, 1864-04-24
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Fort Pillow, WIS not yet detetIniued on; and
indicated that 1t might be = question Of some
difficulty. Nc have Confederate prisoners
enough in our lahrs, and 1T twould seem to
be easy to feleee [nfec. or: fout hundred men
ont Of Camp Dopglas, By lot or otherwise,
mud order thess shot. at. once: Built Hll
hardly do for the, Government Of the :Onited
States TO proceed with rashness, or to be
guilty ofauy act which: :nAy sayor Of cruelty.
it is hard TO say. what might be- properly
dune under some conceivable circumstances;
but in seeking redress for violation Of the
law, we must proceed lawfully, so. rs to Sc
cure the appreciation of civilized nattons'
and to stop the mouths OF the rebels them
Tie men who pe1petruted the horrible
a4rocity of numbering men after surrender,
ucr, not parcel Of unauthorized guerllias
End they been such, we might proceed to
h1,nt and Kill them as murdercrs, without
any further ceremony, But they are the reg
,,1ar soldiers Of the Confcderacy, wearing ltA
uniform. bearin. Its commission, and re-
cc,yipc It's pay-acting thus In all respects
under its authority. The first steps IN our
routse are therefore clear. We must know
of The rebel authorities If these acts are done
hv their orders or permission; If they will
take tie responsibility of them, or disiVoW
them, and relinquish to opunishment the per
petrators.
The rebels themselves, have just set an e1-
anple Of the proper mode Of procedure.
ybcv found, or pretended to ind, upon the
,ezson of Col. Dah1ggzen, whom they killed,
:. copy OF: orders-real or spurious detailing
the work 10 be done by bis command when
Richmond should be in their hands Some,
of the items were, the taking of Of JEFF. Da-
y,s. and sundsy acts OF burning and devasta-
lion: ayerred to be contrary to the rules Of
rrpular warfare All llrebeldomh has continued
to be greatly exasperated,= by these orders,
which they affirm 10 be genuine, but which
have been supposed to be forgerics, for the
sake OF effect Their mode Of procedure has
been to inquire Of our military leaders in
Jireinls If such orders were given to Col.
palleren; and If he was carrying out the
policy Of the United States government in
the endeayor to act upon them
Gen. Meade and Gen. Fitzpatrick hnve both
replied, that no such orders were given to
Col DahIgrcu; and utterly dlsavow all re-
sponsibIlity Tor them. Thus the matter we
suppose will rest, unless 1t may still be used
as sort of bugbear in the way of firing the
Southern heart But assuming that my such
papers were found upon Col. DahlsteD, their
mode Of procedure Was obviously the proper
one in the premises.
If JET. Davis avows the act Of Forrest, It
will then be necessary to consider the next
step. It will then be for us to decide upon
what act Of retaliation we viii. enter. In
that case it might be proper to proceed to ex.
treme measures ut once-eVen to tho putting
TO death OF prisoners IN our hand6-should
such step seem safe and proper. 1t would
doubtless be lawful.
But If Davis disayows the net, and Ii
ready to accord some suitable satisfaction
something less of stringency might be insist
ed on In our demands, But In auy event til
gang which pcrpetrated the masa ,cre are th
,properbubiects of vengeance. If Davis vii
give up Forrest, Chalmers and their blood
crew, very well. II not, proclamation q
outlaxry ia the least that can be thoueht al
They are NO more entitled to protection. /
csee of being taken prisoners. than a naref
OF tigers with the blood of men upon the,
Jaws.
At ali events we must 20 far enough t
; r1ndfcate fustfee and prnteet our hlark an,
d;o-e q tho fn+n-o
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,rHK VOICE nR 1ACKRON DumOc
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NO living Democrat has q better right t
speak for the Democratic party than Gener.
man. couparatiyely. his party. at the brea!
4..a ,t r. t1'a ~. .;4.,1 c,-1 A. -.
gentlemen of higher claims to statcsroanshi1
whathar ev;dancei Yvv rho ,na,v of;,cjo1 1,,s