The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-01-25
ESTABLISHED AUGUST "a, l

draw up ike parcnMenl-CrAck oPeIij
gangrcne set in, and the loHthsome all.
ment ate of fingers, toes, feet and legs.
No medical Acknowledgement even little
shade to hide the swollen, bleeding, blis-
tering, mortifying bodies from thescorch-
ing sun! Men whose feet were swollen
to double size, and cracked with the
parching sun, used to sit all day long
with u strip Of cloth or an old coat III
they could get i0 thrown over their iect
to ward off the blaze.
Mr.. Hillclaimed that there were shade
trees in this den. Mr.. Richardson, con-
frmed by numerous others, says:
There was not one branch or twig in
the entire enclosure. In order to get any
OF those "trees" hespcaks Of, the soldiers
dug into the earth ten feet to secure little
roots to cook mule-llesh to eat, to keep
from starving II!
This was Ben Hills paradise! The
stream of pure water Of which Hill spoke
is thus described:
1t passed through the stockade-den,
from west to east, after having first pass
cd through the rebel camp. The reader
may know what that means: The ex-
crement and refuse OF that camp went in
to the little brook, and then passed
through the demand this vile, disease
breeding, loathsOme stuff was all that the
Union soldiers had to drink, and all that
they had to wash in; and to approach
this they were obliged to wade through
100 feet OF miry bog, or marshy ground,
which lined the brook, sinking TO their
knees nearly ateVery step.
The point that Blaine and Garfield
have made with such force against the
universal amnesty bill offered by Ran
dali is that it restores to political life the
man who, more than the wretch Wirz,
(who was hung) was responsible for these
horrible cruelties, "whereby," as Blaine
said, 1864 Union soldiers were done to
DEATH" They arraign jeff Davis, as
Burke arraigned Warren Hastings, in the
name of humanity, and denounce him as a
monster because he knew what was being
done at Andersonville and yet put forth
not SO much as finger to prevent it.
When Winder, whom the Confederate
Col. Chandler had recommended for re-
moyal from Andersonville, left Rich
mond. where he had gained n name for
infamy as the commandant Of Libby
prison, the Richmond Examiner, ultra
rebel sheet that it was, came out and
. thanked God that Winder had left that
community. And yet JEFF. Davis, SO far
from paying any heed to Col. Chambers
recommendation for removal, made the
monster Commissary General Of all the
prisons and prisoners in tho Confederacy
The horrors OF Andersonvillc did not
move JEFF. Davis. And yet they were hOr.
rors of which Draper, the historian, has
since written thus:
$50 atrocious is the crime perpctrated
at AndersOnvillc, that it is not for man
to deal with it. None but God can justly
measure its enormity; none but God can
adequately punish it,"
Isit any wonder, in view of the revela'
tions brought to light by Blaine and Gar
field, that the feeling of the country is stir
ed up anew against JEFF. Davis? The Chi
cago Tribune says that "thc people ofthe
North will never forgive that interna
man." The reasons why it states as fol-
lows:
"He was not only the embodiment OF
treason, the head Of the Rebellion, but he
was the author OF the indescribable mis-
cries inflicted upon 10000 helpless pris'
oners. He was personally responsible foi
the dreadful brutalities ofAndersOnville
He rewarded the infamous acts Of Win
der by promotion and still greater power
to torture and kill. Since the days oI
Nero, the world has notknown n more in
human monster than Jefferson Davis
II is too late TO sentimentalize. The
wretch ia confronted with history. II
!, would be an objectionable aci
Of iniamy to forgive him, ever
il he got down upon his knees and begged
for il. There can be but one compensa.
ton for his action-trial by court.martia
and death. Wirz and Winder were moi
the real murdercrs at Andcrsonvillc
, They were but tools. Jefferson Davis 4
The murderer, and to pardon him would b.
10 insult the memories OF the 1854 vic
tins who perished OF his cruelty and tht
; 10000 poor fellows who survive his NAL
: ice to drag out the weary years witt
broken constitutions and destroyed vigo
until death calls them hence.