The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-08-16
TUESDAY

Poor creatureql did they know what lay before
them, they might indeed, have piteously be-
u,unped their fate. Many awretched negro be-
yopd the Potomac now bitterly lamonts his ed
fortune Of frcedom-day by day the mise able
exile diving Of destitution or disease in the
crowded cribs Of Washington or the tquald pur-
litus Of New York, gives his latest sigh for "ole
Virginny"-
~ dulces norieHs refniniscltur Argos.
Such, sir, was the calamity that overlook
Lower Brandon" IL Is so far from being nn
exccptiougl case that this cOuntry-seat was the
only one within the enemy's lines that had not
been wasted or pilag, q at the close OF 1868. EN-
ceptonal in this respect, the estate was I'LL But
Ter and barbarism came together into tdewater
Virginia.
All, some war-makers Of the North will say,
"Tellc est Ia fortune dc Ia gucrrc'-this Is the
reward Of rebellion, and rebeOns are not to be
subduCd with rosewater. sad, very saj, We
grant, but inevitable. You reCOllect, they adj,
what old KasIer told ptterkn and Wilhelm nd
IN the ballad about the famous vctories-thero
must be burning cottages and suil, rings Of women
and children, and a thousand nameless horrors
In the midst OF war. Yes, worthy war-make -
but for the fret time In the history Of the world
have we seen a people pretending 10 be civilized,
nay, claiming all the civilization Ot continent,
OfgBniEing expeditions for the pure and simple
purpose of plumber and destruction, and, instead
OF seeking TO mitigate the mi,crics OF a state Of
war. doing all they can 10 aggrayate them.
The Brandon business was wholly grNtu ous
was not assisted by il in the least The bonn
baTjmCnt Of Charleston, in like manner, Contri-
butes not az all 20 the weakening OF Beauregard,
conduCes in no degree TO the reduction OF the
place. II is pure diabolism, the grlihCatiOn Of 4
ie spirit Of hatred. Indeed, when we take into
account the bOasted refinement Of the North, and
the hendish malignity with which they have
carried fire and sword over Southern fields and
into Southern dwell nRs when we lOJk ut Be- tst
Butler, and accept bin at the hands Of the
Atlantic MORthiV as the representative of the
culture of Boston, we may well believe that the
familiar theory Of the Latin poet about ingenious
arts was ingenious nonsense, that after AL they
biutalize manners and convert men into savages.
Oh no, the spOliatiOn of the South Is not an
unavoidable incident of the war-it islthe very
object the war has in view. Long ago has the
hope Of suhugatiOn been abandoned, and this
purpose OF ruin has become fixed in the breasts
OF Northern people as the amiahle alternative
The children of Massachusetts, Mr.. Everett, are
wiser In their generation than TO desOlate the
| felds they expect to divide among themselves Z;
to defacc or demolish the dwellings they hope
| hereafter TO occupy. IL they believed that the
,Xt year or the year after would find them mas
| ters of the South, they would take care not TO
| impOverish their future possessions. When
| Grants or Buffers lines had fallen in pleasant
| places, these canny commanders would lot have
| despOiled their goodly heritage
It il the conviction that their tenure is lcetinp
| one which induces them, in btitied rage, 10 en-
pkOy the particular estate in running the reYeTsion.
| The dda is not new one. IL occurred to I,puyOis
when he ordered the devastation of the Pdlatines.
! The historian records it as a stain upon the
memory of LOuvos, as lasting infamy upon the
| name of bis minister, that in WantOn malice
| they determined TO destroy what they were
unable TO retain. 1t was an "atrOciOus thought"
| says Lord Macauley, but the North now nurses
| II fondly, and the North has long been serency
| Indifferent TO the impntation of rocty.
| You Will tell me, perhaps, that for one yOu
| have not rClinquished the hope of suhjugation
| and, If ] am not deceived, you undertook to
-. al H. 90
| the cemetery at Gettysburg, that there was
nothing in the blOodshcd, the lifelong haueds,
the wide waste and wdOwhOOd, the mutila-
tiOns that may not be computed, the legaCies Of
| revenge for crimes that may not be named, OF
this Lincoln war, TO make reconstruction aud a
restoration of fruternal feeling impossible. The
demonstration must have been grateful TO the
| author of the strife, who sat in your hearing.
| But fOrebOdings of different kind must have
| filed your soul, three years ago. before the first
| gun had sounded when in Faneuil Hall 10Th
| February, lS6D you invoked the name of
| Heaven 10 allow the Southern States to depart
| in peace" And If you think the conquest and
subjection of eight millions of people q prncti-
cable thmg-people who during III 1se three cruel
| years have developed traits Of character which
| have ELECTED the admiration Of mankind,-it is
| clear that your views have undergone most re-
markable change since you addressed he noble
youth of Amherst College. in the year of grace
| 1855, on the theme "EduCation Favorable to
| Liberty, knowledge, and Morals" In that
| finished grafton (See "Everett's Orations and
| Speeches" vol first page 603) read as follows -
"The degree Of force required 20 hold population il
suboctOn other things being equal is In direct ratio L
its Intelligence and ski Il Its uantancc vi the
life its OF the worth of tence ne, its spirit
ard chaIac cr. There Is paint, indeed beyond whicl
this rule fails and at which the thoroughly
ganized military desposm cannet be extended oyer th
least intellectual Of sub ects sers slaves History
presents With the record of srrvile wars
peasant from the day of Spa to those Tupa
Amau and Pup0sChcf; In which, at the rst outbreak, vi
the adv antagCs OF authority, concert dsciplae
sk, have availrd the oppTessOr nothing against human
ys last refuse the counsel Of madness and the
| of despair
Commenting this bit of political philosophy tC
| your serious meditation,
| / have the honor 70 be, SIR
Yours, most respectfully.
| A NIRGINIAN.