The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-07-10
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o Union lady in the heart Of the South,
in regard TO the state Of things there.
The letter was written only some two
weeks ago, and by a lady known to me,
as a sensible, and every way reliable
woman. She states that she has been
selling portions Of her household furni-
ture, to procure provisions for herself
and children. She says that she has
Confederate money enough TO purchase
what she needs, but IL has become
worthless, and those having provisions
to sell refuse il, in many instances.
This lady was at the depot in her
neighborhood, when twenty Federal sol
diers were going on TO Richmond, as
prisoners. They were bare-footed, and
had been stripped of their best garments,
as well as their boots and shoes, by the
rebel soldiers. She conversed with
them, and they told her they were star
wing for some thing to eat. And yet
when we take their men prisoners, we
feed them well, treat them kindly and
ifthey are short of clothing, We never
fail to dress them outl
take, as a specimen Of Southern feel
ing, and of growing brutality the follow
ing from the Richmond Fdig, of the last
month, copied with approval into all the
rebel papers
PRrsoNEns-The Administration has
been much annoyed by advice, more
earnest than judicious, in regard to re-
taliatious Two years having elapsed
since this system of advising Yves put in
practice and no results having followed,
IL would be more improper now TO dis
continue il. The Administration has no
especial love for prisoners; they are not
anxious TO see them here; they do not
care ever TO incur the cost of tr~anspOrta-
tion. Prisoners sent here must of
course be disposed of in accordance
with the regulations of the cartel.
Prisoners taken in battle ought to be
and will be properly cared for. Pris-
Oners caught in the act Of des-
troying private property and par
ticulsrly brutes, like Milroy, may be
disposed of as their csptors think ct. If
they never reach Richmond, Capt. Turn
err OF the Libby prison will not be offend
ed. If they disappear entirely, the Gov
eminent will not institute search for
them.-Ricdmond Wig.
This violation Of all the rules Of civil
lied warfare-this proposition to murder
Federal prisoners in cold blood, and this
villainous disregard of the obligations of
the cartel entered into by the commits
sioners of the two Governments, is in
perfect keeping with the known practice
of the rebels for the last twelve months.
The Right Reverend Maj General Bishop
LEoNIDAs Polk, is known to have told q
portion Of his command in front of Muir
freesbOrough, that if they took Fed
eral prisoners and lost them, OF forgot 70
bring them in, which implies that If they
shot or hung them, he would have no quar-
rel with them about such change ofpoli-
cy.
Here is another specimen of the Chris
tisn piety, and the high order of human
ity that prevail in the South There is
nothing mean, murderous, false, oppres-
sive, ungraieful, or disgraceful to our
species that the leaders of this unholy re-
bellion are not prepared to go into! The
rebellion originated for the most part,
with a set of disappointed politicians,
who had sworn falsely, committed pub
lie robberies, lost all sense of honor and
shame, and proven themselves, by drunk
ennoss, lying gambling, swearing, adult
terry, and a total disregard of the Sab
bath, to be blind to all the beauties Of a
v%irtuous life, and all TIE charms of the
Christian religion No cause headed by
such men, or originating in such mo-
tives, can eve prosper, or meet with the
sanction of a just and holy God!
This is the cruel, murderous, oppres-
sive, and hell deserving organization,
that has imprisoned at Richmond, that
patriotic, true-hearted, and loyal man,
Ex. Gov. AIKEN, of South Carolina, one
of the largest Slave holder in America.
lie refused to take an oath, and TO engage
in war in opposition to the Government
of the United States, and for this offence,
be is doomed to rot in q lousy, filthy
prison at Richmond Had / the power,
l would blast such a Government, and
such rulers, with the curses of heaven,
sinking both to the bottomless pit, world
without end! UNION.
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