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 Outrages of the 
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 Outrn;cs of the Lncmy— Report of I lie 
 Seed Cumuli .i«: uy llr. Clay. 
 u Tue Sdleot Uominitiee of Thirteen, con- 
 sisting ul one SeUttlur iruni each ul' I lie Con- 
 federate Si i ea, imi.-c l under a resuluiiou ol 
 Iho Seu.it o at its last session. io cull- 
 report ibe evidences ui' ou raged couiuiitird 
 by i ue on. my upon ihe persona an. I properly 
 
 VI ..ui UI.I/.C..S, IN Vlni.lll.lll of IH« lilies o. 
 
 ei.-.l zed Kiiiiif aud iherightaol In. 
 auk . -.ivr io report — 
 
 ••I'liui they nave receive. 1 statements ol 
 wrongs, iuj.iiies a. ..I outrages cuuiuuiicd by 
 Hie win my in u iiy fuu r Statea ol the Cuufed- 
 er.icy — Alabama, Arkausas, Norm CaiOiiua 
 ami S .iiu Carolina — mii ili.il Ihese en 
 ony h .-in. tii puri ol wbul Uasb*.en Buttered 
 by i>ur ciuzeus .n meae Males. But thus* 
 
 aiaieuiCilla lib. w II. a! our mv.l<le-s have I..', u 
 
 utterly reg u ii.: s oi every priuciple ol l.iw 
 lul a-arlaie, every precept ul Hi.- ciu 
 re igiu.i u..-i every senituieut oi.eni.g'i ;neU 
 l,u..i -n.iy. luaepiiil ul w.iiron an.! viu 
 diouvu malice, ur ul i bb ike rapaciiy, 
 Ibey have destroyed ur cariied .'II' property 
 l.'i which ihe eHliiuatejH, mad. alinusi i 
 abiy uudcr oath, autouni in the aggregate iu 
 
 an ... Si ■.. i.ll -it. In iii.ii' J parts ..! 
 
 billies iii. y liave buruod i in i aud 
 
 oui buusee, giaueries, gins nud tnill-Uuitsea, 
 the felloes and orups, Ibi iuiplemeuta ol' 
 husbandry audtootaol liade, uud proti-iuus 
 lor subsisting iioili nt n n aud beaut; Iiuvh 
 cm djwu or otherwise ues royed ibe fruil 
 lues an. I viuiyarde, have killed (tie on 
 in, uowb, ilieeueep and bugs; thereby evin- 
 cing iii..- base aud savage purpose of taking 
 hum our people nil llieir menus of preseui 
 nntl future subsisleuue: of furoing inem lo 
 
 set i .1 in i .- letter beyund reaon of ibeii 
 
 ■runes; aud ol wasting mil desotaiing the 
 laud, thai ihey may cuuvert it tutu a deseri 
 Ibey have burned ur battered down public 
 ediboes, uevoted in civil mid religious pur 
 poeee — school-bouses, court-houses and 
 Bburebes — aud imvt eiiber d< si my. dor taken 
 on I lie public records, Hie books and the sa- 
 crum. n al vesse s; thereby displaying a lie- 
 sire ur iuteui ioii iu desiruy uur monuments ol 
 piO,eii>, uur evideuoes 01 marriage and Ic- 
 gilliu icy, .iii- bistory, and Ilie very bonds ol 
 booiety . it imu a cundiliou oi 
 
 tnarouy aud civil strife, where no man's 
 right* are secure and wrong may be .lone 
 wiui impuniiy. They have not spared even 
 ibe in of uur .li'. 1. 1, or sutt'ered tbeii 
 rem una iu real undia urbed. They have lorn 
 down and uiuiilaled i lie moDumeuta iu oetue- 
 teries, aud have exbumed and opened coffins, 
 eiiUi no gratify Bordid avarice or fiendish ma- 
 lignity I'bey have mutilated orrentovud pubiio 
 aud pri vale libn t,purtraii8and other paint- 
 ings, Btaiuea ami other wuiks uf mi aud 
 i.'i-i... pi hi.? and other musical iastrumeuia, 
 
 and ui l Behold lurniture, They have 
 
 rubbed many persona uf relics ul' deoeaeed 
 
 fur ii a. in ..i he. i elat ives oi 
 
 ds, which went iuvaluaole '..- them and 
 
 vain ■■.!■ ' ibe i bbers, merely to torture 
 
 Hi of our oil liens nnd io sati 
 
 ewn mean aud malevi !• nl animosity, 'Ihey 
 hive murdered peaceful and ouuffendiug 
 eiiixene, an i have Ben d .-nut taken many ..i 
 th. in tar ir .in ibeir families and homes, ami 
 iuc arceraled I hem in prisons of the Uuitcd 
 btatea, I'u others they have offered the 
 chuiue of a prison or an oath of atle 
 tu ibe United Sin as. They have rushed bi 
 regiments, baiialions or companies into our 
 ui iges, ami rubbe I, like banditii, boih men 
 
 tml w..niiu, in Hun- line lings ami mi ih,. 
 
