, 1869-05-28
TIE IMPRISONED FENIANs.
interviews with the President and
Secretary OF State.

To Tie Cliyt1s IT Cinei!.iGti.
BEING in Washington Cliy. on ;ast Thursday,
tisnc ty The government In reference to the release
o. Lieutenant Colonel WLtIsEa G. lla'pin- Tie
President received me with his usual Kindness ami
cunEtesv, End Informed me that some time ago he
had laced the proceedings snd resolut ts Of the
CEclunau i1ass meeting IN the State Department
on1 Il ssg an aaa
The Dritlsh Government for the re!easc or Wu1au
q. nalrln, and ntaeE american prisoners
had not recel,ed = letter q: Cincinnati iron. tue
State Department In reference 70 What had been
donr, Us he had directed that q letter should be
Sa y h. ne eas M ad
Cd that he hal directed tha: It should te toua Tor
the satisfaction OF the citizens OF Cincinnati The
hal lesn doas, aa1 theEe'o,s fssolysa . .fa c
himself. Accordingly, havtng obtained note
e ees;ss next ., '1 he '2a ressn Ssas Pit ;
"a tie state Derartuent- and was sooa
gsaezsl INTO the presence =. q The
q nj Visit, after steniy 70 hin what tae presI
ter bad heen sent &c. e I: clnelnna:l satl
Prise, he contlunel that i,auetiiasely alter tho
proceedings and resolutions Of tae Cincinnati
ilscssisstNn was nSle ani io5taxl:a Keye:ly
Johnson vas despatched BY the !Atianue cable;
and. said III: Fish, NJ: Johnson nust hase
quite sufficient time has ei.psed noF-over
! MONTH and lie eloke ~ one q his secte-
Vac 1es aas ia so;: e ,Tes T;ar1 NJ
JLhhEvn, = t!cn vi. Fist ScaA u tae- The nrsi
ssanAe1 that II nn5Wer IL tle Application 0! Air
johnson, the Ir.t.sh Government, through Lard
Clarendon, q. c,tuld 70 release anY 1uoTu Of the
| Frni1n prtsouers besides those nlrr1dy released:
and attached 10 this despatch there was long
M - sors ne ssTe nc % natnes q y .pa
| l'rEke, shore md NccaEclty, nAd near!y hun-
dred U1Lera. TIE second despasch vas ln answer
10 second particular application Of afF. johnson
Tor The reieas. uf helpin and 1t wAs 10 she effect
| 1Eat Lord ClareEdoa re5eAtee! whit ~ hAi sa4
In bis nrst answer, that the British Gosennlcar
any other Fen:aa rrisoueE:,. xactaeF Ames7c+n
cttixtns or nnt, naruFailzed OF otherntsc-Nr.
johnson c,d!ng howsyef, that nc hoped hat rs
| titus Jou sec, judge Carter" said the secte-
isase Of these Esn. % ID: ws - wi! DO ID xe en- 70
ha!c them reaeaseh. AL I hope ". johnson !:
the BRUSH Goyernme1t Is but Temporary l had
.oE2 taA With Secretary rlsh-tne CABINET 1ec:-
tnx ahont to take pee no:S!shstaadlas11n Z.
I'm s;i Rt 5[r Easn II "a
No gentleman could have srrated me better than
Secretary Fish; bQt lie vas rot with the Pentaaa.
IwAs not 1 Fenlant but 4 n1tlye born citizen Of
tinclnra,i, whoE. tie peop!c haa before sent y
see a,ort tsc rtlcase Ut Lieutenant Colonel VIII
| NaEl ". t1dlp4l IL I1k-h Nphte4a ~ ipt
TINT purpose, &c. I81s a2I long talk wi.a the
seerrtnr! OF stste, anu not fee!n.nS II wort
while to repeat all the ctnferxatl0n will 0ul!
aEd tint II tic conclusion Of Tie .2se1yl:S. .,s
no hrres, hnd trf11re'i IN nonc, thar Lieut- Col
William u. Ifalp.n or Rns other American Feula:
prisoner would s.,on tse reieas-,i Coy. Hamts'or
Fish. Secretary Of StAIt, is certainly RrnteTual
| Of The oil school-of .hc old Wing -ehool
Ills armrathIes are not With The Fenia:1'
or anybody else who desires to proclaim or set Il
new th1nEs- lie maj possibly e.. alont. VIA ta'
aGEltnletrss'5n. Tie I! -eNtleI11 who u aa1los1.
and so.citoua oGeI1c al the psopr,cucs, anil !;
no case 10 dig into tic roots Of THINK lie u ca
| ph1tcsliv no: Radical: ne Is a CONSERVATIVE
From ill that I gteAned m WASHINGTON An
| CONVINCED Saat We cannot 1ook for M carly n
lease ny EpN!nnd Of Colonel Hn!rn. or any othe
! Of the reIna,nin= 1s1ah.Anctc1n prisoners, sat
| the difficulty Of sSe !Aatatoa GAINS arc tett:l
whether that resnlts in car!tuiation OF whf.
/ Yours respectfully, a. u. W. CARf4R,
u Committee.