Year: 1861

TEETUAN4Nqf r WUAAA A20S


We trust that the order transmitted to
Gen. Butler, to hsrbor no more slaves at
Fortress Monroe, was based upon the met
that be IS not prepared BY the condition Of
his quarters and the state Of his commits
sariat 10 give them a resting place; anad
that It Is by. no means an. indication Of
the policy which the government will
order its commanders to adopt The coun-
try needs and demands practical assur-
ance from. the Government that the war
brought upon the Republic by the insanity
and folly Of the south, is not on our side
to be conducted with the gentle courtesy
that marks the conduct of q man in his
treatment Of 1ebellous and erring child;
but that ns long IS the Southern army wa1s
upon the material interests and pohtl-
cal prosperity: Of loyal men, striking
at our trade, our manufactures,
our commerce and our asricul-
ture, with the venom of-a serpent;
issuing letters OF lnarQue, threatening the
safety Of our commercial towns, and do


ing whatever else their ma1ignity and fe~
rocity may suggest-as long as they do
these things, the blows aimed at them
should be such that when they fall they
will tell upon the general result, and tend
to bring this. conflict to q speedy close.
This il not q war Of bulletins and p1ocla-
mations---aot o contest between cologne
water on one side and sugar-plnms On the
other; and If we enter into it and carry it
on under the impression that the enemy
will restrain their, hands when they. hare
the power to cripple our resources, destroy
cur property, or take our lives, VIC fight At
the disadvantage which would attend the
man who should attempt to tame q hyena
by pelting him with ssap-bub-
b1es- War neans quick: destruction
It means death to eombatants BY any Of
the means which civilized. nations may
employ, 1t means exhaustion Of the re-
sources Of The parties engaged therein, in
such way that one OF the other will con-
tess inability to carry it on Now il. there
is any method by which: the right arm of
The enemy against whom We contend may
be sooner paralyzed, or his intolerab1e
boosting and arrogance be sooner subdued
than by striking 1t the min resource upon
which he relies for lis brcad-the labor Of
his slares-we should be happy to: have
some one wiser than We are point it out!


Weten the powers that be that there has
been enough sending back Of prisoners,
enough scrupulousness in regard to the
sancititJ Of slave " property" enough mis-
taken leniency and forbearance lest
some right should be violated. The peo-
pie, while offering their lives in countless
thousands and their treasures in untold
millions that rebellion may be overcome'
want the assurance that the Adninistration
is IN downright earnest as they aroready
TO seize occasions as they rise, to take ad-
vantage Of any weak side tho enemy pre-
sents, and to turn to quick and rapid ac-
count any disability by which he is embar-
raised. II prisoners are seized, let them be
cent to the rear Of the base line and put in
camp and treated as their crimes warrant
II traitors who are worth the trouble are
got within Federal power, let them be
tried, and, if guilty Of the overt act, hung
up ike ma1efactors and assassins as they
nre. If slaves escape, let them run, and
woe be to him who eends one back They
are tie. backbone Of the rebellion
They work while the. traitors. fight
They produce the bread that treason eata
They dig the trenches and throw up thu
embsnkments behind which traitors strut
They are more valuable to-day, man fol
man, to- the rebel cause than the whites
who defend it. Without them the Wal
would end In month, Wherever they
are cleaned out, there the contestis ended
In the name of all that's prudent and
patriotic, let our boys have their may, and
hit hard where they cani Hare we mol
dealt in cologne and sugar plums long
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