The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-04-21
Tho pead at Andersonyillc.

Captain James ". Moore, = ", L. :. \. has
published list Of ihc names VI over thirteen
thousand Of the Union dead who were buried at
AndcIsonvllc, South Carolina. Hundreds more,
he says, were buried there whose naIn,s he could
not ascertain. Among the number contained in
the lisi We recognize the names Of many PERSONAL
ffiends--, Dung men who went with US at THEIR
ccunir, : call to battle with the marshalcd hosts
of treason, and Who. whcn captured were in the
yigor Of manhood. iuI they are gone-bruially
murdered by the cL,,aisy OF the Sou,h-sfwr,d,
tortured, Killed, by tie men who are wont TO Sc,
themselves up the very highest types OF civili-
cation. May God forgive the leaders OF the re-
brlliou for the horrible crucliics committed upon
our nollr, hcIoic soldiers VIC never can.
Ia dcscsiting AhdcIs0n,illr Captain Moore
says:
- How me" could survive well ~ they did
10 this zen, exposed 10 the RAYS of an almost tro-
pical sun by day aud drrnchiug dews by night,
without the slightest covering j. wonderful. The
ground il filled with holes where they burrowed.
in their efforts 20 shield themselves from the wea-
iher, aud many poor fellow. in endeavoring To
protect hinseli IN this manner, was smolhcicd to
death by the earth falling ia upon him.
The stories told Of the sufcrin;s Of our ncu
while prisoners here have been subsiantiated by
hundreds and the skcpiic who will visit Andcr-
sonVilr even now aud examine the siockade
with it, black, oozy mud. the cram?ed and
wrc;chci burrows. the dead line and the slaugh-
ter house. must be callous observer indeed IL
be is not convinced that the fnisciics depicted of
this prison are no cxaggeraions.
Commenting on the above, the Baltimore .Imsr-
,cdH has the following
The revolving details are before the world -
Search the records Of the human race, the dark
est periods % ancient barbaTism. aud We still fail
10 tind an instance Of demonism so horrible ,
Thirteen thousand gallant men deliberately muir
dcted by slow, systematic and hendish fortunes :
In ancient tarbarous pcrods, death or slavery
Speedy death by the sword, or compulsory labor
in the service of the cuptor--was the fate Of the
captured, and all men, in whose breasts there
glOwcd one spark of the primitive flame Of liber-
IS, everywhere prcfrirti death 10 captivity
speedy death 10 degrading toll in the chains OF
the bondnan. The history Of those ages are,
consequently. filled with sanguinary instances Of
frighuul slaughter Ia the pages Of Thucydides
We have description Of the massacre, in
one night Of Two thousand helois by the
l.accdamon youih--ihe cruel murder OF two
thousand unofending victims by the barhafOus
scions OF The bloody oligarchal tyranis OF Sparta
They tell 10y the sSOtd. In the annals Of Pagan
It's olgarchal iyrants, we meet with individual
ins;ancsAof criminal cruelty like that of Polio :,
who feaNed his lnmpreys upon the bodies Of snch
Of his slaves as offended him 10 the record of
the Middle Ages We hnd Henry v, Of England,
~ AgincOuri. with a small hnt gallant band Of
Englishnen, pressed on oil sides by superior num-
beers. ordering the Slaughter OF his capiivcs to
save his own ccuutrymen Later, in Spain, We
meet with the massacre Of Morscocs ia Scot
land at Glenco, the slaughter Of the unfortunate
MaeDonalds-irightful instances truly Of sAngui.
nary cruelty Ia oil these instances. however,
the sword did lis work speedily Nowhere in
antiquity, with all its stupcndous crime and
cfuelty-in the dark or feuial ages with their
ignorance aud brutal barbaTism mot even in her
inqnisiiorial dungeons OF Venice In the mos,
cruel periods Of her ohligarchy, can he found nm
instance ola crime 80 proligious or 20 horrible
nowhere piralel TO the long, lingering indie.
scribahle agony Of thirteen thousand noble men
drawn on; through ffigh,fnl weeks and months
Of prolonged and systematic demonisn 4 crime
80 appalling was len 10 our own age--lo the
nineteenth century The pcrpeiFaiion Of u crime,
the revolving details Of which appal even ih,
Gallons soul not demonized by slavery was lefl
to the Christian obligarchs OF our own country
ia a class Of men fond of Boosting Of their en-.
lighienmeni, their progress In civilization, and
ihtir superiority In all the accomplishments oil
race
II was thought, however that when the fear.
ful PASSIONS OF the hour had suhside,l--when the
heat aud fury Of the battle had passed away and
qnieier moments, reaciing upon the hours o
strife, permitted q ealmer contemplation Of ills
frightful desnoniiioa Of the Libby and Anderson.
vile, Of Fort Pillow. Salisbury, aud Pea Ridge
n consciousness 10 the breast Of their authors OF
their heavy guilt with the returning seniimenti
| Of humanity, would develop n conifition that
would I'LL their souls with horror--a temorss
that would cause, them, In sackcloth AMI ashes,
10 humble themselves before their loyal couiry.
nen-aye, 10 shrink from the sight OF day, and
10 shun the highways Of man. Has this besn
so Where u their eoniriiion where their re-.
morse On the contrary, the mcn whose every
act was an outrage upon mercy during foIl
wears az wicked, causeless rebellion now, while
iustifyibs their acts in the maine Of treason, de-
tnand an unconditional amnesty for all their fear
/ fui crimes 10 not they, who iramplcl upou
every right Of man, aud banishrd from tleii
breasts every sentiment Of humanity. now, In
stead u upon bendrd knees appealing 10 III,
cletnency u the nation for an OLlirraliuu of N,
past do not thrsr men really demand TesioFa'
ton Of all their former rights under the Consii
tntion ~ u rasf With hypocfilcal mask al
dissimulaied loyalty, ~ thin that the laien
maligniiy, still ranking In their unrrpenlanl
hearts, appears plainly In their every act, do mol
these men, In thus demanding n restoration OI
Ill theif i0fuier rRhts under THE Constitution ~
II ras, rally claim a restoration u their old oil
garchal tyranny aud domination In the Nation.
NJ councils their ollparchal power over the States
with all their demoralizing consequences /
Shall " treason" with Us eoucomiiants Of un.
uttrrable crimes, never he made OdiOus '--trai.
tors never be punished p
Marylanders, loyal, patriotic Marylanders
when rejecting upon the diabolleal ,oflurrs en.
dured by their patriot soldlery In the pens Of the
Coniederacy, while. In imagination. they place
themselves by the sides OF their brothers, fathers
sons, daring the terrible weeks tad months oI
long, lingering, indescrihable agony 10 the pris.
on bells Of Andersonville while they bear the
wall, aud see The suffering Of the widows aud or.
phans Of their heF0-maftyrn, who II Anderson.
vile, gave up their nohlr lives for their couasFy
while thus true 10 themselves, their country, aud
their mariyEsd dead loyal Marylandeu will moi
again yield fhe deslinlss Of thslr State 70 The
control Of men WHOSE appalling demonlsm, fast.
ening upon the escnicheon 81 the nation an Ia.
dellble blot, sod pasaing IN history 10 our chill.
HRan aIII Il rannrIn1 EW every nuncne2fnm san.