l-known characteristics of the Sons of the Pilgrims forbid the idea that, when they have succeeded in conquering the country, they should inflict any "damage" upon these whom they spared in an invading march.
The Yankees have never looked from their barren rocks, with a covetous and greedy eye, upon the fat and fertile plains of the South.
They have never envied the comparatively easy and comfortable life upon Southern plantations.
They are Pilgrims upon the earth in pursuit of a heavenly Canaan and do not desire their attention to be distracted by the things of time and sense.
Not one of Sherman's large surveying party cast a longing glance upon the fertile Georgia fields through which he passed, nor inwardly resolved that some time he could come back and "locate in them diggins."--Let us be just and generous to a chivalric foe and not embitter our minds by unworthy ideas of Yankee human nature.
Let South Carolina exercise the cardinal virtues of courtesy and hospitality to t
favors our enemies in opposition to us. Sometimes — nay, very often,--when He designs that an enterprise shall succeed in the end, He punishes those whom he designs to succeed in the end by temporary failure.
There are many instances to prove this fact in Scripture, but one will suffice.--Joshua was not only a good and great man, but he was inspired, and acted immediately under the direction of Heaven.
He had been especially assigned to the duty of extirpating the Heathen from the land of Canaan.
An expedition which he sent against the town of Ar was repulsed, and he immediately saw that some great sin had been committed, which had drawn down the vengeance of Heaven.
What it was, he knew not; but he inquired of Heaven by prayer and sacrifice, and was thereby enabled to discover.
He learned that Achan, the son of Carmi, had partaken of the accursed thing, and he punished the offence by cutting him off, with all his descendants.
This expiation made, he proceeded to cancel the land