, 1864-09-25
To The President.
LETTERS TROM FEDERAL PRISONERS.
STATES
How Our Captive Soldiers Regard the
GhicaEo E1atform-rfekt1nCn or
tho Ps1soQerxs,
The following letter from Federal prison.
er at Charleston is published in the Wash.
ington Ch1onfe.e: 49,
f,utoYrurnx q r. 9eo& n 1Rfd

The following letter from Federal prison.
er atGharleston is published in the WASH
iugton Ch1onfese:
Having established an sunder9round,' I
trust that this will reach you 1t Is the re-
suit of careful observation, long experience,
and unrestrained lnterco course with the officers
events correct the false statements made'by
cur enemies North and South, that We sym-
pathize In the peace movement now on foot
at the North, and condemn our Government
fn not accepting such terms Of exchange as
TEopose. T. mag also eerve as an Indication
Of the sentiment Of the whola military and
laval power OF our people, for when We re.
feet that there fs NOT a brigade in our. army,
not squadron Of our navy, and, strange to
Say, not = State Of the original thirty flour
Judgment. assuming too much to claim that
the opinions and language Of these officers
may be accepted as the index Of the feelings,
w1ebes and Intentions Of the army and navy.
Keeping In mind also, that this body Of men
,s COMPOSED of he he veterans sat of1sol Pqpils o.
IN the East. aud of ali , sabae.
qutnt 1eyies, It will surely be granted
that no collection of men with the same de-
gree Of intelligence aud experience In the
sno3us> operanda and prhcslcat results OF this
war can be found; In these premises, + will
imous, sentiment of one thousand United
States officers. .:,..:.
UNION PRISONERS AND the. o111cAao FLAT
- : FORK. - :,
Walk with me- through the prison; yon
mark the eager discussion going on IN little
groups; while the Charleston Atseury passes
quickly from hand to hand; that paper cost
Ir11 Il eat, <fn$$
:, Here ID = group Of western men-aoosters,
Wolverines, Buckeyes, Iogan's Egyptians.
| Rousseau's sKentuckiaus, CarteT's Tennes-
seeAns-lnen Whot from CairD to the Gall,
hsve redeemed the Father Of Waters; hare
|, redeemed i've statesf nd whose brothers in
columns from ouF northorn Georgia oc 'upy-
ing the Gate City, Of the, South. ~tist.n to
| that big cavAlIyman who rode with Grlerson.
He is nov on the second resolution, which
| saya We hare failed IN the experiment Of
war;" THAT ID ale. It was an experiment
! well as the reorganization Of thu States We
have passed through, prove that the present
policy towards the rEbels must resultin Ger,
! tain sucrefsl Have ne lost one foot Of ac,
I qulrsd territefy aince the VIZ begeqs No
fution, and the men that votsd for It never
/ felt the glorious flush Of victoEy nevae felt
The gratitude Of liberated Thousands; never
knew the realty OF our txfumphs."., Thli
man was getting rather eloquent when
Buckeye ftom Va1landtshAm's district blurt.:
ed out, II don't care for your Liberated
every man IN the Western army, and wonle
iike 70 experiment. On every whipped dog
i These men seem bellige1ent and would
. advise the perpetrators ot that resolution
not TO mingle much In Western military cir
.. There is smother group-ot1cers OF tht
Amy OF the PotcnAc-one OF whom sa7s
, ~ tell TOE, gentlemen, the Chicago platform
J h. rather got Us On The "e1pesiment' qnea
!. three 3earB aud have t1t got Il yet; but d
think It j. Sery meanp Gen. Mcclellan +
2 tWtt rs With It; We fought for him, We lore
and ttusted him; and now he has dessrte
{ us, utterly ohi.vlous OF the fact that he b.
: more TO do with the unsuccessful expeE
& met Of var than any m1u on the Auerica
continent Now listen to that Jack Ta,
He helped to cut The chain at Fort jackson
and bas eaught topedocs In every river {
: the Southwest nConfo9nd that resolution
o1 tbe Chicago Convention calls him whipped
~ No. cir. Jack knows better We diva
-, hare whipped the rebs, aud IAttud to keen
~ up, although it Is mtght5 hh1d to be legl
d 'lated>o out Of our groR.
10 much We have besrd, and not set
~ difss1tiug yofce; and in this resolutio
- which. id our Judgment, contains the who
o policy OF the Chicago platform, there Is b
E one sentiment among our oileers here,
} fs thlt Of Indignant contempt for men vi
!. frankly: own to an, ehemy, = bundled tin
= beaten and chased By us, that We are VIII
= ned. that We cannot succeed, that aye n
!, lions. have beaten twenty. three mi1lo,
ID We aak our ftiends-those who regNd
honor and bur feelings maks :
mi such- % admIesions for rs. We are sattsf
o. mi, onr SUCCESS, and will yet festore {
+ Union, 11 e melting out 70 rebels ihe jast puni
nv: " r. sesssd nd vi. .sms platform a. - r r.
is platform. Wby2 :Becauss ~ lsoe!a
Mt bsve hailed It ae such South Casellna
i'll -Metle11sn IN honor Of .bIs principies.
'ct Tsesrd lie movement q MAJ !enomialous'
deayot on the part the dislo1a -st the