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SPEECH OF HON. B. H. HILL.
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of view, it wonld not be good policy f„r us to evctiangc,
becansu every man they gel buck is fieved right into the
army at onoe, wltiie thui is not tlie reu-e with our pri—
Oner, when we receive them; in 1.11‘t, tile hall* of onr
returned prisoners will never g,> iuto the army again,
and none of them will until they have had a fu'i.ugu of
tuirty or sixty day.. Slid, the fact of their .after'. 114 aa
they'dn ia a reason for making this exchange at rap dlv
avp-w-Ible. “
<4.—Ami never iiaa been a reason for not making the
company the prisoners ot the respective
armies, the Federal authorities did not an
swer tlu* letter. No reply was ever re
reived.
Thun, again, in August, 1864, the Con
federates made two more propositions. I
will state that the cartel ot exchange was
broken by the i- ederal authorities for cer
tain nlledged reasons. Well, in August.
1861, prisoners accumulating on both sides
to such an extent, the Federal Government
having refused every propositi nf.oin the
Confederate authorities to provide for the
comfort and treatment of these prisoners,
the Confederates next proposed, in a letter
from Colonel Ould, dated the 10th of Aus
gust, 1864, waiving every objection the
Federal Government had made, to agree to
any and all terms to renew the exchange
ot prisoners, man for man and officer lot
officer, as the Federal Government should
prescribe. Yet, sir, the latter rejected that
proposition. It took a second letter to
bring an answer to that projtosition.
Then, again, in that same mouth of Au
gust, 1864, the Confederate authorities did
this: Finding that the Federal Govern
ment would not exchange prisoners at ah;
that it would not let surgeons go in i o the
-Confederacy; finding that it would not let
medicines be sent iuto the Confederacy;
meanwhile the ravages of war continuing
and depleting the scanty supplies of the
South, which was already unable to feed ad
equately its own defenders, and much les-
ahlc to properly feed and clothe the thou
sands of prisoners in Coi federate prisons,
what did the Contcdcraies propose ? Tlie\
proposed to send the Federal sick and
wounded without an equivalent. Now,
sir, I want the House and the country u
understand this: tha in August, 1864, the |
Confederate Government officially proposed j
to the Federal authorities that if tli ;
would send steamships or ir.mspwrtnti I
any lorm to Savannah, they should iu.v. j
their sick and wounded prisoners wiiim.u I
equivalent. That proposition, communi !
cated to the Federal authorities in Augu-t, j
1864, was not answered until Decernner, I
1864. In December, 18»i4, the Federal j
Government scut ships to Savannah. Now,' •'
the records will show that tne chief sutler-1 ,
ing ai Andersonville was between August
and December. The Confederate authori
ties sought to avert it by asking the Fedc-
cxv imige f
A.—it never has. Exchange, having been suspended
by r.-HSun ol*disagreement on the part ot' agents of ex-
change' ou both si.lea before 1 ovine in command of the
armies oft e United Slate-, un.l it then be ng near the
O.ie.iiug o'the spring ci nj* gu, 1 did not deem it ad
visable or jus p *.o the meu who ,.ad V ■ tight eur battle.
plies of clothing and food and bveryuiiug
else needed for the comfort of prisoners.
Now, sir, how d d the Federal Govern
meut treat that offer? It broke the cartel
for the exc iange of prisoners; it refused to
entertain 3 proposition, even when Mr.
Stephens headed the commission, to renew
it; and when, »r, the Confederates pr..- .
posed that thoir own surgeons should ac» re,n 1 f“ r -*J ! tire enemy with thirty or fort.' ihuatui.1
* « ^ . . discipline l troops ;tt t«i t t in.*. Auimmcdialere^nuip-
tio.i of exc 1-iu.rc* wouKi • A vc hu! that effect, without
vriviii^ ut corresponding «fl >. Tne euff ri.ur *u d t<>
exist unions our prisoner* Soul i w.u» u lunwrf.il argu
ment against the course punned, auJ so 1 felt it.
