Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-08-09

many between Baltimore and Savannah.
L do not believe ten per cent. of the num-
| number are alive now.
| 'All these facts are known toFedCral Off
GERS. Rebels may lie, but yet the fact is
fully established by other evidence that
the Federal authorities sent three thousand,
and received thirtecn Thousand. They
would have received more if there had been
accommodation. Why was Transportation
sent to Savannah for the prisoners, unless I
had agreed to deliver them Why were
thirteen thousand delivered, I'll only three
thousand received, if insisted on receiv-
ing equivalents
''Ihere is nothing in the published cor
respondence referred to by General Butler
which III any manner contests any one of
the facts l have mentioned.
General milford will sustain everything
l have herein written. He is Il man of hon
or and courage, and do not think will hest
tate to tell the truth. [ think it would be
we'll for you to make the appeal to him, as
1T has become a question of veracity.
General Butler says the proposition was
made IN the fall, and that seven thousand
prisoners were delivered. It was in August,
and over thirteen thousand were delivered.
''lf you will get Pollard's ''Lost Cause, .
and refer to the chapter on exchange there
you will find the whole question accurately
stated. Every word of the chapter is true
SO far as it pretends to give facts. The
book was published by subscription by
Treat q Co., of New York
You can make public any portion of this
letter. | defy contradiction as to any state
ment have made, and challege scrutiny. I
will prove every word by Federal testimony.
Who, then, is responsible for the suffering
of Andersonville during the period of its
most deadly mortality, from August to
january? Yours, tuly,
'Ro. OULD."
Appropriate to the foregoing we repub-
lish the proceedings Of Il mass meeting OF
Federal prisoners in the South, held at Sa-
vannah in 1864, as follows
MASS MEETING OF FEDERAL PRISONERS AL
SAVANNAH.
At a mass meeting held 2Sth September,
1864, by the Federal prisoners confined at
Savannah, Georgia, it was unanimously
agreed that the following resolutions be
sent to the President of the United States,
in the hope that he might thereby take such
steps as in his wisdom he might think ne
cessary for our speedy exchange or parole
Rpsolred, That while we would declare our un-
bounded love for the Union. for the home of our
fathers and for the graves Of those we venerate,
would beg most respectfully, that our situation
prisoners be diligently inquired into, and every
obstacle consistent with the honor and dignity OF
the Government at once removed.
Resolved That whilst allowing the Confederate
authorities all due praise for the attention paid to
our prisoners, numbers Of our men are consigned
to early graves in tho prime of manhood, far IRON
home and kindred and this is not caused inten-
tionally by the Confederate Government, but by
the force of circumstances the prisoner is
obliged to go without shelter and in a great por-
ton of cases without medicine.
ReSOlCed That whereas ten thousand Of our
brave comrades have descended to untlmely y graves
within the last six months and as we believe their
death was caused by the difference of climate, the
peculiar kind and insutciency Of food, and lack
of proper medical treatment and whereas those
difficulties still remain, we would declare as our
firm belief, that unless we are speedily exchanged
we have no other alternative but to share the la
mentable fate of our comrades. Must this thing
go on? Is there no hope?
Resosoed That whereas the cold and inclement
season Is fast approaching, We hold 1t to be our
duty soldiers and citizens of the United States
to inform our Government that the ma jority Of
the prisoners are without proper clothing-in some
cases being almost naked-and are without blank
cts to protect us from the scorching sun by day
or the heavy dew by night, and we would most re-
spectfully request the Government to make some
arrangements whereby we can DC supplied with
these, to us, necessary articles.
ReSOlUed That whereas the term OF service of
many Of our comrades having EXPIRED they hav-
ing served truly and faithfully for the term Of
Iuelf several WOulu
ask of their Government, Are they to be forGotten
Are past services to be ignored? Not having seen
their wives and little ones for over three years,
they would most respectfully but firmly request
the Government to make some arrangements
whereby they can be exchanged or paroled.
ReSOlUed, That whereas in the fortune Of war it
our lot to become prisoners, we have suffered
patiently and still willing to suffer, if by so
doing we can benefit the country, but trOuLd
most respecuV beg to say utdt IRE are not aCJjng
to Sufer to further the c'4dS IF any pG1y c1jq1e
to the detrlment Of our own honor, our families,
and our country, and we would beg this affair be
explained to us, that we may continue to hold the
Government in the respect which is necessary to
make good citizen and soldier.
Z. BRADLEY,
Chairman of Committee. Oh behalf of prisoners.
From the New York Commercial Advertiser.
Second Sober Thoushts.''
Rejecting people begin to lift their eyes
and thought very little above the horizon
of the military reconstruction law, discuss
ing, in the future, what may prove any
thing but beneficial to those who are cast
ing the responsibilities of Government up
on a class just redeemed from two centuries
Of slavery. The Springfield Republican
indulges in such reflections as follows
THE PRESENT DANGER IN THE SOUTH.
Ine prospect tnat at tne nfSt elect1on un-
der the reconstruction acts the Southern
States will be carried by the Republicans is
itself gratifying. But the way in which
this is to happen gives to thoughtful men
some anxieties for the future. The fore
sight that the negro vote is to control every
thing is not having favorable influence
upon the white men of the South, and we
cannot forget that the whites constitute
two-thirds of the population of the States
that are to be surrendered to the control Of
a mass of ignorant blacks. and that these
white men must inevitably become the
dominant class very soon, whatever hap
pens this year. A majority of the whites
will not attempt to register, or are exclu
ded if they attempt, and of those register
ing it is thought that majority will vote
against reconstruction on the Congressional
plan. The blacks, and small fraction of
the whites, will do the voting and recon
and have possession of the State
machinery under the new government. 1t
will be ssgood enough" for the Obstruction
ists, indeed, but how is it coming out? We
know what the Hunnicutts and other lead
ers of the negroes have threatened, and
what hopes and purposes they have raised
among their credulous followers. Shall we
see Brownlow despotism and anarchy ex-