The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-03-11

h'cHt dbo up'o'd Sfcdl ahI JUST laws.
He delights neither in carnage nor pill
lage. bu, take. the sword and the spear
to drive oppression and tyranny far from
the pillow and the pruning hook. H. goe
10 var that lie may secure 10 pesteri'
the blessings Of peace. And be wages
war not agan.. peaceful towns. AMI VII
lages. and farm houses but against fort
brrAsrworks, and intr-nchtnen'. no.
against puerHlpus Don-com baiants-iil
tempered old men, freiful old women. AM
inconsideraie boys and girls: but again
| men IL arms 10 destroy the GoVernin-n:
| He will not burn the mansion Of a feeble
woman 10 Tennessee, because her law les
son is bearing arms against hi. country il
/ Georgis or in Alabama; for besides .he
natural repuguasce be feels toward. an
! SCI 60 cruel. his goOd sense soggest,, that
! u would give the svouea rebel q preiex,
20 rnalgn The national auth GRITTY and he
reflects. the. y forbearing he soETes his
comrades in arns -hila Sparag the ccTn
try's disgrace and q non combatRnts u,ls-
cry for the house may .hel,9r sick or
wounded soldier in the hour OF grestest
need. He Will not ~antosly burn the
fences of a farmer, and Kill his stock, FIRST
because he has 10 delight = USadlsss de-
struction Of aAVthiug, and secondly be
carse he REFLECTS, that a time NAV arise ID
the exigencics Of war When, from the in
corruption Of .upp;as, = surplus Of pro
visions in the country may be shs saliva
! ton Of tha army. In abort, he inflicts no
injury upon person 81 property, save ssch
Rs may bs required to wesken The snssly
| in arms.
When our conquering armies frat en-.
,s'sd hi. portion Of Tennessee, in 1862
most OF the officers - ~sl as tEs soldisrs
IA the ranks, seemed to act OF tia princi-
pies sss forth in The paragraph above
For SO larg, body Of armed man, per-
haps they ~3Eo nsyes espslied IN coed or
der sad respect for property: And their
gsllsn. bss. .ag ~as :he u.ora prsis-ucr-
Inv. because at that sisse rsb1l sympxthi-
z:ng nan-conbatsnta -ere less respectful
in their Gernsacor laan ct present. Their
ORDERLY conduct exto,tsd prsiss from the
months Of bitter rstels: aad it msdc The
ioyoi residents Of tEe country fesl proud
L!as there been Any change % denearor
ic, facts answer. Bu. whose fault ia it #
there is iess Of order and more Of de-
strucslon and piilsga, Some. who care
rot whose honse Is burned, because they
think their o~n 10 secure, or scanse 'hsy
have nnue will gov black in the face
and s3ear the i'll insured rebel brought ii
N themselves. II mus, be confessed
some Of hem acted in manner which
49, ~ their Cis'm upon our sympathy
but their c0Educt did no, produce tie
change 81 department; Tor most OF the
'H''~lrss hsv" fong since become lamb like
IN their conduct, whereas oir tendency IN
.h@ srong direction Increases As th-S shos
signs NJ reformation. 1t ia not because
oar soldier. .Tr !e-s brave or les. cener
| oUs for n.sny Of them are ssnsned Of
he devastation which msrks the courac
Of our armies
The crying evil results from \ Diseased
pnblic --niirr"nt-a 'en'Iwent -hich per
'ade' tie entire country, aud bV pressing,
- u "rfe rem "lshon' upon the arms.
,"r'rs me worst dement's 70 the 'uffare
''""o''e's 'h"Fe are Jn>t AZ many good
"'h - 'He rNhNS OF oar 'rih>e' a. there
N''r va 'e',!s ago on " no"n 81 faPac'-
" Hh' %''H%''N US "rp' over NC c"nh-
'f' outside 'he army hrn,"i ~"rd' h,v-
become '''n''nao'- .Hh p'''nr,"''; 'h@F
arp ~" rA"n''g f','c" rom the pens "f
area '''''''rf' ana rom those of MANY
@n". 'so"e" nov n''e'' 10 "f''e are i'np"ll-
~ ''I's'' os = '''"nT'> "F ''''"0 Their
""hsh,s N p''''. h"'IhG "HVen'n'rr'.
fner' as they do for tha. Of iEindoo~,an,
out ~" follow ma army With g eciaf II
ftHH' 10 Niece sNfll2fs ana fftlZsnS 2Gsh.