There is no disputing the fact that, with
the kn wledge that bis prisoners were suf
lering in the S nub, lie insisted that the ex-
c ange should not be renewed, because it
would increase the military power of the
enemy. Now, that may have been a good
military reason. I do not quote it for the
purpose of reflecting upon General Grant in
the slightest. 1 aiu giving the facts of his
tory I insist that the Confederacy shah
not be held responsible for the results of tin-
war policy of the Federal Govermn -ill, es
peciaily when the record prov s that the
Confederate authorities made every jiossi
ble effort to avert these results. Nor do I
allege inhumanity on the part of Genera.
Grant or the Federal Government. I giv
yon the facts, and I have given you Gene
ral Grant’s interpretation o;' tlio-c facts.
Let tlie world junge.
Now, sir, we have other authority upon
that subject. Here is a letter by Junius
Henri Browne. I tlo not know the gentle
man. lie signs Ins name to the letter. He
writes like a scholar. He is a No.them
fenileinau, and 1 am not aware that hi.
statement has ever be.-n contradicted. Now,
what noes ho say ?
New Yoke, August 1S65.
Moreover, O nrrul Butter m .»U »pe*ch a* Lowed,
Mu**uclm*elt.'«, staled |*>*i lively tuut he li.-ul been
oidered hy Mr. Sluutou to but li>rw.»r i the ut-^ro
t ion to complicate and pievent tne exchange. * * *
ry oue ts a ware that when the rxeuaii^e did tak«
witness in his behalf.. Now, it is a rule of
law that a maw cannot impeach his own
witness. It ' is ‘true the Examiner hated
Mr. Davis with a cordial hatred. Tlie gen
tleman could not have introduced the tes
timony of perhaps a bitterer foe to Mr.
D vis. Wnv did it hate him? II re are
its reasons: * “The chiv dry mil humanity
of Jefferson Davis will inevitably min the
Cjti.ederacy.” Th.»t is your wit ie-s, and
t ie witness ;s worthy of yuttr cause. You
I it.o.bleed tlie wun ss to prove -Mr. Davis
guilty of iuliuiu mitv, and ue tells you that
the humanity of Air. Davits will ruin the
Confederacy. That is not ala It. the same
paper it says: “ Tlie eaemy have gone from
one unmanly cruelty to another”—rcc< fl
eet, this is your witness—“encouraged by
tueir impunity, till they are now and nave
tor some time been indicting on the people
of this country the worst horrors of bar- I plause on the floor and in the -aHeries-t
barmis and uncivilized war.” Yet, in spite' e J
to compel you bv oaths,
strife only to get officeand
’f oaths.
, >ion one great wrong
inn nevvr « rouged the South; but
we of the South did to the Union one great
wrong; and we come, as far as we ran. to
n-pair it. We wronged the Union grievous
l.v when we left it tti lie seized anti rent ami
torn by the men who had denounced it as
•• s covenant with hell and a league w ith t'.e r
devul.” We ask you. gentlemen of th- It- .
publican party, to rise almveall your animus j
"i". Forget your out sins. 'Le us unite!
to repair the evils tlm distract and nppres-
the country. Let us rrttn our backs upon
the imst. and let it be s id iti the futuie that
he shall be the greatest patriot who shall do !
most to repair the wrongs of the past ami i
promote the glories of the future. [Ap-
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I witti Board and Ln-ltfititf f *r
TWO OOt.LM’-H FKR DAY.
A FI X Y
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l* al*o conn« cb d with this II-*t» 1. T;iia is t! c pluce
et Oyster^, Fish, Bc« f Stake, Ham .m 1 E^irs *•
t)vstors will b»- sold hy the <|Uurt ami irallon, to tliowE 4
v*iO wish U.w it- it tr.al am! ai wxl! e.lease %*»«
W. A. Jl .-T' K,
T. TiiK£LKLi.D,
l Oct. 29—tf. Proprietor*.