 ■■reels ol mou*y, watches and other jewolrj 
 Tn. ii soldiers ii ur indulged their brutal u is- 
 n ins upon women, sometimes in open d >y and 
 iu p. I. lie plaues, »iiii impflnity, .1 nut by li 
 ci'ii-i .-ii. luey have no* spare i 
 
 e Iber uni', r.e\ or calling, Ol.i men, wumen 
 ami children, ministers of religion, peaceful 
 
 artiztns, merohnnts, men of seience nnd 
 Ifller*, tillers of t lie carili, aodoibeis not 
 beariug aims, or gu Ity of any misconduct, 
 bnve been made to Miller as boslagea, ur vi- 
 carious victims, lor the [severe 5ul defensive 
 lilu'vs intlicied by i.ur gallanl Boldiefa upon 
 these cowardly invaders. Even those utiiur- 
 uniitua whom the mysterious providence of 
 Uod has heml'l of leason, or of I lie faculty 
 ol speech, or ihc sense of sight or bearing, 
 have not escaped the demonical wrath of our 
 eueini 
 
 ••the Committee would ciie examples of 
 each of these outrages, and the lealiniony by 
 which ihey are sustained, lull it would swell 
 the report beyoud the limiia which will en- 
 sure iis publication nnd perusal, and as 'be 
 and injuries done are nol half lold, 
 itiuua having extended to ouly a 
 • mail pari of lour Staios, ihey have deemed 
 io postpone a full recital to aootbei 
 session ol Congress when they may make a 
 final report, 
 
 "In i-onclusion, the Committee feci war- 
 ranted iu saying thai lite conduct of the war 
 .ui ihe [.an oi our enemies ini> nut exhibited 
 the moderation, the forbearance, the chival< 
 ourtesy, the magnanimity, or Chris- 
 tian charity, which the spirit of ilie age de- 
 mands, and which the praoitoe of civilized 
 i il centuries la-l paal lias 
 illy illustrated. It has been a war not 
 inure h gainst our unarmed men, than belp- 
 
 1 inn i. ni n ..'ii and children. It 
 
 lied io destroy nol only our 
 me ins oi defence, bui of our fool and i-ii- 
 uien: ; not only io conquer, but to extermi- 
 nate. It has been a war not only against 
 the bodies, but againsi the spnii uf our peo- 
 ple also; their eouIb have hern luriured by 
 all the base arts uf oowardly despotism ; by 
 ing them la insults aud humiliations, 
 is ii Hie very slaves oi their enemies; by 
 robbing them of priceless ti isurei conse- 
 '•i aic ' in I heir affections by association with 
 dead or absent kindred; by false reports to 
 thnse v. it Li i ii their lines, and who were out uff 
 Iroin communication wuh tneir fi-llow- 
 citixens beyond, Ibem of repeated deieata 
 and diaasiera attending Souiliern aim-, ami 
 of our concessions uf the hopelessness 
 of our cau-e ; by desecrating graves, 
 churches, and oilier sacred places ; 
 by destroying things which do nut add to 
 means of bus ilily bui are only useful in 
 peace, and serve iu prumoic the commou and 
 pei pntunl interests uf mankind. Iu short it 
 ii prosecuiedas if with ibe fell pur- 
 pose ol subjugating bulb ihe bodies and 
 souls of our people, or of exasperating aud 
 exterminating tbem. li has been a war 
 against properly, both public and privale; 
 Lea and against all classes of 
 the political, moral and 
 uis of our peoplt ; against 
 ih. n honor ami their public iiU'rei inns ; 
 againsi whatever has hitherto been deemed 
 I, inoffensive and exempt from hostility 
 by all civilized nations, li has been cou- 
 iliici<-d BO us in insult while Ihey injured, lo 
 exhibit toward us contempt as well as haired. 
 It has been waged as if ihey wished never 
 10 have peace with us, or expboied us never 
 in hold in Inline any ei|iialii\ with ibitn. 
 • ■■ p .li y has m ' been to rc- 
 lorc the Union, or lo Inn. aoj future 
 commerce or intercourse wiih us as indo- 
 peinli in and friendly States They disdain. 
 initiate, and design to subjugate or ex- 
 terminate our people. 
 
 '•The Coinniitiee ask leave to sil during 
 the rcce-s ul Uungress, thai ttey may con- 
 tinue tho prosecution uf their dunes and 
 .ike lunher report at the next Hess on. 
 Chey suggest ib.it ihii report uml itie ac- 
 ' s b» fib il lor t he press t 
 in the office uf the Secretary of the Senate." 
 

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