The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1865-02-11

course 70 the Confederate lines. and sitter
y alking shout one hundred miles cane
upon thsir pickets. - whom ] showed Bur-
bridges order. was kindly treated !
then reported 10 General Echois. then. 20
General Breckinridge. snd then BY permis-
sion Of the war department. on parole OF
honor % Richmond was eveywhere
treated kindly. ! never had cross word
OF look curing my stay ia the Confederscy.
| never pushed my opinions. but never de-
med being Union man. and wss 1l~ays
honored for 50 doing. They never doubted
my position. They only calculated whether
il wss more sirocious or more ridiculous
the sct Of banishing a man who had fought
and bed Tor his country. l. took an imbe-
cile under the charge of crazy priest. 70
c9nceive such . punishment.
Mr. Prentice being resdy TO start back %
70 The UGiied States. ! wrote and sent By
him the following letter 70 the Pres.den',
Mr. Lincoln.
RICHMOND, Dec. 20. 1854.
To his Excelleney the President Of the
United States:
Sin. On the nigh, OF the 1l'h OF Nnvem-
her last. l vac arrested BY order OF Brevei
M,ilr g neral Burbrhgc, st my eoanlsy
hone, 25 miles above Louisville. vas
csrrisd 20 Lexington. aud kert Al Genera
McLean's headquarters some txn hours
I courtsJ. and confidently expected 70 have
IN Interview with General BIrbridge- II.
vas not given me. w.s b. hls order car
ried under strict eusrd. sniexpelled through
the gedersl liass, under penalty Of death II
returned bsiore the var was over. ~ss
thus forced by necessity into the Confede.
rate linss. 70 accspl the hospitality end pro-
tsr'ion OF people that had fought sgsin-i
and after had shed nv boyd in defence o
shat / considered noble Gauss. Certainly
1ne must have committed great crime 10
iusuy such . iste. A poor return TO-
~ounds received and hard service rendered
10 oss's country. Even thief has the boon
4 being tried md condemned before ~ Y
\ pun shsd. Seized - feloa; NOT permitted
TO tslk or consult with my ffiends; not con
lfronted; no charges preferred end no uis
permitted. | am hurried through the lines 4
srcept the hospitality snd protr dion Of tho-'
III hsd fought sgsnst- Il Is difficult 20 De
feui on-'- SELF when no charge.is preferred
i has. no. even q conj-cfnr- q 20 o. excep
Y . telegram vhirn cu' out of the CsGcin
nat Commercial. which l. a. follows:
The Posts Washington letter s'vs. ths
v arrest OF L,eatenant Governor Jacob o
u lKen,ueky will lend % important disclosures
Y There sre rumors 0. wide spread cca-pi
rsey existing IN that State. not 10 take !
aver 10 the Southern Confsderscy. but Z,
linaugurate . second revolution. the obiec
of which is 10 make Kentucky Independent
OF the General Government -
II my arrest would lead 20 imporisns dis
\ closures. would not common sense sugyss
lthat I should have been detained and exam
linedi Il there was -wids-srrsad conspi
llrscy- kaow not OF H. Nor did bciiev,
fDr one moment there sss any such.
never was connected with conspiracy. no
belonged y secret political. military. o
l any other lind Of orgsnzsticn in nv life
I True. Mr.. President. I was opposed TO you
J election, and il - the only charge that can
with truth. % brought against me. be
lieved that your reelection would prove
Il misfortune 70 my country believed o
y sincerely; | therefore worked with oil III
: snsrgy and intellect that | possessed 70 de
4 feat you. Thus believing. il was not onl
| my right % an American citizen. but m
duty to do 90. You were reelected bot
: sgsn.t my earnes, wishes and efforts.
/, had determined to bow. % . good citizer
ito the verdict Of the American people.
ad determined 10 LET the responsibility res
!. lon you, and those Who supported you. IL ih
I rIAnericsn Union was broken up and III
d country destroyed.
u INTENDED no fsciious opposition. | he
d en,ered my most solemn protest; that VI
n sufficient. I wss not permitted TO renal
i quiet. Three days sfser the election I VI
. seized. lind this in the Richnond Seniin'
T.of the Let Of Decsnber, taken from n