•f all tins, the Examiner alleged, “ Air. Da
vis, in his dealing with the enemy, was as
gentle as a sucking dove.”
Air Garfield—Wli.at volmne is that?
Air. Hill—The same volume, page 531,
a id is taken from the Rich uoud Examiner
—the pajK'r the gentleman quoted trout i
yesterday. And that is tlie truth. Those |
of us who were there at the time know it
to be the fact. One of the persistent [
charges hrough by that paper and s i.ue j
o.hcrs agains. Air. Davis was ills liuttuuily. |
Over and over again Air. Davis lias been I
teard to say, and 1 use his very language, |
vhen applied to to retaliate for the horrors |
indicted upon our prisoners: “The inhu- |
.uni y of tiie enemy to our prisoners can j
he no ju-tificatiou for a disregard hy us of
tlie rules of civilized war anil Christianity.” \
fhcrelore he (K-rsisted in it, and this paper
cried out against him that it worn . ruin
the Contederacy.
I am sure 1 owe this House an apology
tor having detained it so long; I snail dc-
t tin it but a few mom nts longer. After
all, what should men do who ready desire j
, tlie restoration of peace and to prevent the 1
,>iuee nut the .-ligutest ulterutinn tiua iss-urreiHn tlie j recurrence of the horrors of war? How!
1 lestion, :iioI tuut our iinsoiieru might us well iium ; . , . . . - ••
'ought they to look at this question? Mr,!
war is always horrible; war always brings j
Hardships; it brings death, it brings sot*-!
row, it brings ruin, it tiring- devastation |
Ami he is unworthy to he called a states- t
nan, looking to the pacific ition of his |
•oimtry, wiio will parade the horrors iusep !
uahle tr. lit war for tiie ji.u|M.se of Keeping i
up tiie st.i.e iliat pro meed .lie war.
I do liol d iubt that 1 am tne beaie. of un
welcome messages to ...the. gentleman from
Maine and his jiarty. He says that there ;
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DEALERS IN
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry,
SILVER AND PLATED WARE.
CiUKTS, PISTOLS, AMMUNITION.
Spectacles, Eye-Glasses, Musical Instrument?,
CASES, T&StGY ARTXCX.es, &e. &«..
EXCEUEKZA CHFRTCfltS F08 C0MF05Tt(!(s'
T he usuebrioned wollu announce that he b«
hand ami arriving K()j(j
200 TOSS JSXGKLLENZA FERTILE
Just put up and shipped diiectly from the Factory. 1? is put up in bags of 107 11* e&M
ton. The Excellent has so w .t.i-i-prcad a n put at and is m» favorably known thrnLi S
comment on it would be uiiticcesssry. It is gimrantoetl to be « f the same standard / 1001 thiiT*
in for mtr th* 7 '
t b h m<i mm as mm m mzi V '
,V.1M., theugh not no ohl :i FirU x.-r as the Ex.-i-lVuzn, hi.ve proved to be the best -. ria ,.. r - , ™
iiurn-yuril manure and <'olt> 11 see.; ever im.oi.iued into this cjnntrv. The stamliirii i,‘ or Winp.
lo wlmt it wo* lost season, when they gave universal oat infliction. Two harrelj compost 10
C to °- lb J
which 1 am authorized to sch
c above Standard Fertilizers, are as follow
EXCELLE IS Z z
Time price—Gotten option :it lf> cuts
“ “ No option
C;t«h jitiee
CHEMIC LS.
Time j»ric<—Cotton option tit Km-., 2 ldils. thtin d.s.) enough for 1 ton.
Cash price
I hose who wis
*2 barrels
to Ol,
of the Kjt
Ceil released twelve or eighteen inonliis before as u
-tie rvsmiipiioii of lltecartel, wilieli would iiuve saveu
to the Kepub.ic at least twelve or title,-1. thousand hero.v
liv s.
