The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-06

of hostilities this treachery Of
his, and other Government off,
Gals, was turned to the advantage of
the Confederacy. The only regular
army the Government had was basely
surrendered by its commanders, and
large majority of the active regular
army officers betrayed their trusts.
and took commands in the Southern
armies. The South publicly an
nounced that it's hope of success was
based upon the fact that large ma
jority of the military men of the
country were giving the Confederacy
the benefit-of the education they had
received at.the hands of the Govern
ment they so basely betrayed. It is
equally true that while Mr.. DAVIS
had some of the most skillful officers
in the army, on two or three occasions
he interfered with their plans to such
an extent as to insure their defeat.
As to the Posts sheer that Mr.. LIN
coin frequently " confounded failure
with incompetency, it is notorious
that this, too, is a gross mistake. 1t
was one of Mr.. LINcoLN's peculiarities
that he held on to his officers long
after everybody else was satisfied that
they were not competent for the posi-
lions to which they had been appoint
ed. He stood by MCCLELLAN long
after the laundering incompetency of
that officer had been demonstrated
upon a dozen disastrous battle fields.
So, too, he stood by GRANT, notwith-
standing the indignation that was
manifested all over the country at the
nearly fatal results of the battle of
Shiloh.
We presume the J Post, educated
under a system that not only tolerated
but approved the blowing of prison.
ers of war from the muzzles of can
non-as in thee Sepoy rebellion in
India-regards the deliberate starva-
ton Of over ten thousand Union
prisoners, as no Z departure from the
strict rules of civilized warfare" We
look upon it in altogether a different
light. There is nothing in the history
Of the humanlrace SO fendish and sa-
tanic as the deliberate murder of
so many gallant men by the slow
process of starvation. Noble, gallant
boys most of them were-our own city
furnishing several of the bravest-
who were murdered inch by inch, and
JEFF. DAVIS .cognizant of the crime all
the time. Out upon the man who
would strike hands with one thus
dripping with bloodI
In this connection we are disposed
to notice an article in the Chicago
1gnaes-rebel during the war and reb-
ell still. 1t attempts to throw the re-
sponsibility of the murder of Union
soldiers upon Secretary STANTON and
Mr.. Holt, because, as it falsely al
leges, they refused to exchange pris-
oners. Grant that they did refuse,
was that any justification for tie star
walton of the men in rebel hands? Is
the deliberate starvation of prisoners
to be regarded as 8 one of.the chances
of WARP" IF so, the nineteenth cen-
tury has gone backwards, and our
civilization lacks the humanity of
GENGHIs KHAN, who mereifully put
his prisoners to the sword. H
Mr.. DAvIs's apologists have never
been able to show that he was ignor-
ant of the suferings of the Union
soldiers, or that he made any effort to |
relieve them. Until they do, and |
furnish evidence to that effect, history
and posterity will hold him. guilty of |
the great crime which he might have
with word. Those pa
perst who rush to his defense and |
apologize with such volubility for his
acts, only show that they regard treas
On as no crime, and the starvation of
ZEN thousand of the best and noblest
men of the country as a matter not
worth very serious consideration. We
envy neither the heads nor the hearts,
nor the future of such if God be just,
and will in no wise release the guilty. |
We learn that the great tea compa-
nfes have reduced the price of the
Various gradesof tea from ten to forty
cents per pound. This is an interest,"
ng fact. Will be more SO when our