, 1864-05-04

With him, than the slandcr which he fathers
SO unhesitatingly. For there may have been
: circumstances Which would Justify him IN
ofoef1ng So,ooo worth Of wines aud other
goods into his camp, but nerer any which
could justify one processing to be disinter-
ested friend Of his country in assauing one
known to the people rs well MS Secretary
Chase, IN the language employed BY Gen.
Biaat. 30 far from adding to the vindication
Of LIS purity, all mankind arc liable to apply
to thls casc their perverse but instructive
knowledge that those who throw filth freely
must themselves be ilthy.
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.,,1-e,ta....-0, e -.,.,e oes anuoonceo' ana
s.S,a 49, 49, .,'. ossaos ~eno upon 'i,e pi1n
1s1..e e. - . s"1u'4 n-ae u1sanetlon
~ 49, -. 49, tue' e,A.u''
Va "no 35o ne4u ~
ee1s.cc onoet - save n"s' ana eu other
paes "nom .ues lazy INC II p1'.le' lne
io'met taes VIII Hea1 as 1rntofs ana perhd1-
GUS c1'1naua1s' Inc 1attef only as prisoners OF
war.
Under this prctext they hung recently
twenty aout 4oya1 "Alte Nofth Caroun1ans,
!. for refusing to be drafted into their armIes.
onoer inc same pfeteSt shey hung the loyal
white East Tennesseans as long as thsy had
that section under their prasn Tndeed nm.
der thIs nretert thev hnne shot aad , ,rur.ta ~
oned. from the first all Tbo onnoe.d ~ ~
1,ellion. ar traitors against tho ~ rshs1 ~
crument. II Ia nrinc5nle wh,ch ,,.s s:. ~
spcc;al app1irat,on to al.rr, nora +b.n 49,
Men' OF 70 placks more than to Whites. For
the 6ame law Of the Confed efQcy and Of the
State viz. Rebel Inv. which .n4,+1oa ~.
master to the services Of the slave, entities
the State to the services OF It's citizen and
the Confectionery tn tbose or ,ta ent}o.t.
The fact that the rebels h,ve honnded shnt
and hung white union1sts Of IN. sonth
wherever they could find them. and had tn.
power. Ms tuthlessly AZ thev 7na.s.rrcd +ba
black Union troons of the Tenn-ssee ,soi.
ment at Fort Pillow shoxra +h,+ +h.~ h.Ia
reao1ved tn pnn1sh asherrnca n +ba 11r,o.
as treason tn the conf.derocv .rba+na. oan,
mitted by white or b1ack hond ~ frsa
-The reie1s and +hef- cn,n.rhooa Iii. ,,,,
cite doubtless in support OF this no,;cr socb
legal authorities as the following:
'Fugitives and deee4tera, found by the victor
%ong t n'e t saemaee @ ate gulty Of crime against
to death But they are NOT properly considered ~
saenies: they are 1a'he5 peradlous citizens trait
objttcsate that chai.ctef or EXEMPT them froa fhe
punishment they have deserved.'-Raskel L1ps Or
''9eso.s, WD" ~, I,,1eaoi. go,
~! ~ e41ae4 1eosts VI coppstns4'as re-
VIC auuane 4aa'inea1.oas .. 'ae lue
Hnsn 'a'.+f 4He. ao"n' nne1e 1ne numoer
" uoc oeeetee1e "o"lo mahe enforcement OF
Luz "a" aunu3nan na ana oafoaroas:
ly too common lie nn1nber Of cllnouaE;
ltin some measure Necessary to show clemcney;
nafinr s.rrTsnn er1th rti % ~ anauge tae eshe,
wnEone, in which they save the descztess."-L1,os
: sans, - 'atte4. P19e sSt
s tHe,Pse y. Pun'en1ns eapuFes
~c. - taA1e, y. y AAe4aS : unoei t1e nass
-. ~. O'e'e" VI tne4s Aolmet HI
hsSta."Sc,,.a 10y - ~ y "eu "uete lne ."o
~ ~, -e.se,a 49, 49, SsaAs.. nAtons. ~.
c,,tr hat,, r.es M,.;,s - - ~ .1' ~
=. ..,,1t.1 t1'N ~ ~ 1re1Aee @"eW on.S
IL 1iang ne.e 8no tnese ae" OF our black
~ "ts uooP7 enusleo IN tae eeceoeo
e1a"s, nJnsunes us IN putting 10 death any
ana o." o' toem'
Every soldier in the Confederate army is as
much traitor against our Government and
our Laws rs the white or black Unionists,
whom they have shot In Tennessee or North
Carolina, arc against their Government and
ane'f M"s hnat Inc olack soldiers, mas
sacrcd ut Fort Pillow, or the white ssdesert.
crs'' hung In North Catolinn. did. bv rebel
law ovre s11ep3onre In rahu, .n,e+a.. -. ., 49,
~ .eee4 A41@steae VI " LIE
Ieeel con1edefacy- 30 BY our national law,
have cycry prisoner we hare taken. the reh-l
,r .,5 a.. ,,., -,
@a"ts auo IHe " noAe iopu1alon Oh toe South,
owed n1leEinnce to the Union and the Constf.
1nt,nn ICf}1 n bc claimed that tbo 1-y,a IT
allegiance, due from the citizens and subjects
of the South, to the rebel Confederacy. Is Of
more exalted character th1n that which they
oxre tn tha IJpfop y. +hs+ +ba n11o,s,a.s
wv ~ $ae oAaoAs VI Lint LIE "AeeAuCe
Which negro owes to his master, Ia Of q
bso1ar and moro ao,+aa ,,.-s,tn. 4,',. th.+
'4 A~ s"~t~0 SaAA As.et 110u .u1e
which his master owes to the Union, and that
the Government nf fhe TTn{on ia 10 conc.da
. ~ 80 ~ eo"eeuo
6ucn pfcposteTous clalms Ii not, Then We
have the same rfoht npd nm tfe eayn rrrornd
= 0 ~ ~ '11~ .''-1~ e'o0oo
10 naue I'll 5eoel PRISONERS as they TO hang
anyof Ours.
According to our theory Of the war the
rebel power is not d natfon-nevcr bus been,
and never VIII be- But . State of civil war
exasts TO lest th1s theory, and while 1t exists
ans entirely consistent with our claim to
uea1 tnem as oeneefents In c1'h war; and
10. as 'nos''oua4 ttaato's. Says the same
aoIX aI1I ,,- ,,o.,,. a.. .ona. =, ,.o,a.. 49,.
royc1nmcnt r. A. least snsnnnds +he;r 1nrSe and