That they were not saved is due alone to Edwin XI.
’ j slautou’s peculiar ik>1 cy and dogged obstinacy, an , us
l have remarked before, he is u.iijaestionably lae dig
ger of the unnamed graves that crowd the vicini.y of
every Southern pr.sou with historic uni u ver;o..v
>ra»:t
Having BEliT WORKMEN, we are prej.arcd to do
li EPAllllNU IN SUPERIOR STYLE.
WE MAKE A SPEC!ALT; OF
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dm! all work of this kind, such as Fokks, brooxs, Watches. Ac., plated by ns, warranted
equal to that done by any establishment in the country.
PRICES REASONABLE-
■ Pita
Ati-Ufuza for cash, can get special arrangement...
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Purchasers wi!' ..I be htimr.u ged in tlieabove manures.
A special cireu. r ot directions lor composting furnished all purehmers ot the Chemis.1
di.ss Fertiiizei, tliut will buy them to use. e. ii ou AH
r t-closs Fertilizer, that will pay them to ns
novlT-tt
s. (
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That i> the testim my of a Northern mail
igttinst Mr. St.niiua Ami lie goes on:
t regret lae revival ..: t i |...in u. siii.j el, bin la.
;r.ii.nion.H of Mr. l »tt»u to iv.iuvc the S.erclury »>!
*V ur fiom u r4‘>poii>ibiliiy !.e h,toH willing to beat.
• t il wh.ou inerrlv u-h »qiiiHtiou of iiol.CN. iiub neude .t i . i ' .1 • t i ’• i . ,
>: all y. of liaum..it\, mus*t be re^,tri*\d o. arc cuiiteUcrutwUU tUl^ boily, aUtl that they
lia-* coinpaHk’d me to viunctte hiVMi
tin- chariro of ^ravc mhU-iuiuL wituout
die oou«iderulion.
Ouce for all, ltt tsU* tleclare t!mt I have n \\ r fottud
f-iu.i with any one bvcimAv 1 wtk* dvtuiued in prUou, for
i am well a ware t.ut tout a niatlcr 1 it w.uoh 1.0 one
but myself a.id posMbiy a few |*erso oil friends woulo
feel any interest; that my »ole nioliv? lor in •penciling
that tne people of tne loyal
the Seeretarv of W.,
oners without equivalent, without return ;
and it refused to do that until four or five
months had elapsed.
That is not the only ajtpeal which wa-
made to the Federal Government. 1 now
brother:*, llieir husband* ami their s*ou».
i understand that Mr. Browne is a con
tributor to ilar|M'r’s M.aitlily, and was tiieti.
Hie man, so he tells you, who was resjionsi
.... .. • .... ii . . „ .1 i nle for these atrocities at Andersonville was
call the attention ot the House to another an-. .. .....
‘I tie hecretarv ot U .tr, .Mr. M.tnlon.
are going to combine with a tew from the.
North for the purpose ot controlling this!
government. If one were to listen to the*
gentlemen on the other side he would lie in ,
doubt whether they rejoiced more when the j
South left the Union, or regretted must when j
the South came hack to the Union that their !
imgi.l know t» w.e 111 tliey were indebteil tor tbe , .... - . . “ :
ld-b.ot>de0 un.l needless sacrifices of ttieir futheis and i tattlers neljieti to form,, amt to which they I
- ,J 1 will forever hereafter ooiitiibuto as much
peal. It was from the Federal prisoners
themselves. They knew as well as the South
ern jieople did the mission of Mr. Stephens.
They kuew the ufler January 14, tor sur
goons, for medicine and clothing, for com
forts and tood, and for provisions of every
sort. They knew that tlie Confederate
authorities had ottered to let these be sent
to them by their own government
knew that that had been rejected. They knew
of the otter of August 10,1864. They knew
of the other otter, to return sick and wound
ed without an equivalent. They knew an
these offers had been rejected. Therefore
they held a meeting and passed the following
resolutions; and 1 call the attention ot the gen
tlemen ou the other side to these resolutions.
