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ent of than private men." And so they have, and so have all rulers, who do their duty as it ought to be done. The decision of life and death is constantly in their hands, and from that decision there is no appeal.--The man whose conscience is so tender that he cannot discharge a sworn duty, though it may save the lives of hundreds, or perhaps thousands, while it only involves the loss of a single one, had best divest himself of his authority as soon as it may be practicable. Had a dozen Yankee officers been hung in retaliation for the murder of Mumford, we should not now be called upon to urge vengeance for the Missouri murders. We see no remedy save that to which we have above alluded. The army will be compelled to protect itself by taking the law into its own hands. The Yankees laugh at our blustering proclamations, and answer them by burning unarmed towns and murdering unoffending citizens. "Blood will have blood," in spite of all that may be done, or neglected to be done.