New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-10-21
Stains Of the Prisoners Paroled by General
Grant.


SIR: The Military Commission for the trial of
Capt. WIZ has sunuuarly rejected his plea u i'm
Sherman and Johnston surrender in Which he was c-
hracrd WAS nos excepted TO that plea uia; the stipua
not embrace Capt. WIZ as well TIE rest II That
stipulation could not exempt him from trial FORMS great
cMcN certainly VIC same could not protect any Rebel
o'lccr iom arrc, and thai tor tlat greatest Of all
crimes, Treason.
since ths settlement Of the true Interpretation Of
General Grant, terms OF surrcndersO ar As the action
directed by one, who deCpy read both IN history and
In law, - tie closely parallel terms Of the Capitulalol
of Pars and the unsuccessful recourse OF Marshal New
to these terms al IN. trial For thc facts alter clr,
ul examination OF the record. may Use. without much
variation the words OF the note which called my attcn-
Marshal Ney having, after The return of Napoleon
from E.ba, deserted ,lc cause OF Louis xviii. and
thus. Of TIE leading officers. contributed Sreat,
toward NE reinstatement OF Napoleon having also
served al Waterloo with o., Emperor, selected from
large number about equally guilty, TO be uled Tor
The trial opelcl before Council Of war on the 9th
or No'tmbcE lSl5; but the Council having declared
h,eI incompetent, on Tie ground that Ncy was Peer
| OF France and hy the chIrfs ustihabe before the
Chamber o. Pe.s loyal ordinance referred the case
'Ncy,s case was desperate one md the facts were
clear Labcdnyete bad lusi been Shot. Lavactte was
lawyers rested an article Of he CapiatiSa = Par
Of July 81, lslS-lhe twelfth arclc-a part of which
the individuals Who are qgl - bOgreaD in The cantsI
shall continue 10 ENJOY iheir tights and Liberties with
oUt possibility 10 be disturbed brought In ouesf ION
been engaged relative to their conduct or be he
ygAcpy ttre tqghiiss ne reciortes ,eia tsi.irs
max aif- tu,cfoss Qu'its occHsert o., aty.pt e.y,
PEGS a sw cs3idHNs a lcUS OpiHf0ns tofii5tls, \
Ncy was Paris nj tho capituati0a and Tie ne11 "a .
tlat Bluchor and Wellington had 10y these ter,. -
cured 10 him complete amnesty that the Law, ~,
france could not tou.h him. He applied TO NellingtoS
uen m Paris: but the Duke declared that the ConveHtn
of .uly was purely military that lhc article in
question only il.erdiccd the foreign conlucrrs fro,
every measure of rgor toward the Inhabitants Of paris
Inn Ia uo w, bound the French Government, and conld
MOT Ike away from The King the right Of bringing Ney
before The tribunals The Chamber Of Peers refused 10
consider the plea resuitng from the capuatou tie
Internal oral aspect OF the ana could only hn:
Ney In gully Of treason. H. was shot few h0uls
after the sentence.
1--WE need not defend the eXnedlencyo or The Justice OF
NeyS cNccutiOa. but this plea OF his was clearly mad
MiS,ihlc "
Thus far the quotsion referred to-which exhibits
tie fact i2th article 81 the Captuaton or Paris
to which also might be sGied the IN a1ords
almost prototype Of General GuGts terms The
Prince OF Ecsnlgh who commanded IN chlst the army
10 Paris when afteTWard queslo ned on t!.at Suhlet
testified before the Chamber ~ Peers that II Tie allied
1clrs had not acceded 20 those clauses lie would have
given battle with his s. 900 disciplined infantry -, O0y
cavalry and 400 10 500 cannon.
The fuitleT examination Of This piece Of history, a.
found in Wei Casters fourth volume. from which the
ho'c facts are derived. and iE Wilminct0l's Dis
patches troi. Nl4 BY Gurwoodl. and particularly IN
. il,IaIclt - kul Bsthurs and 90 Prince Bluchcr.
.nH'. II july an 800 lis o. cuoranlum G9th NOV d.
t, ,'' - less' tH1 points Which give the attempted
license " MARSHAL Nct, under the BlCchcr and Wei
% r tJa' c'9e, H. srtatcg appearance VI s,geDgth