I ask if they will not believe the surgeons ot
their hospitals ; if they will not believe Mr.
Stanton’s rejxirt; if they will not believe Sur
geon-General Barnes’ rejMirt, I beg from
them to know if they will not believe -.he
earnest, heartrending ajijieal of tlio-e starv
ing, suffering heroes? Here arc the resolu
tions jiassed by the Fedeial prisoners the 28th
of September, 1864:
Beoolvcd, Tliat while allowing the Confederate an-
thoritica all doe praise fur the attention paid to onr
prisoners number* of our men are doily consigned to
early gravco, in tlie prime of uiaul.o.'d, iar from home
ana kindred, and this is not cau-ed intentionally hi
the Confederate government, but by the force of circum
stances.
Brave men are always honest, and true
soldiets never slauder. They say the hor
rors they suffered were not intentional; th t
the Confederate government had doue all
it could to avert them. Sir, I believe this
testimony of gallant men as being of the
highest character, coming from the sutlerer-
thentselves.
They farther resolved:
The prisoner is obliged to go without shelter, and in
a great portion of cases without medicine.
Keaulvcd, Tliut whereas, in the fortune of war it vva
our lot to bccouio prisoners, we have sutlercd patient
ly and are still willing to suffer, if by so doing we can
benefit the country; but we would'most respccnuily
beg to say that we are not willing to suffer to further
the ends of any party or clique to the detriment of our i
honor, our families, uiid our country. And w« would
beg this affair be explained to ua, that we may coniin-
ni to hold the government in the respect whieu is
necessary to make a g*cd citizen and soldier.
Was this touching appeal heeded? Let
any gentleman who belonged to the “clique
or parly” that the resolutions condemn
answer lor his party.
Now, air, it was in refcrrencc to that stale
of things exactly that Dr. Jones rejsirted, as
I have already read to the House, in his re-
port which was mutilated before that com-
mittec of Congress and in the trial ot Wirz
—it was in consequence of that very state
of things that Dr. Jones said that dejire-sion
of mind and despondency and homesickness
of these poor prisoners carried more to their
graves thuu did physical causes of di-ea-e.
That was not wonderful at all.
But, Mr. rijieaker, why were all these hji-
peals resisted? Why did the federal author
ities refuse to allow their own surgeons to go
with their own soldiers, and carry them
medicine and clothing and comtortand treat
ment? Why? Why did they refuse to
exchange man fot man and officer fur officer?
Why did they refuse to stand up to their
own solemn engagements, made in 1862, flu
the exchange ol prisoners ? Who is at lault?
There must be a reason for this. That is the
next point to which I wish to call the atten
tion oi the House. Sir, listen to the reading.
The New York Iribune referring to thi-
niutter in 1864, said—I supjxise you wilt
believo the Tribune in 1864, if you do not
believe it now:
In August the rebels offered to renew thu exchange,
man for man. Gen. Grant then telegraphed the follow
ing important order: It ia bard on our men held in
Southern prisons not to exchange them, but it ia hu
manity to those left in the rauka to fight our battles.
Every man released on parole or otherwise becomes an
active soldier against us at once, cither directly or indi
rectly. If we commence a system ot exchsuge which
liberates all prisoners taken, we will have to fight on
dll the whole South ia exterminated. If we hold those
caught they amount to no more than dead men. At
this particular time to release all rebel prisoners North,
resold insure Sherman's defeat and wouli^compromis.
our safety here.
Mr. Garfield —What date is that ?
Mr. Mill—Eighteen hundred and sixty-
four. .
Mr. 'Garfield—What date in that year ?
Mr. Hill—I do nut note the dayor month.
