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The destruction of C to prevent their occupation by the enemy.

The advice of the retiring delegates from Georgia in the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States, to burn and desolate the country, when our forces are compelled to retire from the approach of the enemy, seems to meet with no single approval of the Georgia press.

The Savannah Republican protests against the policy, ‘"as the promptings of patriotic phrensy and will romance, rather than of military skill and common sense."’

The Augusta Constitutionalist says:

‘ The stone flee blockade is denounced throughout Christendom as vandalism against all mankind, because it seeks to destroy a beneficent provision of nature, designed for the benefit of all ages. The destruction of a city of brick and stone by its own people would be vandalism against its own posterity, unless the hope of winning back was abandoned. But there could be no such abandoning of hope by our people, even though one hundred thousand Yankees were in possession of Savannah to-morrow. It was once in the possession of the British--so was Charleston; but our patriotic fore fathers did not lose hope in their recovery.

’ The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel presents the following historical facts in relation to the burning of Moscow, which will greatly tend to disabuse the minds of our people of the romance attending the memorable sacrifice of that city:

‘ It is remarkable that such a transection as the conflagration of Moscow, occurring so near our own times, should be involved in so much uncertainly as to its origin. It is still doubtful whether the fire originated in accident, whether it was started by thieves and outlaws for the sake of plunder, or was a patriotic, deed of the Muscovites themselves. Napoleon's opinion was that its origin was accident, but that the fire was spread by incendiaries in the pay of Rostopchin with a view to destroying the immense stores which the city contained, sufficient for two years supplies of the French army. Bonaparte acknowledged that the burning of Moscow saved Russia and over threw him. The English historians land Rostopchin to the skies, and ascribe the sacrifice to patriotism on the part of him and the inhabitants. On the contrary. Rostopchin found himself very disagreeably famous. The very fame of the deed which made him glorious with the enemies of Napoleon, was odious to his own countrymen.

After having spent many years in exile, he did not date to return to his own country, and face his Emperor, until he had published and widely disseminated a pamphlet, with a view of proving that the fire of Moscow was accidental, and not the result of concerted plan; the Emperor Alexander to the day of his death never ceased to assert that Moscow was burnt without his orders. At any rate, the example of the barbarous ‘"Turtars encamped in Europe," ’ is not one for a civilized people to follow, unless by so doing they can inflict worse injury upon their enemies upon themselves and it never has been repeated since, though hundred and cities have been captured since 1812.

If there are any cities in the out where conflagration would destroy the enemy as he burning of Moscow did the French, their destruction; but there are hope such. It is as so worthing, better to d bravely and to recover it the enemy event less, homeless and houseless which will not advance our cause one lot or little. If the enemy choose to burn, devastate and destroy, upon the enemy lot the infamy rest.

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