The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-02-11

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ment, month after month, continue 70 send
by is truce boats tnns and tuns Of yalua-
be private boxes for prisoners, while the
rebels, not satisfied with their usual pfao-
.ice of stealing portion under the -ose,
,lpon some frirolous pretext or osaer were
openly con1sca.iug every po.Ind OF them.
A. the same time, Gs en- assured, the re-
trace boats were loaded down with
boxes sent 20 rebel prisoners from their
friends il the South, and our own express
lines crowded with supplies from their
syIaph.nizeys IN the North And can
on ~ regard the recent announcement that
we may geud private boxes 20 friends and
relatives ia the South as a cruel deiusion.
Ore bon IN Sly CT ten may reach its des;I-
nation; nn. the rest will supply officers ana
hansers-on IN Richmond and thieves along
the sou. bern railroads generally with coffee
an sugar at no ex pense whatever, unless
the leopard has changed his spots since the
1871 II December.
There .s proposition before Congress 70
plaae the rebels We hoiG under Tie cnafge
o. returned prisoners from tue South. t.e-
trr ned prisoners means anybody. mere
MUS. Do u. least fifty thousand Of tneIn &c
oar military service. Men might be selec-
ted sroEs them TO coXEa1ana oar military
prisons, who would treat the inmates With
even mere isriiy than is now extended to
them. Then We should get the ccecft,
both abroad AND from the rebels, OF retail.
ating, without. any req. retaliation. Or otil-
GERS Nigh. pe selected who would pe Eu..-
~ OF the same indiscriE.s mating c-oeit1es
that are now p-sc.iced upon our ovr sol
dje-s--wLo world starve. and freeze, anC
shoot n colo n.ocd. That would be PIE.
cisely one G: the really inhuDsan anc en-
christian things which we Cannot afford
iodo.
have Witnessed during the va. good
many scenes which have thSilled ,ny Leart;
bst since tina: day when heard the bells
in Mobile ring jubiiantiy. and the cannon
tnunde. forth the Joy OF Treason Ct tie fell
Of Sumter. the best thing ! have seen was
in the West, upon steamboats, conveying
the wounded from the :iela Of Shiloh, TO
Northern hospitals. Their long cabins
were crowded with cots, where rebel erd
Union soldiers were lying SIDE by side, re-
ceiyiug the same comforts and the same
nainistrations. The ladies Of Cincinnati,
Chicago and Saint Loais, with uEtsring
patience, were washing wounds, COM bling
matted locks, COOLING fevered bows, fill
ing the places OF absent mothers and SIS
tiers, ever 70 their words Of sympathy and
kindness. They performed the mos. CRATE
FL! and the mos: repCls.ye duties Of the
hospital for friend and foe alike. They
forgot tina. the rebels were enemies, and
remembered tina. they were suGerers.-
How gloriCusly i con.-assed with the
treatment received by our prisoners n the
South
liz that fair day,
When peace SIS s.n:lns On our his ouoe mo.e, =
what stall we lock back toswi:n more
pleasure than 10 the labors o. those blessed
women have nc fears that we can treat
our prisoners ID general-especial!y the
private soldiers 100. kindly. have no
fes-s tha. j. WILL co any harm even 20 IN
ves.ic gate the condition OF our military p-is-
ems, &c correct abuses and punish crael,ies,
i any exist. And there seems % t.e some
law OF nature by which eorrap. and aruei
YneE. CtteD sTayitate INTO positions 81 al
tno.i.y abou. prisons the worlc ever.
81. p ae.e g the remedy we seek / be-
lieve mere are two, end Only .sw O adec 0a.e
oEes. IRE FRS. is an immediate general
exchguge-not an exchange e. the usual
rate Of official business, which VIII leave
ha.s cf oa- prisoners 70 die eefo.e i:reaehes
.hs r.l-brlt one witch shall retain 70 us ell
he Salisbury sufferers WITHIN Two weeHs,
and eva-v prisoner z tie Sou.l wl,t-.L 4
r,9oasL
The other u AZ immediate speGiai re.als-
alton, no. upon tie rebel private soldiers
they belong 20 the middle and poorer class
as Of ne Scnth, who were never specially
hostile SIS who are falling OF, more ant.
.sore rapidly, from me support o. the war;
whoS-a oar G.1y s5se and .rls.wor.h; =
negoe n1aEerP. Retaliation upon theEt
would Do Una vaniuE, as vel as unG eserved
Tho Richmond authorities care nothing Gar
them. aycapt as they represent ,Duske.ss
and often treat them almost "a s,groarously
as shey 10 our prisoners.
The -ebel officers are our effective mate
rial. IFu,. tnaus and Richmond shriess.
almost % 3 mar they uelongto :ha; class
which brought on tbs war, which controls
she var. ano which, n spite OF the white
winged messengers between Bangor and
Oregon, will coatjn ne the war, ins: az ION &
as they car keep any considerable armies
N the field. Submission, for them, means
ex.erainas.oa-ilot az me:G, bu; as the con-
t-olliEe, political and socia. powe. OF the
South. They viii Oh. now jl,s. es earnest
u as syas--.,o. with their old confident ex-
pec.a.ion OF enrly and complete success.
bat VIE logged desperate, Micaw herjike
hope hat. rs n the past. &c in tho future,
AZ the hos- cftaeir extremist need, some
:ilinc VIII tsarTa mp in their favor. lie, our
Government for example, be aoie 20 say 20
JET. DAVIS - I'VE have selected from your
Off GERS 4 our hands, the equivalent, as eg-
tahiished by the cartel. for our p-ivates
whora you hold q: Salisbury. We are Civ
ing them, as near az possible, The same
food, the sane faea, and tie same shelter.
" g Silssis CONTINUE 10 40 Alts 3iGtsA you llT.
niss US satisfactory evidence tea: voa are
giving to cur soldiers, as TAI as your re-
sources Will permit, Tie t-ea.mea: due 20
p.iaoners Of way"
viii this remedy The eTilf There are
two preceden.s which nay throw some
High. upon it. When the rebels had select
ed Sawyer and Flynn for execution, our
aovernmeT: did no. protect or threaten,
tn. quietly ordered the commandant n:
Fortress Monroe, the moment ns should
learn they rad carried oat the recaca, 70
execute Lee and Winde.. On that summer
mc-nirg at daylight, when we learned Of:
this action, one uproarjous and Epop.a1e-
oss yell 0. delight went up from tke in
mates OF libby Prison. We were salts
TED that they would never harm . Eai. OF
The heads o. Sawyer and Flynn. and they
never did.
Ono day last summer The Richmond au-
:horities received letter running in this
wise: Learning that you have placed GER
tain regye soldiers Of the United States 1T
work on your Notifications under Ere.
heYeby inform you''-what? THAT pro-
test AKA. MS. i;?'' No. "ThatI propose to
appoin: commissioners 70 adjus: it7" No.
THAT we viii re.aiiate unless you stop itf"
Nc. But ~ hereby inform you that have
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