Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-11-13
TT1r QUESTION OF TIE PRISONERS.


words: "Why not say, without any further
subtcrtugcs, that you have reached the con
c,usion that cur officers ard soldiers are more
valuable, man for man, than yours
Judge hits the nail point blank on the head
This is Just the whole case and the whole key
10 that dark and ruthless policy of the enemy,
which. at this moment, condemns many theu'
sands of officers and men on both sides t.
pine in prisons without any speedy or certain
hone of exchange. But it was hard in Judge
Ould to say to Meredith: "Why not say with
out subterruge?" This TO q Yankee. How
could the nan, in the service he is in, help
his .sub;crfuge. The policy Of his govern
ment required him to embarrass and stop the
exchanging of prisoners, and to lind some
nre,ext for 1.-THE true reason no: being pre-
seotahlc. What was the nan to do but shuttle
and wrig-le, and equlTocate, and preSari"
cate?
II gives us pleasure to perceive that. in tie
whole Of tho correspondence which las now
been brought to light our Confederate Con-
missioner has maintained the honor and good
faith IF his government, and has 50 completes
~ pi&rc'' oGt e'ic''''Vs III 'n. ",0"-' '' -
New York paper, the "Wcrld, in review
iu.- the c0rrcsrondence-inw which, however,
the last ic''crS n"n,'S,S's'" I''
n'f inc."ae'-"o''''O,' ".''''u
!"feE&cy tne 'a''eF III" oe''s. S'"0 - '"U ~,
'rovcrSy 80 long penaihs. lh0 VII" ~
'aarks shTowaiy: -,
ls VIII l." oDSet'e' tna' .nr ms. r,'J b. u,
s,i'' hlinf C.a,, 40 rsl,el AGENT ana cpnsis:.
a,..;fcly # the oni aial communications. Tho
presumption is. therefore, that CoElmlss'onci
On'd - wiling to anGo ny 'oc puo''' 'eie'''
as 10 nc JUSTICE "a ''' :,
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them 1t the C:>rosa!, thcE can "cii 'uioFu u
s1cr,:cc them for the privilege Of holding
7,ci, - n,,,,v Cnnrcl,rntes frcm the hattlc.-
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NO o""o' ''eS "'"'>' s'""t' ,"r -,
rope, and hand over to us 10 be dealt VITA IL
we Hleasc. four hundred thousand Of them, il
so thcv corld Inv the whole Of orr arp;c.
- ;.,,as :, ,,o no,o
AL" $40" '''''N away o!'0'' - '''' 0''''"
dian lakes.
What q i,asn, cGwardy and cruel system ci
cor-v;u, IN war, Who saws this century.
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when i'->'I ''S''' :, -" NV. ="
made any advance IN humanity or Justice over
The ancient AGES OF the world? We main
+,;r that The me,hois Of Attila and of Zineis
- ., ,.o hr,,,o,s +b,,. cor,
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fanny "eT" more ''''o'' anu S'."''. ''',
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:, .b, ;re.,,.o of Marro,
Wv,
ana his me-"
The rcrlv Of General Meredith to Colonel
Ould's inquiry about Morgan is. however. the
weakest aud most worthless which could have
been framr1-" that the United States az
,horities had nnthing whatever to do with the
treatment Of Gen. Morgan and his command.
received when imprisoned at Columbus
Such treatment was wholly unauthorzed."-
This was, indeed, making matters no better
Sranhnr almost the rumored claims OF the
rebels that Col. Strrisht should be handed
over to the State authorities to be tried as
, feloa. How much better wsul it have been
o:horc given the real reasons that the popu-
lar impression was that Col. Streight was in
close confinement, and that the senselesS
Burnside was greedy to glut his vengeance on
a tallcn foe. and to have made suitable
apology therefor Col. Oud's subsequent re-
marks arr, indeed, the most truthful and most
deserved castisatinn to our moral delinquency
in thc matter. although no seems to have
missed the real perpetrators.