Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-12-18
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Informatiolf oll tlifs sibiettIs derived no

\ Information on tfiis SUBJECTS derived not
!, only from our own observation and from
;, the reports of the negroes who succeeded
in escaping from the enemy. but full con-
D firmationisaffoldedb by the statements pub
b lished in them ortberp journals by humane
persons engaged I'D milking appeals 70 ifhe
Charitable for aid fR1Jreyenting the raxages
of disease! exposure and starvation among
the negro womeni and children who are
crowded into encampments. ~
The frontier of OUR cotintfy bears witness
to the alacrity- and efficiency with which
the general orders of the enemy have been
executed in the Legislation OF the farms,
the eodestruction, of the agricultural ipple-
,mepts the burning of the houses anu the
pluuder of everything movable. '1ts'whDle
aspect Is n comment on the ethics Of the
geferal order issued by the United States
on the, 24ttof April, 1868, comprising in
structions for the government Of armies OF
| the United States in the 1ield,'' and ofwl1ich
the following is an example: 8 lusiala.r,
| military necessity admits of all, direct
destruction of life or limb of armed enc
mics, and of other persons Whose destfuc-
ton Is Incidentally unavoidable In the arm
ed contest of the wan; it allows all the cap
{ turing of every armed enemy, and of every
enemy of Importance to the hostile Gov
ernment, or of peculiar DANGER 10 the cap
tor; itallows of all distinction of property
and distractions of the ways and channels
OF traffic. -traxel- Accommodation, and OF
lffefrotn tise etiefn MISREPRESENTATION n, of
Whatever an .en6niy-s eountrv affords neces-
sarv flr 'thE tihtfsfcnhe Iana safety. of the
arr;,gi Jaiid inf gucb ldeeantio,, nc docs NOT
involve the, breaking of GOOD, Faith. either
positively, pledged regarding agreements
entered Into during tic war, or SUPPOSED
IN tlie moderi5j law of WAR to exist i,,Men
Who talsa nm arms 20 oajn st one another IN
fpubIid ,y,lI. do noE ce9se ON tbis aceoIht to
he moral beings. responsibTe IA one laIother
and to Cod ~ 9f5Al ,SfGffTIsJ ,LIfg ,HgI
ITTlie strikjftsl contrast ia these teachings
and practices nresented bv orr army when
invadino. Pepns,slyonio Illustrates tfe moral
chorncfer of am. nnorIa EC'rhotitgb their
fnrhhoi.,,;ce n,sy l,a 10 bae,, .,1r,n1eTitba and
unanrreciated fv tbc S,,emx II was simnosed
byq thcir. own self-respect.s which forbade
degencrating from Chri siaii pfinciples into
nIt77ndering 2nifians at.aiIjni5 tbe n,{toertv.
iivnt Jnd b3na,. ef I,ainIess icop,batonfs'
Ir tbcir cn,duct, when, fins contrasted with
tbo -inhuman nroctiops of oIr fhe fails to
command the resnelt MA svmfhthy Of
Civilized nofiohs i6 otit day; ne ciunot fail
"a M ,n1otr,,i Oh l;r their Iess,deceirsd ms
teritv.,frG T',..,'s,,','-- -, :,
Tbn hone lost ,,nar on o;ncd hF an eorlv
termfna ticn of fhc IdT has mn heei,.reaIiz-
! "a. 1Fduid corltii6e IA Sg satistiedIthl appe-
titc of our enemy for. the, ,destr1etionrof hu-
man liie.Iois grief have appeased their wan
Eton 'desire to infIict hunaIf sIIfferfnr. there
has been rbId6dEhed anoneFb llon hofb sides.
alnff Two IiIIds IIaye .been snflicientiy dark
4nea huJthn,sveods ofs n,auEnin@ 10 j1duce
Iidishositien for, peace. %, 'h'
IF nnaninff fy IN fne6nIe ccoilId disnel de-
fusion II ilSg ibadh df.st,fo vetl too rn,mistak
fablv n5f t6 t6baya'sileneed the preteose that
I the southern states wore merely disturbed
bv a factions insurreCtionI and n Mist long
since have been admitted fh3t tl,,sy we're but
exercising their reserved right TO modify
their own eovernment,in such manner "a
-wotItt best, seea.r,,their own hsppiaass. -R,It
these Considerations have been Dbwerless to
aIIav the illcbristfan liat6 of thotdwho. long
acclstoni6d 10 9dfaMiIlaree,r profits from q
union witll ,ls., ,ca,..,St, eantrol the,rage ex-
!. cited by tI,e eonyie.iorl fhat tbtT bs have. by