The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-01-26
WHOLE No. 1881

d1l HtuIucG. Nit1eut cqHfF F1ic1r. fl
august, 1854 aad tnat Won utver de-
sued t1F,Ply aa-i Decenb-,. s5f
! base proved tha Eoat high ieer-
in co@m-ad case - q Feasou vbv
thcy w9Gll ast exeil.-1 prs lsr-
;hat il w5uid be h1maae o. The Prise
ners bet craeitv ta the soldiers ia .H-
held li was a Parr of yoar m;Hu-v
policy % iet your prisoners safer
rather than Jhtl the CoaeIe9a-y
should have au Increase It i;s mi..-a-
~ force. base a.s5 proveJ that
vith al the horrors wbics vaa Asgr
made such a noise about as occurring
at AndersouviIis, greater horrors &c.
cured in prisous where you held our
tr0Qps, aud that the peucentaze Of
death vas three per cent greater
amoCg our prisoners In your bands
than aHi11g your prisoners ia our
bands Wbsu the gentleman from
Maine rises again 10 give birch 81
lhat uhmitiga,ed eiTl,i0n Of genius
without iact t0 sIsJGin .t. in waicB
he says, And here, before mv g. ID.
measuring nv words, knowing their
full iatent and Import, / declare that
neither tue deeds Of the Duke of
Alva iH the Low Countries, nor Jte
massacre Of Saint Bartbolemcw. aeT
the thumb screws Of the Spanish IN
qaisitiou begin TO compare in atroci-
" with the hideoas crime OF Auder-
sonviIIe, " let him add to IL, Aud the
atrocities Of AudersonvilIe Do not
tecin 30 compare with the atrocities
Of E!mira. IF Fort Douglass. Of Fort
Delaware; aud Of ell the atrociues. +
both at Andersauville and Elmira. the
Confederate Government stands ac-
Quilted from all responsibility and
blame"
Mr.. HTLE then quoted from
speech made by jefferson Davis to
the Confederate soldiers after the re-
treat of General Mcclellan from be-
fore Richmond in which he said that
the crowuing glory Of the soldiers
was their humanity 70 the wounded
and tie prisoners who bad fallen into
their bands He also referred to the
fact that the Richmond Eramiuer.
which NJ Blaine bad quoted vester-
day, IS authority against Davis. had
stated that The humanity and rener-
osity Of Jefferson Davis would inavi-
tahlv ruin the Confederacv The
gentleman from Maine bad iutrodue-
ed that witness 20 prove Davis guilty
of inhumanitv. and vet the witness
said that the humanity Of Davis
would ruin the Confederacy. Mr.
Hill also quoted the following from
the Richmond E,Tqminer: The
enemy has gone from one ulmaniv
cruelty to another; encouraged bv
their impuuity. they ere now and
have been for some time iuaictinr on
the people Of the country the worst
horrors of barhar0us and uucivilized
war; vet. in spite Of this. in his deal
ing with the enemy, he Is gentle as a
smoking. dove And that. continued
Mr. Hill. is the truth. Those OF Us
" % were there at tho time know it
20 be fact. One Of the most per-
sisteGt charges brought bF the Rich
mond Examiner and some others
against Davis. was bis humanity.
Over and over again has Mr. Davis
been heard to say, when applied 70
to retaliate for the horrors inflicted .
Oh our prisoners I quote his very .
The inhumauity Of the
enemy to our prisoners eau be no jus-
.ifcation for n disregard bv Us Of The
rules Of civilized warfare and Christ
lnity' Therefore be persisted IN it.
l1d this paper cried out against him
that be would ruin the Confederacv.
But Why bring up such subjects ? f
War IS always horrible; war always
brings hardships, death, sorrow, pain
and devastation. and be is unworthy
10 be considered c statesman, looking
to the paciica.iou Of the country,
who viii parade the horrors insepa-
-ablc from war for the purpose Of
keeping up the strife which produced
hose horrors. Ny message to The
gentleman from Maine is this: There
are 30 Confederates In this House /
there are 10 Confederate ambitions,
desires or purposes in this House !.
but the South IL here aud here she
intends TO reign. Enthusiastic dem
Justratioas on the Democratic side
and il the galleries Let fanaticism
ID It's worst: let it pass It's nullifviHg
act, trgmpie on the Constitution, ab-
the pledges Of the Fathers,
incite raids OF oGr people, multiply /
until they shall be, Ike
the stars Of heaven or the sands Of
the sea shore, without number; but
know tbis-for all your iniqailies rhe
South will never ayain seek e remedy /.
in the madness Of another secession. .
Renewed applause We are here; \
@e are in oar Fathers house; cur
are cur companions, and we
are at home, thank GJd EnJhusi-
Istic applause. We come 10 CRAFTY
no vengeance, 10 retaIiate no wrongs.
10 resent no past insults, to reopen no
strife we come with patriotic pur-
pose 10 do whatever In our political .
power shall be 10 restore al honest,
economical and constitutional admin
siration Of the Government. We
come charging on the Union no
wrong The Union never wronged
me South the Union has been an
Inmixed blessing to every section, 10
sveFY STATE, 10 every man, Of every
color, IN America. We charge all
1Gr wrongs 10 that b h'gher power Of
which ueFer kept apleCge
lr obeved u law We sought 10
cave the association Of those who .
would not keep fidelity to covenant
We sought to go by ourselves, but 50
ar from having lost our fidelity to
he Constitution. we hugged it 10 our
)osoms and carried it with is.
Brave UniOu men Of the North,
blowers Of Webster and Fillmore,
# Cass aud Douglas, you who
ought for the Union tor the sake Of
be Union, you who ceased 70 light
when the battle was ended en1 the
.word was sheaihed-with you we
rave 10 quarrel We felt your heavy
,rrn in he midst Of the struggle, but 1