The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-01-17

Lane, Of Indiana. presented the ps tition
Of citizens Of Fort Wayne, asking that the
rebel prisoners nov in Northern prisons
b placed under the care and consrDl of
discharged Union prisoners, snd BE- fur
nished with the Same ratioss asd clo(hiop
furnished Uoioa prisonsn in shs South.
Lane addressed the Senate on the sab
jsot Of the aboss memorial, advocating
action in accordancs With it, Suggestions.
Wade interrupted Lane 10 offer . Joint
resolution that oil prisoners. both officers
aud soldiers, OF the so-called Confedera,e
Ssaies, who are nov, or shall be hereafter
il tho control and keeping u the Federal
Government. shall receive the same ra-
tions and same amount OF clothing, aud
be subject to the same treatment ID ev-
cry respect - Federal prisoners, officers
and soldiers, Who are nov, or have been,
10 the power OF tho so-called Confederate
Government. that tho treatment SHALL be
changed f,r The better Or worse, vhenev-
or the President Of the urited States
shall have reliable informstioo that the
treatment Of on. soldiers in Southern
prisons IS changed for better or worse, and
that any ofIiser in charge of rebel prisos-
ers Who shall fail to carry ont this policy
shall be dismissed The serves.
Lane said this resolution did not 20
far saoagh. X did not provide that the
reb Is shouid be kept under the care OF
released prisoners of the Federal army
This vas : very i'm postant part Of the
matter. 1t had bsen said that fesaliaiion
would make tha var moro bloody, and
he did not care. He hoped it would
mske every Southern river run with the
blood of Southern traitors. There were
~. 600 uaioo prisoners 10 the Sostb, and
d,ubls that numbes Of rebel prisoners 10
tbs North. We Owed it to tho brave men
Who hsd gone forth 70 6ght 10 ! good
cause. 70 inaugurate this ~ slem.
Wade said that year ago the Cohmit
Tee on the Conduct Of the War took |more
than husdssd depositioos concek kn,ne
the barbarities prscsised on our soldiers
10 The Ssstls many mon dying when ,heiu
testimony vas taken. Il vas the general
| liqnssssicu then that il the rebel barbAsi
ties we're substantirtsd By this inve{tiga-
cation. the Executive authorities would
iaaneutste syslsm 81 fssaliasi6a. The
report vss printed, and left DO doubt tha
al the stories Of rsbei cruelty were true
but yet no action has been taken b. thi
Executive. He vas sorry % 80 90 nucl
D1psthy eKsssdsd ~ the psopls X IN,
United States toward people Who ss3sea
satsd tie wss. while they TRANQUILITY lol
ssased thess sfD<liiee "a epr seldiers i,
the South, be vas sorry 70 go peopl
sending provisions y rebels in HAvann.l
while orr soldiers we're starving in Soush
| - po1oaa.
/ Hs hsd heard that distinguished reb
|sl was rsoently arrested while cominl
NORTH, md HAT ~ psoaiaent lad threat
sned q sstaIiaio It ! haif 81 his hsad Va
hurt. Il rss.Iiatios - j1aei1ahls in tn
cass ofa rsbsl, h0w much mors wss il i
- 4aee ~ onr brave soldiers. Is nigAl
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