The daily Chattanooga rebel. [volume] (Griffin, Ga.) 1864-1865, 1864-06-29


living and monuments Of the dead, their expul-
sioa of Dansh officials and sbe assaults on the fami-
lea Of the Danish loyRlists which they have eoun-
financed and permitted, have brought down upon
them the condemnation and contempt Of Europe.
Elut the PEussians are net 10 be compared with the
yankees. They appear, by cOntFsst, most mer-
ciful, civilized and we'll behaved conquerors The
armies OF thc North have spread raVage ami desc
iRtion uhsrcvcr they have passed. They have driv-
eA the population from their homes, they have laid
! waste fhrns and plantations they have carried OF
all tho means OF subsistence and destroyed all that
they could not carry OF, and have driven old and
sick men, women and children into the woods, TO
die os cole and hunger, IL they fail to escape with
| in tho Confederate lines.
The inhabitants of those towns which have fallen
undertheis nero permanent command have suffered
pos4ess cruelty. The miseries, protractcd and
tnually enhanced by every species of torment and
hsmiliation which ingenious malignity could de-
vises that have been endured by the wretched
| psaple Of Norfolk and the surrounding district,
wousd hRVe rendered them the bitter enemies Of the
Jnan if they had been disposed first to welcome
tlEe Snvadsts as heartily Holstein welcomed the
qaartersd negro soldiers on deicnceiess women lie
has seized the most respected citizens of the place
--tsen mostly advanced in years the youth of Nor
folk being in the Southern army-and has forced
thera to labor cOnvicts, with chain and ball at
Tackled to their limbs, in the public streets for the
cTinae of disikinyEhe federal government,
pressing their profound abhoFrcnce of his cha
racier. Others he has hanged, and has compelled
their friends to assist in building their scaffolds
/
| what might have been expected under the rule Of
| the wretch whose New Orleans proclamation has
excited the Indignation and cNecration of the civil
ized world. No lady is entitled tO aIfy protection
! from the violence of Federal troops unless she
! will take the oath Of allegiance tua Government
| which hOr fuuiy and her country have repudiatcd
against which her husband, brothers and sons
in arms II she will not stOop To this dcgrcda-
ton, the associates of Gen. Butler, the scum. of
New York and Boston, by whom his troops are of.
icered, the brutsl and lccntous merconarics, whom
considerable part of his garrison, may do with her
what they will. "YOu do not acknowledge our
government apply to your for pTotcc-
tiOH, is the answer OF che wretch by whose orders
these atrocities pcrpetratcd to complaints of the
foulest outrage, the most brutal violence. with
out taking this oath perform tho ordina
ry of ces of social life; may buy sell,
shopkceper supply his customers, lawyer
draw conveyance, ply siciau attend the sick
And to complete his work, aud suFpass all prece-
donts set by former tYrants, Gen. Butler has taken
charge of the religious nbscr of his sub
jects. AS clergy men will preach his faith, nor
congrega ions pray fur the pcrpctuatoa Of Isis rule
he has placed the churches under martial law. The
clergy driven FROM thcir pulpts: military Off
cials to select their Federal officers
and negro soldiers 10 have free To- every
part OF every chapel to o.co themselves into every
pew, aud scat themselves beside the whom
1t has been their delight tn outrage and ierrCy aud
the children whom they have made fathcTlcss aud
it is part of the duty of the provost marshaio pun
ish all who shall ufsr to the intruders any AfTont,
H.,
may interpOsc to shield q widowed woman from the
approach of her husbands murdcrcrs, every lady
who may prefer ~ leave her scat rather than
durc the proximity OF uniformed negroes, and cp
Ruletted barkcepcr. Never before should think
did any man. pretending to the name of soldier,
conceive an order so rcdolcnt Of small spite and
petty malice, miserably mean and so lawlessly
despotic.
