Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-09-02

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From the ciucinnat Enquirer of August slst. 1869.
A Monstrous Act Of VioIence-yA Peopl,
tn ~ to be Driven Ont -oT
We are impelled by q. sense Of duty to La
before and call the attention Of our readers, 4
the following extracts taken from General Or
der Mo- H., issued from the headquarters a
Kansas City on the 25ih Inst. q The command
OF the order are certainly, even In these times
remarkable: exceeding in atrooity anything tba
has before come under our observation: -'t'
~. All pereons living In jackson, zCass ant
Bates counties, Missouri, and that part of Yer
non county included In this district, except thos.
living within one mile Of Independence, Hick
mans Mills, Pleasant, Hill and Ifarriaonyflle 3
aud except those In part of Kawa township
Jackaon county, north Of Brush creek and wes
OF the Big Blue, embracing Kansas City and
Westport, are hereby ordered to, o,remoye from
their present places of residence within fifteer
days trem the date hereof, except thoBe who,
Within that time, may establish their loyalty 90
the satlsfaction Of the officer of the military
station nearest their present places Of ofreaidence,
They will receive from him certificates, stating
the fact Of their loyalty, and names of witness.
90 BY whom II can be swuFn.- All who received
such certificates will be permitted to remove 60
any military station in this district, or to any
part Of the State Of Kansas, except counties On
the eastern border of the State. All others
shall remove ont Of this district. Officers com.
manding companies and detachments, serving
In the .aounsies named, will see thst this para
graph is promptlyobeyed. ~
I'll. All grain and hay 10 the field, or uuder
ehelter, Ia heldistrici from, which inhabitante
are required TO remove within reach or some
military betRtion,I after the 9Th Of September
nexs will be taken to such stations and turned
over to the proper ofdcers there; sJd q report oi
the eamonnteo tnfnedqYsrmuBt be mad6fo dis.
tfict. sdqnartets, specifying the names OF all
loyal owners, and the amount Of such produce
taken from them. All grain and hay tbnnd
In euoh districts Rfter the 9sh Of September next
not convenient to such stations, will be destroy.
g The four counties which IL is thus proposed
70 depopulate ore among the most populous in
Mieeonri.J lAjamilitary commander is' about to
compel che entire body Of the inhsbltanta, Of
oil ages and sexes, legal and dlsloyal, To- re-
move, with ell their effects. That which they
are unable to carry away will be destroyed -
The whole district, with the exception of few
favored localized, ia TO be given over to sys.
tematic devastation. 'Ghsh s7sYlg4 l3fs,T'
ri The motive. which induced the comm anding
officer to give this order was probably the opin-
lon on his part that the mass of the people
are what is'ealled disloyal. Being in favor Of
peace, IL isdeemed by that sagaoious adminis-
traitor proper to visit them with wars direst
calsmity. Places Of refuge are afforded for
the few loyal; but to the others, there is TO be
left neither home nor country. They have no
rights of life or property; the earth 10 10 be
swept clean Of them, and the flre to oblite,a,e
every remaining mark of their inhabis6ncy!
would thrill ue with horror. sWhea Russia or
Austria causes such crimes to be committed, /,
We hBve been wont to pronounce blessings upon
Americs, "the land Of the Tree and the homo
OF the hrsve,n where their occurrence 10 i'm.
possible. Howvast and awful are tie changes
We have undergone and are undergoing, when
such acts can be perpetrated without serious
dissent, and actually justified by great party.
the emEjNity In The nation, and hold.
ing the teighs 0f. the Government. !. Indeed, We
do not know that IL 10 cafe for US to express our
iSymplth with tfaitors is trea-
aoD. The negro is now the only object toward
whom sympatby ia Legitimate. Still, we cannot
fog that the Inhabitants Of the territory about
tobe'tuFnedi into aAdeSert--A territory as large
As some Of the States, and endowed by nature
with all the elements Of wealth aud beauty
are human beings: that they are, probably, equal
10 the aversge Of the people in virtue and in.
lelligence, have their love OF home and their
domestic attachments 90 we'll developed, aud
are las susceptible of pain and hunger when
driven forth houseless wanderers in the world.
Whatever reason is set up for this aos ofein
Famy, We take IL upon ourselves to say that II is
insufficient. There lie no imaginable cause ad-
squate to justify such measure. Fanatics
enough there are, who, simply beeauHe 1t Ia
srtief, will applaudit II will be to them proof
hat we are achieving that for which they have
ons yearned-a strong government, But their
spplause Will not be the verd ct Of the future.
After ages will see litfrom the same point of
REV that they see the expulsion of the Jews
Ind Moore ON Spain, isnd the Wadenses
rom Piedmont; and fnfsmy will fall upon those
y whom it was psrpetra.ed and psrnitIed.
: Vast crimes have t6eir vast rgtributons.--
Re are begetting enough Of theseeds of future
,ivil dlscofd without making any extraordinary
'xSitiois 10 that end. To tFample upon rights
. not to destroy them; and violence ON not be
pread widely nor BIZ laid on tbickly enough to
biiterate the memory pi a wrong. Ii iy not
Iise to SOW dragons' teeth, for, whatever the
eeds Of good may do, thessneyer fail to bear
n abundant harvest. eTiAE gTa