The Morning herald., 1876-01-13
GARFlELD's GRoWLlNG.
WIND BATTLES IN The HOUSE.

WIN II DAIlAES An lAE AeOoA.
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..-aU. -D WASHINGTON, Jan. IL, 1875. D..
The hall Of the House to-day presented a
very animated appearance. The audience
collected to hear Mr.. Garfield, of Ohio, in
his reply to the famous speech delivered by
Ben Hill, Of Georgia, yesterdaYvtss U pom
taking the floor, NJ, Garfield SAID All the
members of the House would bear witness
that he had never voted against amnesty,
when it was applied for, nor had he ever
denounced members on this floor who had
come back from the South. He had never
believed that Mr.. Davis was the head and
front Of the rebellion and he had, therefore
not been disposed to hold him more &C.
countabls than others, except for certain
ocA urrences. The question with him was as
to Mr. Davis accountability and responsible
ty for the atrocities committed at Anderson
vile. He read from authorities to show
that It was not the report that Mr.. Blaine
bad read that connected Davis; but II was
the act Of the United States Government for
besides the report read by Mr.. Blaine he pro-
duced the report issued by Secretary STAN
ton on the same subject and the report of
tn. committee on the conduct of the war
which was composed of both Republicans
and Democrats, ,and who had visited Annapo-
lis to take the testimony of federal prison.
ers who. had come direct from Belle Isle and
Libby. prison, which near Richmond under
the very eye of the Confederate President,
and all these reports agreed that 1t was the
del berate purpose OF the Confederate
Go yernment to make the prisoners In their
hands as useless Is possible. 1L9 .'eil''' '.+
In order to show that MIR. Davis was re-
spt,nsible for the outrages at Andersonville
Mr.. Garfield quoted from documents TO the
effect that ;Mr. Davis had sent General
Winder to AndersOnville knowing Of his
atrocities, atj Richmond, that Lieutenant
Ch andler, c0nfederate officer, the Assist
ant Secretary. of War, and the Adjutant
General of. the Confsderacy had protested
against ~
THE ANDERsoNv1LlE ATRoc1rY,
And had recommended that Winder be re-
lieved, that upon representation of all these
facts Winder was promoted to be COmmis-
sary General of all prisons and prisoners, that
when Secretary of Wsr of the Confederacy
(Mr. Seddon, ascertaiDed the full meas
ure of Winder's atrocities, he released him
Of his command, whereupOn, said Mr.. Gar
field, the records show that Winder went to
Mr.. Davis, when the order for his removal
was revoked and he resumed power. He
had exercised 1t until by an insarutable
providence of Almighty God he was struck
dead in his tent. All this he continued
connected Davis with the crime. Wipe out
these facts and he would vote for amesty to
Da Wis with the others. To show the extent OF
Winder's guilt, Mr.. Garfield referred to ten
great battles in which but II, 1928 had been
Killed, or had died of wounds received III
b.., tie, and yet Winder in one year in his
aw full bed of death had pitched into his
aw full trench $4,000 human beings,
lettering to Mr.. Hill's charges, that the
Northern military prisons at Elmira, Camp
Douglass and Fort Delaware, were as much
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held said he stood in the presence of that
statement in amazement. AS he looked
upon the manly, intelligent face Of the
gentleman from Georgia, Mr.. Hill, who was
sitting in front Of him and facing him, he
could not understand what Supernal God
had struck him with madness for moment
that he should make such statement. He
asked the Representatives of the districts in
which these prisons were located, all OF
whom are Democrats, to state whether Mr..
Hills assertions were true.
Mr.. Platt, of New York, said he had yes
terday proclaimed as .U.n ra. ..I
UNQUALIFIEDLY FALSE D,.n
the statement in regard to the prison at El-
mira. He. now had telegraph dispatch
from Col. B. F. Tracey, who commanded
the Military Post of Elmira. The dispatch
was read and stated that the prison was To-
Gated ina healthy place; that there was no
foul water that all care was given to the
prisoners that there was no dead line no
one was slot for attempting to escape; the
same food was issued to the prisoners as to
the soldiers in charge, and everything was
done for their comfort. -
After the dispatch had been read, Mr..
Walker, Democrat, and representing the
district in which Elmira is located, said he
represented that district. He lived within
seventeen miles Of Elmira, and was there
every day. The prisoners were there and he
endorsed and pronounced true all Lieutenant
Tracey had said. applause On Republican
side.
Mr., Hill said he had not in his speech
charged unusual cruelty. He had simply
related that which he had upon evidence
and which was Incident to a state OF war
He had only read the evidence in the case.
Mr.. Garfield said 1t was anonymous eV'-
dence taken from the New York World.
. MR.. HILL .
said he regretted these old tales had been
brought up in the South. At the last deco
ration of soldiers graves Federals and Con-
tederates united and decorated graves Of all
with the choicest flowers, they did 1t because
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