The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-14

west, who had been collected In the
barracks there and sent to Donelson?
Mr.. Caulf1eld had no recollection II
such was the fact.
Mr.. Blaine, sneeringly--Eo recollec-
tion Of that fact2 Then you are the only
recollect It. The soldiers Of northern
Illinois were organized there and every
body knew the fact.i
! Mr. Cauliield said he did recollect
now, since attention was called TO the
fact. n
Mr.. BlaineO you DO recollect.
That Is most extraordinary recollec-
tion.
Mr.. Caulfleld said he had made this
requested IL, but he would not permit
the gentleman to discredit him, for he
never discredited himself.
Mr. Blaine disclaimed any purpose 70
discredit the gentleman. He WAS only
surprised at his lack Of recollection.
/ Mr.. Harrison, OF Illinois. agreed with
his colleagues Is statement.
| Mr.. Henderson ulls.) said he resided
near Fort Douglass and had frequent
occasions TO visit there. The barracks
occupied by the prisoners were the ideil-
the soldiers enlisted In Northern llli-
nois. He knew. from what prisoners
said, that they were well treated and
that the fare was good. They got the
same rations as the soldiers had prevl-
ously received.
MI. Blaine said, II necessary. he could
produce whole cloud OF witnesses
who would also testify to the good
treatment Of the. prisoners. There. were
chamber with whom he was on the
most friendly terms, aud who had, he
knew, been In Northern prisons. anq II
any or all Of them desired to say that
they were badly treated, he would give
them an opportunity to do so.
Mr.. Jones, Of KY, said he had had
the honor OF being a prisoner, laugh
ter on the Republican sidol aud would
relate his experience. t1
Mr. Blaine--In what camp were you
confined?
Mr.. Jones--I was not prisoner OF
war, but citizen prisoner.
Mr.. Blaine-Oh! ] don't yield to that
kind: yield to soldiers who were In
the field and captured fighting, and not
to civilian prisoners.
Mr.. Jones said Mr.. Blaine had In
vited an answer, aud he insisted upon
being heard !. but Mr.. Blaine refused to
yield, saying he wanted answers from
soldiers. He would Yield f9r any ol
so. no would assume from their silence
that what he said was cOrreCt-that
they were not badly treated In tho
Messrs. Mills OF Texas, Cook Of
Georgia, aud others objected TO any
such assumption, and dozen gentle
man tried to get the floor at once, but
Mr.. Blaine saw his time going and de-
clined to yield further. After order had
l..0t -..A. hrn utni I'M
would let them all stand up and dis
sent, II they wanted to.
Mr.. Randall Oh we are not In school
now. l,aughter.l
Mr.. Blaine. resuming, said that he re-
lterated what he had said before, that
Mr.. Cox had nude one speech and
printed another.
Mr.. Cox said he had not materially
altered his speech.
Mr.. Blaine said he would nevertheless
quote from the speech Mr. Cox did
make. and he did 40 to the effect that
he Coz did not believe In the extreme
suffering reported In the Southern
prisons. He Cox did not always utter
these sentiments. In 1894 when meas
ures Of retaliation was proposed on ac-
count OF the condition OF our prisoners
who arrived from the South MIR. Cox
made Il speech. from which. Mr.
Blaine quoted. In this speech MI:
Cox opposed retaliation on the ground
Of inlhimanity:. There was. ne knew,
certain law of retaliation, but rather
than TO be inhuman he would send these
men back In good health and not reduce
them 10 the same condition OF horror
and emaciation as the rebels did our
prisoners, and send them here mere
skeletons--pictures. ghosts oil men.
That, said MIR. Blaine, was the opinion
OF the gentleman In 1864. He knew AND
all knew the o,itragcs. perpetrated,
and yet In his speech the other
day he denounced the Oomm,i,L.ee conn, ,.N OH
the Conduct Of the War, which had OK. !.
posed these crimes and outrages, as d
humbug COMMITTEES, aud says nothing
OF the horrors depicted by them are
Referring again to Mr.. Hill, Mr.
Blaine read again the resolution intro
duced In the Confederate Congress by
Senator Hill, OF Georgia, and asked him
whether he was the author u IT,. mat
resolution declared that all persons.
whatsoever pretending to be officers q
the Federal army who should invade
Confederate soil should be treated as
trying to stir up insurrcction and held
for execution. ~.
Mr.. Hill repeated what he said the
other day, that he might have offered
fhe resolution but he did not remember.
however. it only applied to spies. MI.
Blaine said the language was plain. III
read that all persons pretending 10 be
officers, etc, that could not mean spies.
He found nothing SO bad rs that any
where except In the order Of Valmaseda.
in Cuba, which proposed the execution
OF tender youths. valmaseda got his
inspiration from Mr.. Hills resolu-
tiorl. He next quoted from the
report OF u speech OF Mr.
Hfll appealing to his hearers TO sls-
tain the Democracy at the ballot box.
Republicanisiln would prevail unless It
was met at the ballot box; they would
then be powerless unless they went to
war. He hoped the North would not pre-
vail. II, however, they must have war
Oh. said Mr.. Blaine, his voice Is always
for war-if It must come I am ready.
THill-One word MI. Blaine-Not q
BIT. Again he quoted from q
which he, addressing colored peo,.
pie, told them that one war had
freed them, but IL another. came
it would ensiave them. The gentleman,
Mr.. Blaine said, had counseled peace, II
under Democratic rule, but war II un-
der Republican direction: He again
read from one OF Mr.. Hills speeches,
| TINT he would rather see his name on