Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-08-27


MAJ. GEN. BcrLxR:-Your report re
spsoung negotiations with Commi ssiones
Oald fer the exchange Of prisoners Of wsr
has been referred to me for my orders.
Until examined by me, and my orders
thereon arc received by you, decline all fur
Their denominations. L. S. GRAM,
Lieut.. Ten.
Six days later. after Gen. Grant had tex
a,nined.' he sent a long telegram To Gen.
Butler, stating that he had been empowered
TO give such Instructions az I may deem
proper and he gave instructions, Of which
Gen. Butler says
"Of course these instructions. in the then
STATE Of negstistions, rendered any further
exchange impossible, and retaliation use.
less.
General Butler SAYS no then made IN
effort 10 havc The sick ana wounded ex
cepted, so that they mignt be exchanged,
M he received the fclowinc telegram ii
,,py:
WASHINGTON. $50 +. NJ, Apr 81. SEA
MAI. Gen. u. BuyLHR. Receive ali the
sick and wounded the Confederate author,-
ties III send ycu, but send no more In ex
change. L. - GRAM.
Lieut.. Gen.
Upon this extiaor iinafv "instrnotior.'
Gen. Batter rena, ks ~ follows
ITO obtain delivery Of even SICK AID
wounded prisoners without any return
would DO somewhat diflicult operation.
save that the enemy, by giving US our sick
aud wounded in their hands, no retained
al the rebel sick and wounded ia ours.
hurdened us with care and cos, of all the
sick and wounded on both sides--an oper.
alton 81 which it is difficult to see the STRAIT
ego vslus. aud only to Ice defended because
OF ITS humanity in rescunx our wounded
from tic destitution aud suffering permit
ted 10 them by the Conisierstes.
In August the question of exchsnging
prissnets was aea'n up, the rebel colnmis-
s'onnrs haviny renewed the offer 10 give IN
man Tor man aud ellcer for ctlcer. But
Gen Gsant inlerpcstd. and in telegram
to Gen. Butler, dated City Point, Aus.
1864. said
'on ihe subject Of exchange, diff
with ten. Hitchcock Il is hard on ,ur
men held in southern prisons no. to.x
change them. but Il is humanity TO those
LEI; IL Il. ranks 10 fight our battles. Every
IN IN released on parole or o,hs-wiss b.
coacs an sctivo soldier against u At ,nce.
either directly or indirectly. IT We con.
menee system OF exchange wnicu her
ntes all prisoners taksn. wcwll haye 10
SIGHT on until the Who'll Sauih is ext.ru,,
mated. IT o held these men csught. thew
amount O. no more than dead men. At tai,
psttenlar tiuc, to release all re5.l prisor.
.is Nerih would insure Sbcrmen's defeat.
and would compromise our safety mere.
US. GRANT,
I,lsuiananf G.r.,.l
Here We have full and fres ayowal ,hst
the .caving Of tens Of Thousands of poor
Federal soldiers, whose pa,riotisu, and
bravery carried them TO the front Of battle
IL starve. and rot, and in in ,slsl urison
pens. VAS matter of studied policy.
! art q the tactics by which Gen. GRAFT
made wat upon the rebellion. And tho
people wiil remember that while this inbu.
usn policy was being nsrci!ss.,y carried
out they were told hy The Government and
oy tne organs OF the administration that
t"e whole difiicuity about the exchange vas |
on ,he part oi the rebels-shat our Govern.
ment was wiln5E and anxious to get our
poor ieiiovs cut Of the jaws Of the terrible
aea'h That awaited them in the rebel pris.
ons' ou' soiu not. The duplcity was in
Aesping With the worse than barbar,,.
4
words: '"'s'
| have felt it nv duty to give an .c,oun,
win this particular cars!ulness sf INV par
ucipat'on in the business of exchange of
prisoners, the orders under which ! acted.
ana the negotiations attempted, which com.
prists faithful narration of all that wa,
d'nA - that all may become matter Of
history.
ihs great importance Of the questions.
the fearful responsibility fer the many
thousands Of lives which. by the refusal to
exchange. were sacrificed by the most cruel
forms OF death, from cold. starvation ard |
pes,ilepes, o! the prison-peus of Raleiyh !
aud Andersonville. being more than Ali the |
British soldiers killed in the wars of N.no.
lson the anxiety OF fathers, brothers. sis. |
tiers. mothers, wives, to know the exicancv |
which caused this teriib.e and perhars "a
II may have seemed TO them, useless and
unnecessary destruction of those dear to
them, ny horrible deaths, each and all have
Competed me to this exposition SO thai i,
ma DC seen that these lives were spent as
part oil the system of attack upon the r..
oeilion, devised by the wisdom of the gene.
"a .-in-chief Of the armies to dsplet,on do.
pareing upon our superior numbers to sin
inc v'c.ory at last.
me loyal mourners will doubtless de,,;xs
, a, rom this fact. and appreciate all the
"ishiy the genius which concsi;ed
sar Plan and the success Won .,
cost. won AZ 50 great
~ rs Ten. Butler. chief MANAGER .,
nn,r s..,., .au leader Of the radical part. |
-. spS." "s zen. Grant for the Pr. j,
mi. c,;,,o;.,., es these facts and m kos
cu,or os ~. ao avoa 1ne originator and eye
ana e po"vy oi rifeing, U .elc.s,v
n =! 'est in al their wars WIN .nan the
W have nothing to add. -" Napoleon.
hss. Com. Vanderbi,t'a -.
lafe', unQreten'iqus ,rsvsr rest
i'sAlng tse sea on Staten "Ss--
tommcdere has con.truc .,a ne'f the
he desires 10 have ths 'Su We
aad all his family Inferred To- =, h'Hsft
Is Out Ia The country, Goa siter.hlv $500. aiU
Fam the hsan's OF men, and po.s
spot where the Comm odors w,s ha,,s '''e
daughter was buried there . s,r
since. "eeAs
4. s stated that the q ST steambo., III a,
Ascendsd the OHIO RIVER was called ~. f.
terp'iso. She arrived at Louisv;I,a on 49,.
let Of July, lsl5. s''
Orpheus Z. Kerr one Of Menk,p's
numerous husbands, has witt.n : na,h.ti-
letter 10 the New York Tribune on her
aeath. II the rsss OF her husbands ,ol.ox
S S.s Example, tasy can furnish matter fcr