The New York herald., 1867-04-09

disircts TO those wthou, IT. increased the difficulties
giving su'acleu food to our prisoners
The Confederate althoriies a~age OF their inability to
their prisoners informed the Northern agents Of
the great mortality, and urgently requested that the
the surplus which the Confsdsrates had on the
exchange rolls from former exchanges, ths
is, man for man. But our war Department ava
not consent to an exchange. They did not want TO
'exchangs skeletons for healthy men," Finally, when
s hopes " exchange were gone Colonel 0nld the Con-
federais Commissioner offered cary tn August 1904 20
deliver up federal sick and wounded witnout rqnir
ing an equivalent in return and pledged that the number
would amount 10 ten fifteen thousand and dd not
me, hs ~0as , MAKE up sSs ss Imssr N e
was not sent for them 10 Savannah) until Do
cember, although he urged and implored 70 use
very period the most OF the deaths at Andsrsonvile
occurred. Congressman Covode, who lost two sons IN
Southern PRISONS will do well u he inquiries VINO .hoae @
Skeletons which the Hon. secretary OF war dld
want to exchange for healthy men. II he does ne
viii hereafter be perhaps less bitter against the people
But has the North treated her Southern prisoners 30
well that she should Tilt up her hands and cry 'anahs
MAJ over The .ouihs Mr. stanton reports 10 Congress
July H. 1868. that OF southern PRISONERS there died IN
the North and Of Northern pr In the South
22,576 What fearful record Over 2s 900 Of prison
the Dumeer Of 2, 1ni IL ie North a.
and in the South at l26 940 suppose this TO be
rect, though this statement comes certainly from
no i'm naral source there died OF prisoners 10
the South. without medicines and provisions,
the fifth part and in the North with medicines and pro-
okh'u part IN tne nuuDef o. southern
prisoners the North probably included the psrod
prisoners Of Lee's Johnston's and Smiths armies who
never entered Northern prison II that be 30 the
mortality OF Southern prisoners In the North II be
than that Of the federal prisoners In the south
We used justly to proclaim in former times that
was the land Of the FREQ and the home OF the brave
Bot when one halt Of the country Is shrouded in des-
potism which now only finds parallel In Russian Po-
land and when our gen rails and soldiers quietly por
init that their former adversarios In shall be
treated than the Heots Of old brave soldiers
though they may be. Who when tho forces and
resources or both sections we're more eqnal,
have not seldom seen the backs OF our best
generals not to speak Of such Butler and consor
then may we'll question whether the star spangled
banner still the land OF the free the home
Of the brave" noble and brave soldier ne7er per-
mits his antagonist to be caumnated and trampled
upon after honorable surrender Besides notwlth-
standing the decision OF the highest legal tribunal In
the land, that military commissions are unconstu
tona the earnest and able proesatons OF President
yet such military commissions again estab shed BY
eg lation OF Congress all the suffering and
starving South.
History is just and as Mr.. Lincoln used 10 say,
cannot escape history. Prranical hypocrisy self adu
laiion AMI self gorfcation will not save those enemies
of liberty from their lust punishment
Not Christian burial OF the remains OF Captain
lie side by side with another and acknowledged victim
OF niary commissions, the unfortunate Mrs Surratt
In the yard of the former jail in this city. N
II anybody should desire 10 reply to this, politely
beg that II may be done before the 1st of May next.
then l shall leave the country TO return in the fall
American Legation, Mr. Benedeito Bolzn~5 w. %
1''f~s '''eo' D' Ia3rIs sCIi .oE, Attorney At Law
WASHINGTON, April q. ssos