The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1865-12-12
NUMBER l24.

4rsvn over his face, but this would only
aat few moments There might be al
itional fun made by hanging MN WIN
rotten ropes, Just to let HIM IAN 10 .no
ground a few times, before giving nun ING
anal Jerk with approved hemp, just as
tha cot amuses herself with the little
victim before giving it the finishing oite
hrt even this would fail OF the oeslreo
effect, which is-blood ~.
What's wanted is a CORY way OF ois
posing of rebels-men, women, anu 49, ~
rem haugman's bureau woulon 40
even with G. Washington Julian lor us
executive officer Shooting wouldnt 90.
There are too many spots IN tne hunl" m
body, to touch which with mushe. oaiA
is to cause instant death. AnsUouU
won't do for rebels. There must DC d
great deal of torture, and all the olooo
that it is possible to extract from the lean
ond lank ex confederate systems. 1
think il would be well to offer a hlgh
nrepoi,,n, for the invention OF some sort
of a ,Jupgernaat, with all the improves
menls upon the Oriental plan WHICH
modern ingenuity cannot tali 10 suggesi'
Then let certain holidays be appolh'eu,
saw once month to do the crushing
about fifty acres of ground be set apart
ond handsomely fenced in with nice
amnitheater for the accommodation Oh
snectators. On the appointed Gays ieS
the open space be filled with reoels' An1
at a given signal, let Julian drive In WIN
the chariot decked out with death heao
and bones. Gee up" says Julian,
cracks his whip, and down goes the nrsI
acre of rebels beneath the wheels vi .no
car of patriotism He then goes over lno
next acre, and so on until his day WORK
:; Gn;sho5 when he retires with his team,
- - bIossad consciousness of duty to
country we'll fulfilled. Here are oiooo,
oroans bones and everything else. WhaI
an Improvement upon hanging
Rut then comes the question, Hhat
shall we do with the remains Oh lhe III
tornal rebels. after we hav, killed them
Bury them in some potter,s helo NJ
that would never do. They must be SO
disposed OF that posterlly shah tono
warning from their bad examples mere
IA to nv mind, the best way 10 DO TINS
Tn the Cupuchln Convent at Rome, there
il a vault. whose root, floor and walls are
made from the skeletons OF MONKS Oh
: the order who have died from time 10
v time. The pen of poet, Mr.. JanvlerJ
If mas described it in these words, IN Inc
n skeleton Monk :"
e IT eona ned no sepulchra inscriptions and sone'
tInnan bones set IL columns, and affairs anu
v And adjusted with skill, in faatastcal lines,
| T., ohIorcs a,d angles and circies and tiers,
u Forming arabesques crosses a"u great 'D'''N'
10 WHILE s,ec: in each niche, grim and CHASTITY anC
- shrunk, - ..o.L
a. Let us, then, by all means, have huge
Y national vault erected on the above
he architecturaI principles. In the place o
ey skeleton monks In wooden capotes, let u
Ter nave skeleton rebels IN confederate gray
ne left Davis, as the head IT the late con
~ federacy, must have the most pionlhen
lot niche, OF course then Lee tneh III
we axhumed StoneWall jackson, ana SO on
III according to their merit, or oeLleIi
700 rather. The bones of conscrpts wall a.
III for the floors, and may be preserved
broken. it doesn't make much dltterenc
ac which. But the skeletons OF dl5loyal lt
au> males must be kept In a. GOOD slale
Ion preservation, especially where they AT
es- voung and have pretty feet ana ankle
In and small hands, TO crafty the curloSl'
III of "loyaP visitors to the NaIlonal Cha'
M; nelhouse. where Esthetlc taste can n
IA be entirely overcome by sense Oh
pes awful examples before HIM.
,oye This sepulchral establishment ougnt
ho OMEN 10 visitors every Fourth OF Jul
n or The rising generation can thus DC perm
Mr. ted to profit by 1t, and to gro" up IN N, ~
the alty an devouon to the Union Oh th'
opd forefathers. in consequences Oh ZIG 0iS
ont there presented to them. -.
The subject is 80 fruitful OF suggesuo
p o;r that if yielded to impulse, woula 50
,nno be led away beyond the ordinary lene
ron of a Washington letter III an attenPU
80 do iustice to 1T. / trust, however ina
80 re thrown out a few hints a. 10 Ii
the thing may be done, II, lndeeo, II.
,vopv not hit upon the exact and only nieti
;o;r of living us what, according 10 sucn
,Sont authority as G. w. Julian and Mr. oU
sscas ner. are the great deslderata OF the Ct
= the Blood and Bones. AT any rate u
n,or. hrokeu virgin ground upon the suUJ
Pr have demonstrated that hanging W
mig do: that shooting is too lnstantane
n ne and that the crushing process Is Ine
,essor effective panacea tor the natioh We
6 that I might have suggested burning pu
onaoe could be difficult TO preserve the u
.eturn for architectural purposes ana II Is
1ront ;o.t tn the same objections as hangli
there is no gore about 1t. II "ouLu
angling ouire a thousand Julians for COOK
rocess. perform the job, too, ana tnanA
,ont H. p,erciful Providence, there's only on
te the the country. Julian's proper role II
BLOOD determination business viii be as
,,1inarv for the chariot of Loyalty, IN the
10 col. formance to which have already q
s trans ed. &c uvtor,
: end ,io,, before the lst of January, and
gallow. for blood Bones and other loyal su,
gallo"S LOT DAoo0 Ma
way ces.
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