Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-05-28
The War 10 be Transferred 60 On =,
Loyal states.


If it will be ever possible to attempt
anything beyond the defensive even, tbis
would seem TO be the lime. since The
first battle Of Manassas, the Southern ar
my has never had 50 evident an oppOrtu
nifty 10 gain a vlctory--n gain the South
e,1 army, jrRich has so often repulsed The
taemy 9th Saagutaa,y affect, ccaaOt b.
said 10 hagc @ads on any occasion OF al
aay time. \ victory signifies something
more than the preventing the success of an
attack. Progress, conquest, or some step
toward the conclusion of the war Is in
volved IN the idea of victory. With all
our glorious battles, zee bac. not net recoU-
cred a single lost city or dslicered am
Sabjagated State from the thraU Of the in
eodeT If We can ever do such thing
we mnst hope to do it shortly, for we shall
never behold our foe so weak again.
Defensive operations are, no doubt, more
taclle and surer of success in kind. While
the confederate army is what it now is
the enemy will be beaten whenever he
crosses the Rappahannock or ventures
again on the James. But defensive oper
atiols will never secure the acknowledg-
ment of our independence or end the war.
The Yankees viii fight US for forty years
on Che present terms. No people are
more pertinacious; and Washington wei
noted this popularity of their character,
that they are totally fearless until they see
a bayonet at their breast, though they are
remarkable for their pusillanimity. So
long as the war means the dispatch of men
and money to a distance, and so long as
they fail to see the columns Of an invading
army blackemng them fields, lit by the
flame Of their houses and towns, they will
be stubbornly determined 10 prosecute it.
From the first day the only REASONABLE
hope Of the contederacy has been the traas-
fer Of hoSttiiiieS 10 the eaemYS territory
If we cannot do that, tbc progress Of IN
cosioa, hoaoerer SION, mnst, after a time,
o0ert0beID Us. No treaty Of peace is pos
sible save that signed on the eaemy's SOL
and if our armies can ever go there at all
The time is ut baad '0hea they ,giU do so.
MURDER AND RETALIATION. - The
st. Joseph Herald of the DIST instant
gives the following description of the oP-
eratlons Of mob law in Atchlnson, Kansas,
from the relation Of an eyewitness
An old man was recently murdered
named Kelsey, Some ten or twelve men
have been arrested for the crime, some Of
whom have been hung by the citizens
of Atchlson. tuesday afternoon about
forty OF the Atchison people were In the
street accompanying a cart containing two
men. The cart was driven about quar-
ter OF mile from The town, aud halted
under an elm tree. The two men were
pinioned, two ropes were tied tot the limb Of
tree, and the two men were about to be
launched into eteroIty, when gent eman
put motion to the crowd, which by thai
time numbered about one hundred aa1
City, that the prisoners be allowed ten min
utes in which to say whatever they de
sired.
This motion was sustained by the Cit
zens, and an old man arose from the carl
and related all the facts connected with
the murder of Kelsey, insisting that he
was forced to go with the gang which
murdered him, and that he was innocent
of all intention to murder. At the close
a resolution was offered that the hanging
be postponed till Saturday and that new
trial be granted to the old man. The cul,
prit whose name was Mooney, was crying
bitterly, but one-hali Of the crowd cried !.
Hang him hang him r-whie Others
cried, TAKE him off," The crowd rushed
to the cart and carried off the old man,
and finally got him back to jail The
young man, McCarty, was wOwpGy
swung up--never having been tired 10y
the crime. McCarty escaped to Mls8oor
a few days ago, but was captured aaa
carried back TO Atchison Monday night
As our informant vas leaving AteAlsoa
the citizens were holding another meeting
in the streets, in winch it was resolved .
hang Mooney, and the crowd had ruSnA
to the Jail to carry out the resolution
These are terrible times.