Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1864-12-16
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DESTRUCTION. 80

DESTRUCTION. n
Lincoln, on Thurs lay
the Senate in reply to Mr. Sunfly Il
ton calling upon him to furniSS IA 3sss
nation in his possession relatives 4 ~ 81
osition Of Br fish subjects to give WA WI 81 81
rebellion. Lord Wharncliffe infor q
Adams that the Liverpool Bazaar prodNtk
about eli 900, and asks permission fer ans
accredited agent to visit the military prs
sons within the Northern States and distrl
butte aid to their inmates. lie denies that
any political aid is aimed at, orany imputa-
ton that Confederate phi soners arc deprived
of such attention as the ordinary rules eu-
join. He says:
"The issue of the great contest will not
be determined by Individual suffering. be
it greater or less and you, whose family
nalUe is interviewer with American history,
cannot view with indifference the suffering
of American citizens, whatever their State
| or opinions"
Mr.. Adams replied that it has never
been the desire of the Cover ment to treat
with unnecessary or vndictive severity
"any Of the misguided individual parties in
this deplorabe REBELLION who have fallen in
! to its hands in tie regular course OF the
war, and that he should greatly rejoice if
the effects of such sympathy could be ex-
tended to minstering to their mental all
ment as we'll as their bodily suffering, thus
contributing to put an end to struggle
which otherwise is too likely to be only pro-
crastinated by their English sympaihi2ers.'
Mr.. Seward replies as follows to che appli-
cation received through Mr.. Adams:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
! WAsH1SGreN. December S, 1864.
SIR: l have received your dispatch OF
the 18th of November, No. 907, together
with the papers therein mentioned, viz; a
copy of letter which was addressed to you
on the 18th of November ;ast by Lord
Wharnclife, and copy of your answer to
that letter. You will now inform Lord
Wharncliffe that permission for an agent
of the committee described by hir4 to visit
The insurgents detained in the military prlS-
ons of the United States and distribute
among them seventeen thousand pounds OF
British gold is d!sallowed Here it is ex-
pected that your correspondence with Lord
Warnclihe will end. That. correspondence
will necessarily become public.
On reading it, the American public Will
be we'll aware that while the United States
have ample means for the support of prison
ors as we'll as for every eingency the war
in which they are engaged, the insurgents
who have rushed into that coalition are sui
fering no privations that appeal for relief to
charity either at home or abroad, The
American public will be likely to reflect
that the sum thus insidiou lys rendered in
the name of humanity constitutes no large
portion of the grolts which its contributors
may be Justly supposed to have derived ffoo,
the insurgents by exchanging with thess
arms aud munitions of war for the covctGaS
productions, of immoral and cuorysSsBlx
slave labor. -
Nor will any portion of tho R sss stsy5s
people be disposed to regard $500 ~,
ostontatiousy offered for the Asssss
ured insurgents as too gcQes l1ss
lent for the devastation 4Mys q
which civil war. promqssd Sda ses 81
by British subjects, hassas2. 4 ID
the States which ,sAssss- Se3 esllis{sD
prosperous and II al.ls y ssh q. .s
of this last oificid "
mestic affairs, 4. 81
hardly fail r4CaIl tka
Their of our Gou4agy " ~
great aud intiuts ss q M Y
gers, 1amcl Iii sts ssss Il. q
Intrigue. ssl sss q
! l do not ss, u
:. come debased ss1 M Il.
wandered from the Wy sssSss ai ss.J s.s,ItF
trotism. I think thot, in ~
our countrymon. they will rsas;. bsif sE'
saved by their considerate DIZZY II
erament from the grave insult" snss
Wharnclsfe and bis associates, 'fssss
for the overthrow Of the United Sss
have prepared for the victims Of this 1fN7
natural and hopeless rebellion. 90
| am, sir, your obetlient servant
William II. SEWARD
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