Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1867-09-28

AMERICA.
At the late session Of the Congress OF
the United States, that body passed a res
%olution. on July 10, 1867, appointing
certain parties as a committee TO 'nVesll.
cate treatment of Prisoners Of War
and Union citizens held by the Conieaer
ate Authorities during the late Rebellion,
At the same time refusing to extend the
investigation to the prisoners OF war,
victims Of arbitrary power, and military
n]snrpation by the authority Of the fede.
raj administration. The partial, Vlnd'c
tive and wicked purpose Of the Congress
to p~ervert, distort, and snborn tue tEoth
Of history, has made it the duty OF every
American citizen to look TO the honor OF
his country and the preservation Of the
truth Of history.
We all might we'll initiate the example
of the son Of Noah, aud walk backwards,
and throw the mantle Of oblivion upon
the nakedness Of our drunken parents,
and forget all Of the east but since q
partial and false representation Of our
n65lic affairs is to be made by members 81
Congress for the unholy and hendlsh puF-
pose of perpetuating sectional bitterness
and p~rolonging the unchristlan and IN
natural strife Of O ruined people, that
Justice may he done to every man and
the truth of history may be vtndlcated,
hereby most respectfully request that
all persons in possession Of important
information 10 regard TO any OF these
subjects, as well as the city burulngs,
plantation devastation, the murders, rapes
and robberies, perpetrated under Official
sanction, either civil or military, Of the
Federal authority, are earnestly requested
to address the undersigned, stating 10
precise, simple and unexaggeratcd terms,
a full statement Of all the facts known to
the writer touching bis own imprison-
ment. or treatment, or treatment OF 9TH
ers, either soldiers or citizens, giving, as
far as possible, names, places ~and-4stes,
with names of Federal officers IN charge,
aud those instigatiBg those crimes.
The great body Of officers and soldiers
Of both armies were manifestly honest
in purpose in the prosecution Of their
work Of death. The history Of wars
demonstrates that the vilest men have
charge Of prisons. A history Of the
cruelty to prisoners on both sides in the
late war, is one which will make hell
ashamed and turn the cheek Of darkness
pale" and be, for our own history's sake,
+ rgotten, butif told, it must lie truly told,
that each party may be shamed into 81
lence by their crime. Not having the
peoples money to waste in postage to
kindle the fires Of revenge, | will trust to
the kindness Of the sufferers to transmit
to me, by mail, all communications upon
this subject at their earliest convenience.
| am very respectfully, your obedient
servant, HENRY Clay DEAN,
Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
All newspapers ID the Northern and
Southern States are requested to copy
this.
RADICAL REVOLUTIONARY ScHEMEs.-The
Washington correspondent Of the Boston
Post says
Some startling revelations are leaking
out here touching the revolutionary
schemes Of the Radical leaders. It has
been discovered that the plan for Radical
government and negro supremacy ID the
Southern States was concocted and
matured at the Convention Of Southern
" Loyalists," OH the 18th Of September
last in Philadelphia, where were present
the Radical Governors of the several
Northern States. 1t was then and there
determined to organize a revolutionary
army, which should hold the South under
the control Of the Radicals regardless OF
what might be the popular vote. 1t was
also determined that E. NJ. Pease should
by some means be placed at the head Of
the State organization in Texas, and in
obedience to this plot of the revelation
lists, Gen. Sheridan deposed Gov. Throck
morton and installed Pease 10 tue Execu-
tive chair.
In further continuation Of the SAM
, plot, Gen. q. J. Davis was given a rowing
commission by Gen. Sheridan, ostensibly
for the purpose of experimenting the
registration, but really to organize the
Texas quota Of the Grand Army of the
Republic, the members Of which are
sworn to hold the power Of the South
regardless of Constitutional or legal bar
@riers. The work. is now in rapid progress
and funds are being supplied through
the Loyal Leagues by the Radica,
ri ConpressinnaI Gornmitfoa &c Ali, 49, ~