Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-02-01

IS
iurjug with poor war-slrickcn, starving Sa-
wanna Dholoods she moods for her tamished
oitj2cns No, sir; ! should n. soon have cN
p,cluj the fond father in the parable that
Ioyccsl page in the sacred volume, TO drive
a hmgaju with his returning son fora meal
Of ycJuuIs ont of the ialtpd calf Let us
offer Il To- them freely, not in the spirit Of
aims giving. bat IA pledge of lratcrna
irrIlu" and a7 an earnest Of our disposition
To resume all the kind offices ot clOw-citi.
zcu,hlp with our returning brethren DO
you say that they were lately our cnemics2
] am well convinced that the majority, the
great majority, were SO but nomiualIy But
what If thcy were our cncmics2 "lfthinc
enemy hunger feed him; if he thirst, give
him drink especially when he has laid
do,n ius.ai nla ana sduunte 10 y our power.
And hope we may never have TO rctalate
in amy other way the crucluc> Of starvation
practiccd upon our poor prisoners Moth
ing so plainly shows the ruthless spirit of
the leaders of the rebellion rs the manner
in which our prisoners of war have been
treated at some of tho dcpots The ac-
counts of these crucltics which havcreached
us, have, Of course been contradictcd, but
know them to be true know il from some
Of the living victims of these crucltics. A
young officer exchanged from Libby--apcr-
son rs we'll entitled to credit as any one,
high or low in Office, priest or layman, by
whom his account has been on can be con
tradictcd assured me that the statement
SO frequently made Of the cruel manner in
which our prisoners were treated in that
prison are unoXaggcratcd An officer, re
Gently escaped from Columbia, informed
friend Of mine, who repeated it to me last
Saturday, that the allowance even to officers
was Il very small quantity Of uncooked cob
meal daily, with spoonful Of sorghum syr-
up. The condition in which the returned
prisoners come back to us-thcir wasted
frames their sunkcn eyes, their ncrvclcss
limbs shows that il is the settled policy of
the rebel leaders to send them home broken
down body and mind and unfit for service.
In other words, to keep them out Of the
grave Just long enough TO be exchanged for
a rebel prisoner, who will return better fed
and clothed than he was at home hale and
hearty, and ready to take the field. That
such is the case with the southern prisoners
Of war at dcpots, had some opportunity
to know personally. The prisoners at Fort
Warren are Il, we'll housed and fed, as far rs
snlyt,ni;oIy .,, ,,uoc,,noJ ~. ,,inn tnmtLs
of the people OF Massachusetts is,
they have comfortable shelter, space for
exercise, adequate clothing, and food ami
NAL and vegetable, in abundance visited
uLar : o0n Co,c.do,.to nr.o,, ,,.o ,,,o,.o con
e,,n1 thoro Tbo,,'hod t,vco,, ,cros of
,,ro,,,d far .xerctse ana ,a,ncs IN which
H., cbosetn ind,,l,,c ThGv had comforta-
ble horrncl,s saw western hams bv tbo
c,r, .l,,J pul,odrd inf, thrr stor, .r1oms
and p,,.rd tbrouoh tbnjr ouo,tcrs INST ot
dinrrr buur Tbrt,bIcs ccrtoinI,. wGrc not
sur,ad with domasl, t,bIr cloths nor set ont
Win nnrc,l,in n, emf ol,ss mon. did l,str
tho inod lint i,drir,, from IooI,s and smnll
If u,. ... wholesome and .,vnr,, ~ over
wish to ..r nm my, n,yn t,llr ,nd in ouon.
tit, and quality i was canal TO that Of the
IrIio,, r.rinorts tb,t ,,nord.d ,ho do,nt
4 similar stotc of thinos - inGnrmod
h, an intimate friend of mine an officer
bi,,h IN tLn rubIic s,r,,;cc ,vi.ts ot Tohn.
sons Islord in Lake Brio bovc also
hoard from trustworthy sourccs similar oc-
counts. .,l. ,L,. tr.,tr,rri of tbc n,isonors ot
E,rt Dol,u,r, M. Davis modo il - com
,Jaint IN ONE ot, his mrssagcs tLnt Somthcrn
r,,;snnors ,yoro confnod ot = nloco so far
nn,,Ln. For, Inhuson He did not annoor to
r.,n,o,nh,,.t that Million ond Andersony;Ilc in
snn,m., ,nimLt Ina as t,.vh;, to - No,thorn
,.,,,,,t,,,i,,S Rant I,bn.ton to a Sontho,n
onr.,itntio,. II. ,y;n,o,. and II isncnrions f,ct
oniIaIIy oscn,,insd ,hut lhc nronortion Of
,,,',..,,ns G,o,,, in Io,,h ;s ,,rcotor ot tho
Gonh tbnn tho North in consequence Of
,,,, ,,,,,.r ,r,,c,uoI r,,co,,tior. to roeiet tho
ada n,.nt;nn l,o.o c,c,, tho r,thnr now
u,.n .. .,G..t otI,o nrncIt,, ,ro,t;c,J an
onr nrison.rs ot thc South an ottcmpt is
..mgl,ing 10 no,.nadr lhe .ympathizinr class
-. IN Fn,.on, ,hnt SnrtL,rn nrie,nGrs oro
n,oIo ,o '.nil.r ol th. No,lb Now sir
hnIinyr tb.t tho host ,ya,, in which we con
r,taIiot,' ,,,,,' tho SontL f,, tbo crn.l troot.
,.,r ,,.;.o,',,,.s i. ,,, ns ~ n,,t;nuo
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