Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-09-23
why Federal Prisoners suffer and
Die-Abraham Lincoln Response

TIE OWE OF LIxcoLs's COMMISSIONER OF III
CHANGE
Mr. Ould has not proposed TO yield to
us a certain number OF prisoners Of var and re-
ceive like number in return. WHICH WOULD
BE A MOST HAPPY CONSUMMATION
THAT WOULD BIZ AT ONCE ACCEPTED
By THIS GOVERNMENT.
Z A HIrcHcocK.
Major General and Com. of Exchange.
rHK ACCEPTANCE or THE REBEL COMMISSIONER.
Rrcnxosp. August 10, 1864.
| nov consent to the above proposal.
and agree 10 deliver TO you the prisoners held In
captivity by the Confederate authorities, pro-
vided you agree to deliver an equal number OF
Confederate officers and men As equal mum
bers are delivered from time to time. they will
be declared exchanged
ROBERT 0ULD.
Confederate Com'r of Exchange.
THE REJECTION or THE ACCEPTANCE BIZ LIScoLS's
AND HAScocK's AGENT AFTER THREE WEEKS
pKLrBKRArIoS.
VARISA, Va, Aug. 81, 1864.
| have no communication on the sub
ect from our authorities, nor am / yet au-
thorized TO make answer.
JONI f. MuLyoRD.
Major and Assistant Agent for Exchange.
THE REASON ron THE REJKcrIoS-THE NEGRO THE
ONLY OBSTACLE.
The wrongs indgnties and prva
tions suffered by our white soldiers would move
me TO consent TO anything to procure their ex-
change. EXCEPT TO barter away the honor and
faith OF the Government of the United States.
which has been solemnly pledged to the COLOR
ED soldiers in its ranks.
BENZ F. BUTLER.
Major General and Agent of Exchange.
All other questions between Us may
be postponed for future settlement. but the fair
exchange Of colored soldiers and OF their white
BEFORE ANOTHER REBEL SOLDIER OR
OFFICER WILL BE EXCHANGED
WV WHITING.
Solicitor of the War Department.
HOW THE WHITE SOLDIERS SUFFER
AND DIE.
From the memorial Of Thirty five Thousand Perish
ing Prisoners in the Pen Of PestileRce and Fam
Inc Andersonvie, Georgia
THE SITUATION OF THE NEy.
To the President of the United States:
These thirty five
thousand men are confined in a field OF some
thirty acres. enclosed by board fence. heavily
guarded About third have various kinds
kind, and are exposed to the storms and rains,
which are of almost daily occurrence: the cold
dews of the night. and the more terrible effects
of the sun striking with almost tropical fierce
ness upon their unprotected heads. This mass
of men jostle and crowd each other up and down
the limits of their enclosure in storm or SUM- and
others lie down upon the ptiless earth at night
with no other covering than the clothing upon
their backs, few of them having even a blanket
Thousands are without pants or coat
aud hundreds without even a pair of drawers TO
cover their nskedness.
THE scASTI RATION
To these men, as indeed to all prisoners, there
IL issued three quarters OF a pound of bread OF
meal. and eighth of pound of meat pei
day This is the entire ration. and upon II the
prisoners must live or die. The meal Is otter
unsifted and sour, and the meat such n IN the
North is consigned TO the soapmaker
SICKNESS AND DEATH.
But 10 starvation and exposure. to sun and
storm. add the sickness which prevails 10 mos
alarming and terrible extent ON AN AVER
AGE ONE HUNDRED DIE DAILY. .
lie needs comment. no efforts at word painting
TO make such picture stand out boldly in mos
horrible coors.
DESPAIR AND rDIoCY-DEATH cOURrED.
They are fast losing hope. and becoming Ut
terly reckless of life. Numbers. crazed by theil
sufferings. wander about in state OF idiOcy
Others deliberately cross the dead line. - and are
remorselessly shot down.
THE CHARACTER OF MEN LEFT TO SUCH FATE By
LINCOLN.
Few of them have been captured except in the
front of battle, in the deadly encounter, and on
ly when overpowered by numbers. They consti
int vatI ant nrff.. Of nrr "a
our banners anywhere If released they would
return to the army again to do vigorou:
battle for our cause.
THEY SUFFER- AND DfE-rHE MEN UNDER
STAND THE REAsOS-THE NEGRO.
We are told that the only obstacle in the way
of exchanges il the status of enlisted negroe:
captured from our armies. the United State
claiming that the cartel covers all who serve IN
der its flag, and the Confederate States refusing
To consider the cOored soldiers heretofore slaves
prisoners Of war.
TUX MICRO PRISONERS FOR WHOM our WHITE NE,
ARK sAcRIFIeKD-How rHKr LIvE AND Arr
CARED FOR
The blacks, on the contrary, are seldom i'm
prisoned. They are distributed among the Cit
zens. or employed on government works. Unde
these circumstances they receive enough to ca
accustomed TO be They neither starved mol
killed of by the pestilenee in the dungeons o
Richmond and Charleston. IL is true they ar,
again made slaves: but their slavery is freedau
aad happiness compared with the cruel existence
imposed upon our gallant men They not
beFeft of hOpe. are the white soldiers. diving
BY piecemeal. Their chances OF escape are ten
fold greater than those OF tie white soldiers. ant
their condition. in all it, lights. is tolerable il
languishing In the deus and pens OF secession.
vIEws AND CONCLUSIONS OF TIE xENORIALISTs
We are profoundly impressed with tn,
conviction that the circumstances OF the tw,
classes of soldiers widely different that th'
Government can hoaOraby consent 20 an ex
change. waving for a time the established prin
ciple justly claimed 10 be applicable in the case
Let thirty five thousand suffering. starving ans
dying enlisted men aid this appeal. By promp
aud decided action in their behalf thirty iv,
thousand heroes will De made happy For th,
eight hundred commissioned officers now prison
ers We urge nothing Although DESTROYS f re
turning 10 lur duty we can besr Imprisonment
with more fortitude il the enlisted men. who's,
suferings We know To be intolerable. re
stored To liberty and lite
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
eve Letter OF Acceptance from ur
PendtetOn.''
Under the above heading the lndianapoh
Journal Lincolnite) wants 10 know Why Mr.
Peudle fon does not publish a letter of n.cerf