Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-10-04
Tho Cha1aoter Of the War.

We AludoG Yes Q Gay 20 Report founded upon the
statements Of exchanged Yankee prisoner and signed
BY q number Of individuals who stand high 10 Yankee
DOM in which the most brutal and str0ciOus cruelty
Is charged upon the authorities Of he Southern Con
fsdsrAcy. That repOr: characterised as tissue Of
lee from one end to the other. Ia tbs respect Ii re-
ssmbles thss other report in regard 70 the alleged mas
sscre OF Fort Pillow, which .Es Var kseS have laid be-
fors the word and the materials Of which derived
from the negroes who we're in the fOrs At the time.
The collect OF the Yankees in spreading these Les "
tsuA.cAny before he word GAnnot b nisAken. They
now that they are employed In the most helIh enter
pEse hat ever engaged the attention Of mAhkind.-
Thsy know t5aL b. al the Vo:d it must be sODdsmnsd
for is Atrpeious pgrposss and tie asViso spirit IN
Waleh il is executed. They seek an apCl g. for the
unhsAId Of crimes which they have perP1Isd hereto
fore, which they are sill PsFPsSEAuLg; which they vii
continue 70 pogperaeas long as they occupy cur ter
si,ory and jhe preparation Of which is, insed inseEA
rabs rem The very nature Of the they Eagng.
Fnin-sLinnea 70 p,oyer9, tasy are ready enough to
srossrae crimes sG ca draw down tie tNecraiion Of
mar kind and yet not 0soas enough 70 hear without
feeling il. is The CID su6 Vulsa device OF the thief
ds.eo,ed in the set WlO seeks 70 dVert attention from
himself, ~ e-yirg sep yl.si and micgng in the
.acs d t5~ "arsreIs'
ehaps Ia, - ig.lFe, 10 at.sntol viii be pad
oealy a. least, % cry Clsrgs ., Ihe Character ind
,.,sd sOove Let them be passed over in scorrful s-
spes by the Coafsdsrsey, convinced that, had they
,ys been true the treatment which they Indicate Wss
No vorse O. an the 81 Z rers deserved. What, indeed,
do thew 10. d s.rre az or hands Taey come here,
and ley sts up sryie var, Pu! Ia the hands of
l., 10, ha1k h,l II
E kn our lives They 90 this, well knowing that it is
a a.ioa Of he l4vs OF reccguE3d by all
civil led r.ons, AID Tia i. is altogether NiIhcnt pre-
ssds.l in mod,il his ssy. Wntn Napoleon invaded
Rassia, hs - Cg-Tsl - services Of ten Millions o.
serfs Who we're g.say 70 joA Lin IN destroying their
masters Had &c AGO ped ilem, he would lave over
thrown tie Russian PIE. h ri csed these over
tures. nos only bscluso 70 have accepted
them would lave been aIgIalt violation
of tho lave Of var; Bat upon tho scose
OF Luu-4 y 81 O. reui never, he said, be tie
Of star! sCTy.ls var, -1oh, to7 serVeelbs soeTer
4 m.gL Prove 20 him, co1d 10. but DC PrOdlc i've
,o.res & 40 Gu tuuaIi y must shude- Tuis war Is
iso,ed ' ami iJus CO o. o., ShO s 10 genJrlJ
usvet 10 have been very s4ueam Sd On tho Iolre o
,idipg blood, in tho very crisis OF mighty enter
,ss iuvolvi 2 as he very NC knew bis oSn fae and
raaps that OF bis cOuntry, lis e.'e The Va kses
liosra.ey, ard AFTER l'0S c-l,uA-Or, let loose upou
. SAFES OF this Co. S5sTAcy. "ca. ;cey eEps0.ed
81 follow, uo my lstfn from the!r C,rg,es- OLE
seches tom tee. lea 4Ds-s and from re oulpcur.
p OF their lar ties. They isyei ,ba. "a. slsy,s
.ovld -rtly r.. soon IS they fell themselves secure
i,o vs1gsaue Iat tho throat OF every white family
within reach. t -v7sesed 10 seS tie tFsgeiy of