Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-11-19

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Ilivered st Ci'y Point . certsiu tamter Of p'is-
opCrs OF ~'r. for vhioh yoq hado re' lpss' oy
which Jou mpst bsve kno,sp ltbs number you
might claim the r'gos W. rnrrhsrsHi9 % innep'r
parole, fou did pot tpiet .pfopt5 ioono tyy{Sn :
eeit 70 tpie uomoef, per ~ any proper pannoE
did you reier tolt, pAt maae your declafsMon
Of exchange 10 sucn indennlte terms 90 mace y
ntxt 70. eeHalp 'nas you oio no' intena 20
governed oythe cartel: a. ~ E,9y. u
Un reie!fipg 70 tne oata iatnisned 6y mere
potts on SfneIsi Hfans, anu now 10 zoe napue
OF the Nommteeary Generai or prisoners OF
Wsehiugton; u wes eacertained that you bad
dtecnerged from parole,p py your DECLARATION,
very coasiasrsn'e number OF your men over ano
above any cialm yop mlgos Ptetent .onlon1neo
vn 'sceipIs ioI PrlyoneIs VI WsI oeHusted from
sne Srr'p sccorulpB 'o'he csItgi sWNlop.re.
,sitnE 20 i,asuons, " aPpsarsu ilom tne Deeb
uaIa ~ CUT ps1us, .Sss you asu olsuoasgeo nysS
tor oo0' OF one-tnLa mors tnsn you were enti'
veg ". & hou eueses.eu sua, elou'a make
lconresponu,pg uec.atsnon lsn y sscusngs, Wnep,
suppYse' you m'ss ns,o @ nuoyu M you lsu nus
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SsI od yyr poiss n. wo;s an sban ~ yoa
nAu vaiS pa'S'''ts ~ n1 s.. Sn aug humpsr
M T;i.6 Vnrsssu, M
though you isil'a .S .,I.. produce s,, those
tpps, ", 10 T. ~ n.coanS"S .sss ~ y y..sy'{ "
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resting, as i suppose you will cay, upon yoE1
sense Of right. as Il, You we're the only person
having ytpM TO an opinion on the subject
acting, evdent!y,in anticipation Of the formal
declaration, referred 70 at the commencement
OF this communication, 'tnas you wiu pfoceed
to make declarations OF excbapge Tor The pur-
pose OF putting troops into the held whenever
you think properi" and, having now exhausted
BY declaration OF exohspge, the paroled pris-
oners in your hands, you propoie to mo the de-
Livery OF prisoners OF war 10 our bands, for
whom you have no equivalents, or, compara-
hVely, but very feW,in order, 90 1t were, that
you may obtain possession OF many Thousands
more men Of your own, delivered or on parole,
for the purpose OF declaring them also exohang-
ed and putting them intb the field, not In CON
formity with the existing cartel, nor In accord
snoe With the ussges OF war, but whenever, In
your individual Judgment, you may think IL
proper to do 90. l have only to add that an
easy Inference from this statement is the an
swer l have TO make to your proposal Of the
1vih instant, which 10 not accepted. Respset,
iui'yi your ooedient sefvantt -,
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10 Brtgadkr GentydI 3. A. Meredith, Agent Of
Ershsn9e; -..- a -.-F
Sin: Your communication Of the 29!h lpst.
has been received, and lie extraordinary and
proundless staten ants read with surprise, >
; You frat represept me as having iuformed
YOU that would proceed 20 declare exchange
whenever cousceut tiously felt tina, had me
right to do go, for the purpose of puttipg men
Into the field. In another part Of your letter
an charged with having stated that would
proceed 10 make declarations of exchange 6r
tho purpose of putting troops into the field
whenever thought proper. Both of these par
sgrspbs are between quotation marks, to indi-
cate that hsd communicated them. More
over, they are mentioned % being my "up-
equivocal declaration" UJon faithful ex-
animation Of my correspondence With you and
your predecessor csu fnd no instance in which
such language hiss been ueed by me. Will you
linfoim me Of tho date Of any suoh communics.
ltlon, or furnish me with copy Of it7 If you
cannot, you will certainly deem me justified in
dsnouncipg your statement as utterly wilhou.
foundation In truth
Hmm .bess n,em;sea vos havs nvrcsods.d -
th,ow off snnSry sents5ca. mo,s f;rrsr n " "
wostbv of notice. As u,usi, boTars,. 'Se snn
Sniah ,bs naragrarh vh;oh con,, ins ,hsn, III yI
a misst ststsmeas In asssrfIne that "Ssxs " ds,
olared exchanged ell Confederate officers and
men 90 PAROLE" within our lines, "up to very
recent date" have done no such thing. I
specially excepted tks larger part Of the vicks,
burg capture! You then proceed 70 give what
you call "a history Of this matter" That
history, like many oihers, turn out 10 be 70
nance. LieutenantC Colonel Ludlow'B declsya,
slons o! exchange. to which referred In INV
letter OF October 2, 1859, Here NOT made IN re.
sponse to any invitation from me, or 10 couse-
uuence of any previous declarations which I
had made. did not "inaugurats" what YOU
term "a departure from the car.eI', The cor.
.espopdsnce OF the Office very clearly shows tks
lfsoi. You are wrong, slso, 10 your state ment
!, thos tho ivickaburR capture was snbssquept 10
yous 'soomIns to duty" at Fortress Monroe. /
received ofiois. com munica tions from Lieusen-
ant Colonel Ludlow as late as july 20, 1863.
weeks after the Vicksbutg surrender, and none
S,om von unNl the Q5th of the aame mnnth