Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-07-04
Tome of the Yankee Newspapers.

Tie iolloNing fOm the New YORK World Of the 2ilb,
is confession of the Vandalism often charged upon
he invader-though the incidents mentioned are riv-
m in comp,rison With the mass Of their barbartics:
YANKEE VANDALISM.
We viii merely premise that the facts We are about
% recon- are only specimens selected from great
r,u!utude That is 70 cay, they not exceptional anu
A. csptal occurrences happening without the approval
the Administration ont done Of SCI purpose, and
e1 lsud all the way around the Southern border from
south Carolina through Nort1em Virginia TO Arkansas.
The particular example OF pilage and destruction oil
VII CD NO will recount the leuding particulars embraces
the dongs OF the cavalry brigade, under command Of
Colonel Corpyn OF which a detailed aud admrng ac-
count appeared in late number Of thu ST. Louis Demo-
erat This mounted Brigade lett Cornth, hiss, on one
o. ths last DAYS of May for the purpose Of mIkiRg a
oath of desoatoR through sectiOH Of country not hare
toyors trareed BIZ oar forces" IL the in1euon o
~ te mere OF tue select language of the narrato TO
pay the devil generally, and 10 leave on the mlnds Of
10 combaIaut people "a vivid impression as 10 Wha'
var really sp The brigade was i've nights in the sad
die and in that brief space their abolition eUlogist claims
that among other OF signal vengeance they burnt
seven cotton factories (4l private property costing an
average of two hundred thousand collars eacGi the
,rgest Of ese, cJnauTg three hundred looms OelhS
val ed at one million OF dollars, and employ
inc hundreds Of men, women aud eLtIten- Tue
ssock of manufactured good On hsud Is descu0-
"a IN have been more valuable than the buildings
ami machinery Steam Touring mills, steam saw mi!s
piyate dwelagl y,l Ow wayg wheat fields Juss lea1y
for sickle were alike destroyed 10 The "atonheas
of vengeance SpeakingUt the immense amount oil Tor
age committed TO the dAmes the JuohAnt narrator says
J,se,,ss is Lot the word-laDgulge cannot describe
the scene be smoke arising from burning corn-cribs
in every direction aud for many miles on each aide Ot
our rath" Great numbers OF slaves re brought away,
bV. this was . matter OF course
pps the abduction Of the slaves entirely out OF view,
l.s,9.f al, aVvaatr fn n a.
,rr difference VI opinion, it is clear TO all Ju ani n
,-lsut minds that this destruction Of private
propersy is gigantic crime Ne are certain that ON
he sboe ana in the lOug run there is no advantage IN
Tae bitter evaporation and pent up age Woich arelt
ua,ural consequence teld TO Ory and render nv lie =
ole the p OF res Certain II Is that tie Union
can lever be restored until the herc enmtes are aIayed
vbi,- sush barbariues excite. But minds OF natural
.vt ON will scOru TO discuss such trausAGuons on the
,ro md Of utility. Tney a.e national Disgrace ana
r,sraee is 'birg 10 be reasoned about IL womb
D.. 20 more inhuullte aid dsnOn"aOe 10 hsnt al
,ouust WetronS or 10 20 al over tue South putting
r,;n.c ito its 81, AID pnuz7, tgan 20 make s1c' a
~ If solaliOA these iuiuriated A0Oho1 zeAlo's
SIult in.
All Things are allowable, says these z.slots, which
tend 20 W. axeu the eu,my. Wny Acni areLoI poisoned
seauous allowable when would gave Il final qai tus TO
every wound reOe ana prevent his recovery 10 light
On other felcsy ,Ihe idea shocking to humanity aud
evil anon. ~, not more so destroying the lives
OF non con blatant women aud cadreE by the most ter
rbl of all ieaths--st4rvatipn and famine The writer
from whom We have QuIIed, after remarkiag the
immense waste and de truction Of provisions says
DTpe prcpIS appear to think that starvation Is
..r,ng thea in the face sIH adds in spirit of de-
m ,niac sarcasm "but let th GJyenment protect th, m,
and thew will no doub; Go very WELL Tne letting loose
nj Inuian ayages those hel-hCulds Of savage wa"
AZ inst which Lord Chatham Illuminated the most terri
bic burst of his scathng eoquence not worse. The
of dwellings crops and other property WIS
among the most dreadful features Of Indian warfare in
the early DAYS OF the colonies.
The Administration knows perfectly well that such
practices are an outrage upon civil ton The
rules drawn up, with ia ctiOn, by Proes-
sor Lieber, for the government oil the army,
p,iptedly condemn them. Geueral-in-C ief Hal
i.ck saws in Lis work on international law, that
bie there is some uncertainty IA TO the exact limit to
II right to appropriate the property Of
An enemv or 10 subject it military contributions,
there il no doubt whatever respecting its wuste and
less destruction This is forbidden alike by that law OF
nature and the rue OF war" Waite is sli!l more EN-
phac and calls such practices savage aud mo srous
excesses" All tue recognized aUthoiT es speak OF
tn IN in terms Of condemnation and horror, and yet It
WAS one OF the standing topics OF abolition i1yecve
azust General Nicola Ian and Gen. Buell. that they dis
countenauced and refused allow such practices The
same fierce aud dabolical ianaticsm which compelled
the Administration 10 dspace these Generals, is forcing
t into modes of warfare which disgrace the country,
aud are a crime against civilization