Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-01-20

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cratic side. What en- b, sid Of the
psoPjs which could reject each appeals
etU0 their ows soldiefs, and yet. svss
q rspooss 70 that appeal 1sr ssesos.
d. 80 esosli Wly. - csatised,
vssN MI thees appsals reoislsd3 Why
I'd H. 1edssal sethositiss rueuss 20 q.
~ t1eir own ssrysoas 70 a4ssad spoa
tAdirsvs splaisss vhsa psisoners q
vor I'D - carry the0 uedici.e ana
epn1setsf Why did - Federal sos.
egunsst rsfase @ eschaaGs pejeoaees.
In ~ nan aad s1Rcss ioe eReerp-
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fae - sseAAsSs 6 psisopesf Who
- = faakf There must be Q reason
for this great atroeity. and that is ths
ne1spoent 70 which I Wish TO nn the at-
tsatioa Of the House. Listen to the
Teasoas TIE New Yosk ISiSsss in
1854. rsfeFTiag % The occurrences which
I hass related. says: q suppose you
would believe the 1s1sss ii 1854 even
II yoa do not believe il now.") fLA0gh.
teri "Ia August The rebels offered 70
renew the exchange, man for man.
0ensral Grant, then telegrapbed the
following important order: at Il hard
o. cur men Aeld in southern prisons
not 70 ezsbanes them, but il 10 humane
10 those left in The ranks TO fight our
baths. Every man released on parole
or Otherwise becomes IN active soldier
against 40 st once, either directly or
Indirectly. If We commence system
Of exchange which liberates Ill prison
ers taken ne viii have to fight on until
the whole South 10 exterminated. II
We hold those caught they count for no
more than dead men. At this particu.
lar time 70, release al rebel prisoners
Moth vould insure sherman'a defeat
ssd eo0pro0ise our ssfely here
Mr. 0aye6eld, Of Ohio, asked Mr..
Hill from What book be vas reading.
nr. Hin sepaied that the volume
froo which - was reading Was the life
Of Jefferson Davis. lDsrisive laughter
on the republicsn side. He asked
Mr.. Garfield whether be would say that
the Telegram Was NOT true.
Mr.. Gss6eld. ] haven't said word
about the Telegram; ! merely asked you
what the book Was. ...-...
Mr.. Hill. The extract in the book Is
taken from the New York TIibwme, Of
1854, but here 10 General Grants testi.
moay before the comwittee on the ccn.
duct Of The war, taken on llth .of Feb.
ruary, 1855. You believe him, don't
youi lLauRhter.] Mr.. Hill here read
General GrAnt's testimony before the
committee, explaining the reason Why
be wss oppused to the exchange cf
prisoners, aud which was iu effect the
same ~ was given in the Telegram quo
ted frUm the TTibsas, one sentence be.
ins in these words: II did not deem
il advisable or Just to re-enfores the
enemy, and IN immediate resumption
of exchanges would have "bad that IT.
feet without any corresponding beoe-
it." Mr. Hill then quoted . letter
| from 1unius Hsari Browne in the New
York 1r;bsss 70 the effect that Gen.
eral Butler had stated in . speech 1t
Lowell, Hasa, that b had been prompt.
ed BY Mr.. Stanton 70 put forward the
negro question, in order 10 ,oomplicats
the exchange Of prisoner. Mr.. Brownies
comment upon Il being that Mr.. Stan.
ton was the digger Of the unnamed
graves which crowded the vicinity Of
every southern prison with pever.to-be.
forgotten horrors. Mr. Hill then pro-
ceedsd to sum up his argument, and
said:, What have We provedl have
proved that the federal authorities
broke the cartel deliberately. i have
proved that they refused TO reopen that
cartel when approached by Mr.. Steph.
ems ~ . Commissioners solely on the
grUund Of HuDaaity. / have proven
that they made medicine contrabsnd ci
var. aud thereby left 40 70 the dread
necessity Of supplying psisoners with
such medicine ~ could lie improvised
in The ooofsderacy. I have proved that
they refused to allow the surgeons oi
their own army TO accompany their
prisoners tO the South. / have proved
that the confederate authorities pro.
posed TO return your sick and wounded
without IN equivalent in August, 1864
and that you never deigred ~ reply until
Decenber, 1854 / have proved tha,
yorr bigire6cers in command gave n
. reason Why they would not exchangs
| prisoner that il would Be, humane te
the prisoner but ruelty to the soldier
in tie lsld. II vas . part of your mil
itAsy policy 70 let your prisoners suGeI
rather than that The confederscy should
hsys IN increase Of it, military force
have also proved that With all th<
horrors which you have made such I
noise about - occurring at AndeSon
| vile, greater horrors occurred in tb<
Psisous where you held our troops, and
tAaa the PERCENTAGE Of death was thres
| per cent. grester among our prison
,ess in your hands than among you
peisooen In our bands. When th,
Ietntleman from Maine rises again h
rive birth 10 that unmiti2ated e6usios
lof gsaiss without . fact 70 sustain Il
u vhieA - says "And here before u!
|, 0od, neasnring nv words, KNOWN,
tAsir S1ll insess I'D iaport, I d<slas'
that usiGAes ~ Aerds 4 Tie Duks .
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i 0assaess a g. Bartholomew, nor th,
ths0b screws and saginss of torture "
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