The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1876-02-03

/ ing accessible to the prisoners. Some
regiments OF the guard, the bakery, and
the cook house, being placed on the
rising grounds bordering the stream Pc
tore ii enters the prison, renders the
water nearly unfit for use before =
enters the prison.
ID. T. CHANDLER,
Assistant Adjutsnt and Inspector Gen.
| As Ges. Garfield remarks:
Here Is an Official exhibit of the man
uer in which the officer detailed by JEFF
| Davis chose the place for health, and
| running water, and agreeable shade. lie
| chose 3 piece Of forest ground taat had
| mia~matie marsh il the heart Of Il and
; small stream running through il; but
the troops stationed outside OF Tie
stockade were allowed 10 dedie iis>Tare
water before in could reach the sioe&a1e,
and then, as If to make mockery oil
the order quoted by tie gentleman IRON
| Georgia. he detailed men % cut down
syery tree and snrGb il the Enclosure,
llesyinr not a green leaf TO she's where
the forest had been. And subsequently,,
when the burning sEn Of July VAS pour
ing down It's fiery heat upon tie heads
| OF these men, with blt 6 square iees Of
ground TO 8 man. /. piteoas petition was
/ gsde the prisoners 70 WiEier - allow
| these poor men TO be detailed to 70 oct
side under guard spd cat pine from tie
forest 10 make a.3or= under which hey
/ could shelter themselves, aEd iAeF were
/ answered. with all the l0ziasosne orn-
| tally OF malignant hate, thai they
| should have 10 bash 70 shelter them.
and, thus. under the farce rays a the
southern sun, they r4.serabiy persisted,
| A Confederate planter named AM
b-1se Spencer. Who resided nezT An
| lersoavl.l-. thus testified:
| Bs;wesz the 1st zcd 15tA OF Decs-5t-
| 1863. / wsat - 70 A-1erxaEv.-.e with
Vt. : Wlr5e- sid f&Er OF ire osEtE
/ gentlemen. oat cf Curiosity, to ssz how
/ he prlssa x2s so.ng - be laid ozt.
asked a.z II LIZ w&s going 10 eEscs
1Arr1cks Or sas-iAr q any kind, He
replied t.. be wss ut. tAAt tie damned
Yankees 10 =Cz.1 bs Pat in there
w5al5 have 10 Eesl q them ] ASKED
z3z ~ly lie VAS cctizag eesFa 81 the
trees 21l Suggested that tAeF 500 q
prove shelter 10 the prisoners from the
e.f ot sht sg1 81 least He made this
reply. or something similar 70 L. That
: fzst vast AN gong IL do. | an
E5IE. to h@ll3 S pen lsrs that WI T..
45Ee 54l1ei Yankees than c4a tse 1s-
stroye6 ID tie 'front.' Those ses very
zeasiy he's woEts, or equivalent - them .
Co. Chandler u5segueu:.y made
another report 10 the Re 6. Cabinet,
III which lie recommended the remoy-
Il ut the monster tseu. NiGsier. IN
cgamauisat. liz tie following word
AyDEKsaSyIILE Aug ;. 1864 Got
oSKL: Ny dgty requires ne Tespec.
tnlly 10 recommend a change ia lie vs9
eer in command Of the post, Be- &c
J. II. WiE6er, aEd tie substitution u
4is place Of some oas WA0 Uaites both .
eaergy and good judgment With mt
feeling OF humanity and consideration
.5r the welfare ana comfort 80 lar 49, il &
consistent with their safe keeping Of
the vast number OF gEioEturates placed .
ander his control; some one WHO, at
least, aili nat advocate deliberately and .
n cold blood the propriety of leaving .
sAela in their present condition until
their number has been sufficiently re.
Iuced by death 10 make the present ar
rangeMent for tEeir accommodation:
who vii. not consider II matter ot /
sell lauaation aud Boosting that be has 1
1eyer been inside al the stockade, 4 .
place the horrors of which it is difficult F..
to describe, and which j. a disgrace TO
civilization, the condition Of which he /
night by the exercise Of a little energy I
and Judgment, even with the limited /
means at his command, have considers
bly, improved ID. T. CHANDLER,
Asst. AIjatant and Inspector Genl.
This report took its usual course
OF passage from one official 70 an
other, until it reached Jefferson
Davis. Did he remove the monster
Winaer? Far from it. He made
AIM CUmmissary- General OF all the
prisons and prisoners IN the Confed-
eracv. The Confederate Secretary
Of War had previously relieved WIN
der OF his command. Did Jefferson
Davis indorse this action: Far from
t. He wrote Oh the back Of it: /
This is unnecessary and uucaled
tor".. Let US cite one more evil
lence. DR.. Diaper is calm,
thoughtful historian, not politician.
He says in his History Of the Ciyl
War so atrocioas i. The crime
9erpetrs'e ed at Auaersonvlle, that il
IS not for man to deal with it. NUue
but God can Justly measure its euor-
nifty; none but God can adequately
punish it"
This is the crime which Hill tried
TO justify; which Cox laughed and
oked about; which induced Caul-
fields remarkable foFgetfuluess; and
which lei Carter Harrison to rush
INTO the arms OF the man who sought
TO justify it. In the face Of the over
whelming evidence, those who de-
precate the opening Of old sores,
those who sent mentallZe about for
getting the past, those who pirate
about tie Centennial year, know
that they are talking tvadale. The
bill Of amnesty embraces 40 Rebel.
all OF whom the people Of th. North
are ready to forgive but one. NJ II
Blame aud Mr.. Garfield have ivsn
| good reasons why tie people Il the
| North will nerer forgive that intern
al man. He VAS not only the embo-
| dlment Of treason, the head 81 the
Rebellion, but lie WAS the author O
the Undesirable miSeries iLi .cteG
upon thirty thousand helpless prison
ers. He was personally responsible,
| for the dreadful brutaities OF Ander
souville. He rewarded the Infamous
acts OF Wlnder by promotion auc
still greater power to torture anC
Kill. Since the DAYS Of Nero, tn
: world has not known a more inhumal
, monster than Jefferson Davis. Il i
too late 10 sentlmentallze. Tn
wretch is confronted with histor,
1t would be an objectionable ac, c
infamy 10 forgive hun, even ii he 20
down upon ms knees and begged 10
it. There can be but one compensa
ton for his ac'iou-tIiaI BY court
martial and death. Wiz aid Win
der were not the real muydereIs q
Andersonville. Taey were but tools
Jefferson Davis Is tie nurderer, aut
) to pardon him woutd be to insult tn.