The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-04-06

rHp aoYs N Blue wRo DIED IN PBisoN.
Some lines on the above subject in q Phil'
elphia paper some time ago attracted q
tention, 1 have quoted from them In u
,nf xed verses, wbicb, with the notes, mi
sist ip throwing light on subject OF va
,f5ortupce and greatly misunderstood:
Full Afteenthpassnd men,
4 he brave the good, the true, -
e AS Csptiyes died in prison pen:
ts1hey oied for me and YOU! -.
And sholl not truths Indignant tonRue
Declare who did This grieyo"s wroDgE
On many bloody field
Z Ibey stood 'gaiust leaden hail:
And though at last constrained 10 yield,
z heir spirits do nt quail:
They safely passed their battles through,
: 6ndyel .they Gied for me and you."
They p!ned for home, sweet home,
Ana for their daily bread;
Alas, assistance did not come,
And now they are NTH the dead
E'ep barofn,d rebels felt their grief,
4 AnG ye, could iurnish no relief
The rebel leaders burst
Not 20 what zoe hare done.
Though many hearts with anguish burst
Al tales troui Anderson"
Fer etiil Mtu let our brave men share
Th.ir own coarse FOOD and scaniy fare.
The sad tale mast be told:
-5Atf he brave. the true, the gooo.
While We were busy soinihg gold
They dIen Tor want Of fOoo!
Thoek fifteen thousand boys 10 blue
AS victims died." for me and you"
The rebels 10 their need,
Once. twice. and yet again,
DID all that &asy could DO to plead
For justice 10 these men;
But deaf, alas! the Nations car, s.
The peoples sercnats would not hear.
5, Even Davis fel, their grief.
And sens his message forth,
~ sD.S no, 10 si So1t Keller
And why, as! WAS this not done? =,
There was no heart In Washington
h The rebels gave US leave ..
s To send own loyal men,
y Men good and true, who might receive
Ala Tor that prison pen;
Z And tend the suffering inmates there
y With o whole nations love ana care.
= But nej these sallsnt nen
Were left TO siaiye xnd die.
Thst porihern banners might again
Mid south IN breezes ny;
And bold recI uiis might rush to rave
Their comrades from prison grave.
- 4 wise, ssgarious novel
!, A stroke Of policy
20 called by those who know not love,
-ssy5, Or human sympathy. ~.
Bni ali {! those noble boysin blue
Their blood now rests on me and ysu."
y The rehe 8. pin chpa and pressed,
i HUffs red 10 send them homef
Without exchange you know the rest,
- For home ihey uta not comet r.
81 Our Ships could not bt spared 10 save
Our soldiers from southern gravel
Who did such grievaua wrong,
In that sud, gloomy hour?
Men who were anxious % prolong
Their influence and power.
Who cares for fifteen thousand men
II we the helm OF State retainf
Bow down, my soul, in grief,
~-7-~ Before the God OF Heaven; ,..,.
Wefailed 10 grant our men relief
That rebels would have given
And 90 those soldiers, good and true.
Died OF neglect from "me End YOU"
=. Too late we feel their woes,
Dtluded Tow no more;
But whitening blight shall rest on those
Who kept these men In store
AS capital 70 aid their schemes
And realize ambitions dreams.
---Adown times steep pest psth
Their names with ecorn shall 40,
ETheobjects OF Nations wrath
Those ministers OF wool
4 They killed the 1ftesn thousand xen
y Who persisted in that priSon.pen'
xIn January, 1854, the Confaderates propot
% allsw The Federal authorities to send their o
urEeons 70 the South. 1t was proposed, also,
hese surgeons should ACT IS commissAries, and
ribute whatever either the Uhited states Cove
nent or private benevaspce should furnish.
,onrse, the OorfederatsS would have desired 81!
n opportunity for their surgeons TO minis or
ou,bern prisoners 1T The North. The United st,
n, w.yer, never gave any reply to
,repDsi Lton, though the war continued for m
han year sitter II was made. .'-.
Tin August 1864. when the mortality was
reasiHE at An erSoDvl'le. the Coniederates offe
o give up from len TO nrieen thousand men unc
except that The u nitea States au thori
Vert to seRd Tor them. After = delay OF three ft
vi months, Ene a1uSi sickiy OF tho year, they
heir place lhrpe thousand sourherners, who We