The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-11-02

pleeenso, bysAhs.mYstariops powell OF Eng.
lish gold. Whether the same magical q
feet can b Hpdpcsd in this 'cpuhtry by
the powsr q BkcK Republican grassbaeka,
is question of easy solution in the minds
of the obstinate herds;" who, in spite Of
your desurciAti will ever continue tfus
to the saule 9f the Union and psrlScs scy.i
Masaiagt0n, Oct, 7th, 1854.
Our Prfsoners IN Georgia.
Letter from the Chairman Of their Commits
sionerl-OM Abe refuses to Converse on the
Subject of Ftchangs-What the Soldiers
tttsk c Him. 35 sJl5g fAIkSn
There are now nearly forty Thousand
Union prisoners confined in Andersonville,
Georgia. The rebsls, are, very snxiops to
effect an exchange Is they are not in a POI
sition to properly care for so many emf mics.
But Mr.. Lincoln refuses to relieve single
one of these unhappy men, until the rebels
come to his terms about negro soldierss
Recently; the prisoners in SAndersonsille
held meeting, 1t which, by rebel consent,
they ,sppointedf commissioners 20 wait con
the President. These commissioners went
to. Washington, but his excellency refused
to zee them. The following letter from the
chairman will be found very pleasant resd.
ing for the admirers of 1Honest Abraham"
Editors Nep York Sunday Mercury: a. -. 80
and without shame, the refusal of Mr.. Lin
coin to see the representatives OF the thir-
ty.five thousand fnow forty thoaand OF the
most unhappyily situated set Of human be
ings that God or man was ever asked to
pity?. These men fought and bled on the
Peninsuls, at Antietam, at Ficksburg, at
Gettysburg, at Ghickamauga, at the Will
derness, aud at Spottsylyania and Peters
burg. Wherever the fury Of battle was to
be encountered, wherever oceans of fire and
oceans of bullets were to be breasted,
these walls of human flesh and bone moved
forward with the heroic 6rmness and the
steady tramp of brave men, determined to
do their duty. No dangers could daunt, no
obstacles obstruct their courage and impetu'
osity. Wherever the 4f'stars and stripes"
foated there were these men to be found.
Wherever O blow Was to be struck, or a
blow to be repealed, they were in the van.
And what is their reward.
That they are captured is their misfor.
tune, not their fault. That they are suf.
fering as no human creatures, ever suffered
before, IS now the notorious truth. Every
body understands those sufferings now
Everybody ssympathizes with the. puor
brave fellows Their manly fortitude has
earned we'll deserved compliments from
their Confederate enemies. Their courage
! ia prison, which is little less than their
courage On the battle field, has extorted
praise and commentator from their cap
tors Their loyalty to the Union is unfair
nished. And yet, although the necessity
Of exchange 10 rendered Is palpable as q
sword handle, and as clear as tho MONDAY
sun; and although everybody asks: "Why
are not our poor fellows exchanged" our
kind-hearted President, "IIonest" Old
Abe, refuses to see the representatives of
thirty FIVE thousand unhappy men, rotting,
fostering and dying in thousands week in
southern bull pens. These delegated com
missioners were sent forward to Mr.. Lin.
| coin upon as sacred mission as ever were
the perpetrators of the christian faith-the
salvation Of body and soul being involved
| in that mission. Men, fifteen and eighteen
months in prison. ask Mr., Lincoln to hear
their prayers Thirty-fve thousand men
ask him to hear their prayers q q "iii'~
Mr.. Lincoln refuses to hear their prayers.
The public will naturally ask, !" Why is
this ?"
swhy is thisP" 81 , .-.aJ~
MI Lincoln ID an artful do lger, and he
wants to dodge tie question of exchange
First, to say, eyes, will have an e1
change at once" would drive the contrac>
tors politicalintere wild.
Second, To say "nay", would arouse
the just snd fierce anger of the fathers
sons, wives, daughters and brothers of
those poor fellows who are so urgently suf>
fering. = r HE 81
Thirdly, The political crisis All that
vote Of thirty.fve thousand soldiers, if re
leased to- moro y The artful dodger knows
the meaning and Significance of what they
would do. ' 81" ~ sH.r-.a
And thus this representative man of blu.
manity, the kind and tender-hearted sym-
pathiser, with all that poor, human beiogs
endure in this world, keeps the wretclled
men who have kept him SO long in the
White House in the bull pens of the South!
Thus to the dignI6ed occupation of an
operative in splitting rails, and the still
more disni6ed employment Of splitting the
Union, and the creditable profession of a
poor student of Joe Miller's vulgar jokes
over the blo,diest battle>6elds of the war,
even to asking an obscene song from spar
ticipant in the engagement, Mr.. Lincoln
now adds the cnviAble rule of being the
jailor of thirty-tive thousand (near forty
thousand) Of the gallant soldiers of the
Union, suffering as humanity never suffered
before. . ~ i"i'v'
! You wives, daughters, sisters, sons, fs>
theirs and brothers Of. those unhappy pris-
oners of war, who are, starved for want of
such food - you, would not offer to your
hogs; who are thirsty for want ofa drink OF
water little better than hog would refuse;
clothes that do not cover front or rear; half
eaten up with vermin; never having .
change of under clothes, and never having
n hit IF aoan tn vaah thavnaeI vee. erffari no