' I have read the telegram which is taken fiom
(Hew York IVftutie, after August, 1864.
m ia General Grant’s testimony before
smmlttee on the exchange of prisoners,
Jl, 1865. Yon believe him, do
^kaasUab-AlMhlMt' that we refused to ex-
hoMs irHr-n— boesnoa we found oars starved, dis-
JL faild un-ervtsMMS whso wajsglvad thorn, and
i.h to cxntaDgaaaand than for each man. .
Now, Mr. Sjif;ik*-r, wlmt have 1 proven?
I have proven that tiie federal autliorities
broke the cartel h-r tin* exchange of prison
ers deliberately; I nave proven that they
refu-ed to te-ojieii the carted when it wa-
jiroposod by Mr. Stt-jilieiis, as a commission
er, solely on the ground of liumauitv; 1
rim" j have proven that they made medicine coutra-
nand of war, and thereby left the South to
the dreadful necessity ot treating their own
prisoners with such medicine- us could b
improvised in tlie confederacy; I have
proven tliut they retu.-ed to allow sur
geons of their own appointiueui, ot their own
army, to accompany their prisoners iu the.
South, witli full license and ioerty to carry
ood, medicine, and raimeut, and every com
fort that tlie |nisoners might need; 1 have
proven that waen the Federal Government
made the pretext for interrupting tne cartel
for the exeange of jiri-oncrs, the confederates
yielded every jmint anti jirojm.-ed to exchange
prisoners on the terms ot the Federal Gov
ernment, and that the latter retu.-ed it; 1
nave proven that the confederates then pro
jiosed to return the federal -iek anil wound
ed without eqnivaleut iu August, 186 4,
and never got a reply until Deceiulier, 1804;
I have proven that high federal officers gave
the reason why they would not exchmge
prisoners that it would be humanity to the
prisoners but cruelty to the soldiers in the
field, and therefore it was a part of the fed
eral military policy to let federal prisoners
-utter rather than that thee mfederacy should
have an increase of its military force, and the
Federal Government refused it, when by
such exchange it would have received more
prisoners than it returned to the confederates.
Now, what is the answer to all this?
Against whom does the charge lie, if there
ire to be accusations of any, tor the horrors
of Andersonville?
Mr. Bright—What was the jerco tage of
deaths in tlie prisons?
Mr. Hill—I have already given it. I
have proven also tiiat, with all the horrors
of Andersonvillj the gentleman from Maine
has so ostentatiously paraded, and for an ob-
vioos partisan purjai.-e of exciting upon thh
floor a bitter sectional discussion, from wliici
oi- party, and jierliajis himself, may he the
lieneliciarv, greater sufferings occurred iu tli
prisons wlicie confederate soldiers were con
fined, and that the percentage of death was
three jier cent, greater among confederate
troops in federal hands than among federal
troojis held by the confederates. And 1 need
not state the contrast lietween the needy con
federacy ami tlie abundance of federal sup
plies and resources.
Now, sir, when the gentleman rises again
to give breath to that eflusiou ol unmitigated
genius without fact to sustain it, in which he
much ot :
patriotic ardor, ot noble devotion, and of 1
willing sacrifice as tlie constituents of the ■
ceutleuiau from Maine. O, Mi. S|>enker, i
why cannot gcutlemeu <> i the other side rise !
to the bight ot this great urgu.neut of pttri-
otism? I9 t e bosom of the country always i
lobe torn with this miserable sectional d’e- !
hate whenever a presidential election is pend !
ing ? To that great deliate «f half a cent ury j
uetore secession there we;e left 110 adjourned 1
juestions. The victory of the North was ab- i
-olute. and God knows the submission of the
South was complete. But, sir, we have
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J. ir. IIUGGIXS.
H AXING just returned from tin; Northern markets with a large stock '
bought at low prices, is selling goods in his line 25 tier cent clieaw ,i 01 *
tore£IIe is making a speciality of ^ **<
C rockery. (_-»lasswarc- Lamps and Oils.
J. H. IIUGGIXS,
Sells the best Kerosene Lainji Oil at 25 cents jier gallon,
Sells common Cujis and Saucers at 25 (-.lit- jier set.
