The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1863-07-03


more and more impressed with its horror.
The negro Regiments are placed on guns
boats. They go up river, firing shot
sand shell into the country on both sides.
They fire storm of shot and shell into
the unarmed village of Darien, inhabited
by women and children, as they approach
the aoAorf! They land, rob and burn the
place, and return,to glory over the Fbold'
adventure. - r. ~ ~
In the name of humanity, is this the
way America makes war? Is the educa-
!, ton of the "poor negro to be a soldier and
citizen Is this the way to restore the
Union Is this the way to perpetuate the
glory, yof ',the, most benefcent Govern
rhent" on earth ? Is the President of the
United. States willing to have the histori-
an record of him, personally, that under
his rule such deeds were done in the broad
sunshine of, Georgia ..aa. ..a5l
., We speak for our country, our name,
our cause, our humanity. AL require
that the responsibility for this wrong be
removed as far as possible from the Anne
rican people and their Government. I'it.
It will not do to tell the world that it is
the mere fault of one man, who has made
mistake. On the contrary, Que year ago
the whole country rang with the cry Of alb
olition against those who proposed to for
bid pillage. Generals were condemned
who defended Rebel property" 3.
=, The radical party assumed the whole
responsibility of this barbarism, and on
them it rests, They see a "military OBJ
ject' to make it ''legitimate.'', Where is
the officer now in our army who dare shoot
soldier for pillage Where is the court
martial that dare hang a man for stealing
either Rebel or Union property? The
radical influence has been steadily leading
US to this degradation in the eyes of all
civilization. It is time to change all this.
It must be changed by the voice of the
people. The Administration has mista-
ken the frenzy of the Abolitionists for the
expression of the popular wishes. The
united voice Of the people ought to go up
to Heaven in disayowal of the RESPONSE
bility, and in prayer that vengeance be
averted from US. -, s'.q.. d. ..,,. .r..e
: Will Mr.. Lincoln awake to the tremen-
dous responsibility which these occurren-
ces force upon him? He must awake,
and deal sternly with this matter, or We
are, lost people, and lost because We do
not deserve to be saved. In the army of
Wellington Or Napoleon, such a raid as
this would result in the sudden election of
gallows, and the execution of every man
concerned in ordering it. But here, the
responsibility rests on the Abolition party
at the North, and the President must as
sumo and approve of the iniquity, or he
must at once, and unequivocally, repudi-
ate it, and put stop to its repetition, for
ever after. 1t is no small natter lt
concerns not him alone, but it concerns
our whole cause, and our whole. character.
= nya From tile New York Times. n
. 1t is wrong, utterly wrong, atrociously
and infamously wrong, to send detach-
ment Of troops, white or black, into Geor-
gia or any other State, to burn, and de-.
stroy towns and houses, plunder the in
habitants, and mark their track by gener-
al desolation, without any other reason
than the mere desire Of damaging the
country claimed by the Rebels, ,'.,, ~, ~
a., o,ai From, the Nsp York Tribune. .a1t
We have condemned the burning of
dwellings by Montgomery's men in South
Carolina. uWeioonsider that bad policy at
all events. But It'll is now understood to
be by order tof the Government, and re-
tribution which the Rebels ohave brought
upon themselves. 1t must be remembered
that every black soldier in the Union SER
vice and every officer commanding such
soldiers fights in his. shroud-that the
Rebels will receive no flag from such and
give them no quarter " a3uri aoH
Now then, we oabhor and rexecrate all
atrocities in war. We believe in mitiga-
ting its horrors to the greatestipossible ex-
tent. But humanity and mercy on one
side. must bereciprocated, Or it will not an
swer, We demand recognition and ODE.
dience, on. all sides of the hnmane laws eof
war; but if the Rebels repudiate these for
the older and ,sterner rule---'AWoe to the
conquered W.-on q their q heads be the
guilt, and stheirs the just execrations of
Christendem !n.auqa odt slaobs ,iai aaiI
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81 ~" .o'' Sketch Of Gen, Meade ~ "a a.. ..-