Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-11-12
RIGHTS.
RICHMOND WHIG.
THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. IL, 1888.
Traotmant NJ prisoners of War.

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so. on account of alleged i'll treatment of the prison
ers Of war now confined here One of these journals,
which is emulous of the distinction of being the most
foulmouthsd of the whole pack the Baltimore Amer.
can fills column in its issue of the eth, with an article
thcky sprInked with such expressions tie follow
ing: "The horrors of the Richmond PrisOnsT-"the
narrowing detaisr-" Richmond, that nest of mon
STEM horrible atrocities committed in the Richmond
prisons have been shifting the hearts Of loyal with
amAsement-" such frightul cruel es"-" revolving and
frgbul evidences Of Sekening crimes against hu
ity"-" worse thar sarscens. worse than TripOADs"-
chamber Of horrors, Rchmond"-"ten or twelve
thousand gallant fellows perishng by starvation
= living and stehiDg receptscles Of DEATH" nest of
traitors who barbOr at Rohmond"-"i Internal caprces
Of beings little better than 6endS"" army Of union.
ss reduced to the condition almost of specres shiver
and gfoan"-" worse than Black Holes Of Calcutta
anscendsnty guilty traitor and cold FLOODED praying
hypOcrite, JEFF. Davis" &c, 81 The means proposed
by the AEsreGn for at ending and AVengng these
atrocities il that the whole Yankee nation shall
to the immediate necessity of ssormiDg this nest of
mon.tsrs and it calls for another Peter the Hermit to
preach new crusade, more aOOlo than the 6rSt
cue these suffering patriots from the intnAbls horrors
of their condition.
The mock ssnsbility and sham sympathy Of this
sheet as bypocIca in its tragic pretensOns of feeling
as Kbeous and lying in s allegations of facts will i'm.
pose on no one and eAs. Of ALOn It's Yankee readers
for they know that neither the Government at Wash
ngton, nor the money changing and shoddy dealing
rAsoa who s supporters because 1t supports them
nor the body of the Yankee people, anything
for the hreing Wretcdes and vagabonds who compose
heir armies, than if they SO many dogs. These
nercenaIy villains, for the most part the OulcastS Of
Europe have been bought and paid for, and the only
real regret their feel when they experience the
undeserved good fortune of falling into hands alive,
s that their service Of murder Is for the time suspend
ed On other accounts they held in about much
estimation as the vermin they bring with them. Let
them free a. stArVe die aud be fed by the buzzards
what do the stony hearted nsgtors and eggerson of
war that is filing their Golfers with gold for their
suferngs or their lates Were they not employ ed to
meet such chances and have they not received their
pay
If it were otherwise-if Lincoln and his hackers re-
ally believed that these rec pisnts of bOOdmOney
suffering the fortunes enumerated by the American,
unjust treatment Of airy description and cared TO
relieve them, would they not allow the exchange of
prisoners 60 on and thus open the door of the den
of hOrrOrs" to their prosecuted brethren? What pre-
vents the release of these prisOners' They are not
wanted here to dsVouF subsistence 10 faint the air
With their foulness and desecrao the earth with their
18th. We would gladly give them Up and our suhOri-
lies have for months imp)rtuned their owners to come
and take them other condition than that of re-
leasing equivalent number of our men now the I'M
happy inmates of Yankee prsOns. ThiS, with every
rick Of cunning and every appliance Of fraud thu y
avoid II the prisoners here suffer- who lis ;responsi-
Die for their remaining here and continuing to suffer
Nay, who Is responsible for their coming here' Who
sent them their cutthrolt errand and why are the
vile creatures here instead Of at homer Does the bu-
5Ines which they invaded terrory -tbe business
of murder aud robbery and arson, and every iDquiy
aud vllAny lhsir dePrAsed natures could suggest re-
commend them to our charity' Ar, we to take the
IOSthsome ras.als rocking with cOngehal 6b and red
with the blood OF brothers and sous into our house,
hOts and treat them a honOred guests
We have not thought it necessary to inquire into the
management of the Yankee prisons in aud near this
city. We taSe it for granted that if it were otherwise
han what it should be- t would be changed. But
suppose the treatment received by these captured
iers is something less agreeable than other prisoners Of
may have received whose fault again, is thatY If
i provisions scarce who they who have made
! them SOY Who have seduced stolen the labor from
our farms, destroyed crops, burned barns and mills
broken up agricultural implcmonts, driven of wan
toDy buchered cattle evea mich and brood cattle and
stock, If scarcity has been prodused, shall the Gu-
hOrs Of not share it. when they choose their
worthless livsS by yielding to our almsi If they are
cold and lack blankets and clothing whose blockade
depriVes of the of procuring themS II they
are sick and need medicines whose edct makes it trea
sOnAble to bring medicines hereS Are the authors of
hardshps and privaons such necessarily result from
the sort of that has been Wpg against to be
the only ones exempt from them Are those who
c5me to sAy and Destroy fare better at hands
than the noble who go on. to meet them and drive
them back It has been for two years the jeer and
jest Of Yankee journals that troops we're in rags
and bArefooted-ths people were in want Of food
that had neither the necessities of life the means
TO purchase tbemand even they are gloatiDg with
10Y uuusuAy demoniAc over the imagined prospect Of
general famine and starvation among US. II our men
are in rags shall theirs be clad in purple and fine linen
Il our wives and children want bead the hired
sAssns they have sent here to say and spoil to be PAM
i psred with luxurious viSnds
IyOud not be right to drop this subject disgusting
- t ia without stating the Of the new hoal that
has been set in YAnkeedom the mAtreAment Of
prisoners Since the violation Of the cartel Of exchange
BY the refusal Of the Yankees TO parole or release any
more OF ON men, they have resOrted several coca
sioDs 70 device too inhunlan and barbarous to bare
any precedent 10 history and that could only have been
invented BY people presenting in such equal admix-
ture as the Yankee the blended attributes OF
eOEardce and cruelty. They have ransacked their
hospitals and prison houses for mep at deaths door from
wounds and disease, and have pitched them like So
many slaughtered hogs into their railway trains and
steamboats, and started them for this city, with the