The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1864-03-15


McNeils and Milroys, who are fsvorits
Generals Of our enemies. Refined and
delicate ladies have been seized. bound
with cords. imprisoned, guarded by ne.
groes, aud held ~ hostages for The return
Of 70 captured slaves. Unotiending non
combatsns have been baDished or
dragged from their quiet homes to he
irnmurej in filthy jais. Presiding the
Gospel has been refused except on condi.
zion Of taking the oath Of slsgiance.-
Parents have been forbidden to usms
their children in honor of "rebe" chiefs.
Property has been conf.ca,ed. Military
Governors have been appointed for States,
as,raps for Provinces, and Hsynsus for
cities.
These cruelties and atrocities OF the
| enemy have been exceeded by their ma
iicious and blood thirsty purposes and
inashnatiuns in reference 20 the
Disrsgsrding ,bs teachings Of the ap-
proved writer's on International law aud
| the practice and claims Of his own Gov
eminent in it's purer days, President Liu-
coln has sought to convert the Sosth into
st. Domingo by appealing to the cu-
pidity, lus,s, ambition and fsrocity OF the
slave. Abraham Lincoln is but the liueal
descendant Of Dunmore, and the impoten,
malice Of each was foiIed by the fidelity
Of those who, bv the meanness Of the
conspraton, would only, il successful,
have been seduced into ideue,s, filth,
vice, beggary and death.
But We tire Of these indigni,ies an 4
snormities. They are too sicken ug Tor
recital. History will hereafter piliory
those who committed and encouraged
sucn crimes as immortal infamy.
General Rober, E. Lee, in recen, bat
tie order, stated to his invinciLle legious,
that the "crueI foe seeks 70 reduce our
father. and mothers, our wives and. cbil.
dren TO ntject slavery" lie does not
paint too strongly tho purpose ofshs enc
my or the consequences OF suhjnyation.
What has been done in certain districts,
is but the prologue Of the blondy drama
that will be enacted. 1t is we'll ths, ev-
cry man and woman should have some jn,t
conception Of the horrors OF conquest
The fate Ireland at the period OF its con
quest. and Of Poland. distinctly foreshad
ows what weuld await w. The guilo
tine, in its ceasely work Of blood, would
be revived for the execution Of the "rebel
LEADERS," The heroes Of our contest would
Le required to lay down their proud en-
signs, on which are recorded the battle
fields Of THAR glory. to stack their arms.
lower their heads in humiliation and dis-
honor, and pass under the yoke Of sbol
ton misrule and tyranny. A hateful in
QUESTION, made atrociou. by pies and
informers; star chamber inprisonInents,
banishInsnts and death band Of de,sc
tivss, terretling out secrets, lurking 10 ev
cry family, existing in every conveyance;
the oppression Of free speech the dspri
vs,ion Of nrms and franchises; and the
ever present sense OF inferioriiv would
mako our condition abjsct and miserable
hey ond what freemen can imagine. Sub
j"gslion Involves everything that the
,or,uring malice and deviIish in :enuity
Of our foes can suggest. The destruction
" our nationality, the equslization OF
whites and blacks, the oblileration Of
Stale lines, degradation to colonial vas.
sslsge and the reduction Of many Of our
cizsns to drsary, hopeless, renedil-ss
hopdage. A hostile police would keep
'ords'" 10 every town and city. Judges,
like Busted, would hold our courts. pro.
'ectsd hy Yankee soldiers. Churches
would be filed by Yankee>or tory preach
ers Every Office would be bestowed on
| aliens. Absenteeism would curse US with
aII ito viees. Supersddsd TO these, sink
ink Us into lower abyss Of degradation,
ss would be made the slaves Of our
slaves, hewers Of wood and drawers of
water for those upon whom God has
stamped indelLly the marks Of physical
and intellectual inferiorty. The pas, or
fortig gn countries need not be sough, to
furnish illustrations Of the heritage Of
shame that subj"gation would enlsiI.-
Baltimore, st. Louis, NasbviII-, Knoxville.
New Orleans, Vrcksburg, Huntsville, Nor
folk, Nswbsrn. Louisville snd Frsdericks.
burg are the first fruits OF the ignominy
and poverty Of Yankee dominion.