Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-02-17
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ss~.sgrsph q few dsJs sines informed rs
1sf Tie @sTgs5ss Of Gen. Ike in Mississippi
wsrs becoming e~saumbsred with The numbers Of
prisoners csptarsd frsm ~sHERMAE's command
Un5oT the circumstances We can but regret that
such Is the eAss, for II i Be trns, as We sro cred
Ibly informed, that SHERMAN and his men are
burning hs towns and dwellings AID devss-
tseBg he country generally in bis march, nOns
Of tAsn should be tskea and trsEssd as pfisoa-
ers All the treatment they deserve is that
awarded e conlmon incendiarss, highway rob
bsrs and hesbOotarB. They shonld be shot
desn wherever net Is outlaws and the com-
mon znsniss Of mankind.
While ss have ever been Supposed to she rails
ing Of the black flag, We are BY No msans one q
now who think that the mOds Of warfare prAe-
ties5 under It should At al times and under eli
circumstances, be ignored Ths lsnieEcy and
consideration shown to such dsstsrdly msrsnd-
s1s a. SHERMAN and bis band are represented tt
be, only ereifss her cOntsmPs and gives theE
no higher opinion Of US tAan one Of p~EsillsHim-
its. II MORGAN and bis men were deemed fl
suljsots 6oT ths p~eaitsnfaEy foT the mere crime Of
invasion ard the destruction Of public property,
viii ROW much more proprieiy Should these msa
be Consigned 70 the gsll5wE, who make war
HFon private rights, aRsinsl non-combaisnz.
wcusn snd children, barring their housos ever
fhsiE has3s and surning then cut destitute and
Pennies upon TIE verdi
We fsr here Is teo great q disposition On
che part Of our Pespls 10 wait for Providence to
redress th=iT vrongs L is Tue, vengeance ia
nine. =siih be Lad, =" bat We shsuld remember
: fbs. Providence WORKS through i-Rslrumeatalt
ties. rrd hat the Lord helps those who help
fhem=slves. Tbs sccEer We aTe brought 70 he
eonyicier thst va o~urselves ore tie instramontS
In Gs hsnas of God AToseh and BY whom ouF
grievances are TO be Eedreszed. the better it vii
b 81 ne We s-e sfrm believer in the eoneel-
mes & 90 PhiOsgpby gnd principles Of the
Yigm ma sdl-huytsT, who, Hhen asked II tie
Fs7kaz he had killed vera EsraEgisrs or De
s rePieJ hat he I'D lot knoa, I 81
vsys sbo5@ 'sR wherever / f5ds 'em" il
such sas the universal practice ard cuztom O
or pscPla cur co0n.y v0al5 rot be muck
iorfer infested b. these narsa6ing bsads
Thsy Should Be shot down az wild beasts TUNED
lsese to prey uEoR fs country.
Z auaa bands Eege compese5 OF SazliDols O.
CeuIchs InaiAHs. tbsy wonld meet viii 70
cor isFaiaou Ct mercy st Cur haE6s AID ys.
bow much Better sEs they ihan such L Is
fEs deg 90 rot 5omsbowk dsfsnseloss woBan
Az Children, ara ihas bring then to = sudden
death, but ihsiT av0~ed pEfPess as Teli As
fhar PRESTIGE, Is 10 rob and ssarvs them, which
Is squziy Is TePrshszlibls as outright mardsT.
User he nsms and GARD Of Christian sci&isfs
they carr ths hssrt sad instincts Of savsgss,
s15iseiHg as and our people to all the ernslhss
Of bslbsrie war, and yet demanding for thsn-
selves the isa.zncy aud consideration known
an p~rsC-i,ed BY civilized communities The
burdeEs and EsrdsbiPs Of tho war thus bsecms
uoequsLly divided between % and We maintain
that departure fEom civilized customs on Their
Part jusii6as rs il q siuilar departure Il is
IL truth the only way IN which the eHOny ca
Be he'd r. good bshEvior. He has cone among
q uniaviisd. Re Is here against Cur protest
ssd shoald never be permitted 70 take sdYant
age OF bis own wrong
As We Ere the wTonged party in this contest
tas party inyaded-we must lay aside a portion
Of oW humble resignation, and a deeper feelins
Of vsBges1cs must be srOassd within oul
bosens before cur bastard foe win be INST snt
treAtsd as he deserves. We are fully persuade,
that TIE lex tatioHis, Or law Of retaliation, mus
be put more goHsTsIiy in force before be il
brought 10 his senses or his i~nsolercs subdas5,
We have ofisn felt chsgTiusd At the forbssraEoe
shown TO these inEunsa creatures who have
come mo cur country 20 rob, plun3sr and Eu-
dr. us, and loag for the ssy when = difsTeni
poieE ehan Be hssugurats6-s policy such e
tbst pat in pfsedos by the Virgins siill-buBtsz
aud i would be a good job if Gen LEE could
somehow msnAgs to lose his prisoners in tbs
woods As fast - be cSytures them.