The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-07-10

attaching to 80 foul o breach of faith. Tho
hatefulness of the law has nothing to do with
the question. Slavery and the Fugitive Slave
law were tho price Of the Union: none but
swindler ever dreams of retaining both the
purchase and the purchase-money."
CHARACTERISTICS OF v1BoIN1ANs.
Mr.. Gregs characterization Of the Virgin
iahs Is fiattering in the extrcme. The
planters of Virginia formed perhaps the
hnest and most characteristically English type
OF the Anglo-Saxon race. $50 Their society is
thatin which an Englishman finds himself most
speedily and perfectly at home" -'' They
proved themselves socially and individually
IN the highest qualities of citizens and SOL
dlers equal to any English community in the
world They were perhaps the flower of
the English race" Strong language, certainly.
Tor On En2lishman to use.
VI southern valOr he SAYS that incident
after incident told by hostile witnesses test
mes 10 tho supreme and unrivaled daring Of
that matchless Southern infnntry on which
the North itself bestowed the opithet OF in
comparable. Even the men Of Illinois aud
Ohio were broken. like all other troops. by the
moral effect OF wholesale slaughter Again
and again their antagonists displayed an Ut
ter fearlessness a sheer indifference TO death.
and charged like the Highlanders at Cullo-
den. through fire that failed 10 daunt till it
had destroyed them" After describing Pick
rates were swept by fire compared to
which the cannonades Of Waterloo and Leip-
sic were trivial" Mr.. Greg says. The dvl-
sion was cut to pieces before Pickett gave the
order 10 retreat The relics of
u force which had displayed courage never
surpassed in the history Of modern warfare
retired slowly across the valley. The over
wheiming force that hung on their rear
had no mind TO pursue.
The charge OF the Light Brigade was less
desperate and tar less prolonged. The BRAY
est among the vctors OF lnkerman or Albuera.
of Worth and Grayelotte. might envy the
glory of Picketts defeat"
Or Sherman's Infamous devastation Of
Georgia Greg says. Besides the devastation
deliberately wrought the cloud OF bummers
common thieves and incendlaries-s name
adopted. force acknowledged from this
time by Sherman himselD which attended
his army robbed, burned and wasted, filling
their pockets and wagons with stolen teapots,
spoons, watches, Jewels and plate. firing
barns and standing crops. saughterng cattle
and leaving their victims 20 die OF exposure
and hunger. Sherman WAS as responsible tor
these deeds as for those he actually ordered;
he was fully aware Of and at the time even
boosted Of them . He desired
TO punish the nou-combatants of the South.
and especially the women. whose heroic
spirit and passionate patriotism had
done so much to recruit the armies
ana buhLhlu kubH bplIil. Ilo HOpS~
also 20 deplete the enemys ranks by forcing
his soldiers to desert in order to succor their
homeless families. Ia this he succeeded but
too well. Veterans who. ragged, bareiOoteu
and half fed. had chased before them on
hundred battlefelds the best provided armies
in the world. were driven TO desertion by the
news that their wives and children were dying
of hunger in the woods. exposed 10 the license
of revolted slaves and the brutality OF an IN
controlled swarm of camp followers.
Such methods are undoubtedly elective, out
since the Thirty Years War have been e1-
cluued from the practice OF Christian oeiils-
erents.n
and tho Ku Klux Khan must bring this letter
| 10 a close.
DEVASTATION OF THE SOUTH.
The devastation of the Paiatnate hardy
| exceeded the desolatlon and misery wrought
by the Northern invasion and conquest OF the
| Soutb. No conquered nation OF modern
| DAYS. not Poland under the heel OF Nicholas,
| not Spain or Prussia under that Of Napoleon.
| suffered such individual and collective ruin.
or SAW before them so frghtiul prospect as
| the States dragged back by force IN April 1900.
| under the best government In the word
The corrupt despotism of Louis AN., the IN
sane tyranny OF Paul the stupid, superstl-
! tlous repressive rule of Bomba the Austrian
tyranny IN LOmbardy and Venice, were neon
| parably preferable 10 the reign OF the Mel
| ioggs and Chamberlelns. Bourbons, haps-
bnrgs. Romanofs did not threaten
the very existence of civilization, the
basis of industry and the foundation OF
| social order. They did not eat up. IN a
wasted and ruined country. all that four
wears Of war had left" 10 encounter tnls
| tyranny the Ku Klux Khan waged war in the
! only possible fashion against governments
whose existence was an insult. whose policy
was robbery. whose continuance meant uni
versal public and personal ruin. The South
ern people had resolved 10 put down usurpa-
committees supported by great majority OF
the white people. administering lynch law on
a gigantic scale. carried out their purpose
with characteristic determination. energy and
ruthlessness. When that purpose was effected
the outrages ceased ct once"
r. II. DABNEY.
| TniYersity Of Virginia.