Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-11-04

why Federal Prisoners SUI.
fer and Dle.~Abfulnam u
! lincoln Reasonable.

4 1eE 0mO OlceaoA01000m
Lincoln Responsible.
! TEE OFFER or ErscoiN's COMMISSIONER or II
f CHANGE.
Mr. Onld has not proposed to yiel
10 us certasn number o. priscnsrs Of t-a
anil rscsiuea like number IN retsrn, WHICH
WOULD BE A MOST HAPPY CON
SUMMATION THAT WOULD BE A.
ONCE ACCEPTED BY THIS GOVERN
MENT."
II. A. HITCHCOCK,
Maj. Gen. and Com. Of Exchange.
TnE ACCEPTANCE or TIKI REBEL CoMxIs
sfONER.
RscnxoSD, Aug. 10, 1864.
- Inop ccnss~t 10 ne aJore f,roposal
ard agree to deliver IN you the prisoner,
held in captivity BY the Confederate ~
thorities. provided you agrees to deliver 81
eqndt number Of Confederate officers ans
men. As eqsal numbers are delivered from
time 10 time, they will be declared exchan
ged.
ROBERT GUILD,
Confederate Comr Of Exchange.
THK REJECTION or THE ACCEPTANCE ny LINCOLN
AND HITCBcosKs AGENT AFTER THREE
WEEKS DELiBERATgoN.
EAgiSA. Va. Aug. 81, 1864
! hncc no COMMUNICATION. on Me
f'aJecf. from oar nuthyyitics, nor usn get uu-
M1ri~ed e. nike a,4susy.
Al JOHN b. MILFORD,
Najor and Assistant A gent for Exchange.
lam olsAs1x svR THE REJgcTIoN-rHr NEGRO
THE ONLY OBSTACLE.
= - The wrongs, ndignities and rri
vations suffered by our (whue) sold re
would move Inc to consent to anything to
procure their exchange. EXCEPT to barter
away the honor and faith Of the Govern
mcnt ofthc United States, which has been
solemnly pledged to the COLORED soldiers
in its ranks.
BENZ. r. But LER,
Maj. Gen. and Agent Of Exchange.
All osher questions between
Us may be postponed for future settlement,
but the fair exchange Of rolorcd soldiers and
Of their white officers will be insisted on by
the Government BEFORE ANOTHER REB-
FL SOLDIER OR OFFICER WILL BE
EXCHANGED
WILLIAM WHITING,
Solicitor oi the War Department
now THE WHITE SOLDIERS SUFFER- AND DIE.
from the memorial of the thirty i've thousand
peri>hing prisoners in the Pen Of Pesiicnce
and Famine. a; Andcrsonyille, Ga.
the SITUATION OF THE MEN.
1ofhe Ps'esident n the Tinted States:
These thirty five
thousand are confined in field of some
thirty acres, enclosed by board fence,
heavily guarded. About one third have
various kinds IF indifferent shelter, or even
ia,ie Of amy kind, and are exposed to the
storms ara rains, which are If almost daily
occurrence; the Geld dcws Of the ni.ht. and
the more terrible effects of the sun striking
with almost tropical icrt encss upon their
unpro, ectcd heads This mass Of men los
nc and crowd each other up and down the
limits OF their enclosure, in storm or sun,
AMI others lie down upon the pitless earth
at night with no other covering than the
clothing upon their backs, few of them nav-
ing even a blanket. Thou
sands are without pants or coat, aud hun
dreds without even Il pair OF drawers to
cover their nakedness.
THE scANTY RATloNs.
To these men, as indeed 10 all prisoners
there IS issued thrce-giarters of pound Of
bread or meal, and one ghth OF pound Of
meat per day. This is the entire ration.
dtit uI1tti IL tiiC IhtiSt I'VE QT Gle.
The meal is often unsified and sour, and
the meat such as in the North is consigned
to the soapmaker.
SICKNESS AND DEATH.
But to starvation and exposure, to sun
and storm, add the sickness which prevails
to most alarming and terrible extent. On
AN AVERAGE ONE HUNDRED DIE
DAILY. It needs no comment,
no efforts at word painting. to make such
picture stand out boldly in the mos; horrible
eoiors.
DESPAIR A>n lpioCY --DEArH CouaTED
They alc fast losing hope. and becoming
utterly reckless Of hrc Numbers, orazcd
by their suiferings, wander about in state
81 idioey; Others deliberately cross The
dead line" and are remorselessly shot
down.
THE CHARACTER on TaE MEN LEFT TO srcn
FATE Ey LI~coLS.
Few Of them nave been captured except
ia the front Of battle, ii deadly encounter
and only when overpowed by numbers
Tuey constitute as gallant portion Of our
armies as carry cur banners anywhere. If
released, they would soon return t. the ar
my again to 10 vigorous hattie for our cause
My Tuhy SUFFER- AMP piE-TlIE MLS uSpER-
STAND TIE REAsoN-Tns NEGRO.
We are told that 'tlle only obstacle in
the way OF our exchange is the status Of me-
gro soldiers captured from our armies" the
United States claiming that the cartel covers
all who ser under its flag, ard tho Con
Tolerate States refusing to consider the col
ored soldiers, heretofore slaves, as prisoners
Of war.
THE NEGRO PRISONERS ron WHOM ORR WHITE
MEN ARE sAcRIfICED-iiow THEY LIVE
AND ARE CARED FOR.
The blacks, on the contrary are seldom
They are distributed among
the citizens, or employed Oh government
works. Under these circumstances they re-
ccive enough to cat and are worked no
harder than they have been accustomed 0
|be. They arc neither starved nor killed off
by the pestlence in the dungeons of Rich
moni and Charleston. 1t is true they are
again made slaves; but their slavery is free
dom and happiness compared with the cruel