemy TO be held TO apply TO us alone batting as we are
for homes and liberties and not to apply 20 the nvad
ing foe who laid down these very rules and set US
erocious an example in reducing them to practceY This
statement however, about prospecting private property
refers hope, to Maryland only, and TO good confede
in Maryland only. II II be practiced In pennsyi.
vana Ohio, then IL will amount to an invitation,
and o guaranty Of impunty, for every Milroy
and Rosecrans rob and devastate country when
he pease Respect for the private property OF our
people requires that should not respect the pr
property OF the enemy this occasion. whole
example Of wide spreading, ndiscrimnate havoc
now would be strict OF reprisas, warning
and lesson, which would necessarily have fine effect
Tor the rest OF the war.
We are not aware Of the Confederate officers doing
the Yankees dO-gtoaliuQ packing
up panos rummaging ladies' trunks This il not the
sort of thing But there is objection To
army setting tire to the four corners Of Philadelphia or Of
misunderstanding uninhabited desert OF Pennsyl
vana or Ohio, or both, the French did when they
burned the paatinae They had such need never
sucn provocaton as we have. Petty larceny s not the
forte Of the Confederate soldiers but OF stern and
fierce retrbutiOn, sweeping over guilty land like
Judgment Of God, might suit them well.
For this ia real war not by any means Presidential
campaign we cannot afford to handle such an enemy
with gloves Of sofest kid. Kid gloves cost too much
now, owing TO the blockade.
The Wing Says
The terror of the enemy the approach Of troops
just such guilt and cowardce should have been expect
ed TO manifest at the prospect OF punishment. They
know that their nvasions Of have been attended by the
most shocking barbarities ana ourages and they nau
rally expect retaliation proportioned to our wrongs We
sincerely trust that they not be disappointed They
have chosen TO disregard all the humanics Of war; u
substitute the torch for tho sword; to ncite own
slaves to the hes work Of 10 make war upon
non combatants-upon women and chldreu-the old and
the nrm to openly ayow the purpose OF destroying the
Of subsistence and creating famine and starvation
and though cannot reaiate precisely in all respects
yet can teach them the sharpness and bitterness OF
waged In this spirit, and make them repent in the
agony their suffering the wckedDess OF which
they have guilty. IL General Lee gets Yankeedom
fairly the rack he should not stay his hand till every
snew in its monstous carcass is snapped and every bone
broken Men sometimes made the Instruments OF
Heavens vengeance and in Furnishing such atrocious
crimes have marked this in the only way in which
prevented, could doubted that doing tho
work OF Him who has said, Vengeance s nine"