The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-06-16

ADDRESS TO PAROLED DAN
VILE PRISONERS.
by GEORGE r. DE wonEE.

ny GEORGE b. DE woLEE.
ma tho soldier dream Of plenty on Dansille
~, nav dream that no was marching with his
,sa Io Dram thathe was greeting mother, sis
ten. child or wife,
~, Ta ,bnL that lac had freedom from a South
WI si 5olrs he from dreams awaken, dreams are
so replete with J0yO
hope destroy go
Would to God that he cQlud slulnpef WIN MS
4 TN T ,be march Of time released him from
Southern prison he'll.
G.. tho ocorn-cake" he is eating, Of what
wretched stuff It's made,
4 Iva. the corn-cob they ground Us, and 1t was
a Good enough they said,
,rds't bafles ali my powers to describe the pu-
q Or ps mint the loathsome rations that Union sol
a diers had to eat
Y Strangers to Ms will scarce believe when We tell
our trials DER,
y Tel how We with cold nave hhlNeItu oh Inn
II vile prison floor,
vbfe We laa and wished for morning, though
tnould bring us deeper grief,
s Yet the thought Of it's approaching, seemed to
give our hearts relief.
Not pleasant ray q sunlight trait rs wished
that we should know,
For they had no thought Of mercy for weak
and helpless foe
s. they fastened many windows, and they board
ed them outside,
While Tor want Of food and sunlight, many OF
uur comrades dlcd.
Who Is here that don't remember some dear,
noble comrsde true,
& Who in some black Danyillc prison, bado this
earth of care adicuf
5 But he went from pain and SORROW TO the land
81 OF endless hfe,
& Whore again he mag be meeting sister mother,
4 child or wife.
& We could tell where we were captured many in
~ the shenandoah,
z We could tell Of clothes and grccnbacks. taken
81 from us bv the foe.
q We might tell bow We have struggled in the
u Or how thought Of dear, dear ones as we
galed upon the Dam
To the uorihward eastward, westward, soon
FL our happy Ways ven wend,
5H Some viii meet with fond relations
"a every man viii meet friend,
some VIII meet With dear companions, those
a whose names they'll not repeat
~ f"f then Loves they swure were secret till they
neat on earth should inert.
q Comrades surely you'll remember how the reb-
els bade Ms go,
q hok upon their frowning breastwnrks
strengthening the traitor foe
Du' Nh! dia they call one morning for the labor
Their is sergc'nnt-M'aior Terry, and, perhaps,
2 les, . Was the Scrgeant-Maio WINGED not meath
the rebel threat
Though they ruelly maltrcated him, We behold
IA Inn living vet
io' The ,ae rebels have not shot him, he has met
Il VIII mo- such fate,
8 Though he often tried in Danyille noble mon,
70 emulate.
Il teucllcss brave.
81 anu D! craven acts Of murder, sent our COM
lade- % the grave.
81 An they shot New York Colonol Ro,so, la a
noble bands
81 Of Maryland; ''''''
" ohs for the tomb
VI 'n nr. death Of Charlie cowardf mid Danyillo
VA was folly ola twas madness. if you near a
81 window came.
i '"oSiaS ior Gods precious sunlight, while YOU
81 whispered some loved name
q 'H' rea II may be you'll think Of one who
II
n ne was looking from a window. and he seemed
n IN, wrapped IN thought
g did prepare '''''' "''u " ''A' ann
yor rrs traitor Waters shouted spare me- in
"a -! om mercy sparel
81 am not YanLde soi,l;or .,. -,
q Nc Nc suaIu aimed at him quickly. and then
ii Matters had to die
"a anu me sentinel while Boosting found no word
81 T. OF praise he'd got
q b ."Hs Emo no Yankee soldier" but traitor he
81 '" s, some of YOU in prison. of the Raw
q Or "sale thought, or Maine.
he ' ",shed III little Rhody you could only
hp99 1eueul you cherished, or Vermont with
81 a. N"'aicss great:
N VI !9ur fancy oft rniobt ,ve,,.1,, y, A., -,
b IS'na might be the dearest, or New York OF
ing IN ba think Of old New Jersey, daily hop
81 you'd cherish Pennsvlv,ria ora ,r;s,, 800,
ii n, unNght there rest. '''' you
q W9 West or kentucky, or the prairies of TIA,
Gin " of tb tr2pSning rebel prisons on the mar
cheers ors I'M mud bitter trials fierce, hope of
n five 1lallhe heart of man;
q W. glanced upon the river than zach lo,,i,o
=, heart could stray '"'" e"0n ions"t
N she flYef far moro lovely near homo far
y Il, lar away, '0'o'' n'"r nome hf
1 is6 sS fge lamp Of midnight, and our cher
II We Tho inlenqs were true
v their nv .ney were were gazing on Il. ant
X And Wa i, .eai We're with us too.
sands hsp once more to see them as thou
=" pa many who had Travelled 70 1-..
Il Ve''er shore. W ''o Diie n'oi
t6orPs prison lives ars over, OH it isa pleasan
fren us'e await our furloughs, ere again on
4 and 90 os going northward, wen go eastwar,
ebildrls,eis wives and mothers and th
F. fare,,iI IN We love heat W" v"
~ robbers too iareWeil, uaito
are con milands of youth and childhood "
4 And viii lining nl home TO yon. p"
j Who,'W griefs and cares ~ "'p'"'ne haif repa
ni 9ilee more you see ,s sittio,.t a. a,
Ailar chairs A'''"'b III lile oid, IA
give our G tbo VINO reigns above us, we shoul
prospee,. hopes IN the bosoms whana Al,
,s KIND and fricndlv w.
From aanon grand ""'Viiihg and our rest
's hoils Of Dixie" to our ow