History of the United States From the Compromise of 1850 to the ..., volume 3
History of the United States From the Compromise of 1850 to the ..., volume 3
Rhodes James Ford
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. . All rules of civilized warfare are aban- doned, and they proclaim by their acts, if not on their ban- ners, that their war-cry is ' Beauty and booty.' " ' The people of western Virginia, by reason of their char- acter, occupations, and small ownership of slaves, were more closely connected with Pennsylvania and Ohio than " Nicolay and Hay, vol. iv. p. 811. ' Richmond Examiner, May 25, June 5; Richmond Enquirer and Rich- mond Whig, May 25; Russeirs Diary, entry of May 25» p. 285. * Date of p...roclamation, June 5. Official Records, vol. ii. p. 905. For a defence of this proclamation, see Roman's Beauregard, vol. i. p. 78. On a current notion at the South that ''beauty and booty" were the aim of the Northern troops, see Richmond Enquirer, June 18; New York Tribune, July 20 ; Greeley's American Conflict, vol. i p. 508, note. Digitized by Google 436 UNOOLITS ADMINISTRATION [1861 with the eastern part of their State, and their vote on the ordinance of seoession made evident their wish to adhere to the Union/ Before the election a movement began which had for its object the erection of an independent commonwealth west of the AUeghanies.
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