The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-27

4 cflxen or Ohio. i can touch q pslAs
again and order the arrest ef II citizen Of
rev York. Gan tho Quee., Of snsland
Ia her do,n!niens, do as much
: Tho late Judge Jeremiah S. Black- o.
pennsylvania, at one time president OF
The Supreme Court OF that State ara az. al,
terwayis Attorney General Of the Unteu
States under Mr.. Buchanan. one OF me
most distinguished lawyers ana Wflt 'Ars
OF his day, thus writes or Mf.sSeWal l
aad his little bell:
Now as 10 the little bell. The same
higher law which gave the tcaerai GOV
crnment power to iegtslate against .lfN
States, IA defiance of the cons . easio.i'
wo,,,d logically justify any executive out
Y.r-a t,,af might be desired Cor party pt r
noses, Of, the life, liberty and property OF
individuals. Such was AR. Sewards the~
5.,ry. and such was the practice Of himself
and his subordinates. and some CT his
colleagues
He says, further. to Mr.. Charles
Francis Adams. to whom he was writ
ing:
II will not pain you by recital OF the
wanton cruelties they inflicted upon IN
offending citizens. ] have neither space
nor skin. nor time to paint them. "A
,ifesize pic,rre = them wotii- cover more
canvas than there is on the earth
Since the fall of RobespieTre,
he saws. nothing has occurred to cast
SO mach disrepute on Republican insa-
tutions. When Mr.. Seward went into the
State Department he took a little bell to
his Office, In place of the statue BOOK,
ana this niece OF sounding brass came to
he a symbol OF the higher Law. When
he desired to kidnap a free citizen to ban
ish him, to iespoi him of his property.
or to kill him after the fnockery OF a
military trial. he rang his little bell and
The deed was done.
lsea Blacks Essays. page 1853
FOUL MURDER
In speaking of the murder of Mrs. Sur
raft, he says:
IN 1866. months after the peace, at
the political capital of the nation, IN
enl sight of the Executive Mansion. the
capi,oI and the City Hall, where the
courts were in session. a perfectly 'nno-
cent and most respectable woman was
lawlessly dragged from her FANNY ana
brutally put TO death, without judge or
Jury, upon the mere order or certain mil
tary officers conroked for that purpose.
1t was take it all in all. as foul q muir
der as ever blackened the face of Gods
sfy. But it was done in strict accord
ance with Higher Law. and the Law De-
I.artment Of the United States approved
it,
Now, this Is what a northern man, Nv
ing in Washington at the time; a profound
lawyer and statesman, has TO say of these
things.
AS a matter Of course, the North will
attempt to reply tabout all they can re-
Div yith ali apparent Observation-Disclosures,
they will ask: Was not Chambersburg
burnt by General Early's order? Yes
1t was. but aInder circumstances Whlch
show that that act was not 1usflilcatloii
whatever for the outrages We nave SET
forth in this paper: and this act was only
resorted to by General Early 10y way ot
retaliation, and to Try, II possible, 10 stop
Inc outrages then being committed IL
was only resorted TO, too. alter luil
warning and an offer TO the 1nuncli'al
authorities of Chambersburs TO prevent
the confiagation, by paying fer certain
private property just previously Destroy
ed by General Hunter. But 1iils oh>r
these authorities refused to accede to.
sa wing .they were not afraid of having
their town burned. and that a Federal
force was approaching. Gencfai Larry
says in his report:
II desired to give the people of Cham
hersburg an opportunity of saving their
town by making compensation Tor part
of the injury done, and hoped that the
payment of such a sum tone hundred
thousand dollars In gold. or five hundred
thousands in greenhacks) would nave
the desired effect, and open the eyes OIL
the people of other towns at the North
to the necessity of urging upon their
Government the adoption of different
policy"
lSee Early,s Memoirs. where the fun
report oS this occurrence is siyen1
BURNED PRIVATE HOUSES
A part of the private property destroyed
by Hunter. for which this sum was de-
marded by General Early, were the pri-
vate residences Of Andrew Hunter, ESD,
tthen a. member of the Senate of Virginia,
who had prosecuted John Brown as Com
Attorney of Jefferson coun-
tv. ya.o: of Alexander r. Bateler, Esq.
IAN ex-member of the Confederate and
United States Congresses1. and of Ed
muud J. Lee Esq, Ia relative of Cen
eral Lee) with their contents, only time
enough having been given the ladies' to
get out of these houses.
General Hunter had also just caused
the Virginia Military institute the house
of Governor Letcher, and numerous other
houses in the Valley, to be burned. Even
General Idalleck, writing TO General Sher-
my 4, on September rs, 1ooi, refers thus to
this conduct of Hunter. He says:
II do not approve OF General Hunters
course, in burning private houses or Use
lessly destroying private property That
is faarbarous.
Sec 9 Str2rman's Men,. page 123.
No soldier in the Confederate Army un-
derstood better than General Early the
rules Of civilized warfare, or was more
opposed to vandalism in every form.
His conduct at York, Pa, before REFER
ed to, and his address to the people of
that town.. show this in the most salts
factory manner. lie says:
II have abstained from burning the
railroad buildings and car shops in your
town because. after examination, i am
satisfied that The safety OF the town
would be endangered. Acting in the
spirit of humanity, which has ever char
acterized my government and its military
authorities. i do not desire to involve
the innocent in the same punishment
with the guilty. Had applied the torch
without regard TO consequences, / would
have pursued a. course which would have
been fully indicated as an act Of just
retaliation for The unparalleled acts OF
brutality on our soil. But we do not
war upon women and Children
PRAIsEwoRTHY CONDUCT.