Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-03-06
The Barbaritiss of the Enemy.

From ths RsbsLI
Tha hcartless vandalism of the Yankee armies
exhibited in thsir march through Georgia and
SouGh Carolina, 70 IS shocking to the moral
sense as it is unauthorized By the ussgss ol
civilissd nsiion5 There is littleusss snd pet
ty msiico about Is, as disgustiug as Is Is co.
temptibls, End it stamps the people vino permit
their soldiers to indulge in such atrocities, sld
encourages them il it, ss unworthy the respect
and as meritlng the indignant rePrObatiou Of al
people who sre nos themselves barbariaus
The iniquisous policy Of marching through
the country With an overwhelming force of un-
scIGpglous mercensTieS, snd Hagius val uDon
women and children, bombsrdiEg cities csntsin-
ing nothing but non combstAEis, and burning
cut of their homes snd leaving to them ssarve,
is, perhaps, in perfect accord with Yankee phil
suthIopy, snG is entirely consistent with the "a
nRsicism which seeks to elevate the negro TO q
position Of Socis! aRd political equslity with 8
race designed by the Almighty to be their mas
lers, but 1t IS rspuEnant to the spirit of sn en-
lightened Christian civilization, and must receive
as it richly merits, the condemnation Of oyery
one moved by generous instincts aud ehivaI-
rous impulses
If We had in our conduct of the war ever fur
nished them any justification for their villsinous
proceedings, there would still have been the
ussges of civilized nations and the opinions Of
ulHAhALu ~ UuCVuubCI UBaOI9 Knew UOQlQ lAE6
Te!aliated upon US in kind, but the world will
bear us witness that our commanders have never
tolerated or permitted any eIeesses by cur
troops, uoT have they INDUCED in them, even
under circumstances whsl, perhaps, they would
have been psIdoned for their perpstration, or ct
lsss. When shs provOestiOns offered By the enc
my would have been reesivsd in mitigation Of
the public judgment
Our cities had been given to the flames, orr
fields devastated, our people robbed, ouT hesrths
profaned, our women insulted, and, every afro.
city which malice and mslglity could devise
and interruptions rsckessness, Ti0!iug in power
could execute, had been paypetr&ted, and yet
our Government though strongly urged, refused
70 ressisie, or to turn aside from the rules Of
warfare established By the u5sges Of civilized
and Christian nations. Our armies, time and
Egsin, invaded their territory Their rich fields
lsy before ug snd at our mercy, their elegant
mansions invited the rem0Tseless and DESTROYING
torch; their gTosuiJg grEngries were iemUti0gly
exposed 10 GB; their bearded wealth ccurtef an
Proprisiou while thePlump forms and ruby lips
OF thsir iemales we're tempdngly in the presence
of 0ut brave boys, AL slOng their line of march.
Ye! even our enemies DO us the justice to sd-
mit that Te took no advantage Of our power
and that We made no war upon nnoa-combaitants.
Perhaps if We had gone through Psnusylvs-
ME aud Ohio with torch and brand, and had left
a long black trail Of desoIstion behind us-ifws
had TUNED those fair fields into deserts, We
wouid have impressed lesson upon the hearts
and colscis1ce5 ct cCT sEsmies which would
have exercised its restraining influence now,
and peThAps have protected rs in this hour Of
Dur trial. A wholesome fear Of the consequences
IN The future might have gusrdsd our defense
e5s women and cur unprotected fields
But the war has not yet closed. The tables
IA az h.. 0r-
enterprises Of The past and iaen our soldiers
0rgetful Of ,ho wishes OF their government, and
smembering only the suFeriugs Of their country
nd the multiplied wrongs our people have en-.
.uEbd, may iuRic: upon the foe such retaliation
IS shsl cause the notes Of waiIing and anguish
0 ATiso from every section of theiF country over
which our banners wave