Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-02-02

lego of an Englishman not to be co
- demncd until he shall be co
- fronted with tho witnesses against hi
. But that is not all. The tcstimor
produced by the gentleman is not on
m er pdrte, not only exclusively the pr
4. duction Of enemies, or at least tax,
|. BY them and ia the midst Of passio
= " but the testimony is mutllated, ingc
. iously mutilated, palpably mutilate
most adroitly mutilated. Why, 81
one Of the main witnesses is DIR. loser
r Jones, very excellent gentleman, wi
IS was called upon to give his testimon
r In what is called tho Win trial, an
o which is produced before this Hous
and attention called to it by the gentl
!. man. Tho object Of the gcntlcma
Q was to prove that Mr.. Davis knew ,
+ these atrocities at Andersonville, an
+ he calls the attention of the House [
the report ofthis committee, and thanh
s God that it has been taken in time I
0 be put where IL can neither contr,
= dicted or gainsaid, as q perpetual guild
: to posterity to find out the authors {
} these crimes. aaatA a.I
! One ofthe most striking and remark
} able pieces of evidence in this whol
report made by DR.. Jones, a surgeo
| Of fine character, and sent to Andel
| sonville by the Confederate authorize
, to investigate the condition of tha
, prison. That gentleman made his re
port, and it is brought into the House
J What is it2 The first point is as t.
; the knowledge of this report going I,
any Of the authorities at Richmond
Here is what DR.. Jones says:
al had just completed the report
which l placed in the hands Of tn,
Judge Advocate, under orders from th,
Government when the Confcderacy
went to pieces. That report nevel
was delivered TO the Surgeon General
and was unaware that any one knew
Of its existence until received orders
from tho United States Government II
bring it and deliver il to this court IN
testimony"
Now, he was ordered by the United
States Government, the first time this
report ever saw the light, to bring II
and deliver II on the trial of Wirz. In
accordance with that order he did
bring it and deliver it TO the Judge
Advocate General. And when the re.
port itself, or that which purported to
be the report, was presented to him
while he was witness he discovered
that II was mutilated, and he asked
permission TO state that fact. Hear
what he says on that subject
81 beg leave TO make statement to
the court That portion of my report
which has been read is only q small
part OF the report. The real report
contains the excuses which were given
by the officers present at Andersonvillc,
which / thought it right TO embody
with my report 1t also contains docu.
ments forwarded to Richmond by DR..
White and DIR. Stevens, and others in
charge Of the hospitals. Those docu.
ments contained important facts as to
the labors of the medical department
and their efforts TO better the condition
of things"
All that part of the report Is sup
pressed; and with that suppression this
magnificent spectacle Of truth is filed
away in the document room for the
information of posterity ! ola ,n
Z The committee ask him:
Question. "Are your conclusions cor.
rectly stated in this extract2"
Answer. "Part of my conclusions
are stated-not the whole. A portion
of my conclusions, and also my recon-
are not stated" ~
Q, swell, touching the subject Of
exchange n .r
A. "Yes, sir the general difficulties
environing the prisoners and their Off.
GERS"
Q. "What became Of your original
report ?" ~ 4tfl ). - f.sai :, y |
A. "This is my original report"
: That is, he had there the extract MS
far as II went.
Q. "Did you make this extract your
sclf?" .5.. s'...s
The committee seem TO suspect that
he was the man that simply made the
extract and brought it before the com
mittee. Now, here is his answer:
81 did not. My original report is in
The hands of the Judge Advocate. /
delivered II into his hands Immediately
upon my arrival in Washington
And this committee of Congress to
which the gentleman refers absolutely
ellis us that this mutilated report was
he ono introduced in evidence against
his man Wirz, and it is the one incor-
in this book. sa'. a.. .isr
Now, want 10 call attention to an
,thcr extract from that original report
"a part not included in this book.
There are a great many such omissions;
have not been able to get all of them.
DIR. Jones, in his report, is giving an
Iccount Of the causes of the sickness
md mortality at Andesonvillc, and he
ays, among other things
Surrounded by these depressing
gents, the postponement of the gen.
raj exchange of prisoners and the con- |
family receding hopes of deliverance
trough the action of their own Gov
rnment depressed their already de- |
ponding spirits and destroyed those {
Mental and moral energies so necessary
Or q successful struggle against dis 4
ase and its agents Homesickness !
nd disappointment mental depression
nd distress, attending the daily long. q
,g for an apparently hopeless release, q
re felt to be as potent agencies in the 1
estruction of these prisoners as tho b
hysical causes of actual disease" D
Ali why that homosckncss, that y
'nging and the distress consequent |
pom II, and its effect in carrying these b
oor, brave, unfortunate heroes to d
cath2 will tell this House before / II,
m done. G
Now, sir, there is another fact. Wirz s
as put on trial, but really Mr.. Davis d
as the man intended to be tried thro' q
i'm. Over one hundred and sixty wit. h
csscs were introduced before the mil. h
ary commission. The trial lasted d
'ree months. The whole country was a
ndcr military despotism; citizens Ia. Z
'red under duress and quite large n
imber Of Confcdcrates were seeking v
make favor with the powers of the n
'vernment. Yet, sir, during those b
'ree months, with all the witnesses r,
'ey could bring to Washington, not b
10 single man ever mentioned the a
imc of Mr. Davis in connection with "
single atrocity at Andersonville or Il
sewherc. The gentleman from Maine, k
ith oil his research into all tho histo.
cs OF the Duke Of Alva and the mas. "
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