Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-12-21
The Bazaar Fund-.-seWars Refuses 70
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Lincoln, on Thursday, sent message TO
the Senate in reply to NJ. Summers resoius
ton calling upon him to furnish any infcrma
ton in his possession relative to proposition
ofBritish subjects tu give aid to the rebcll 4
ion. Lord Wharncl;ftc informs NJ. Adams
that the Liverpool Bazaar produced about
.El7,0OO, and asks permission for.an accred-
.ited agent to visit the military prisons within
she Northcra STATES and distribute cid to their
inmates, he denies that any political aid Is
aimed at, or any impu;atica that Confederate
aaprisoners are deprived of such attentions as
The ORDINARY RULES enjoin. He says:
g. Fne issue Of the great contest will not DC
determined by ind;yidnal suffering, DO it
greater OF less; and you, whose family name
is. s.iuterwovon with American history, cannot
view with Indifference fse suffering oi Amer.
icaocitizens, whatever thsiR RSiateor opinions"
Mr. Adams replied that it has nevss been
the desire of ttaG Government to tfeat With
unnecessary orAyindictive severity "any OF
the misguided individual parties in this de-
plorabk rebellion who: hdye fallen into us
hands in the regular course Of the war, ana
that he shonld efestfy rejoice if.the effects OF
sympathy COULD be extended to ninsstering
their mental alliment IS we'll ss their bodily
suffering, thus contributing to put ali end To
struggle which otherwise is too likely to DC
only procrastinatedb by their English sympath-
izersl" Mr. Seward replies as follows totbe,
application received through Mr.. Adams:
DEPARTMENT. OF STATE,
Washington, Dec. 5, 1864,
Sir=l haye received your dispatch of tie
18th of November, No S97. together with
tho papers therein mentioned, viz: copy.of.
aletter which was addressed to You on The
18th of November last ty Lord Wbarncliite. !
and coIts Of your answer to that letter. You
viii! noy infoAn Lord WharncliGe tEat per-
,uiesion fer ahy agent or committee described
f,y han tt, visi5,he Insurgents detained iu the
military p-isos. Of the Unitee States and
ll,strihut1 a,aong !sler. seventeen theusind
.:or.ts O. 5cisish gold is d;sallowed. Iierc
it's e.peeted<that your correspondence With
i4.r1 Hsh..ac;iiss. ;.si;l cid. That corresran
desc@ @i: necessarily become PUBLIC.
On reaf:;rg,is *, tic American pubic will be-
~eii ;-;ssrs that rtiIo 10 E5ni!st States haye
ainpis fer the suppel! Of prisoners es
we'll - Sr every e1igeucy OF the war IN
which they are engaged, the insurgents ~ho
have rushed into that coalition, sfe suffering
no privations that appeal for relief to charity
either at home orabroed. The American
public will be likoy 10 redect that the SUM
thus ipsidionsly rendered in tie pane Of hu-.
manity constitutes no large portion o. fhe
profits which It's contributors may be juetly
supposed to haze derived fEom the insurgents
kyexchauging with them arms and ,smuni.
tions of war for the coveted productions OF
Immoral and eaervating eiavelabor:;
Nor will any por.ion ofthe American peo-
pie be disposed is regard. the sym thus osten-
tatioasly offered Cor the relief Of fcapsured in
sufsents as atoo generous eSuivstcnt fer the
dsya station aad diaso4u,ioa which \ ciri! war.
1fomoted and protraeted by British subjects
has spread Throughout the States which be-
f5re vers cmincn!H prosperous and happy.
Einally, in view Of this last ofaeious intervea-
tion in our csSiestic aHl.s, the American
people Car hardy Ail to rscal! tie warning
sf the Father sf Our Country. directed agsi1st
txo great aadAintiUiately connected public
= dangers, namely, sectional eacticp end fos-
esu iRtdsve.
1 do hot think The insurgents have become
dsSased, altis,ngh tSeY have sadly 1andsTc!l
from the ways Of loyalty and rsstriotis.. /
think that, in comilop with ali eur country
men, they Will rqioic5'in in boisy ssved,by their,
sonside..te and loysl GoycIumsntfrsm the
grave insul: which lord Whsrnc}ffe and his
associas cs, in their zeal fonihe ozerthros: cf
tho United States, have prepared for the VIC
tins of this unnatural and hopeless rebellion.
lap. sir your 5edisnt.servaEi,
WILLIAM II. SEWARD.
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