Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1863-07-02
From the Louisville Jsurnal.

EThe rebels are becoming reduce
to the condition Of some boys, who
when their adversaries get the better 9
them in a tussle, cry out. "You don
fight fair" It seems that Clay, Of Ala
bama, in the Confederate Senate, bs
made a report ION the ou9sges Of thi
enemy" and the Richmond Enquire
copies it for the purpose Of commenting
with all possible severity upon tb'
"barbaric war" wsged BY the UniOI
forces. Clay sums up his list Of griev
snces against us as followst-
"They have murdered peaceful anG
unoffending citizens, and have seized
and taken many Of them far from theil
families and homes, and iucarcerated
them in prisons of the United States
To others they have offered the choice
of a prison or an oath Of allegiance to
the United States. They have rushed
by regiments, battalions, or companies
into our villages, and robbed, like ban
ditti, both men and women. in their
dwellings and on the streets, Of money.
watches, and other jewelry. Their
soldiers have INDUCED their brutal pas
sions on women, sometimes in open
day and in public places. with impuni-
ty, if not by license OF their officers
They have not spared either age, sex,
or calling. Old men. women, and chill
dren, ministers Of religion, peaceful ar
tisans, merchants, men Of science and
letters, tillers OF the earth, and others,
not bearing arms or guilty of any mis-
conduct, have been made to suffer as
hostages, or vicarious victims, for the
severe but defensive blows inflicted by
our gallant soldiers upon these coward
ly invaders. Even those unfortunstes
whom the mysterious providence Of
God has bereft of reason, or Of the
faculty of speech, or the sense Of sight
or hearing. haze not escaped the denloni-
acal Vrdth OF our enemies."
This slander comes with a particu-
larry bad grace from those who have
Indians and bloodhounds to
hunt down their prey. and the robber
hordes of uncivilized brutes from Tex
as to do deeds at which humanity sick
ems. We can prove the barbarism Of
he rebels from their own records. Al
bert Pike in letter to JEFF Davis. speak
ng of his E" rtthroat Hird-
said: I" Arkan'
,yerrt'
nGs lt
! force .ffol,
pective Idca failure, II
against these great wrongs" HesS
,ven the leader Of savages is forced to
protest against the barbarity of Hind
nan. The employment Of negro SOL
liers is often declared by the rebels to
De an act of barbarism, but they first
'et the example. The Tennessee rebel
legislature passed the following act to
impress free blacks into the military
eryice.
"Be Il further enacted, That in the
went of a sufficient number Of free per-
ons of color to meet the wants Of the
State shall not tender their services.
hen the Governor is empowered,
trough the Sheriffs of the different
TO impress such persons until
he required number is obtained. In
loing so. he will have regard to the
population of such persons in the seve-
al counties, and shall direct the Sher-
ifs to determine by lot those that are
'equired to serve"
This policy was not adopted on ac-
count of the exhaustion of the whites,
,ut was originated early in the contest.
Thus in the Memphis Avalanche, of
Nay 9, 1861, the following appeared:
"ArrENr1oN, VoLuSrEERs!--Rssolved
y the Committee of Safely. That c.
1eloach, D. R. Cook, and Wu. B.
Ireenlaw be authorized to organize a
volunteer company. composed Of our
,dtriotic free men of color of the city
# Memphis, for the service Of our
ommon defence. All who have not en-
oiled their names will call at the office
,f W. r. GreenIaw 4 Co.
T. TITUS, President.
F. W. Forsythe, Secretary"