Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-12

! ing to cover his foot. and when he re
| turned to the stockadc the following
week he inquired for Farrell. and hi.
| companions told him he had stepped
across the dead line and requested
| the guards to shoot him. He added
| that the man was not insane when he
had seen him the week previous. dc
| not desire to go into such horrible de-
| tails from any purpose OF raising bad
| feeling. I desire only to say that the
man who administered that prison went
there by order of Davis and was sus-
tanned by NJ: and this William J.
Hamilton, whose evidence l have read.
went to General Howell Cobb, command
ing that department, and asked that the
condition Of the prison should be trans
mitted to the Confederate Government
at Richmond. In fact, there arc great
many instances to show that Davis was
in possession of the facts IN relation to
Andersonville. When General Sher-
mans invasion. or some other invasion
Of that portion of the country was made
or under way, and there was danger or
supposed danger that it might come to
that place. the military order No. IL.
dated headquarters of the Confederate
States military prison Andcrsonville.
July q. 1864, and signed by BrigaGi .rGen-
eral Winder. was issued in these words ::
:. The officers on duty and in charge of
the battery of Florida artillery will. on
receiving notice that the enemy has
approached within seven miles of the
post, open fire on the stockade with
grspssho. without reference to the stu
alton beyond this line of defense" Here
were those $500 helpless, naked, starv-
ing, sick and dying MEL. This priest
states that he went TO General Cobb to
represent to him tina; if he could not ez-
change them they should be taken be-
fore the Union lines in Florida and pa
rolled and let go free. and yet if the Union
forces we're to get within seven miles Of
that regular order of Mr. Davis an officer
was 10 open With grapeshot on the poor
wrstches, without the slightest possible
regard to what was going on outside. L
do not arraign the Southern people for
this God forbid that | should charge
any people with sympathizing with such
an order. There were many evidences
Of great uneasiness among the South I
erners about it, and one of the great
crimes of Davis was that he concealed
it from the people. We have obtained q
complete series of Davis messages with
his official imprint Ut Richmond and
hey sre-[ Here the telegraph line broke
down. The conclusion of Mr.. Biaine's
speech will be given to-morrow.-Ed. |
Enterprise.
And now mark the answer, the only !
answer that will be attempted in Demo
ratio quarters in reply to this terrible |
Irraignment Of Davis and his minions !
md ministers. All that will be attempt
ID by way of reioinder will be some
hamsless sneers about 1.-The bloody
hirt." No argument. no pallia.ion Of
Davis atrocious cruelties, nothing that
las any air of sober consideration will
'e urged against Mr.. Blaine's statements;
or what he has said is unanswerable.
sut he forces An issue which cannot be
Reered away. The rebels Who hold
sats on the floor of the House Of Repre-
entatives must vote upon this amend
lent. They will not be permitted TO
,nors this arraignment of their Confed-
raey's President. They will stand by
in; and their Northern allies. the
oughfaced Democrats Of the North,
are not offend them. But the country
ill not bs allowed in the face of the
oming campaign to so to sleep over this
wful crime of Jefferson Davis. Con-
ressmen must and will vote understand
,gly. Davis committed the unpardon-
Die sin. The real question as forced
pom the House by Blaine and by the I
cords of Congress spread before the
,untry is. Shall Jefferson Davis. in the ,
zht Of his most damnable record, Re
and relieved of his disabili-
esq Any failure to meet this question
imply aud plainly is to be reckoned .
nothing better than an unvillingness
visit Just measure Of denunciation
BON the author of the unspeakable cru ,
ties and narrowing horrors Of the pfis- ]
pens of the South. This issue will
msnfully met by the North if the
EROSION Of . canksring peace has not ,
stroyed IFS virility and dsmoralized its t
mper.
] MES WHITE. formerly a mamher I