Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-09-30
Sherman to Hood.
A GREAT Moral VICTORY OVER CoSrEu
KRATE DEMOCRACY.

Every patriotic citizen will read the fol.
lowing reply of Gen. Sherman to the Re.
bel Cen Hoods charge of studied cruelty,
with the highest qualification.
| 10 GEN s. r. Hood =
General have the honor to ackpow).
edge the receipt of your letter of this date,
at the hands of Mcssrs. Rail and Orr. at
says, consenting to the arrangement had
proposed to facilitate that removal Soptb
of the people of Atlanta who prefer to gor
| in that direction, | enclose you copy Of
my order, which will, | am satisfied. ac-
compish my proposed Perfectly You
style the measure proposed 'unprecedept-
ed and appeal to the dark history of ar for
| its parallel, as an act of STUDIED and nm.
generous cruelty" 1t is not unprecedent.
cd, for Gen. johnson himself very wisely
aud properly removed families all the way
from Dalton down. and | see 10 reason
why Atlanta should be excepted Nor is
it necessary TO appeal to the dark history
of the war, when recent and modern ex-
amples are so handy. You yourself BURR
ed dwelling houses along your parapet,
and have seen day fifty houses that
you have rendered un nhabitable, because
they stood in the way of your forts and
then You defended Atlanta ON a line 50
close TO the town, that every cannon shot
and many musket shots from our line of
investment, that overshet the mark. went
into habitations of women and children.
Gen. Ilardee did the same thing at
Jonesboro, and Gen. Johntson did the
same thing last summer at Jackson. Miss.
have not accused you of heartcss cruelty
but merely instance these cases of very
recent occurrence. and could 90 on and
euumcratc hundreds OF others. and ehall-
ange any ona to Judge which of us has u
heart of pity for the families of brave
people.
sav in kindness TO those families of
Atlanta To remove them now ut once from
scenes that women and children should
not he exposed TO, and a brave people
should sc0rn to commit their wives and
children to rude barbarians, who thus, as
you say. violate the Laws of war, Us Illus
trated in the pages of its dark history
In the name Of common sense ask you
not to appeal to just God in such a sacri-
Iigious manner. You who in the midst of
peace and prosperity have plunged ma
ton into civil war-dark aud cruel war
who dared and badgcrcd us to battle. in
suited our flag, seized our arsenals and
forts that We're left in the honorable custody
of peaceful ordancc sergcants-seized and
made prisoners Of war the very garrison
te 1t to protect your people against negroes
and Indians long before any overt act was
committed by the, 10 YOU. hateful Lincoln
Government tried to fore. Kentucky and
Missouri into rebellion falsiied the vote
of louisiana turned loose your priv
atcers to plumber unarmed ships ; expelled
Union families by thousands burned their
houses, aud declared by an act of your
Congress the confiscation of all debts due
Northern men for goods had and received:
talk thus to the marines, but To me who
have seen these things, an | who will this
day make as much sacrifice for the peace
aud honor of the South as the best born
Soulherncr among You. II we must be
enemies, let Us be men and fight it out as
We propose to- day. and hot deal in such
hypecrl,ieal appeals to God and human
~!
God will Judge MS in due time, and he
will pronounce whether il be more humane
20 fight with TIE town full OF women and
the families Of "hrave people at our
backs, or to remove them III time to
place of safety among theif own friends
aud people.
| am, very respectfully,