Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-10-19
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zen aud soldier.
r. BRADLrr,
Chair'n Of Com. In behalf Of Prisoners.
People Of the Noith-relatives, friends, COR
trymen of these suffering and dying thousands OF
brave soldiers who have fought in he van against
the foe, can you unmoved listen 70 this appeal
for freedom, and II return to long separated wives
and little ones. that falls upon the ear OF Abra-
ham Lincoln as if he were made of stOnel Can
youf I'VE are not willing 90 suffer 10 further
the ends Of any party or clique" say the Federal
prisoners, and they ask that the cause of their
abandonment to q cruel fate by the Iineola AID
ministration, be explained TO them. The expla-
nation ikey ask l. here: sfrn rrunln8
All other questions between Us
may DC postponed for future settlement, but the
fair exchange OF cOlOrei soldiers ana of their
white officers will be insisted on by the Govern
ment before another rebel soldier or officer will
be exchanged.
WILLIAM WHITING,
Solicitor of the War Department.
The wrongs, indignities and priya
tons suffered by our (white1 soldiers would move
me 10 conset TO anything to procure their ex-
change. except. TO barter away the honor and
faith OF the Government of the United States,
which have been %solemnly pledged to the colOred
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Benz =. BrrLRR,
Major General and Agent of Exchange.
The peero-the negro policy of Mr.. Lincoln-
the ends Of the administration party and the
dominant Abolition clique in it, demand your
sacrifice. brave soldiersl And Abraham Lincoln,
at the bidding OF such Massachusetts, malignants
as Butler and Whiting, is your executionerl No
truth in Holy Writ is more palpable than this
Abrathfm' lincoln dare not, If he would, waive
the claims OF the few negroes who are made to
stand IN the way Of the exchange of over fifty
thousand suffering, starving and dying white
men, lest be lose the political support of the
radical party, and the Abolition "%cliquel'
de might exchange each one of you and still re
tain scores Of rebel soldiers for every negro tax
ell as prisoner of war by the enemy. But Adolf
ton fanaticism says no all other questions may
be postponed but your exchange shall never take
place. until the rebels yield the point on the ne.
gro! And so your doom is sealed.
In this connection we are enabled to presen'
the following letter from an officer of the I40tt
N. I. V now in prison at Charleston, a Repub
lican in politics, Just received by his father, {
well known citizen Of the neighboring town o
Gates. and u Republican also. 1t viii be sect
that this young man, neither open to nor suscep
tible Of 'copperbead" Influences, fully under
stands the reason why he is left by tie Washing
ton authorities TO pine in prison:
CHARLESTON, S. C., Sept. IL. 1864.
DEAR PARENTs-To all the letters | hay,
written you | have received no answer. | DON
know as any of mine went through. / wrot
you last at Macon, Ga, and a number Of time
from Libby" We have just come here from
Savannah after n 5ojourn in that place of four o
five weeks. Lieuts. Cribben and Shannon ar
with me. Capts. Hoyt and Hamilton. and Majo
Wanzer are in the next building to us.
| have been sick for two weeks--with billion
fever Now have the chill fever-shake ever,
other night. I
81 have made up my mind that our govern
ment won't exchange this fall Ii is too bad 70
them 90 allow our men to die of here at the rat
of one hundred per day with scurvy and every
thing else. The rebel authorities have done al
they can to effect an exchange. Their PROPOSE
tons were fair; but we have TO stay here for
few niggersi
-. McWilliams has just had a special ex
change, and IS gone. l wonder if il
2 or ---, could not effect a special ex
change for me-. Try the way of Albany, o
"A Washington, or through Gerrit Smith of Peter
boro. Have them try it. Write me all tn
news and direct to Charleston, 5. c., via flag O
truce.
GEORGE NJ Curtis,
Lieut.. l40tb Regt. n. Y. W.
These are the views and feelings of an officer
, What must be those OF the fifty thousand private
] scattered all over the South, whose suffering
{ are an hundred fold greater than those of IN
Oficersl