Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1876-02-17

HoiS Wcio Wy lue SOuloutTate authorities.
He knew it was a foul Islander, but this is
the forgiving spirit they entertain. Thanks
to such men as. Blaine and Garfield, the
latter as brave "Union soldier as ever
tied a sash around bis body" this in-
famously false charge was promptly re-
futed. aud the base falsebood thrown back
into his face. They established by thu
testimony of Democrat, themselves, that
Rebel prisoners we're treated in a human
manncr,-that they were supplied with
blankets and sufficient clothing to keep
them warn,-that their r%ations consisted
of fresh and hard bread, fresh and salt
meat, pork and beans, potatoes, onions,
soup &c.
Now, how were our poor fellows treat,
ed? We have an intelligent Union Sol,
der statement who was himself in Ander>
sonville, and speaking Of that pure
stream of water that Hill talks about,
and which was all that supplied thirty
five thousand Of our prisoners con6Hed
there he says as follows:
ut passed through the stockade den,
from west to east, after having first passed
through the rebel camp. The reader
may know what hat means: The ex>
crement and refuse Of that camp wept
into the little brook, and then passed
through the den,-and this vile, disease
breeding, loathsome stuff was all that the
Union soldiers bad to drink, and all that
they had to wash in and to approach this
they we're obliged to wade through 100
feet of mlry bog, or marshy ground, which
lined the brook, sinking to their knees
nearly at every step"
Of the sufferings Of the prisoners, Mr..
Richardson says:
During June, 1864, it rained twenty
seven days. The showers were followed
by the fierce heat Of the burning SUM-
Not a shred Of shade anywhere! What
followed? The poor fellows who were
baretoOted and halt.nakad, saw their skin
draw up like parchment-crack open ;
gangreDe set 10, and the loathsome all
maui ate off fingers, toes, feet, and legs.
No medical attendance-hot even a little
shade to hide their swollen, blistering,
bleeding, Notifying bodies from the
scorching sun. Men whose feet were
swollen to double size, and cracked with
the parching sun, used to sit all day long
with a strip of cloth or an old coat III
they could get it) thrown over their feet
to ward off the blaze.
There was not one branch or twig in
the entire enclosure. In order to get at
any Of those trees he speaks Of, the sol
dicrs dug into the earth 10 feet to secure
little roots to cook mule.fesh to eat, Ia
keep from starving III"
This we believe to be but q slight des,
cription Of the suiferings of those brave
fellows. Yet what loyal beart is not
prObed to its p%rofoundest depths when
reading it, and remembering that they
were there because found fighting FOR
the principles advocated by the Rspub-
lican parry, aud against those advocated
by the Democracy. Aud what makes i,
more awful, if possible, is the fact that
the horrors Of this den Of death was
brought to the notes Of the rebel author
tiles by one Of their officers, Gel. Chand.
Ter, but No heed was given to his state
ment.
These are facts of history. They nigh,
never have come SO prominently before
the public had it not been for Ben Hill
and others, who are trying to prove that
the Rebels were right, and Union mer
we're wrong.
We do not wish to sit quietly by and
see loyal men white or colored, gulled
into voting with men in the approaching
elections, who are at least particips Grim
mis- to all the wrongs aud miserie'
inflicted upon our friends in Anderson
vile and other Rebel prisons, (for ever,
loyal man had friends there), without
giving them a word Of preRomination.-
Whilst democracy is so blatant, let us &C
c~asionally call their attention during the
coming canvass, back to their deeds Of
cruelty during the war, and it does seen
that, with all their evil doipgs %stareine
them in the face, they cannot have the
effrontery to keep up their howl. or a
most to ask Republicans to vote for then
in preference to the true and tried upot
whose garments there is no smell of dis
loyalty.
We say With Gov. Brownlow, let u
organize aud show our colors. Let tn,
people be wide awake. Let us have Mas
Meetings. and infuse new life into ,h'
party. We are as strong to-day as "
were in 1865. Think of shat the De