Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-17
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Greeley is happy! lfo has stood on
the soil Of Kentucky, and received the
cheers Of those who would have rcjoi:.
cd to hang him few years ago. lie
tells his confederate friends how hu.
name t'cy were during the war, and
how mist .kcn We Of the North were in
cha: gins them with cruelty to our pri.
soners ofwar. Listen to his silly twad-
die at Newport, Kentucky:
"Thc American name is dear to US
all, and ever in our struggles VIC were
friends. We did not tear and rond
each other; VIC did not destroy prison.
ers | do not mean to say that some
prisoners were not unjustly treated, but
l really believe that the people on both
sides meant to treat them with human
ity, SO far Al they could do 50, and
where cruelties took place they were
not understood to be approved by the
great body Of the people North or
South"
Hero is a discovery worthy Of the
benevolent Greeley! We were friends
during our late struggle! We sacri.
feed half million soldiers and IS OOO,-
100000 just to express our friendship
for one another. IF this DO friendship.
the Lord deliver US from enmity! The
American name may have been dear to
our Southern brethren in arms, for We
know that its preservation was dear to
US. The less We have of this dear
friendship the better.
I've lid not tear anil rend each other"
says Greeley. Who supposed We did ?
There is SO little difference between
death by the civilized bullet, shell, or
bayonet, or by the fangs Of beast of
prey, that there is no need Of wasting
words over this tearing and rending >
feature Of the rebellion. 1t was bad
enough as it was without dragging in
metaphorical expressions to revive its
horrors. We certainly draw it mildly
when We say that it was not very
" friendly" on either side.
" Some prisoners vcre unustly treat
3D." g Cwusty" is good for Presi-
Dental candidate for rebel favors.-
Why didn't Horace say uncomforta-
oily treated" This would have answer.
ed his purpose as we'll, and sounded a
little more liberal.
The horrors Of Andersonville, and
Libby, and Salisbury, and Belle Isle
were :.after all only "uyiu.. treat
n'e"t' on the part of our " friends.
How this fact will soften the feelings of
the poor fellows who left those prison
pens walking skeletons, and tone down
their remcmbrances Of the horrible
barbarity which they were designedy
forced to endure.
Whether Andersonville was a north.
err prison pen or southern could
never be determined from Greeley's
speech. Its cruelties were not approx
ed by the people North or South, he
tells us. II we remember correctly,
Mr. Greeley once had a clear idea Of
the exact location Of this horrible pen,
and used severe language in comment
ing on its infamous crucltics and the
character Of its savage keepers. We
know it never met the approval Of the
North. Will MIR. Greeley tell US at
what time the people Of tho South ex.
pressed their disapproval? 1t was not
during the war; it has not been heard
Of since. If Mr.. Greeley keeps on
talking We may expect to hear him soon
apoligising for our "uyust treatment
to the blood hounds Of the South, who
shot down, starved, or kick to death our
poor boys, whose only crime was that
they loved the old flag and the nation
it covered, better than the comforts Of
home. Greeley may forget aud forgive
for he has suffered nothing to remem-
Der, but retributive justice lives for,
ever.