Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-11-17
ORR YANKEE PRISONERS.

The Dispatch has thought 1t right, not
with Il view of satisfying cur enemies, Eor OF
stopping their >!ander< for tina; cannot re
J,ue) but in order % vinGirac the chaTac'cr
of the Confederate Grvcrun!cnt il :hc eyes
Of its own people first, and Of the civilized
world afterwards, so Sron H. orr protests can
reach it, 10 formally refue these horrible
stories now 50 rife in Tie Yankee press, ct
the cruel -uiisrings iTe,oi on the prisoners
Of war in Echmcrd. The "D;~patch' .Ius'l!
concludes that This cutlery has been raised tor
two purposes First, to justify our enemies III
savage acts Of pretended reiaiia,ion upon
Confederate prisoners in their hands, whom
they refuse to exchan-" under false HTr:exts +:
and, second, to blow up the declining war
spirit" Preparatory 10 their next deter
mined ctF,rt 10 capture Richmond, they desire
10 rouse a frelirg Of horror and Indignation
against us AZ tile thought OF the abomina'Ie
crimes and atrecitcs % the doomed city
| wli,l may give TO their uext advance 'hc
zeal Of Il crusade or O.! those expeditions t9T-
mcrly made by European nations against that
len Of pirates, Asicr.. They burn to apply
the. torch 70 the four corners OF Richmond
aud to lee loo*e the thirteen thousand prison
ers to ali the widest excuses that ever were
o,rne.ratcd in sacked city given OYER 10
massacre and plIagc.
We reprint, and ADOPT the vinlisaiion made
by the "pSIh;ch :"
We have male inquiries urGu tac sGlec'
which satisfy Us at III is done !1r the sup
! porr and comfort Of IN" Yankee multitude
which, tie CJnrcGeraie GavernlncLt Is capa.
hlc Of doiu.. \ f,r- cam" - our notice yes
.ertla- morning which will hc a striking H.
lu,,rs,ion of the true state d :hin.S TO ali
fair minds. Several persons of rcsnsc'a'!"
standing in this comnu";,T were culeavor
ing so obtain small quart:tv Of aonse rnr.,
tons Of The beef which have seen permitted
70 De sold at the cammis.ary shops to the
General public. hut were informed by the mar
in char.e ,lat they could no, have il, ~ it
was now required hy he Yankee prisoners.
Here are our people denied provisions {
Themselves and 'he;r children to feed these
Yankees. who have cone to jc,5roy US. W.
4, not rs cnt;on this in th" WAY Of complaint:
ar its mc.-irt iispp.;;ion. in: tiiiI angls fac
su Eci ntly disr~svcs tie n.sH and maiiGnar'
ihlschond that We arc seeking 10 sta;vc th
Yankees, when, in reality, it is our own poo
pie that are IN danger # starving il order
that these prisoners mar he fed.
To any Gse willing t1 listen Ia reason and
truth. II mus: be apparent thar thirteen iiinit
sand Yankee prisoners thTr-t upon Il comm
nity already urercrOw1nl, and having grca-
| difficulty 70 prorii" tho pair"st art'c'cS -
Good for its own TALES, cannot expect. with
the best dispositions Oh our part. to fare
! ,umptuouslv every day We know rerple
onco in afIuence, who would hc glad 20 he ~
,urcd of as liberal daily provision n r!rasr
Yankee prisoners II may be tina their food
Is plain, and not abundant but it is. goo''
and as plentiful as. with cur srraightcrc@
means, we can supply Liars ought TO have
coed memories, and IT. keen up Il show mt lcas'
Of consistency. and therefore VIC would sug
~est to the mendacouS Yankee scribes VIII,
accuse us of deliberately starving our prison.
ers, whether, if it he true. rs they daily as,
sert, that the PEOPLE of Richmond are threat
| cned with the horrors Of famine, it may M
| he that the alleged famine among thci. 1r:>.
oners is involuntary
Il. we are starving oursnl-eS, how can W.
Keep them from stsrvng? Bat tko truth is
Lr.. though Strengthened in our own mean.
# life, we arc doing Is we'll n,r our prisoner
rs for ourselves. Seventy bullacks ta7 aye
| sacrificed for their cnmmissariat. and bread in
proportion to their numbers. Our own peo-
Me, as we know Of our own persona! know,
ledge. are in same cases denied meat for their
own families because it is necessary for the
Yankees.
We have abstairei from referring 20 the
uasueakahlc horrors which our prisoners have
suffered in Fort Delaware and other YANKEE
prisons, because two wrongs do not make
right Bns we may at l"ast say 10 The I@n-
kee prisoners that if they suffer here it 10 IN.
nar fault who cannot help it: hu. the fauls "i
:heir own government, who will not exrham-"
n-saners--who will Only s"nd us ha"k cur
sick and wounded nen, and VIXEN re'urr
others in the same condition. basely and 81
wanton malice pretend that their suffering
are the result Of starvation in Southern
prisons.