The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-01
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SATURDAY MORN1N9......fEB I. lse9.
rs Psisss. taspscsiss Committee.
Without any deposition 10 hnd fault with
the persons depussd BY tho Federal Govern.
ment 70 mako An inspection Of our prisons,
Bishop Ames aud Ex Senator Fish. yet We
cannot help regarding the mission itself a'ths
mcst impestiusnt and arrogant piece Of con
duct that has marked the insuferahle proceed
ipgs Of the Yankees in this war. II has never
entered the mind Of any man IN the soutn 20
send prison investigating committee, 70 100.
into the pens Of Columbus, the dungeons OF
Forts Lafayette and Warren, or the female
iatls In sight Of the White House At Waaa-
iuxson. II might have been agreeable to the
Sselin.s Of those amongst us connected by
tiss Of blood or friendship with the sufferers
IN these places, to ascertain their wants, TO
remonstrass against their ill.treatment, and TO
carry them words Of sympathy and regard
But II we had proposed such thing TO the
brutal authorities who direct the counsels of
the Federal Government, we all know what
wrald have been the reply.
That Government, however, 10 actuated by
no approximations of rebuff from us in matters
of this Sort Assuming, without previous con.
ference Or inquiry, that we will let in their
inspecting committee, it designates the persons
70 compose it, sends them to Fortress Monroe,
and takes il for granted that we will receive
them cordially under flags Of truce, parade
shem through the country, and throw open
our prisons for their examination. The coarse
meas and impoli.enees of the proceeding are
in keeping with the arrogance in which the
mission was conceived.
The mission itself implies that the prisoners
of the Confederacy are subject to harsh and
indecent treatment and Is in itself an insult
offered our people and Government. We do
not recollect precedent for it in all the his.
tory Of warfare. If !. is the consultations of
religion tina. are desired to be afforded the
prisoners, the mission ia an impeachment OF
the piety and fidelity of the whole body OF
Southern clergymen. If it presupposes that
our policy to the prisoners is harsh or mig
Rardly, tn at fact is an insult to Us. If it is
desired to supply extra comforts TO these men
in their confinement, then the object il in con-
fict with the rules Of war, and not to be per-
mitted. In no aspect in which we can view
the mission Is any justification presented OF
the extraordinary proceeding.
1t 10 time that this double dealing ofthe North
was brought to an end. When at home, they
rsvile rs without measure, and imprison every
man who dares to speak a word in our favor
A Senator happens to write letter Of civil
ity 70 one of the officers Of our Government,
:,h 10 DHo fOr HE
expulsion from the Senate. The greatest bar
barities are countenanced and applauded in
their invading soldiery; and yet, when any
object 10 to be subserved, they can dismiss
their frowns, suspend their words of bitter
ness, and approach us with the gentleness and
affection of brethren and friends. If few OF
our citizens are willing to debase themselves
by loading these sycophants with attentions
on coming among US, surely our Government
need not forget the arrogant and hectoring at
titude which their Government uniformly
msintains towards us- =.
The trits sdsge, "bewsre of Greeks, though
bearing gifts, and the hackneyed warning
against the wooden horse of Troy, assume n
now and fresh Significance, when applied to
the Yankees in this contest. There is nothing
in Discrimination, in hypocrisy, in fawning de-
pertinent and honeyed speech, to which they
are not capable of resorting to accomplish a
malicious purpose /; and we are never more
safe than when We repulse all their overtures
of civility, as ruses to compass our ruin.
The full purposes of the mission Of Fish
and Ames have not been developed; but we
sincerely trust that they will be narrowly
and jeslously' scanned We are sure the whole
country would be re]oiced, if their PROPOSE.
ton to inspect our prisons and to report upon
their condition to their own Government
was peremptorily and Indignantly rejected
bv ours.