Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-12-04
EXCHANGE OF rnIsoNrps.

Il is IF course satisfactory to us to Gnd that
in the dispute about the cartel of exchange,
the Confederacy is admitted to be in
the right even by Yankee newspapers, and
ay some, too, (like the Boston advertiser
shich support every measure of Lii coins
administration. But it itsignifes little tp prvc
that our enemy is in the wrcas. II, Is
always in the wrnng-from the begin
~ until now, in the first rption ard
a every detail of his infamous war Bar
ryht or wrong, the Yankefs will deal with 'ar
els constitutions, promises, oaths-- rrec,s"ls IL
.ay snit his interests at the mnmnnt. TIE
New York "Wurld" of 9th has this history
# the affair:
IF. ON the New York worl Of Hovenbe 81, as'
EXCHANGE OF PRIse>ERs.
On the % l''f July 1862, a carte was ign
| by bJth Fsdef.! AID Confederate aGthur
". to Le OF binding obligation dnrrs ri,.
,.tiuuance of the Sar-it matters Not which
.lrty may have an excess Of prisoner, the
reat principle inv lived being:
81. An equitable exchanged prisoners
% That all prisoners IL c 60 l'c exchange
-pnr"led, in ten days frnm the time # ih' il
.pturc, if il be practicable to trans!er them
their own lines in that time = If not, H.
,nn thereafter as pract cul'!e.
rs No officer is to be considered MS ichRngrd.
md ab.oved from his parole. until hi. eqniva
Int has cually reached the line of his iri-rrIs
II. In case any misunderstanding shall ARK
in regard to any e.u" or stipulation. il NM
ualIy agr' el that such misunderstanding SHALL
rs
- herein provided"
The IN. nning and obi Ct Of ihis cartel are vsr,
-ar and the laws cviz-! warfare arr eqrlai-
y clsnr. Shortly after this cartel was sign j
IL Confederate auth0ii les released All excess of
,avaral thoi,srnd of prisoners
The very next day. G neral Pn;e is'nrd u
Gem raj Orler No. II. requiring rh. ofhrsrs o
Ms army holding Independent comments. t."
crest all di>loyal male ci.iz-Is within thein inc.
be sent Suuih, unless fhD>e citiZ 'ns tn''k tfe
oath of allegiance and !nurd sernIry for its oh
..rvaneei and by General Order N dir cte''
he army tn .uhsist upon ihr country Neither
nf these orders is justified by th. rules of war, rs
General Hallerk Avs them down. or ~ Ca erai
Scot, illust st-d hem in Mexico
General Halieck tIs 18Th d: August. ls62
wrote to Genera Lee that 'the Government nf
the United Stg;ss has never aurhorizei any tx
tnrt;on of oalls of allegiance, and has f.'rhi'id-
Thrrefnre Central Pope in Virgins. Rnilnr
in New Orleans, and every general everywhere.
has either violated wHh impuniiy the orders of
the Government, or. G'nerSl H'leck wrn;e tu
General Lee deliberate nmt,u.h.
The Confederate authorities on the 3lss of
July. gave notice that they would look upon
General Pope and his .tfiee:s us public enemies
and while claiming TINT the facs ouid Justify
rhem in refusing 10 execute ihs cartel stated 'ha
T. &c Linn
vented a resort TO that extremity. When Pope
sas d-p,ivsd of command the orders relative rc
hi. officers were rescindad.
~The Evening Post says that the rebels mis-
used the cartel by paroing the sick and Tho 'iy-
ing, and by sending out guerrilas 10 cap'nre
furces they could not carry awas and that,
At4refre our author tiles varied il by Hi order or
orders. which destroyed that advantage.
How, under the cartel, a parole could be taken
f,om dying man it is difficult 10 COZ ceive, or
shy we could not 'ake such parolrs as well IS
qually difficult to sec How we could change
tie cartel. upon n .ugge,rion rf disa vantage
.;thout h. r"nse' of rhe cIeny is 10 our no
IONS Of fair heulinp incunceivabl,
Tn" R,sOm "a " r'S. r. an aarnrst and able
IN niJrati'n pap r. in contracting npnn The
xchange of prisoner. iIsbr"eh' is forced to
onfess hat. 80 far y. the controversy goes. the
rbels s.l,n to have the best of it The ADJ
We tis-r' saws:
The multitude Of words has dark"nsd enun-
.el hspeles.l AN J. from " residing Of The whole.
re can say thar on- thing un.y is cl .ar-thti III
irh disrus ion rs his Ger.rl M.feii'h Is ~ :
u.fe ..r Nr Our W."...no. = e ;@tt : e'Z''-
ii dan with tn ~ 'im7n .,': II ca IS which n,
= birth nui ks n,.- in f,sud, ii. mr,l b.
strange il his adruis pleading did r ! av' IN
Impression that the bsIt uf the argument Is ptob
bly, ON bis side.