, 1864-07-13
ANOTHER OUTRAGE on TIE
PEACE MEN,

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PEACE MEN.
The firing on railroad trims, loaded either
with combatants or non combatants, If COM
1nitted by citizens or guerillas, within our
lines and where no uniformed OF organized
rebel force can OF dare show itself, is, accord
mg to every authority On military Inv, not
war but murder. As such it is the plain du-
fy Of every department commander to pre-.
vent and punish 1t. To uphold 1t Is to be an
accessory to murder and an accomplice Of
murderer.
Both Gems. Sherman and Washburne With
In their Departments have been compelled to
adopt the sumo mode Of preventing such
outrages, viz: by placing on each train a
few prominent eecessionists OF the district
through which the trains pass. OF course 1t
does not endanger the secessionists so ex-
posed, for the fact is Immediately communi-
coted to the murderer6, and the firing On the
trains ceases.
But the lives Of the Union soldiers who
are scnt over these railroads are thereby pro-
1ccted from this system Of assassination.
1T this the Northern rebel organs are indlg-
naut. Sherman is too high game for them at
present. They dare not strike ut him. Be-
sides he is Democrat But Gen. Wash
1urne, who follows Shcrman's example in
this respect, is Republican-bclongs to d
Republican family. Wherefore they way)ay
Washbu1ne md fire into bis train in the fol-
lowing style:
The order Of Gen. Wasbbnrne placing forty
prominent citizens pn raihs RAINING in and out OF
Memphis Il bril- tant conception On the part Of
The commander Of .as ASmgGash !na ho1sea 6se
common, to interfere in elections is not without
preceoent but put citizens on traln OF cars to
H ~. nlstea ~ s*;p Whose hr
liaDcy ii without aElvaL
This rebel organ seems TO think the right
Of gucrillas to fire on our Federal soldiers
1rou behind the rocks and bushes is one of
the rights Of the South, one of the preroga-
lives Of the chiyalry. 1t Is surely gross out
rage on humanity to subject them to the
risk of hitting their friends and relatives,
nay, of being hit themselves, for perchance
the guerilla who to-day ia shooting Union
soldiers securely from his retreat In the
mountains, may to morrow be riding On
rail'' against his will, subject to all the
uncertainties incident to such a dilemma.
What right hns the Government thus to In
ferfere with the shooting Of Union soldiers
The Sons OF Liberty, Knights Of the Golden
Circle, followers Of Val1Andigham, md "un-
terrified Democratic generally, should see
to It, that the rights of our Southern brethren
to kill our Northern soldiers in safety from
behind trees and rocks while they are on the
WY to the wars, be not intringed. Peace
men everywhere are requested to stir up
riots in the cause Of humanity over this
crowning abolition outrage.
anvrRTuSEn RY THEIR rNFAmY.
There are certain newspapers at the North,
will appear throughout this article, which
systematically seek to be Infamous In order
That their infamy may be spoken OF, may
make them notorious, may advertise them
and thus sell them. Whatever can disgust
1atriot, afaict decent man with nausea, or
make an honest citizen vomit, is placed On
exhibition in their editorial columns, and
day after day the black and rotten stream Of
offensive refuse flows on like the Chicago
river, nauseating and pestilentlal. But Is its
tlthiness Will ere long give the Chicago river
worldwide fane, SO the nauseatang quail
ties oi such journRls IL their only means Of
getting advertised. We have all heard so
much OF the devil that the best OF us wonld
Day quarter to see him. What wonder
then that q newspaper which by dint OF
etraining its In genuity can Secure for itsel1
the curses Of all good and true men, which
can on each and every day cater to the public
disgust with some new item abusive of the
people, the Government, the soldiers, thei1
generals or the Union cause, or commeuda
tory Of the rebels. their leaders, troops o,
strategy, should be commented On for IT.
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