The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1868-10-09
From the Louisville Journal.
a New Horror Added War.

""ol" U" our SIDE had been refe
req the whole sutjec. Of The exchange
PRISONERS sent the following despatch
IueseraI Butler, then acting as the FEEDER
oo"m'sslOner Of Exchshge:
l.wu Cry PoIsr. Aug. 9Th, 1864.
] On The subject Of exchange, / differ fro,
zen Hitchcock; it is hard on our men bel
10 Southern prisons not to exchange them
put" 10 humanity TO those left in the rank
10 hRht the battles. Every man release
10" psrole or otherwise becomes an ac,iv
soldier against us at once either direc,lv q
Indirectly. II we commence a svs,em =
exchange, which liberstes all prisoners |.
ken' we will have to fight on until The sou,I
Is ex'efmIoa.ed. II we hold those csuob
''ey amount 10 no more than dead men
Al this particular time TO release All rebe
prisoners North would insure Shermsn,s de
'eaf. and would compromise our safety here
U. 3. GRANT. Lieutensn, General
rive months after the date of This de.
spa'ch' Gen. Butler made a. Lowell public
speech )" which. referring to the policy an.
nounced in The despatch, he said:
am not at liberty to state nv opinions
's 20 me correctness and propriety of this
course OF action of the Leu,ensn, General
:" 'e's''on 10 exchanges. because, ss il il
TO utter word OF condemnation
u any sc' OF my superiors, may no, even
'pplduo where ! think them right. lest, moi,
'pp'sd'ng 10 other instances, such acts a. 7
my mention would imply censu,e. IonI,
'es''e 'nat 'he responsibility Of stopping ex.
h"nges OF prisoners. be it wise or uuw,ss
mould rest upon The Lieutenant General,
Commanding. and not upon me. Ihsve 6. /.
'ed The weight OF go grave matter for nine
months, and now propose as ,he fsc,s ,,e
10 before Congress and The country. no, -
sfry any longer any more Of i, than be |
'ngi 10 me. Since | wrote nv fareweilI
'cr.ss to Army Of the James. I have r..t
''ved letters from the fsr West. saving
why % you claim that you have no, use
ss'y sacrficed The lives Of our men. when
~ hnve left thousands OF our brothers and
"' 70 r'arVe and rot in the Southern p,i.
"s' !" answer TO ali euch appeals l am
o~ed only 10 repeat that l have not uss. 4
's'y sacrificed the lives of the soldiers NJ,
eu''on;'heir blood does not stain NV
'"en'f. This is not criticism upon ,he FL
's Of anybody but only the emu citation o,l4
act IN explanation Of which The responsi.
't'es OF my position will no, allow me ,ole
' more. In
subsequently Gen. Butler handled tho J
esticn In on Official report, which he cor. o
ded In these words: Ia,
neve felt it my duty TO give an sccoun, c,
ms particular csreiulncss Of INV psr IN
pa'lon IN this-business OF exchange ot aI
oAers. the orders under which 7 ac,ed
''hs negotiations attempted, which com. In,
nises fai'hiul nsrrstion OF all ths, ws. I'm
e. 20 that all may become q matter az his. IN
"e great Importance Of the questions. OF
'eariui responsibility for the many thou lhe
's OF lives which, by the refusal Of ex. Thu
'ee' were sacrificed by The most c,uel|ds.
9 OF death, cold. starvstion, and pes,i.
: :" me prison pens Of Raleigh and ye.
erteonv''e' being more than al the Brit. of
o'd'ers killed in the wars Of Napoleon min
saoox''e'y Of fathers. brothers, Sisters Ihu,
~! ~ !sno wives, 70 know the exigency 345
caused his terrible and perhaps. ,s 7
~ seem 70 lhem, useless and unnece.. loo,
oessrnctlon OF those dear 10 them. by psi,
o'e oesths' each end all have com PEELED erp,
70 exposition, SO sisst il NAV seem ,b., !,
lives wssSspen. % a par, of the sy,. ;. !,
Y stack upon the rebellion. devised bv ~ !,
'sdom o! the Generst.in. Chief of ,he ~.
TO destroy il By depletion, depepding go
,lrs It'll '.n' - VII" '0e victory hsyi
loyal mourhers viii doubtless deriv. a..s 49,.
rem rem th's fact, and spprecis,e aIl the "a
''en'y the genius which conceived The 4.
,,o,v a 49,. s''' COST. jpsnd
sdlsJ "epce, y mvst lions
!m.mi,,,.v ~ ~ -" sevs"so iat . foot
.rvsla T'is' "''sav'ss irony bet 4o6 J
100. ..-Ii .I NJ orn one y
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