Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-09-27

OF eoutsb do not GppFeheud any sgsh thing al this
,oent bnt vow do not suppose this army will be here
tih the EaF is over cannot dsouas this tuoect WIN
Won fairly becsu'sI cannot mpsrt 10 you what pre-
pose to do but assert that my military plans mako IL
soasa " for the inhabitants 70 90 away ano can one
Iv renew nv Offer Of soIvicys to make their Exodus In
auy direction as Sasy and com ortRols aspo'sbe. You
oonrot onslify war in barsher terms than WILL War
,s orurlt, and you cannot refine It, and thoee who
brought war into our country deserve all the cur
sss aud nal oictioDs people eau pour oft know
had no hand IN making this Wsr, and know Will make
moro sacrifices day than aoy Of you 70 secure peacs
But you cannot peace and division OF our coun-
nv II the United ates submits 70 q division now II
viii rot STOP but will go On till reap the fate OF Mex.
leo, which d eternal war Toe United States does aud
must assert its authority wherever it eyer BAD poWe
II relax Is one bit 70 pressure 1t Is gon0 and know
that such e he national policy. This policy assumes
vsrior sbapes bu always comes back TO that Unlon
Once admit tie Uuiou, mora acknowledge the O.
thoy OF the national Government, and Instead OF DC
Votr your houses aud sees. and ROADS 10 the oresa
uses OF war; and ths army become At once your pre-
tecters and supporters shielding you from danger, let
Il come from what qlarter IL may know q aia few
nd,ydua cannot rssist torrent Of error and passion,
such as sEep. the South into Iebelion but you can
mart out so tlst may know those who desire CIV"
eminent and those WHO insist Ga war and lts desoA"
ton.
You might as well appeal agansi the thunder storm
a against those terrible hRrosnps OF war. rhey are
inevitable and the only way the people OF AlanA Gao
hope once live IN Pta1e Auo qie 81 nome l. 10
stop the war which oAn aole be oole Dy admitting
that Il began in and Is PerpetuSed 10 PRIDE We
6on want your negroes your norses, or your houses
or your lands anything you nave, bus We do .ant
and sl, have just oDedeuee 70 she lass OF the Al
led States ThAs We will have ana II It involves the
destruction OF your Improvements We cannot hel1 IL
You have heretofore read pu0c sentiment Jour news
papers that live by iAlsehood and on Thtsmen1 ana
- flRI ruth
bstIer for you,
repeat tnsn that BY the original compact Of Gov
ernnSnt the lifted STATES had certain rghsi 6e0rsh
which have never been rOl lnned, SId never "u p'i
that she South began the by sslEng tor, AIssna
Bints custom houses, ~, b., long bsors NJ LnoIln
was installed and before IN SJuin had Que ot or title
Of proyoeStion. myself have sesn in EssVur, Kan
lucky Tsnnesses ana Mississippi hundisda Aao tious
sands OF women and children flying from your aTmlgp
and desperation hungry aud 9Th bleeding feet
In Hemphis, VoksDurg and AlsIasippl Ne ted thou
lands upon taou auds families oil rebel so!dsrs
ets on our hands, and WnOm could not zee atGtve.
Now that tho var home 70 You yon isel very OF
tsrnt You deprecat, s horrorU uL md NOS ieei them
when you sent car loads OF soaiers ana ammunition
ana moulded shell and shot 70 carry war into hen'uoby
and Tennessee, and dssolGse tho homes OF hundred
ana THOUSANDS VI good people only asked 70 live IL
peace a. their old homes and under tae Government OF
tner inhortanos.
Bat tasss 90 comparisons are idle want psacs, and
believe 1t only be reached through lion aud wall
aRd viii ever cOnGucE war purely WIJn view " per
fec. gu early success.
But, my dear cir, wien that peaea does come, you
may cal On ms for OIL shing Tnen NLl snaIe Nitb
yoa the last oraoket, end watoA with y>u 10 shieis
yIu1 homos and IAmiies aARn.t dagger from every
quarter.
NV you must 60, and take with you the old ard fee
bic leed aud uurse men, and bu ID homes tor them 10
more quiet places, prepare naoE-nonJ 10 shield th'n
4 tha mar
GOWN, and allow the Union aud peace o-es more "
settle on your Old homes a. Atlanta.
Yours In hA %,
W SHERMAN, Maj. Gen.