The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-11-23

do as / say, snd not as do" said an
Eagiish country parson 20 a parishioner
who had veniured 70 point out to the preach
eF solae discrepancies between his conduct
ana ne sdviee he gave his flock. We sup-
pose WIS VAL be The CRY Of some English
presses five contrast the barbsrous e 4
bloody Treatment OF rebels aeainst Euoissh
au' hofity, With their loud dcnal d for ,sr-
g 70 those WHO have rebelisd sgainsi other
governments.
Nothing could be worse or more disgrace
lulr according 10 the London Times a2d The
Saturday Review, than Tor Us even 10 keen
eertain rebels in prison, or TO eonfscate their
properly, or 10 interfere in sny wsv with
tneir liberty OF comfort. Butthe latest news
nom Jamaica relates that In g few DAYS over
one thousand persons have been hanged
ss1a e.keFEiss executed Tor re bellioB in a
siilf i district 81 that Island, and that il Is
intended 70 hsng one thousand more OF the
prisoners captured.
Medo oct forget that these Jamaica rebels
began thcir revolt with the massacre OF 8
dozen civil officers whose conduct apness.
T. have been peculisrly hateful 10 them.
But aloneside the deliberate cruelties pras-
tieed On Thousands Of cur men, under GeE.
Lees ald MI. Davis eyes At beue Isie, AID
under their command by those monsters
Wlhder and Wirz, a. Andersouvillr, ihe
quick killing OF dozen men il The excite
lnent Of 3 struggle does lot sppear in such
iark c0lors a. 10 justify the hanging OF the
whole population Of district.
II the murder Of Baron Won Keiteihofn
and his associates justifies the execution 81
one thousand men aud women, what would
the British have done with the authors OF
the massacre Of Fora Pillow, or with the
men, like Davis, who pUblicly approved Of
that cruel outrsgeg
The English nave held up their hands in
horror Of ihe thought Of oar hanging sin
gle one Of the rebel leaders, whose Internal
tfeschery ruined the South and filled the
continent with blood and mourning. They
call upon us, in the name Of humanity,
Christianity, civilization, and all the viz
tues, 20 shed no more blood, 10 take no ven
geance upon the evil-docrs, 70 restrain cur
passions. But IN tbe Jamaica Standard OF
October sofa we read thsf--
"Ihcrc IS onc continued sccae Of han inq
dgy b. dag, and II becomes . matter for con-
sideration whether the burial Of 80 many
people, packed, as ! heard q blue jacket ray,
like saIdines in The town, is not likely 70
p Oduce ome serious epidemic here Already
the ethuv.um from the dead bodies com
menees 20 ta4nt the atmosphere. Last night,
particularly, disagreeable efiiuvia srising
are inferred, pervaded the entire town, and
u was not without difficulty that one could
avoid getting nauseated."
When Mrs. surratt was hanged, Tor con
spring 20 GsEassinate PFesideut Lincoln, the
London Times, Herald, Saturday Review,
and other journals called her execution .
gross and barbarous outrage, and it was
held particularly cruel that she was given
but a lew days between her sentence and
execution but in the Jamaiea Standard OF
October seth We read
The court-martial, presided over by
Lieutenant snd Commander Brand, resumed
ia siuings on Saiurisy at about o'clock
Eleven rebels were tried pnd condemned
among these were fioO .g0zlen who took .
considerable share ia he insurrsction.
They were executed the same evening 1t
about 81 o'clock. Several were Gated ana
re ieased."
S0sconeF had Lee capighlated than Ne were
eNhOried by the Times and uther English
journals TO be merciful, TO spare and forgive;
| 70 rest content with cur yiclorf; Ia concliiste
by mildness and mercy. But We read IN
The Jamaica Standard OF October Beth:
Gas . mark that the rebellion in st.
| Thomas in the East is crushed out, ! has e
10 mention that The lab5refs in the river
district, rs well as those upon Coley and
l Hall Head estates, have turned out actively
10 work. There can Be no doubt that the
salutary examples which have been made
| Of hundreds oil these rebellious negroes have
/ driven terror into the m'nds Of the many
who are LEFT alive, sud forced them 10 re-
turn 10 their usual uvocations.
at may not be altogether uninteresting
! 10 know that slightly over one thousand and
! fifty rebels have been hanged and shot in
| the parish Of S.. Th9m8s-in-the- CAST up to
/ date, and il is not at all unlikely that ere
! the different courts martial close their sit
tiugs. there will be far over two thousand
who will have paid the penalty Of their vile
attempt ~ extsrmiBate the white and color
Cd races uf this island Il is now q quarter
TO three o'clock, and Henry Boyle, the son
Of the late Moses Bogle, together with his
mother, Mrs. Moses Boyle, have jus; been
brougnI in. The young rebel is 90 severely
wounded that he had 10 ride, his feet being
placed IN hsmpers. Nc doubt these two no.
iorious insurrectienists viii meet the same
doom that has ushe-ed Paul Boyle into au-
other world. At six o'clock III incoming
the fiteen condemned 20 death were execu-
ted az she usual place.
Thst Is to say, resistance has ceased, the
rebellion Is crushed, bat Il is intended to
20 on banging. The island is at pesce-but
The galloWs remain. safety is secured, and
authority restored, but ~ Unsuitable Is the
British thirst for vengeance, such blood
thirsty ssyages are these nild-spoken aud
mercy urging English, that they intend TO
eEesute more than a thousand OF the pris-
uners who remained ia their hands when
peace was restored and resistance ccssrd.
Ne do not think il necessary L. comment 90
such professions and such acts --NCic York
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