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The Daily Dispatch: July 10, 1862., [Electronic resource], Gen. Halleck on War. (search)
Gen. Halleck on War. --H. W. Halleck, Lieut. of Engineers U. S. Army, (now a Major General in the Yankee army,) in 1846 published a work on Military Art and Science, in which he says: "All modern ethical writers regard unjust war as not only immoral, but as one of the greatest of crimes — murder on a large scale. SuchH. W. Halleck, Lieut. of Engineers U. S. Army, (now a Major General in the Yankee army,) in 1846 published a work on Military Art and Science, in which he says: "All modern ethical writers regard unjust war as not only immoral, but as one of the greatest of crimes — murder on a large scale. Such are all wars of mere ambition, engaged in for the purpose of extending legal power or National sovereignty; wars of plunder, carried on for mercenary motives; wars of propagandism, undertaken for the uprightious end of compelling men to adopt certain religious or political opinions, whether from the alleged motives of "introducingrrence by all moral and religions people; and this is believed to be the settled conviction of the great mass of our citizens. " These are truths, and Major-General Halleck and the people of the North, who are prosecuting this wicked war against the South, will be "held in just abhorrence of all moral and religious people.
The Daily Dispatch: July 10, 1862., [Electronic resource], Daring Adventure. (search)
ll not only concentrate all the forces they now have in existence, but will raise as many more as they possibly can. Lincoln has already called for 300,000 recruits. Whether he will get them or not, is one thing. Whether we ought to act as though he had already obtained there, is another. It is our opinion that we decidedly ought so to act. McClellan, we are disposed to think, has by no means relinquished his designs upon this city. He expects to be reinforced in his present position by Halleck's army, by all the troops he can bring from North and South Carolina, and from Georgia, and possibly Florida, in addition to the recruits already mentioned. This, at least, is our view of the case, although we confess we have no date upon which the opinion is founded. It seems to us that it would be the part of wisdom to act precisely as though he led already succeeded in assembling all these troops. We have no doubt of our power to resist him successfully, let him bring what forces he m