The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-11-02

dressed in the uniform of United States
soldiers, killed two sentinels belonging
to the Fifth Michigan Cavalry. The
same paper contains fuller account OF
a number of wanton murders of inoffen-
sive people by Mosby's men, and of the
hanging of two soldiers named Brown
and Reynolds to the limb of tree by
Mosby's order, and says that after fight
our men were found with their throats
cut by Mosby's command.
An engagement is also cited in the
same paper, in which thirteen Union sol
diers were killed and only five wounded,
the enormous disproportion indicating
wanton massacre.
On September the 9Th, in the same
year, Mosby hung thirty-two Union sol
diers; on November II, 1864, at Win
chester, West Virginia, Colonel Mosby
ordered the execution of several men OF
the Second New York Cavalry. His Or
ders were executed by Lieutenant Smith,
of his command. OF the seven men, only
one, Sergeant Marvin, of the Second
New York Cavalry, escaped. These men
were taken in war as regularly enrolled
soldiers, and the records of the papers
published at the time contain no hint,
excuse, or palliation for the murders.
The execution took place near Berry
vile, on the Winchester Pike. Three
of the men were hung, and of the other
three, after escaping the death of their
comrades by hanging, as required by
Mosby's order. received soldiers death,
by the bullet, through the favor of his
subordinate. This is fair illustration
ofthe sincerity of the Republican party
cry against putting ex-Confederate SOL
diers on guard in public places.
There certainly could be no one in the
whole Southern service more objectiona-
bic than the ex-guerrilla Mosby. How
ever gallant he may have been, the ma
ture of his service and the manner in
which he performed it, were such as to
entitle him only to the lowest rank
among officers or gentlemen.
The partisan who fights in the uni
form of the enemy, and habitually plays
the part of a spy, may be useful in
war, but his place is not one ordinarily
sought by men of honor, and when
to the lot of such partisan
it falls to hang gallant soldiers to the
limbs of trees, and to murder the de-
fenseless citizens because they have bust
ness with the army, which was Mosby's
constant practice to do, such men gener-
ally are content to sink into oblivion
consoled by the usual reward of people
in their branch of business.
But q guerilla is transformed into q
butcher if he will but enter into Re-
publican political camp; while the most
gallant and chivalrous soldier is mon
ster if he adheres to Democratic prin-
Gples.
The whole cry about putting ex-rebels
in power is mere sham, and the Republi-
cans themselves don't believe in it.
Only the other day, Major Griswold,
an officer of Mosby's command, was ap-
pointed to position in the Treasury
Department on Mosby's recommends
ton, and a Union soldier removed to
make room for the ex-guerilla.
Libby prison, where so many Union SOL
diers, according to Republican author
tiles, were treated with terrible cruelty.
A thousand other instances might be
given to show the insincerity of the Re-
publican party on this subject, but it is
scarcely necessary to do so, for all the
world knows that what the Republicans
admire and seek to promote is not loyalty
to the Union but hatred to Reunion,
Peace and Reform.