The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1885-04-02

snsp<ctsd, = 10 rspsssested V ne. cf be.
ing The sutbaf Of tAis burning. and from
thai tsme both ~ and his men have been
kidiag ss6 couaeqnsnlly lave dous moth
ing. NonSy - toen ADVANCED 10 Mr.
lCbasshiii. u Oncisnati. 70 organize ;
corps fos tks psrpces a taoendiasikm In
that city ! considsr him atrns man. and
although ~ YET hs has effected bot iiiils.
IN 10 cossssnt sspectAt,oo Of bearing q
effective work IN ttst quarter. Pro-
vious W The arrival 81 Lisuk Col. Martin
and Iaeut HssdIy. bringing a. unsiwned
nole from yoa. I'll The dfdsrsnt places
where cnr prisoners are confined camp
Douglas. Rock lslana. camp Morton.
camp Chase, ElmirsAhsd been thoroughly
examined, And the conclusion was forced
npon NE thst al efforts 10 rcleaAs them
without an outside cooperation would
bring disaster upon the prisoners and r.
cult 10 no good. All prospects Of thss sort
vere abandoned. excspt that d camp
Douglas. WHARF Capt Hines stilI believed
BE- could effect their release. Ws yielded
to his Grmness. zeal aud peraistsncs, and
bis plans wers plausible; but treachery
defeated him before bis vol laid schemes
we're developed. Having nothing elise on
band, Col. Martin expressed . sish 10 o.,
ganixs corps 10 burn Nsv York city. He
was allowed 70 do "a. and most daring ~
tempt hss bssn made 70 nfs that city, but
their rsliancs on The Greek ARE hes proved
misiortupe. II cannot b. depended on
- ~ agent 10 such work. have no faith
Whatever IN Il, end no attempt shall here
after b made under ny general dirsctions
with such material. During my
stay 10 Cansda great amount Of property
has bssn destroyed BY burning. II
Several parties claim 10 have done the
work st st. Lonis. New Oslsans. Louis. |
willie. Brooklyn. Philadslphia, and u Cai-
70. Some ere nov on thsir way 70 Corinth |
vhich u present II tho point Of rsndex~ |
vons. Also 70 operate on their railroads, |
and force The enemy 70 keep up guard on |
al their rosds. which will require large
army 1t home: and TO burn when
ever il il practicable, and thus mako the
men Of property feel their insecurity, and
tirc them ont with the war. Tho attempt |
on New York he's produced . great panic.
which will not subsids Il their bidding.
Some Of the clerks in The Interior De-
partment have been there sinss Thomps
had charge and they remembering his
reasonable acts expressed disgust 81 the
action Of Secretary Lamar. A Washing.
ton newspaper plainly intimated that II
they did not stop talking they would be
Many Of the Democratic news.
papers in the North condemn the got.
We quote the following from the N. Y.
Graphic which Was o strong Cleveland
paper:
Secretary Lamar, in ordering the flag
over the Interior Department to be placed
It hall. mast and in suspending public
business in the honor Of the memory Of
Jacob Thompson, committed
; serious error, due, doubtless, 10 the
forgetfulness Of incontsstable
facts.
Jacob Thompson Of Mississippi had
placed himself beyond the bounds Of civ
ilization by self-confsssed acts Of arson
and incendiarism, committed under his
in Northern cities during the
civil war. Certain modes OF warfare are
deemed proper and legitimate under the
usages Of civilized nations and the rules
81 international law. Burning cities far
removed from the seat Of war, by stealth
md by means Of Greek fire, explosives
and torches IL the hands Of non .commis-
Iioned, unenlisted soldiers unconnected
with any organized military force or COM
mand. was not war nor legitimate warfare.
[t involved the destruction OF non. COM
batants without notice 10 withdraw from
danger, and the burning to death Of thou.
,ands OF innocent children and women,
md the criminslly wanton destruction Of
lood. clothing and other property not in
my sense contraband Of war. Thomp- /
Isn's crimes were precisely identical
10 their nature with the barbarous acts
Ind monstrous crimes Of the dynamite ,
outlaws who undertook TO destroy public
md private property and innocent lives
ID London instead Of New York by SINH
lar means. Thompson's offences arc ,
lefnei in the criminal laws ~ arson; his
horrible work Was the work OF IN incen-
lisry, and be should have been tried and
sentenced TO the penitentiary ~ such. {
de il entitled to no honors and no marks (,
i respect from : great Government which
,e tried by sush inhuman and dastardly
means to destroy"
Secretary Lamar is reported - saying
hat his action was done deliberately and
10 can stand the criticism the same Is he
lid when be euIogized Charles Sumner.
70 compare jacob Thompson with Charles
summer is like jumping out Of the frying ,
IAN into the Ore; one Of the best men on
be northern side with one OF the worst
nen on the Southern. Who il waving
ha h1ondv shirk now9 :