hut il would no. be just to lay .,e blaTas snsh
Ier Infamous that mains name has become,
aud justly become, he is but tho rcprcscn-
,Htive OF the people, from whom he sprang and
the GovGrument which be serves. His worst and
viest crimes--Cycn hu itisgraccful proclamation
have been received with enthusiastic applause by
the people of Massachusetts. Without having won,
even fought battle having signalizcd himself
only by numbering defencccss men; having achev-
cd no triumphs women aud childrcn-he
is the most popular man in New Engaud. So, al
so, having rendered no service but that of oppFcss
ing with especial and ingenious cruelty the people
of NerE Orleans and Norfolk, he is the favOric of
the Federal Government which has approved every
act of his administration, and which, TO mark its
entire endorsement of his proceedings, has named
him. after his ontlawry by the Confederate Govern
msnt, Commissioner of Exchanges Ills acts
in complete accord with the spirit Of the Admins
tration which refuses to try tic assassin Mcneil by
court martial, which re-instated Turchin when dis
missed by a eourt-martial, and which has declared
! medicines contraband of var.
The guilt and shame which attach to General
Butler belong to Abrsham Lincoln aud to his min
is.ers; they are and all equally brutal coward
ly criminal aud infamous. But it is hardly wIrth
while to dwell upon the nfamy OF men whom hu'
rope has alrSady condemned, and whom even ther
ovn countrymen avowedly regard with feelings
more akin TO contempt than to confidence. What
is worthy OF observation is the Significance OF their
conduct illustrating the spirit and intention of
the war At first pVrssvcringy told that
the North was fighting for tho restoration "i thc
Uaion and nothing more; to libcratc from scccs-
sionst tyranny tho loyal Uniontsts ot the SOuth'
aud to bring tho seeded States back with tcir 6wn
| consent tvs free and equal Confcdcrates. Next,
| English admirers Of Lincoln assured us that the
| war was wagcd for the abolition of negro slavery,
while every captured negro was either unlisted as
| soldicr or consigned tO forced labor under some
Yankee squatter in Tennessee or Louisiana.
! Finally the dominant party in Congress openly
| proclaimed tho necessity Of conqucring the South
/ But the proceedings Of Federal Gencrals--the de-
yAstnina c9pctlitions--wbich go forth without any
! hope OF subduing additional inch of territory,
simply 10 barn. stay and plundcr-the cracltics IN
fetcd on the inhabitants OF conquered districts
the nppoinl mont to command OF such sAtrapS as
Butler-cleary tell another and truer tale, and pro
claim the u war Of vengeance, and oil vengeance
| only Slaves not hbcFatcdj they arc siipiny
rurrietf OF 10 die under "rucl task masters or Of
| still more cruel neglect. conquest Is not ehccted;
the contrary, everything Is donp 90 provo TO tue
f;nuth that rhc has hope OF mercy, 10 artn even
| vouen aud children against the invader, aud to
uaakc the whole population unanimous III inc nc,
solve to tight while ounce Oi POWDER a b"sne'
| of meal, u square mile OF territory remainS 10
them.
Conquest by Line 1lns and Buffers and Turchins
means determination, and nothing less; Tor TO such
c,nauerers no man will submit while rcsaslRhce-
eyen the resistance of "a disorgnuizcd guerilla war
fare--is possible. But thcee are as well aware
| as the opponents whom they striving to cxpel
from c. ngress that the war, as war OF conquest
iu utterly hopeless They do not expect 20 rei9e0
| the SoufB To submission. They simply hope to IN
crease her inipries and perfect her gatherings, to
| destroy her wealth, to exhaust the flower oil her
population TO let her go,-siucs 90 she nust-on'y
when she is weakened, impoverished, crippled,
bleeding ta death.
For thess purposes, and these nlohe--foF the sake
Of ruin, slaughter, and devastation-foE tie pure
ly evil aud of inaieting vengeance wholly unPro-
| voked and undeservcd on people guilty only OF
resolving 10 be indePendcns-this war Is now pro
| tgaGted ITO this lust Of veugcanee those English
| r.en Who have devoted themselves 10 tho federal
cause have given their sanction and sympathy. To
this wanton indulgence of tho worst 20 human pas
sions the Governments of Europe, at the instisa-
.ion of England, have given their silent consent.