Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-11-05
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= ~ esytsis nsm1ur ~ prlsvnNsof ee
and rsesiee q lihs a9Ssbyv u sxfssw. WHICH
, WOULD BE A MOST HAPPY CON
SUMMATION THAT WOULD BE A
ONCE ACCEPTED By THIS 0OvCRN
NENT." ~ IA
r. A. HITCHCOCK, .
1sj. Gen. and Com. Of Exchange.
fnE ACCEPTANCE OF rHE nKDn Connfs
sfONRn.
RicSAoxD, Aug. 10, 1854.
Inor consent to tie Adore Droposnt
and aerss - delivss - you the priseness
held il captivity by ths Confederate ~
thorities, provided you agree 70 deliver a.
equal asSsSsr Of CNsfejsrate oficers and
men. A. sqssl awmjsrs ere delivered frssu
time 70 time, they will Be declared exchan.
gid.
ROBERT OULD,
Confederate CONF Of Exchange.
rns REJECTION o. THe ACCEPTANCE BY LINCOLN
AND HI1cncOcK's AGgNT AFTER TnnEE
WEEKS DELIRERATfoS.
YAKIMA, Va. Aug. 81, 1864
hass 10 communicated. on the
sMtject, from our authorities, nor an get au-
thOriesd = nuke aasrer.
JOHN f. MULrORD.
Major and Assistant gent for Exchange.
TOE REASON FOR THE RELATIONSHIPS NEGRO
THE ONLY OBsrAcLE
TIE wrongs, indignities and pr
va6ons suffered by our afwhltc) soldiers
would move me to consent to any thing 10
procure their exchange, EXCEPT to barter
away the honor and faith Of the Govern
nentof the United States, which has been
solernnly pledged to tho COLORED soldiers
in its ranks.
BENZ. r. But LER.
Nj. Gen. aud Agent Of Exchange.
AL Other questions between
us may he postponed for future settlement,
but the fair exchange Of colored soldiers and
Of their white eiBcers will b insisted on by
The Government BEFORE ANOTHER REB-
Ell SOLDIER OR OFFICER WILL BE
EXCHANGED.
WILLIAM WHITING,
Solicitor Of the War department
now THE WHITE SOLDIERS SUFFER AND DIE.
From the memorial II the thirty five thousand
perlsiiin,, prisoners in the Pen Of Pestilcnce
and Famine, ut AIdersonvillc, Ga.
til. SITUATION OF THE MEN.
II the Iresideat9T Lus United .statts
These thirty fiy.
thousand are confined in u field " some
thirty acres, enclosed by . board fence.
heavily guarded. About one third have
various kinds Of Indifferent shelter. or even
hadc Of any kind, and are exposed to the
storms ana rains, which arc Of almost daily
occurrence; the cold dews of the n: ,ht, and
the mrre terrible effects Of The sun striking
with almost tropical ficr,cncss upon their
heads. This mass Of men ios-
tie and crowd each other up and down The
limits Of their enclosure, in storm or sun,
and others lie down upon the pitiless earth !
at night with no other covering than the |
clothing upon their backs, few Of them i,av-
ing even q blanket. Thou- /!
sands are without pants or coat, ard hun |
dreds without even pair of drawers to !
cover their nakcdness.
THE sCAKrY RArIoNs.
To these men, as indeed to all prisoners,
there is ISSUED three-qnartcrs Of a pound Of |
bread or meal, and one-eighth Of pound Of |
meat per day. This is the entire ration,
and upon it the prisoner must live or die, |
The Meal il often unsifted and sour, and |
the meat such rs in the North is consigned |
TO the soapmaker.
SICKNESS AND DEATH.
But to starvation and exposure, to sun
and storm, add the sickness which prevails |
10 most alarming and terrible extent. ON |
AN AVERAGE ONE HUNDRED DIE
DAILY. Ii needs no comment,
no efforts at word painting, 10 make such
picture stand out boldly in the most horrible |
colors. =
DESPAIR AND IDf0CY-DEATH COUNTED
They are fast losing hope. and becoming
utterly reckless of lie. Numbers, crazcd
IS their suifcrings. wander about in state
II idiocy; others deliberately cross the
dead line and are rcmorselessly sho,
lOwn.
rUL CHARACTER OF THE MEN LEFT To srCH
A FATE By LINCOLN.
Few Of them have BEEN captured except |
N the front of hattie, in deadly encounter
and only when overpcwei: by numbers
They constitute as gallant portion of our
armies Us carry cur banners anywhere. Ill
they would soon return to the ar
my again to 40 vigorous battle for our cause
WY THEY SUFFER AND DIE--Tuc AEs WIDER
STAND THE RBAsoN--suE MICRO
We are told that 1.-The only obstacle in
The way Of our exchange is the status Of ne
gro soldiers captured from cur armics,'' the
United States claiming that the cartel covers
all who ser. under its flag, and the Con
Iederate States refusing to consider the col
Ored soldiers. heretofore slaves, as prisoners
Uf war
rue NEGRO PRISONERS FOR WHOM OUR wnlrE
MEN AnR sACnlHlCRp--flOw they LIVE
AND ARE CARED FOR.
The blacks, on the contrary. are seldom
imprisoned. They are distributed among
the citizens, or employed on government
works. Under these circumstances they re-
ceivc enough to cat and are worked no
harder than they have been accustomed o
be. They are neither starved nor killed off
by the pestilence in the dungeons Of Rich
mond and Charleston. II is true they are
again made slaves; but Their slavery IS FREE
lom and happinesS cOmparcd with the cruei