Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-05-19
Most Damn2bie.

We clip the following in regard to the
Fort Pillow massacre from the La Crosse
Demoyyat, edited BY that Prince of Darkness
and brainlcss Iunatic, NJ. II. Pomcroy. Let
all loyal and disloyal men read it canGidy
and thoughtfully-tha the one may behold
how dcpravcd and corrupt the human heart
may become through association with evil
the other that they may as in mirror
their brother in treason, clothed in the orig
inal garb of damnablc wickedncss, as fur
nished by his Satanic Majesty to willing sub
jccts:
"Ard furthermore we are glad of the mas
sacrc. Il IS 4 good thing. II will resals in
good Half dozen more such inhUman
atrocities would wax, IN this Government
and send its armies to the front instead OF
sending them home to vote. Malf Il dozen
more butchcricS would iniusc new life into
the managers Of national aitairs-wouid set
Grant ii motion and give the people OF the
north an appetite for war which would result
in the wiping out of Forrest and his devils
and hasten the dawning Of peace. For the
victims of the massacre VIC have pity, but on
general principles it is the best cveEt of the
season. Aud now if the rebels will murder
a few hundred prisoners in Richmond the re
suit will be that the no2th will stop spccula-
ton and Quarrelimg over who shall have of
fee or who shall have printing, ana push this
war to Il close.
Howl At us--h2ag Us-stop our patronage
call us endc.ring names but in Gods name
let there BE- more energy III war matters and
oar national tit(c to greatness yindlcit iteI.
1t is hard for the mind to conceive the
possibility of sentiments so atrocious as the
above cmanating from the human understar :
ing Vi,iainy in its hIackest form is he pov-
trayed None other than the blacklist heart,
in whose depths turks everything at enrnjty
with God and Liberty, and in fellowship with
He'll and Crime, could ever have breathcd
sentiments so full of viniictiyeness-yca,
murder Mark N. pomcroy has long been
known as traitor to man, liberty and God.
He now seeks to cap the climax, to add ;he
cap-sbcaf, to all past expressions of his rot
ten, reasonable heart, and most triumphant
ly has he succeeded.
1t would seem as though all the demons in
he'll had cons;i9od 10 aid the lechevous trait
or in his diabol;caI efforts 10 throttle the Al
mighty and pour the healing oil upon the
smartins wounds of ths most hcl!ish rebellion
time ever knew.
Satan is no fit companion for II. II. Pome-
rov In comparison, lie is too Christ-ike.-
Hell is nc fit abode lor his damned, wander
ing spirit. The temperature would prove too
congenial Neither lit to live or to die, he
should survive all time and drag his misera-
bic length of being through untold centuries,
un:il, like Campbcll's 'Hast man" he might
exclaim
Behold not ME expire"
1t is evident that N. N. Pomeroy is striv-
ing to become martyr. He is TOO trivial 2
Nmg TO become either hero. a martvr, or a
sham model Of deceney All men should
hate him. A brainlcss fool, he deserves pity;
believing ass, he deserves cudgeI a lcch-
erous traitor, he deserves halter.
We only regret that he was not an inmate
Of the historic Fort Pillow at the time of the