Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-10-11

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rHiSK 90 NIX.
There are nos yearly forty thousand rnlon
prisoners eonGued IN Andersonsiile. Georgia
The rebel. ats vsry spsio~ 20 sfee, an exchange
a. they are pot In a position 10 properly care FOE
"a many enemies. Bat Af. L.ssesLs Releases ~
,ells,s a ,iugls opsQ f these unhappy men, until
DE ,rhe'. come 20 NE terms .boat negro soldiers
Recently, lhe prisoners w Andsrsousire held q
mssaug. It -alch. ~ re.s %consenf hos so
yoIn,sd oommi.son"o 20 ~alt on ste ffa'ien'
The.e commLsieners sent a. w~aslansioh. but
bis EIeelleney refused 90 see them The ioIlo~
lng letter from the ehsirman gill be found very
pleasant reading co. The admirers OF " Honest
Abraham
Edsfsrs ~ y. Sunday Mercury a
Can anybody hear. without indignation aud
without shame. the refusal OF Mr. Lincoln To
zee The representatives Of The thirty 1--WE thousand
mos fof.y thOusand) OF the most unhapp.ly slt
uaged set Of human beings that God or man was
ever asked ~ pity? These men fought aud blei
on the Peninsula. at Anlelam, At Nieksbnfg, -
Gettysburg, At chicksmauga, At the Wilderness,
and AZ Spottsylyani and Petersburg. Wherever
the fury OF battle was TO be encountered, wher-
ever oceans Of fire and oceans OF bullets were 70
be breasted, these walls Of human flesh aud bone
movtd forward with the heroic hrmness and the
steady tramp Of brave men, determined 10 do
their duty. No dangers could daunt, 10 obsta-
cles obstruet their. courage aud impetuosity
Wherever the stars aud Stripes" fioated there
were these men 10 be found Wherever a blow
was 20 be struck. or a blow TO be repealed, they
we're in the van. And what is their reward
That they arc captured Is their misfortune, not
their fault. That they are suffering a. no hu
man creatures ever suffered before. il now the
notorious truth. Everybody understands those
sufferings now. Everybody sympathizes with the
poor brave fellows. Their manly fortitnde has
earned well-deseryed compliments from their
Confederate enemies. Their courage in prison,
which il little less than their courage on the bat
tie field. has extorted praise and commentator
from their captors. Their loyalty to the Union
il untarnished And yet, although the necessity
Of exchange is rendered as palpable as a sword
handle. and as clear as the MONDAY sun; aud al
though everybody asks: why are not our poor
fellows exchangedl" our kind hearted Presi
dent, Honest" Old Abe, refuses 10 see the rep
resentatives OF thirty five thousand unhappy men,
rotting, fostering and dying in thousands a week
in the Southern bull-pens. These delegated
Commissioners were sent forward 10 Dir. Lincoln
upon a. sacred a mission as ever we're the propa
gators of the Christian Faith-the salvation of
body and soul being involved in that mission.
Mea. fifteen and eighteen months in prison, ask
Mr.. Lincoln TO hear their prayers. Thirty-fv
thousand men ask him to hear their prayers.
Mr. Lincoln refuses 10 hear their prayers.
The public will naturally ask. why il thisr'
why * thsl'
Mr.. Lincoln is an artful dodger, and he wants
to dodge the question Of exchange.
First. to say Yes. | will have an exchange at
once. would drive the contractors political in
terest wild. 49,
Second, To say NAY" would arouse the just
ana fierce anger Of the fathers, sons. wives.
daughters. and brothers of those poor fellows
who are so urgently suffering.
Thirdly. The political crisis Abb that vote of
thirty five or forty thousand soldiers. il released
to morrow The artfnl dodger knows the mean
ing and significance of what they would do.
And thus this representative man of humanity,
the kind and tender hearted sympathizer. with all
that poor human beings endure in this world,
keeps the wretched men who have kept him go
long in the White House in the bull pens Of The
South
Thus to the dignifed occupation OF an opera
tive ia splitting rails, aud the still more dignifed
employment OF splitting the Union. and the cred
table profession of a poor student of Joe Mil
ler's vulgar Jokes over the bloodiest battlc-telds
OF the war, even To asking an obscene sons from
a participant in the engagement, Mr.. Lincoln now
adds the enviable role of being the jailer Of
thirty FIVE thousand (near forty thousand) of the
gallant soldiers Of the Union, suffering "a hu-
msnity never suffered before.
You wives. daughters, sisters. sons. fathers and
brothers Of those unhappy prisoners of war. who
are starved for want Of such food "a you would
not offer 70 your hogs; who are thirsty for want
OF u drink ~ water little better than a hog
would refuse. clothes that do not cover front or
rear: half eaten M With vermin; never having =
change OF undercloihes, and never having a b,
Of soap 60 wash themselves: sufferings. too. in
yOlving things that cannot be decently written
abound Think of his. friends of humanity
Think Of this, tender, kind and benevolent old
dudger, aud when the day comes 20 perpetuete
his rule. all you who have votes. vote for Hon
est Old Abe On the score Of humanity he de
serves it; still higher. being the jalor OF thirty
FIVE thousand Union prisoners lest they might
vote against him His claim 20 your votes is un-
doubted.
Yours. respectfully,
EDWARD WELLINGTON BoArE,
Chairman Of Commissioners from Anderson.
Vrla IL