The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-04-25
reader win vary much enjoy. We qooss Tue
following extracts from the same

c~., . -. ,.s. cf the earlctly moral YAM
ke., we have .eter.d "noh ga ,ss, ,Ss. ..ana,
course Of conduct h Is cisHt e"e' WY cs"""a
s.'v~ ."ss' y. ~ charleston, for example, al
....n .ncv have no, s,osmed thatcits, and cannot
W.. 4. Nc s,e.r. miae, starvation or bumhardmeht,
they feet 10 be e. sas, nay .a's, .".ew
y. ~ ~s,v i'm ORDER to bring them To wholesome
800 ~. of their crimes. Richmond. which they
..unat take by storm, aud which was not called
~, ~, susrendet Fott Pillow WAS, they may dash
,, hy say OF surprise, give Il up TO indtscTmnaia
sack, slaughter ana cohtlagfalton at the hands %
Infatuated released pIis0aeSs, aud hang the civil oi
6crrs Ut our Goveth,nens upon trees III the
owa doors; aud the contemplation OF scenes Mkc
these does not make their hearts sickea, nor theif
blood run chill One cauRot but infer that there ~
great Intrinsic difference In the cause on tue
one eide, aud on lhc other, turning thar when Is
held legitimate warfare on their pat
there certainly II, which, 10 the careless observer
would seem rather la our Favor. we are hot invau
Ing their cOuatsy, holding nor scehing 10 ""'",
any place which belongs 10 them we arc NOV
blockading their rivers, nor Ahei'ihg t'e! oe"'n'
nor piilasing their property; are MOI Tying ~ s''s
them to death ami 10 break their hc".ss w III
hunger and hardship oaiy desire III sNo'1 " nav
nothing whatsoever 10 do with them any more iof
ever, Under these circumstances IL might be TOO
hastily concluded that we NAV iaWtu,y Pe'"'t
ourselves at least As strong MEASURES '"' W ~
our enemies use for offence ba' ~ 'aos ~. u wv,
our Northern brethren are In the position VI Ola
GERS OF the law bringing criminals 10 iasuee, we
In the position of burglars and biisahas 'esisuhe
the authorities, and the saffin may 10 ~ WI
highwayman what the highwayman must MOI 40 ID
the sheriff The constable may SHOOT, Or stafva
cut, or smoke cut, or blow Up, the resisting uuf-
rtar because he has q lawful warrant; but II The
burglar perpetrate these enof.niues upon t"c ""
stable i: chtils the blood and eiekens the heart
"This," says the kfa,nisaer, sis The theory
and the practice Of our eueMics." Feliei>
ta.ing the country upon the events at Fort
Pillow ~ likely to inaugurate the policy CT
more clearly asserting our rights us tsltye-
rents, and rejecting altogether the character
of criminals resisting the authority of the
Yankees. the Examiner concludes thus:
The Coniederacy, if IL is To remain ConfedeFd
CIV cannot afford, cannot endure, 10 stand On any
| lower ground: and this our enemies know " ell :
their affected hc:or al our toings Is not pure, uH
meaning tmu,idcnCe: IL has wise and polite pur
nose aud that purpose Is, by constant fcitefaiion
Of their own theory and steady Ignoring Of ours 10
gain tnscnsiby thai moral superiority which maSes
The criminal quail before the constable ; and thus
to lower the tone OF oIr military spirit, and breathe
fplo our soldiers Il certain teaf al looking Tor juug
bUsoIns.
The decisive campaign Of the war Is opening
the last campaign us We firmly hope and believe !;
for these Yankees aud Nlcir war stOWn ,iTcsonic ::
II were we'll to have done with them and il an
To set about the work this good time In the
style that Is sure 10 put IL through. For desira
bic an .nG all that is needed is spirit high aud
keen, and such u fierce, uhspafing temper Us will
"sicken the heat of the Yankee, and L axe his
thin blood run cold.