The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-05-24
How We do stras-Tne Record Lsves.

!. The Macon Telegraph truthfully OBJ
serves that SIT is strange how princi-
pies will change when the tables turn
and 1T Is your bull that gored my
OK" From Minister Kilpatrick's
protest to the Spanish commander off
Valparaiso we extract the following:
While belligerent rights permit q
recourse to extreme measures for the
carrying out of legitimate military
operations, they do not include the
wanton destruction of private proper
ty where no result advantageous to
the lawful ends of the war can be at
tanned. International law expressly
exempts from destruction purely COM
merclal communities, such as Valpa-
raiso, and the undersigned would beg
his Excellency to consider most earn.
estly the immense loss to neutral re-
sidents, and the imposibility of re-
moving, within the brief term allotted
to them, their household goods, chat
tells and merchandise.
If, however, his Excellency persists
In his intention to lombard the port
OF Valparaiso, in spite Of the earnest
remonstrances contained herein, it
only remains for the undersigned to
reiterate, IN the clearest manner, in
the name of his Government, his
most solemn protest against the act,
as unusual, unnecessary, and in con-
travention of the laws and customs of
civilized nations, reserving to his Co.
vernment the right of taking such
action as it may deem proper in the
premises.
Theundersigned has the honor, &C,
J. FITZPATRICK.
10 his Excellency the Commander
in-Chief of the naval forces of her
Catholic Majesty in the Pacific, &c.
Commenting on what Mr.. Kilpa-
trick glibly terms t'belligerent rights,
legitimate operations, wanton de-
struction, lawful ends, international
law, purely commercial communities,
solemn protest, unusual, unnecessary
acts IN contravention of laws and Gus
toms of civilized nations, ct ad nuu-
seuna,' the Macon Telegraph says:
'This is all sound doctrine-the law
of war as recognized by all civilized
ttlons-bnt what became of it when
one fleets were sunk across Charles
>on harbor to destroy the commerce
OF the world with that city-when for
month after month fiery missiles were
ralned upon the women and children
OF the city, and upon the property of
friend and foe-when the city of At
lanta was laid in ashes on its evacua-
ton by the Federal army-when the
lovely capital of South Carolina was
leveled with the earth and thousands
of inoffensive people turned out to
starve and freeze in midwinter-when
tie city Of Petersburg was shelled to
pieces, by long range artillery, be-
cause the army of Grant had not the
manhood to take it? Where were
these laws Of civilized warfare when
the Federal armies perpetrated every
species of atrocity upon private citi-
zens Of the South, and their leaders
unblushingly announced to the world
that 'anWhimg that damaged the enemy
'cus ld'rfM IN erar9''
10 this we beg leave to add that
this man Fitzpatrick, who now ap-
pears so virtuously indignant at the
bombardment of Valparaiso, is the
same who 80 wantonly destroyed pri-
vate property in Georgia and South
Carolina during the march of Sher-
mans army through these States.
The troops of his command stole
everything within their reach, and
while encamped at Johnson's Turn
Out on the South Carolina Railroad,
five miles from Aiken, the whole
country for miles around was secured
and completely sacked. Silverware,
jewelry, gold and silver watches, fur
niturc, cooking utensils, ladies', gen
tlcmen's and children's wearing ap-
parel, and in fact every article of
food, furniture or dress was either
stolen or destroyed in spirit of in
famous hate and sheer wantonness.
These assertions can be proved by
ladies and gentlemen who witnessed
the disgraceful outrages. Further
moro, we know a most estimable lady
and gentleman, whose forms have
bent and whose heads have been
wlitened by the frosts of seventy
winters, living in that neighborhooi,
that suffered the loss of their com
Portable home. having been fired and
burned by kilpatrick's marauders.
When encamped at Johnson's Turn
Out, his table was only surpassed in
its array of massive silver ware by
that OF the Sultan Of Turkey, Brig
ham 1onng, or the Blair-eyed Beast.
Had Fitzpatrick respected the laws
of civilized warfare, the wanton de-
struction of private property in GER
tain parts of Georgia and Carolina