The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-15
The AndersonrIlle Horrors.

The AndersOnTille Horrors.
The evidence in the wirz trial last Satur-
day was ve-y important. Il implicated d.
rectly the War Department at Richmond. /
A report Of an Ex-rebel Military Inspect /
or. Col. D. T. Chandler, dated Anderson
willie, August 5, 1864, % aud addressed to Col. |
r. H. Chiffon, A. A. and I. G., was read.
We make the following extract from it:
Nv duty requires me respectfully 70 re-
commend & change in the officer in com
mand Of the post, Brig. Gen. J. II. Winder,
and the substitution in his place Of some enc
who unites both energy ana good Judgment
with some feelings of humanity and consid-
GRAFTON for the welfare and comfort 80 far as
is consistent with their safe keeping) Of the
vast number CT unfortunates placed under
his control; some one who, at least, does not
advocate deliberately and in cold blood the
pTopriety of lesving them in their present
a ,udition until their number has been sum
GENTLY reduced BY death TO make the pres
ent arrangements suffice for their aecomnO-
dalton; who will not consider it matter Of
self-laudation, Boosting that he has never
been inside the stockade-a place the hor-
roTs of which il is difficult 20 describe, and
which is 8 disgrace to civilizstion-the con
a little energy and judgment, even witk the
limited means at his command, have con-
siderably improved.
Here we have Military Inspector, acting
under the authority Of the War Department
At Richmond, after due examination, 50 long
ago as August 5, 1864, informing his superb
ors thst the Andersonville prison pen was 6
place "the horrors Of which it was difficult 70
describe, and which was disgrace to civil
ization, ," and recommending the removal Of
the Commander Of the Post, Gen. Winder,
under whose management the place became
so horrible. And this recommendation OF
removal was made on the ground that
Winder bsd advocated deliberately and in
cold blood the proPriety ofleaving them (ths
prisoners in their condition until their mum
Der had been sufficiently reduced by death
TO make the present arrangements suffice fol
their accommodation
Col. Chandler was witness before thu
Commission, Saturday, and stated that "h'
had no retraction 70 make as TO his report
during his inspection he had a converse
Indifferent to the welfare of the prisoners
and was indisposed to do anything; he re
moustrated with Gen. Winder as best b
could; when the witness spoke Of the grea
mortality, and suggested that as the siekl
season wss coming on the swamp should b
drained, better food furnished and othe
sanitary measures adopted, Gen. Winde
replied to him that he thought Il you'd Z
better 10 let Oae-half de 50 they could tai
care Of The remainder; his (Chandler's) as
sistaut, Major Hall, had previously reporte
10 him that Gen. Rinder had made sun
lar expression to him. the witness remarke
he Thought this incredible, when Major Ha
said Gen. Winder had repeated that EXPIRE
sion 10 him several times" Thus the II
spector rsiterates and ampli6es the com
paints Of his report sgainst Winder OF who
the prisoner on trial, Wirz, was but a te'
awilling and murderous one most assured
but stiu only subordinate 70 the mOnst
ina command. II the authorities Of the reb
Wsr Department had not had hearts
stonc-if they had not approved the intern
policy Of Winder-they would have act
promptly on the report Of Col. Chsndl'
stripued Winder Of his commission and tri
HIM by court martial for cruelty to uniort
nate prisoners. But, they did no such thin
Col. chandler says he went 10 Judge Jol
A. Campbell. the Assistant Secretary
War. IN person, and urged him TO take
his report Two months and 4 half aft
the report, was made Winder, instead Of
ing degraded, was promoted to the office
Cnmmissary General Of Prisoners, by viii
the theatre of his operations was enlarged
all the prisoners in rebellion being, thel
after. under bis control!
With the report Of Col. Chandler fl
away in the war office, no wonder the rel
Congress refused the investigation repei
sdly demanded by Hon. Henry S. Foote,
his place in the House of RepresentAtiy
The supple instruments Of the RiehmC
nssp5ti.ln, in that body. did mot dare
make an investigation. because they kn
tbsre WAS suiIt, aud upon whose should
o, would fall. And, in the language Of
View York Times, we ask, in view off
sworn testimony of Col. Chandler, whoia
assert that WirE and Winder were the pin
criminals2 Evidence there is alredy
overwhelming abundance 90 conyit 4
wretch now undergoing trial. But there
no reason for his trial and eonyictio' whi'
does not apply with double force tohis 8
perior- in the Richmond War-ofiie. An
We are confident that Justice will Tot be "a
ished until tho principals in th helll
atrocities ct AndersonyIlle are bought
trial, and expstiate their oriufs on Il
scanold. ID is simply nocker, TO get Il
halter ready for Wirz, while b. respons
bile employers escape the gallovs.