, 1876-01-22

laced ths rzing gruunGA bordering the stream be-
ors It enters tbs pstson renders tbs watss nearJ unit
or uss before It euscrt tho prlon-
b. r. cnAxD11a.
Aa.stant Adlusant and 1nspecsor-denesAl.
As Gen. GARFIELD remarks:
nsre Ia an ofHcia, exhibit OF thu manner in which
hs officer detailed by Jsrr DAv1s cho4s the place for
health, ani running waler. and saTesaels AhEde. Ha
.hoso piecc of forest ground that hkd Miisnaatlo
msrsh in The heart Of I. sud small utrean running
through II; hut tho troops stationed ouksde OF tho
.tockado were allowed to deno It's pure wAtaE before
could re,ch tho 1tockaie and then, - IT tho Sery
Of cruelty a. to rnAts mockcry of tho
Dr1or quoted by tle gentleman from Georgia, ho de-
Iailcd to cut aown every trct md ahrub III taa
leaving not green leaf tn show Uhoro ths
forest had been. And subsequently,. when tho burn"
ing run Of July Wa pouring down s fiery heat upon
the heads Of theze men, with but square feet Of
ground 10 man, piteous petition ~as nade by Tbs
prisoners 30 WrHpER to a1ow tAcas POOR men 10 be
detailed to 90 outside under guard and cut Pine from
tho forest to make asbors under which they could
slrltur thensovcs, anti Tiny wern answered, With al
the oahsono brutality Of malignant hats, that they
should have no bush to shelter them sna thus,
des ths flores rays Of the 9outhern aun thsy mscs-
ably rcrfahsd.
4 Confederate planter named AMnnosE |
SrEscEn, who resided near Andersonville, |
thus testihed:.
Detxeen the lst sud 18th Of December 1863, went
up to Anderkonvnlo with ". 8. Wn,pEu and four OF
Ava other gentlemen, out Of curiosity, 10 how the
prison going to b hid out- 1tsksa AiU
II 10 VIA going 10 erect bsrraets shelter Of hny
kind. He FepA9d thts ho not; that ths damned
Yankees who would ~ put in thsra would have no
need o< them. asked him why lie VS. cutting down
Ill tho trets and suggested thas they would prore
sbcer tho petsuuers from The heat Of tho suu At
least. uo mads this Espty of something hintlaF to It
"Tbat II Just What lna goag to do; sm golog 10
H.. I..-.. Axt,-o
than eau be destroyed In the 'front.'" Thoso srs very
uas.1Y hs words, OF squiszlout 10 them.
Col. CHANDLER subsequently, made another
report to the Rebel Cabinet, in which he
recommended tho removal Of the monster
Gen. WlSDE1t, tho commandnnt, in the fol-
lowing words:
AxnRnsoxv1LLr, Aug. s, ,lstt.-coLoxEt: afy duty
requires ms respectfully to recommend change In
tho officer In command Of ths port, Brig. .dsn. J. Il.
W1xpEn and lilo substitution in bis p1acs Of aoma
oue who uultoA both energy aud good Judgment With
aoua feeling Of humanity and consideration for thu
welfare and comfort 10 far ~ IL consistent with thefF
safokccpsng1 Of the vast number Of unfortunsses
placed under bis eoutrol; sono ono who, 1t least will
NOT advocate deliberately and in cold blood ths pro-
prley of lsasinR them In ther present condition un
their number has been sut0ciantiy reduced ty death
to lnakb the present arrangement for their accommo
ta.on; WIN will not cousiler 1t maies Of ssltlauaa-
ton and boastiuR that ho as been inhdo OF the
stockate placs the horrors of which it 10 difficult 10
dascrbe and which IN dsgrace TO civilization. the
condition OF which he might by the exercise Of hs
energy and Judgment, even with tho limited means It
hla command, havs connldesahay improved.
y. T. CMANpLxh,
Ass!stant Adjutant md Inspector General.
Thia rerort took Its usual courss Of pas-
sage from ono ofRoial to another, until 1t
reaehol JRrFEnsoa DAyu. Did he remove
| tho monster W1NDEn2 Far from it. ue
mado him Connlssasy- General Of all the
psiseua and prisoners in the Confedoracy,
The Confederate Secretary Of War had pre-
viously relieved WzNnEa of his command
Did JEFFERSON DAVIS indoraa this action
| Far from it. He wrote on the buck Of 1t:
'Thia is unnecessary and unoalled for"t!
Let LIS cite one moro evidence. Dr.. pnApEn Is
| n calm, thoughtful historian, not politician.
1lo says in his History OF the Civil War"
$50 ntrocious is the crime perpetrated at
Andersouville, that 1t IL not for man to doal
with It. None but God can Justly measure
its enormisy; none but God can adequately
punish it." ..-..
This ia tha crime Which Hut tried to Jus.
tify; which Cox laughed aud joked about
which induced CAuLp1E1p's se,nsrkable for.
gotfulness; and which led CARTER HARRISON
to ruAh into the arms Of the man who sought
TO Justify It. In the face OF the over.
whclniug evidence, those who doprocats ths
opening of old sorea, those who sonsimsn.
talize about forgetting the past, those whe
prato about the Centennial yoas, know TIM
thoy Gro talking twaddle. Tho bill O
amnesty embraces TAD Rebels. ali Of WHOM
tho pcopls Of the North arc read,
to forgive but one, and M1. BLAINE
and Mr.. Q4gYtE1.p have given good reason!
why the people Of tho North will n<rer for
giye that internal man. He was not only th,
embodiment Of treason, the head Of tho Re
beliion, but ho was tho nuthor Of the inde
acribable mtsarica Indicted upon $4,000 help
less prisoners. Tie was personally responsi
bio for THO dreadful hrutalitios OF Anderson
vile. IIo rewarded the infamous acts o
WlspEn by promotion oud stili greater powe
J. to tortura aud kill. Since tho days OF Nzao
!. tho world hos not kuown a more inhuua
D monster than JErr3naoN DAv1a. 1t II to
h late to Rentimentalizc. The wretch IL con
frontod With history. It would DO an nn
pardonable act Of infamy to forgive him, ave
il he got down upon Ills knees and beege
{, . for 1t, There can be but Que oomponsa.io
= tor his action-trial by court-mastial N
. death. W1ax and WIApka were not Tho re'
> 1uuzdesers 1t Andersonvllls. 'rhoy were b,
= tools. Jkr1knsoa DAVIS i tie murderer, al
a to psrdon him would be to insult tho mem
!, sies Of the 1864 Victims who persisted
i,is cruelty, and the &C, 900 poor fellows vi
| srnxI~aI hfx ~ &1}ra IN drno mt thh weA