The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-07-19

NtdscS aud tHHh Wd> ohe ~ NiaNlfs n ttW
days sincefona y visit 10 tlae ruined city Of
Portland, Me. We append couple Of
bricfextfacts fron his description Of the
scene before him, more especially as an
Introduction 20 some wholesome reflections
in which hc aIterward INDUCED in another
portkof of that Journal. lie said people
must go hnd,see Cor themselves IL, order 10
get anything like u correct idea, The
most beautiful mansions and the poorest
bovelSareon common lcvgl. The CONF
mon destroyer was no respecter OF persons
or property. The thousands ot trees which
bcstuddcd the city are now n mass of char
red aud blackcned stumps. Only one or
two human lives were i@t bnt dead
animals, suclPas eats, dogs aud hogs, were
lying around here aud there, the victims of
the mcrcicss element Of DESTRUCTION. In
one place he saw yhat bystandcr said
was hundred thousand dollars worth Of
molasses, ali in rone huge cellar, boiling
like heated cauldron, aud this the fourth
day after the FIRE It lay six feet deep upon
IA stone or brick floor, which became
Thoroughly heated before the liquid broke
loose and emptied itsclsJupon II. 1t was
sending up a sweet hut rather smoky flavor,
and wpplil not make the best candy y +
He thus speaks of other scenes. The
morals that BurLER and BANKS praeticcd
themselves aud justified in their soldiers,
in the Southern raids-ioholesqie htepfng--
came actively In play al home. Hear him
As usual in sich large fires, plenty of
thieves and scoundrcls were busy plying
their vocation. Most OF them escaped with
their booty u is stated that, in numerous
cases, people from the surrounding country
came in W it'll their teams, and by Offering
To transport goods 10 place Of safety, got
their carts well loaded, and then cleared
with their booty and secreted it where It
cannot be found They thus stocked them
selves with clothing and other nccessaries
for years to come. But they will be fonnd
out in due time. one lady, who was
burned out Of a splendid residence, lost
every particle Of her clothing in this way,
and was herself carried to place of safety
In her night clothes, IL is almost incrcdi-
BILE that such people live in the world as
these wholesale thieves. ~
WAS 1T RETRIBuTIoN?
The editor appropriately availed himself
of the opportunity to make the following
home thrusts;
A little more than five years ago the
people of our whole country We're living
happily together under common Consti
tuition, guaranteeing equal rights and pro-
lection to all. In this state of facts what
hcirl our fraternal brotherhood? Some
fell spirit disturbed our tranquility and
peace. Not oaly Portland. but the States
of Maine, New lIampsbire Massachusetts,
and all others of the North, raised money
and sent large armies into the States of the
south, under command of officers, who in
nany1 ,cases proved TO be barbaTians in
stead of Christian men. They burned,
sacked, pilagcd and destroyed everything
in'thcir track. They bombardcd cities and
towns for weeks and months together,
throwing explosive shells among innocent
women and children, and scattering death
and destrncti"p op every hard. 1e
They burned jackson, Atlanta, the beau
titul city OF Columbia aud various other
pla,es-laid all in smoudcring ruins to-
gether--4levastlted the Shenandoah valley.
leaving IL a waste, dismal wilderness, aud
drove those of the Inhabitants who were
spared from the sword, homeless and PEN
niloss into the mountains The city of
Portland aud all the North contributed men
and mohey without stint to carry on this
worse than devils work. More than this,
they shouted, eheered, preached prayed
and rang church bells over every fresh tale
of horror from the South.
No pity for weeping mothers and for
lorn children In those terrible days No
mercy for old age, no care for pining sick
ness ut the South, No GoD, no CHRsT, no
angels of mercy were invoked to save the
poor, and the helpless sisters and brothers
in that unfortunate section of our once
united and happy country, but fiend's
Jubilee rang forth its orgies all over the
North. Those of us who had the courage
to protest even in the name oi GOD and
our common humanity, were dcrided,
hootcd, kicked, cufIed, tarred and feather
ed, mobbed out of business, had our prop
erty destroyed and dour homes desecrated.
Look now ut the picture of starvation at
the Sontll, printed on the outside of this
paper, and see the result OF the awful work
, of the last five years, and ask if time will
continue long enough to ayonge these greal
crimes against heaven aud earth.
! No man feels greater griet than the wri-
ter of this article over the sad lot of our SIS.
. ter city in Maine. II is a heart -rendina
> scene down in the forest city, A grea
: calamity has visited our thrifty neighbor
/ She is All object of pity and should be "a,
r subject of the most bountiful charity. Bu
+ her condition is the work OF accident, ant
: not of malicious, unprovOked war and re-
, venge. She was NOT burned by bombshelli
: or maraudmg incendiaries in the name o
4 christianity and patriotism. Herhusband
1 have not been shot, nor their wives an,
! daughters ravlshed by vandals in the nam
! OF morality and liberty. ~.
Ffl-'frt y -
6 a Political Jonah.
I The Chicago Times properly terms NEE
I STANTON, Secretary OF Wan, ~ a"poiitica
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