The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-08-01
NEWS FROM THE SOUTH.
IN. Prolongation or the war.


SUCCESS TO BE REACHED ONLY BY THE DESTRUCTION
OF THE RESOURCES OF oNE SIDE OK TIE OTHER
TuE ADVANTAGES OF The soUTH-THE FEDERAL
SCHEME OF HOsTILITIEs, ETC.
From the Richmond Examiner, July II
The has reached that stage IN which success can
only be reached either side through destruction OF
despared OF conquerng the "rebeion" by regular ope
ra,ions in the field and acting on the theory that
They have been pracclng on that theory from tho be
ginning OF hosies but the present campaign has been
especially slgnallzed BY = nsar'iess ana abandoned
ing II into execution. The scheme grathed with
the acauive propensity Of the Yankee race aud was
EXCUSE for thefts, robberes and beast,ai
ties, which, but for IL, would have been committed
without excuse yet the proposition on which they pro-
sss 10 certainly true that desoa.on and sxterm
nation are the only possible means Of subjugatng the
South
in which the udscrmiuate destruction Of property is
acknowledged by party in tho contest TO DO the
only object and the ooly means By which they expect
the question whether the South has not
a great an advantage her enemy 10 that mode Of
warfare q she herself to possess through the
prowess Of her armies In the regular and honorable
According 70 tho old adage, that people who live II
glass houses should be the last TO throw stones the
Yankees have set dangerous example in embarkng
upon policy a indiscrimnatc destruction Of pro-
perty . scheme Of warfare The armies OF the con-
ederacy have previously the present campaign three
tpes invaded the federal oonhneetwce IN Maryland and
Pennsyv ana and Ohio. In all these expeditions
s ns he destruction nnic.ed % property strictly public
or coctrsbsnd o. war The respect they displayed for the
usages q civilization and the humane principles pre-
has been initiated by the enemy who have INDUCED
RIGHTEOUSNESS extreme a. thor own foroearance
The enemy have themselves converted the war into an
indiscrimipate onslaught upon all property, public and
warfare can longer remain one sided If they 60,
with their grand scheme OF reducing the rebellon" by
laying waste the ooniederste Territory TIE
weapons and taciica In contest who shall destroy
most property, the advantage not altogether on the
side OF the party which can muster the most men, but
NAV be shown the side u those who, having lit
tie 10 lose themselves, are IN the best possible condon
and frame nina 70 pay y sss game q nAv0' WIN an
II General Grant army were allowed to march from
Alexandria 70 New Orleans, ana sherman at the same
detachrnent Of nifty thousand each. by four or I'VE
SSs ON tS"T Of warfare BE- made 10
suffer heavier loss every day than they could nct ON
us il any month Of the unequal contest.
paosu sss W" tho Yankee. ' ' ne
South would Do very stupid they consented
principles she has observed with scrupu
cus honor. The North compensates her for all the dis
advantage suffered from inferior numbers BY inaugural
ing scheme Of hostites upon which those who have
most lose obliged 70 sunor most heavily plum
der and devastation are TO be insisted upon as the eg
part then Is Tais 6SEsisss dgs L vs did not reiort
this policy hs own
wealth to take Of ITSELF assuming ne offensive and
carrying Hre and sword into the heart q 10 North
the Yankee generals lind sher account In avoid
ing pitched battles studiousay fankng our armies and
devastating country BY raiding detachmens sent out
from their main invading bodes-R Yankee generals
make this policy pay in country thiny settled where
property Is Is much scattered In the South surely
Confederate generals make the tactics pay 10
tho Yankee confines, where ourishing villages dot the
roads at every few miles, where every twenty leagues
Is TO be found wealthy city where the whole land 10
cut up into small FARMS and every farm granarv and
cattle pen.
column and the terrific meaning OF pdiscrimnate plum
der and devastation. Fds est ab koas doceTi. Shall
not practice upon the lesson?