The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1868-09-25
General Grant Responsible for the Death
OF Union Soldiers.

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while we cannot justify many Of The &C,
;, OF General Butler. nor have we any desr
: 10 cover up The moral infamy tina, must sur
ound his character for The course pursued b.
him ss an efficer, yet we cannot close on
eyes to The tact, as appears from the ofIicis
correspondence, that he was extre emelv apx
ious 10 perfect such arrangements A. shoul,
secure the reltase Of every prisoner held b,
Inc Confederate government, at Tie tire he
(. was 'c'ing ns Commissioner of Exchs noe
lie sppcaled to Gen. Grant, and endesvored
70 pfov'de Tor an exchange Of our soldiers
VINO were suffering in rebel prisons, sod ni.
'er having made partial arrsDge menis. and
. numbers o: prisoners had heen EXCHANGED
ne received On order from the General Com.
lmanding the Union srniies to at once cesse
me exchange, and 10 this ordor alone was
Que the siOppoge Of excha nge. which resul,.
ed 30 iatsi'y To- the Federal soldiers confine
al AndersoDville and other points. In Jan.
nary. 1864, NJ. Ould. The Confederate Com.
missioner Of Exchange, made an offer for
Inc edm'ssion into heir lin es OF Federal sur.
geons. TODD, clothing. aud medicines for the
rei'ef OF The sick md WOUNDED Of the Federnll
so'oiers ~ The Various prisons Of the South
Let u De remembered that that this offer
was made before the esiablshme Mt Of The
Andersonvllie prison. Gen. Grant. with
his s'oical in difference, paid 10 attention Il,
THIS offer. Ii il had been accepted, as hu.
maniiy would have dictated, the terrible
scenes OF Anderson vile and other Sou,be,n
miiI'ary Prisons would have been avoided
'hroughou the fatal yesr Of 1864. and down
10 the surrender Of Gen. Lee. This same
oifer was renewed to Gen G on, on the 2a,h
OF January, 1855. after oil eflors 10 sscn,e
terms OF exchange from him had failed. bv
Mr. Ould, on the part OF the rebel au,hori.
Ties. This latter appeal received no at,en.
''oh on The part Of the Lieut.. General -lN
Other propositions were made by The rebel l. !,
by which oil the sick and wounded soldiers
should oe returned TO us, where thev could :
receive that attention 1t was impossible for n
mem 10 receive from the rebel authorities .
but with no better success. Gen. Grant r
was deaf to every appeal in behalf of the A
suffering Union soldiers 10 the hands OF the Is
Confederate Government. 1t can be show
'oDc Dclosively that Gen. Grant 10 alone re. la
'pcusb!e for all the suffering aud deaths 81
'"ong The Union prisoners in oil of the 0,
'ou'her' depois. from the first establish. N
"e"t OF The Audersonvile military prison II
0 The end OF the wsr.
OH. Oold upon being INTERCEPTED upon IN
h's subject mskes The folio wing snswer: on
y have not the mes ne on hand Of inform. IN
'g you accurately the number Of Federa,lbv
''d'e's who died in our hospitals and pri- DO
'ns between the summer and November Of "a
SD. am very confident I hat the mortal. q,
at Andersonvle alone for the oosr,er no
ndIng June 80, 1864. was one IN houssndb bv
~ month. ! recoIlect that, because I men e.
oned u as reason for haste in sending Sc
anspor'a'ion. suppose the mortality az
alone after that qusrter was
lly ss great. You will recoIect that nv sp'
ter not only included the sick and ounded Tea
AndersonviIle, but at all the prisons go'
edmond. Salisbury, Florence, MiIlen. An.
rsonv'lIe. Columbia. DanvilIe, and other
'nts. AZ our records were seized bv the
'dersI authorities after the surrender OIL
chmond. II 10 impossible for me 10 tell the ]
mber either Of The sick aud wounded of
ese places, or the number that died during u
; interval named.
Il VIII be impossible for Gen. Grant or his :
ends 10 shift the responsibility Incurred in Al.
se transactions upon the shoulders ofl r.,
ers. He had The power and coulo have enc
'eded 10 The request made. and thus suyed the
lives OF thousands Of men who died oil wh;
rvSt'on and disense. All the CORES non.
zee ~ connection with the subject OF ex
nga Of prisoners has been published sudI ger.
'etore The county. to whom vii; be snb.
teo the question as 10 whether Justice 10 "
ne thousancs OF dead soldiers, who lie puol
ied IN the,Sonihern States, csused either clare
his Indifference or want Of hunani,v t;cke
not require that the nation shall con- -.
10 him st The ballot box. The great 'o''
faiy lcoder who turGs his back 'ook
MS suffering comrades is not a, impe