The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-03-03
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short, lInt thar'a no usc cusaiu
ubmt a. uil be-; ~ emit do Ne
miiect j,sfice."
10 say | "a you, southrons Yon
need not mako wicked wishes about
the Yankees, nor curse them Ia your
hearts. You cannot do the subject
justice
The Yankees are having a most
glorious time Of Il now, II IL quite
pleasant aud soothing to their liend-
ish feelings Of malice u wrcak their
hell-born vengeance upon unsnccess-
ful rebels. Many 4 Wirz will yet 20
down before Yankee malignity Is
completely grati6cd. But, while
they are numbering rebels for violat-
ing the established usagcs of civilized
warfare, consistency would suggest
that they should first pluck "the
beam from their own eyes" IL can-
not be denied that prisoners, in many
instances, were treated roughly in
the South. There were many men
upon both sides who took great pleas
ure in exercising their little brief
authority" But there was one re-
markablc difference, which will un-
doubtedly be noticed by historians,
in the treatment extended TO prison.
ers by the two parties in the late un-
fortunate contest. When Federal
prisoners were mistreated, 1t was
done by the authority of iudiriduais
under whose immediate control they
were placed. The Confederate Gop-
crRmeai treated It's prisoners with as
much leniency and mercy as its con-
dition would allow. They received
the same rations, That were issued Ia
our own soldiers. But the Federal
Government adopted regular system
Of petty prosecutions, intended tc
wear out Confederate soldiers, and
kill them by inches. They approached
almost TO the point Of roasting Their
helpless victims alive by slow fires
t They adopted a system of starvation
which was executed all over tho
North with a heartlcss barbarity thai
I made the walls Of hell rcyerberatt
with the echoes Of savage joy. Many
! a poor rebel soldier died of sheer
starvation, and their blood now call
! to heaven for vengeance. That silent
, voice will yet be heard. II will rcacl
to the courts Of hcayen--it will pcne.
tratc the car Of Deity, and accuse tht
Yankees in tones louder than thun.
, der of murdr-foul murder--murdel
/ in the first degree.
! II tell thee that the voiee Of patriot blood,
Thus poufd fJt faith and freedom, hath tom
Which from the night Of ages, from the gulf
I OF death, shall burst and make Ia high appea
! Sound INTO earth and heavsnl'
! Another noticeable feature Of tn
Yankee system Of persecution wa
!, freezing soldiers 10 doaih. The mum
ber Of rebels who died from th
faithful execution Of this part of th'
regular programme Of destruction !
1 frightful to contemplate. To depriv
+ men unaccustomed to the rigors Of
Northern climate Of proper clothing
> to tantalize freezing mortals with
. quantity Of fuel barely sufficient 3
G keep alive the hope Of sustaining lii'
I and thereby prolonging suffering
= which a mercifnl death would has
relieved nj once, arc arts of damna
r. bic, systematic, deliberate villain
e that call forth the honest indignation
y Of every human heart. Nature n
!, coils At the exhibition Of 50 muc
/ / fendish malignity, and humanit
blushes at IT, recital.
These two processes were the lead
: ing, distinguishing features Of d
: system Of persecution adopted by III
United States Government. The
:. each particular prison had IL ow