Sells common Glass Tumblers at 25 cents jier set,
Sells common Glass Gob'cis at 50 cents jier set,
Sells common Plates at 40 to 75 cents jier set.
Sells tlie best Granite Plates at 75 cents to $1.00 jier set.
Sells the best Granite Gups and Saucers at 1)0 cents to $1.00 a m
Sells Kerosene Lamps at 25 cents to 810.00 each.
J- II. IIUGGIXS,
lias a lot of Beautiful China Tea Sets,
Has a lot of Fancy and Plain Chamber Sets,
Has all kinds of Crockery and Glass Ware,
Has all kinds of Lamjis, "Burners and Chimneys,
Has a large stock of Family Groceries,
lias a large stock ot Chewing and Smoking Tobacco.
J. H. IIUGGIXS.
Sells Canned Goods, Sardines, Oysters, Tomatoes dtc., Ac.,
Sells Sugar of all grades CollV e, "Lard and Cheese,
Sells Bacon, Flour, Meal, S.iaji and Starch,
Sells Liverpool and Virginia Salt, Syrup and Vinegar,
Sells Lime and Cement, Cuba and Common Molases,
Sells Bleaching, Calico, Factory Snipes and Cheeks’
Sells Factory* Jeans, Plains, Shirting and Osnabnrgs.
J. H. IIUGGIXS.
tautaiyroi*
>ays—
And I l»en% before God, meoMirnsmy word*, know-
ing their lull extent uiid ini}K>rt, tlt-cJuro tuut neiitiei
the deeds of the Duke of Alva in the »ow couuirie.-*,
nor the tna»Micre of Saint ILrtnolumew, i or tne tnuinb-
.-crews and enpm-sof torture of the Spanish Inquis.tiou.
to compare in utr*c.L with the uideou-t crimes 04
Andersonville.
Let him add that tlie mortality of An-
der.-onville and otner confederate prison-
tails short l>v more than 3 jier cent, the mor
tality in federal jirisons.
Sir, if any ni n will reflect a moment he
will see that there was rtuson why the Coii-
tedeiate Government should de-ire exchange
ot jiristincrs. It was scarce of fond, jiinched
tir clothing, closed uji with a blockade of its
putts; it meded troops; its ranks were thin
ning. Now, Mr. Sjieaker, it is projier that 1
should read- one or two sentences from the
man who has been arraigned as the vilest
murderer in history. Alter the liattles
nround Richmond, in which McClellan was
defeated, some ten thousand prisoners fell
into the hands of the Confederacy. Victory
had jierched upon its standard, and the re
joicing naturally following victory was heant
in the ranks of the comsdurute army. Mr.
Davis went out to make u giatulatorv speech.
Now, gentlemen of the House, gentlemen ot
the other side, if you are willing to do justice,
let me simply call your attention to the words
of this uiau that then fell from his lips in
the hour of victory. Speaking to the soldiers,
he said:
You are fighting for all that ia dearest to moil*; and
tiiouirh opjio e>i to u 1'oc who diaregurd* many of the
usato-t* ot civil iced war, your humanity to the wounded
and the prisoners waa a lit and crowning glory of your
valor.
Above the victory, above every other con
sideration, even that victory winch they be
lieved insured protection to their homes and
famil es, iie tells them (bat at last their
crowning glory was their humanity to the
wounded aud prisoners who bad fallen iuto
their hands.
