The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-21
NY MORNIN0. JAN. q, ASA.

:. Melancholy to read the complaints
- hr the Northern prisoners who have
"a home OF the inhospitable treatment
4'~s ..,e;ved in the Sunny South. In land
..rhia for its kindness 70 strangers they
.s,.,ed very different reception. Having
I -. heeu welcomed with warm hearts and
s,m, to the best place at the Southern
:. they are intensely sstonished that,
,sev undertook to save their quondam
'..,oers ali trouble by helping themselves
sA,,ever they had, they have not Jared as
=, when they left them the privilege of
,;.s their guests. Their complaints ire
,;su. and uttered with a plaiusive yslp, like
~ who has gone in quest Of bones and en-
l.,red brickbst. Corcoran, for exam.
xac is at present occupying commodi-
al in South Carolina, is distressed that
,.sssed no spiritual consolation in Rich
Nd The prisoners in New Orleans are
..,l, outraged that the ladies are not per.
a.d to visi, them. Whilst others who have
=, North from Richmond have filled the
.tslsus ear Of the Northern multitude with
mo,, astounding tales of the barbarities
s.;.sd apon them in this city. 1t is need
!, to say that there is not a particle Of truth
these stories; and that, except the neces-
rr restriction upon their liberty, they have
,.s. in all respects, as comfortable as could
expected They have had better food to
u ,han was furnished them in their own
ruy and they have been lodged in spacious
.sseo factories, which, dnring the sum mer
os,bs are as cool aud well veutil ated d build.
m ~ eau be had in the city Of Richmond,
I'd which command fine prospect of the
ssu,iful country which they had como to
.vsss and despoil. When their situation is
optrss,ed with the horrible treatment of
confederate prisoners in Columbus, Ohio,
Bd ether Northern towns, the Federal cap.
rss have no right to be obstroperous. Think
such man as DR.. Hanson Thomas, of Bal
more conf fned In one Of the damp and mar
w cassmates Of Fortress Monroe; of Mrs.
kreenhow, driven to the borders of INSANITY
brutal treatment in Washington, and of
,,.reds of others, peaceable citizens, not
s.rs taken in battle, who have been visi.
a with similar and even worse outraees.
.,hsd, beaten knocked down, and in some
,s.. murdered, and the most embittered enc
~. if he possessed particle Of candor, must
ont.de that the Federal prisoners taken in
sals have every reason to be grateful for
be humanity they have received from the
onfederate Government
Instead Of this, however, they no sooner
h! foot again ON their swn soil than they
invent the most scandalous falsehoods about
ber treatment in the South. They admit, we
sieye, that they had enough to eat and
brink, but they consider it barbarous that they
were denied delicacies and luxuries which few
Il oar own people can obtain for themselves
They seem to entertain no doubt Of the fact
ha, their merits entitle them to the same kind
/. reception that was rendered the New York
Seventh Regiment when it visited this city
They consider it an example of fragrant in
usiee and partiality that we should not be-
stow upon the Zouaves of Bull Run the same
consideration which we rendered to the mill
tary shop Keepers Of New York in a time of
kprofound peace. When robber wakes vou
as night by his efforts to break into your
AweIiDg, shoots various members of vour
amly, and makes the most horrible threats
against the safety and even purity of your
aweling, II IS most fiagrAnt piece of bar
srity 10 make him prisoner, and pat him in
al, instead of Offering him the honors of your
mansion, giving him the best room, making
haae to furnish him with spiritual consolation
sn mol forgetting those spirituous appliances
(Which gentlemen of his profession never fail
70 appreciate
lnlke manner, those heroes Of the hand
eaf and halter, who came all the way from
New York and New England with the
aTowed purpose of destroying our lives, rob
eing us of our property, and perpetrating
crimes worse than death upon helpless
women' ought to be lodged at the Spotswood
House, or Exchange, instead Of tobacco fac
'oHes, be fed upon venison and oysters and
Champagne, visited by the ladies', have the
~arht Of clergy, and be caressed, petted
@'hed, and solaced in every conceivable
nannsr for the melancholy Disappointment on
s'lst of July, and various other occasions,
'lihslf cherished plans for the determination
'''Ae Sosthern race, the spoliation of South
10 property, aud the delilement of every
eg.hern hearthstone.
"eare IN favor of humanity to prisoners,
'''a underline aggravating circumstances of
N"sea'ion to their annihilation which the
uanous Lincoln Governments is furnishing
WY day Butbeyond the strict requirements
H'iled warfare we should not be inclined
' Rasel very far with the most uncivilized of
'a'ss' ',a They should not be permitted any
~s injuries which they claim except those
spiritual sort, which, it must be confessed,
w.! 'snd more in need of than any others.
.aa'l'y 10 their souls, which are in greater
t.p Wan their bodies, we would let them
,..n | many clergymen as they desire. 1t
'0'a' moreover, be an excellent school of
;,,.sas .s's 'or those of our young divines who
r,"a a ~ " 0scome missionaries among the Ca
.~ 'u''' Pawnees, and Barbarians. A cler.
,5aa' r.I. ; VINO could reclaim New York Zouave
,s', sl nave no difficulty in evangelizing q
.r, ' 'on'inent Of cannibals, and would soon
~ 'ae lame of st. Fraucis Xavier.
ksu,x A.
II mksAcEs.-The Premier of Lincoln
,,.s Jared over and over agaiu, and has re-
mi ~e menace in his Trent correspondence
Nm Is, lu Lyons, that the recognition Of South
vllha hspshdsnce ss by any European powe.
i. ~ i0ilowed by immediate wa, between
D,.'. sa'sd States and that power. Many
In suppose that snch would be the result,
r.. ', "a. nave no belief in anything of the
y, mat prevented Seward from going to
nios, wa England rather than sacrifice the
g. nonor in the surrender of Mason and
d. No. Nothing but the most sbisct fear Of
,ai.. m'', Of England, and the thorough con-
sss u 'he inability Of the United States
Mo- n''snt condition to cope with sach an
by wly' The United States only goes to
s..a asa II outnumbersits enemy four 70 one
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