Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-09-24
T0TCEs FROM THE REBEL STATES.
LETTERS FROM FEDERAL FRIs-
80 Es lrG ONERs.
HOW our Captive Soldiers regard the
Chicago PIatfOrm=-Treatmen
of the Prisoners, Etc. ,.r

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The following extract from g letter from
Fedetal prisoner at Charleston IS pub
shed inthe Washington Chronicle;
UNION PRIsoEERs AND THE CHICAGO
.5H PLATFORM
aWaik with me N through the prison.
Tou mark the eager discussions going on
n little Oroups. while the Charleston Me7'-
,,i1.v- passes quickly from hand to hand.
That pepper cost dollar It contains the
a Here Is a group of Western men
Boosiers, Wolverines, Buckeyes, Logan's
Egyptians, Rousseaa's Kentuckisns, Car
tefis Tennesseeans-men who, from Cairo |
10 the Gull, have redeemed the Father OF |
Waters; have redeemed five States, and |
whose brothers-in-arns are to-day driv-
ing Hoods shattered columns from out |
Northern Georgia, occupying the Gate
City of the South. Listen to that
big csvalryman who rode with Grierson.--
He il now on the second resolution, which
SAYS we have failed in the experiment OF
the war That is lie. It was an expe
is not now. Does not the con
quest, as well as the reorganization of the
States we have passed through, prove that
the present policy towards the rebels
must result In certain success2 Have
we lost one foot Of acquired territory since
theiwar began? No, gentlemen, no gen
ltIe1nen, the fellow that penned that resolu-
tioh. and the men that Yoteo for 1t never
felt the glorious flush of victory never felt
the gratitude of liberated thousands; never
knew the reality of our triumphs.' This
man was getting rather eloquent, when a
Buckeye IRON VaIlsndigham's district,
blurted out, i don't care for your liberated
thousands, but that resolution is an insult
toevery man in the western army, and 1
would like to experiment on every whip
ped dog that voted for it.
HThese men seem belligerent, and L
would sdvise the perpetrators of that reso-
luton not to mingle much in western mill
Eary circles.
aThere Is another group-offcers Of the
Army of the Potomac-one Of whom
says: -- .-s.---. ....--
Il tell you, gentlemen, the Chicago plat
form has rather got fooled around the ''ex-
pertinent" question. We have fooled
1 around Richmond for three years and have
not got it yet; but I do think that it is
very mean of General Mcclellan to twit
as with it; we fought for him, we loved
and trusted him; and now he has desert
ed US, utterly oblivious Of the fact that hC
had more to do with the unsuccessful ex
/ pertinent of war than any man on th'
American continent Now listen to tht
Jack Tar,
He helped to cut the chain at Fort Jack
son, and has caught torpedoes in every
| river of the Southwest 'Confound tha
resolution; how old Farragut will sweal
when he finds the Chicago Convention
calls him whipped No, sir. Jack know
better. We always have whipped th'
rebs, and intend to keep it up, although
it is mighty hard to be legislated out o
our grog,
"So much we have heard and not dis
senting voice and In this resolution, which
in our Judgment, contains the whole policy
Of the Chicago platform, there is but ont
sentiment among our officers here. It i
that of indignant contempt for the mel
who frankly own to an enemy, q hundre'
times beaten and chased by us, that we ar
whipped, that we cannot succeed, that fv
! millions have beaten twenty-three millions
We ask our friends, those who regard on
honor and our feelings, not to make an.
such admissions for US We are satisae
with our success, and viii yet restore ou
Union, melting out TO rebels the hrst pun
ishment of war. .., .....- i1
awe regard this same platform as |
peace platform. Why2 Because all rebel
dom have hailed it as such. South Caro-
linia has even claimed to be the birthplac
of General Mcclellan, in honor of hi
principles. We regard the movement a
, aa ignominious endeavor on the part of tn
disloyal of the old democratic party to re
gain, at the hands of the rebels, the misei
| able pickings of former days, uninspiFe
! by one throb of patriotism, by one mani
2 or gallant thought No, gentlemen of tn
Chicago Convention, one thousand Unite
States officers, representatives of the me
who this hour are preserving our countr,
: spit upon you and your resolution, fin
D back your false and taunting insult, laug
at your hypocritical whine about suferin
prisoners. None of your sympathy is II
ouested. We do not doubt for a momeI
' YOU would like to see Hood or Lee re-iI
0 forced by thirty-ive thousand exchange
men, and have it credited to humanity
but we rather prefer to wait till the ne
l leVies are in the field, till these thirty-fy
thousand can be counterbalanced. W
. have suffered we can suffer, when '
& deem it for the interest Of our cause.
$ TREATMENT OF THE PRISONERS ]
CHARLESTON.
1.-THE treatment in Charleston is goc
enough Food is furnished, though coars
: and a spirit of courtesy is manifested tn
t exist nowhere else in the COnfederscy. II
g officers are confined in four buildings VII
the workhouse the jail, the Roper and NJ
rins Hospitals. Those in the Roper ar
Marine are paroled for the adjacent prem
ises. The buildings sre contiguous, ar
constant intercourse is had. Gen. Foster
b compliments (viz. shells) have but twit
!, disturbed us, fragment having struck Il
building. We are the only things in Il
immediate locality that can be injured, ar
is the general wish that the Gener
: would throw his shells more to his right,
the vicinity ofKing street.
s "He is not doing much actual damag
: only keeps business dull and exiles the eli
from their elegant mansions. Cut of,
we are, we hear but little news. Reb
Il lies and garbled extracts from the Northel
n press, permit but meagre Information. 7
a we are watching with anxious the militia
s and political struggle now going on. 1t
hard sometimes not 10 despond, but &
g spirit of devotion that made these mi
y soldiers, sustains them through every trii
. and give them that fortitude which is t
a noblest courage. To our friends we sa
do not, by word or deed, compromise o
} honor, or give to the world the impressi'
e that we shrink from duty.
is "a THIRTEEN MONTHS PRISONER"
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