New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-01-03

soldiers in the cells Of Southern prsons sulesta
mental torture produced by the uncertainty of .tsi,
fate, which with TIC majority of men is more aiie.
cGlt to bear than tie certainty Of death Itself and
obiics item % endure, 10 tie illproyited and badly
conducted prisons in which they are eoufned suflsr-
ings, tie sickeDing details Of which are constantly
before MS in tbe;r published letters to their fiend.
81 little tbouglt" writes tie gallant Colonel Co.'s.
well Of the Regular service, "when feed tho
I sorm Of bullets az Eiwards's Ferry, and escaped
soldiers death upon the ieid that it was only 10 be-
lett by my county TO die upon gallows.' And
The nature of their sugcrings will be unders,ood
whom il is told that the Lobe-hearted md seIs,cei
iciDg Colonel CO'cOIan was 1audcultd, and placed
in solitary cell with chain attached 10 Tue foor
until the mental excitement produced by this igrs-
minious treatment, combining with sus,ep.ib.
tuon and The ini, cious character Of TIE local.
y, brought on IN stack ofiypboid fever. Shall tks
STATE Of things continue toexist1 Let take coaual
Of oar common ssnfe. Thee nen are treated ~ crui.
mails, tecauae, willie We give to the Southern soldier
the rigts of war for numerous exchanges Of soli.eH
have taken lce we convict the Southern mariner
u a crime punishable with death. n there asy
roas9n even UPON the grounds Of policy, for masiss
this dis'nciionl We have, by the blockade Of the
whole Southern cosst, cut the privaeersmao of from
bringing biz rzs iut0 the rors Of The South for Gdgd
cation aud the poris Of all neutral natops being closed
against bin for snch purpose, he Is deprived Of the
mc4ns of making lawful prize and nUst eventually
convert his vessel INTO ship Of war o. Degenerate
nto pirate by Ghiawful acts which viii mike hi'n
amenabe to the tfibanal Of every civilized na,iga
The comparative injury that may be done TO our eosl-
merce By tie few piiyateers which it will lie row 10
the power Of tie rebellods sa.es to maintain npon
the ocean is ss nothing compared to the disastrous
AID lasting consequeucss to the whole nation, ito
industry, It's commerce, and iis future, that would
grow ont Of making this war one Of reali4tosy
vengeance. We have tie fruitful expes..
ence Of history to sdmonish cs that in
such acts are sOvR the seeds of the dissolution Of
nations, and especially Of republics. BY acoell1g to
the rebelous States the rights Of beligerests, as
east 70 the extent Of exchanging prisoners, whether
pnvaieersmen, men-oi-war's-men or soldiers, We
do not ccncedc to them tie rights Of soy-
ereipty. There is we.defned distinction be.wsea
the two recognized by tie United States Cogr. -
tho case Of Rose AFT. IIimley. Craucb, 2il. One
may exist without tie other, and by exchanging
prisoners therefore, We concede nothing and admit
nothing except what everybody knows, that sc.Gl
war exIsts, and inat a Christian people We nesn
to carry it on according TO the ueages Of ciylTo1
ua'ions
| Tie existing embarrassment is easily oyerecuei
further prosecutions can be stopped, and in rcspec e
lie priva,eersmen who have been convicted ,bs
President, acting upon the suggestion Of the t5un
q ut tsed them, can by the oreise of The pardon-
ing 20 ter, relieve them from their position as cTra
nals ard Place them Ia that of prisoners Of wa.
IL conclusion, We TIE not to forget hat We aIs
carry ing ON THE for the restoration Of 1e Union,
anl that every of aggression not essen al to a-
tary success viii bat separate more widely The TIVE
sections from each oiler, and increase the difficulty
Of cementiag ngan in one nationality. We are
to remember that tue people Of the soatb, whose To-
Gruity it has been to have very extrayasant ldess
Of their own superiority, and whose Contempt u ths
people of the North Las been in proportion to their
want Of information respecting IAem have been hns-
RED into their present position by the professional
politicians and large landed proprietors ,. whom
they have hitherto been accustomed 20 conhde The
MANAGEMENT OF their public affairs; tla., 'nough
prone to commit outrageous ac's when under the
influence Of excitement, they are, upon iho whole,
! kindly and sf-ctlonaie people, asd have, wbta hoi
blinded by passion very keen perception Of their
own interest; that tbero aro ihroughout the South
thousands Of loyal hearts paralyked by tbe ex-
citc ment by which they surrounded who
stll cling to the flag OF their fathers, SUD
await tie delivering stoke Of our stnies. Relying
on our superior naval and military strength and tie
settled determination Of people that tbs hagos
shalt not be dismembercd, We can, "a the Swiss Can
tons recently did in similar osisis, pn down THO
rebellion. That great duty imposes upon Us al ths
exi-encies OF war War, when conducted in ccecFd-
auce with the siric,est usages Of humanity, ia a. al
who have shared in tie recent battlss know, e5i,
GENTLY bloody bGsiuess, and if to odd 10 ts
horrors by banging up all who fall into oGr hag's ~
traitors or praes we leave to tie South no atema-
tive bot resistance D. the last extremity; and should
we ultimately triumph, We would have enpilel upon
us as he consequences OF such policy, the bistsr i'll
heIitance of ua Dlaning government BY iocee oys,
People conquered but not subdued
| Very truly yours,
CHARLES P. DAILY.
| GEN. BENHAM AND Mr.. PLlrr.
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