The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-06-02
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lade by tho Knoxville Register, the eui- 4
Dr. Of which, we are informed on good
uthority, was publicly Whipped for
iesling some years ago in New England,
nd consequently knows all about "eivi-
lied warfare" and the laws o., nations
The destruction Of the dixie at Yazoo
Pass laid waste aud rendered uninhabi-
table an area Of cotton fields, equal to
that of Scotland. British aud French
statesmen recognize in this act of van
dalism permanent injury to the pm
interests OF abe world, and in the
manner in which the var is now conduc-
ted by Gus enemies, there is an. acknowl- !
edgement Of the impossibility OF making !
conquest Of the South by the modes OF
warfare deemed legitimate among civil
lized nations. The recent barbarous
DEGREES of Rosecrans, and the system OF
cavalry raids planned 10 beget famine
in the Confederate States, and TO inclte
seryile instructions, is an admission by
the Federal government of the impossi-
bility of restoring the South TO the Union
by the ordinary means of warfare em
ployed by civilized nations. The inde-
pendence of The South is confessed to
this extent by the North, and hence the
resulting propriety on the part OF foreign
governments of acknowledging TACT
thus admitted by our enemies.
The public will understand from the
above paragraph that it is "barbarous''
and 'illegitimate," to
Destroy an enemy's provisions, espo-
cially when he is very short:
Make destructive cavalry raids like
Grierson in the Southern COnfederacy:
Endeavor to prevent negroes from
helping the chivalry:
Keep the chivalry from raising cotton
for John Bull and Louis Napoleon
Do anything contrary to old James Blu
chanan's exposition of the Constitution
We are very sure that "foreign govern
ments" will feel like doing something
when they hear of Stoneman's and Girl.
erson's cruel raid, and contrast them will
the mild and Christian department o
the Cherokee Indians in East Tennessee
and the gentle spirit displayed in thu
following paragraph from the Chattanoo'
ga Rebel:
We hope, and we hope it earnestly, t.
live long enough it no longer, to see oul
| cavalry ride through every city, village
and hamlet of the Yankees. 10 see Meii
,oonen begging protection, tie plo10s tot1l from
the hands of their farmers, and L,alen int
pieces-tbe farms laid DaSte, and uisir home
IN Rames--tlieir a0ives and children III ieen int
erile, and hoOtea from tier ol0n country b
an invading enemy.
Now that is real Civilized warfare,
isn'tit?
: But we will give the Knoxville Registe
few hints ON the Southern mode q
, "oivilized warfare from its own col
D umns. Read ii, and see how rebels serv
: their own friends:
Iron the Knoxville Register.1
I A short time since a detachment of th
, 9th Georgia battalion, passing thrOug
that region, played high game in tn
! way of plundering and stealing horses
D money from Robert S. Roadman, of Par
(, rottsville, in Cooke county, and, as the
passed up the country, stole the horse
from the plough of Barney Cooter, nea
r Greensville. These outrsges are praC
9 ticed also upon the Virginia borders, f
the Abingdon VirginiGn gives the partiC
ulars of depradations and barbarou
murders by five men belonging to Il
}, Tiger Rangers, camped near Blountsvill
J, Sullivan county. These ruiIlans went
n Mr.. Pinkston's, in the Poor Valley, ten
twelve miles from Estellville, robbed hi
Of $500 in specie, wounded him danger
l. Ously, burned his property and destroye
s his papers.
From thence they went 70 the residenc
Of Rev. David Miller, called for his none
= which he gave up, amounting TO $40
y and told them it was all he had. The
# replied that a man who had no moi
money than that ought not to live, an
they would kill him. He begged for b
life and told them he would give u
q everything he had, but all would not d.
= They killed him in very brutal man
J.. ner first shooting ana then stabbing hiI
and cutting his face. They knocked h
wife down aud beat her, and cut b
> daughters arm very badly. Others
o the neighborhood have also been robbie,
h Old Mr.. Helton was robbed of $500
I two or three weeks ago, aud Mr.. Pulla
Of $1,000 In fact the Virginian Say
the lives and property of all in tn,
o region are hourly threatened, while W
: do not see that either the people or Ii
9 authorities have any power TO resist II
aggressionsn