The geiulcipttt.frotn Maine ypsterday in-
troduvud the Rivbmoud Examiner as a
aud we come here among you aud ask you
to give us the greeting accorded to brothers !
oy brothers. We propose to join you in '
every patriotic endeavor and to unite with |
> o i in every jiatriotic aspiration that looks i
to tBe keuefit, the adva' ceineut, and the '
uonor of every part of our common country, j
Let us, gentlemen of all parties, in this ceil- I
tetmial year iudttd lave a jubilee ot 1
freedom. We divide with you the lories i
ot the revolution and of the si cceeding years j
of our national life before that unhaj>|>y 1
division—that four years’ night of gloom j
and despair—and so we shall divide with you j
tlie glories of all the future. " j
Sir, my message is this: There are no j
confederates in this house ; there are now no
confederates anywhere ; there are no cod'-
federate schemes, ambitions, hojies, desires,
or purjHises here. But tho South is here,
and here she intends to remain. [Enthu
siastic ajqilause. ] Go on and pass your
qualifying acts, trample ujhiu the constitution
you have sworn to suj'port, abnegate the
liletlges of your father-, incite rage uj»nour
|ienj>le, and multiply your infidelities until
they -hall lie like the stars of heaven or the
sands ot the seashore, without number; hut
know this, for all your iniquities the South
will never again seek a remedy in the mad
ness of another secession. [Continued aji-
plause.] We are here; we are in the house
of our fathers, our brothers are our cotn-
|i:iui<ms. and we are at home to stay, thank
God! [Much sjiplau-e.]
We come to gratify no revenges, to re
taliate no wrongs, to resent no past insults,
to reopen no strife. We come with a i
liatriotic purpose to do whatever in our poli i
teal jiower shall lie to restore au honest,!
economical and constitutional administration j
of the government. We come charging
upon the Union no wrongs to us. The Un
ion never wronged us. The Union has been 1
an uninixed blessing to every section, to!
every State, to every man of every color in !
America We charge all our wrongs upon
that "higher law” fanaticism, that never
ke|it a jiledge nor obeyed a law. The South
did seek to ieavethe association of those who,
she believed, would tint keep fidelity to their
covenants; the South -ought to go to her
self ; hut, so far from having lost our fidelity
fur the constitution which our fathers made,
when we sought to go, we hugged that cou-
-t lotion to our bosoms and carried it with us.
Brave union men of the North, followers
of Webster aud Fillmore, of Clay amt Cass,
and Douglas —you who fought for the Union;
you who ceased to fight when the battle end
ed and the sword ,was sheathed—we have no
quarrel with vou. whether Uepublicaus or
Democrats. \Vefelt your heavy arm ill the
carnage of battle, but above the rifiir of the
caution we heard your voice of kiudness,
calling, “Brothers, come back !” And we
liear witness to you this day that that voiceo!
kindness did more to thin the Confederate
ranks and weaken the Confederate arm than
all the artillery employed in the struggle.
We are here to co-operate with you; to do
whatever we can, in spite of all our sorrows,
to rebuild the Unior.; to restore jieace; to he
a blessing to the country, and to make the
American Union what our fathers intended
it to be—the glory of America and a blessing
to humanity.
But to you, gentlemen, who seek still to
continue striie, and who, not satisfied with
the sufferings already endured, the blood al
ready shed, the waste already committed,
insist that we shall be treated as criminals
and oppressed as victims, only because we
defend our convictions—to you we make no
concessions. To you who followed up the
war after the brave soldiers that fought it
had made jieace and gone to their homes—to
you we have no concession to offer Mar
tyrs owe no apologies to tyrants. And while
we are ready to make every sacrifice for the
Union, even secession, however'defeated and
humbled, will confess no sin to fanaticism,
however bigoted and exacting.
Yet, while we make to you no concession,
we come even to yoo in no spirit ol revenge.
We would multiply blessings in common for
you and for us. We have oue'ambition,
and that is to add our political power to the
patriotie Union men of the North in order to
compel fanaticism to obey the law and live
in the Union according to tlie constitution.
It is as far in advance oj other Sewing Machines in the magnitude of its suparior j
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Sells the \ irginia \\ oolen Casl im -ii
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STONE & Cl.OPTON, Attorneys,
tml Pocket Cutlery,
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ARTIS T,
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to tho opposite hi'.e of Collvgc Av nue, next duor to the
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