Wilmington journal., 1876-01-14

nefG sacred IB the AaSZt,; Sax II II u l.
it was that an E1gishmao WAS net 10
be condemned until he should be coz
frouted With his witnesses. Bus the
testimony Was not only &c paFte. but
was rnutilated, palpably mutiIated,
most adroitly mutiiated-eXtracts
Even on the day Of his execution, Wirz
had been offered a comUu alton of his
sentence if he would implicate Mr..
Davis, but Nirz's answer 10 his coun
sci was. MI. Schade, you know that
L have always told you that L do not
know anything about Jefferson Davis.
IL had 40 come ectiou with me as to
what was done at AudersonviIle. [
would not become traitor against
iim or anybody else, even to save my
life.
e But, said Mr. Hill: What poor
Wfrz, within two hours of his execu-
tlon, would not say for his life, the
gentleman from Milne says to the
country for the sake Of keeping his
party IN power. t6ensation.) Sir,
Christianity Is falsehood, humanity
IL lie, civilization is ii cheat, or the
man who would not make a false
Charge for his life was nuVer guilty of
w:iful murder. Mr.. Hill went on to
argue that on the logic of hir. Blaines
holding Mr. Davis responsible for the
acts of Mr.. WInder, President Grant
raight be held responsible for the acts
of McDonaid and Joyce, and he asked
whether Mr. Blu1:'e meant TO establish
rule OF construction that would aU-
ttlorlza the country to arraign Pra~i-
den Grant for. r.cDnlpiic city i'll the witirk"y
frauds? Was Ir. Grant responsible,
be asKed, for the Credit Mobilier, for
t'la Sauborn contract, or for the frauds
III tn" Dietrick of Columbia? and yet
MIR. Grant had already sent to the Sen
ate Of the United States for confirmation
for hlsh Office the name of a man
(ailuding to Nr. Alexander r. Shep-
perd, Of Washingtor) who stood
Charged before taa country with the
grossest peculation and frauds on the
District, af5er the charges had been
made and while they were pending.
He (HilO was neither the author nor
the disciple of such political logic, but
II the gentleman's CBlaine) propositions
with regard to Mr. Davis were true,
then, by the same logic Gen. Grant,
Instead of being elected to third
term was entitled to 90 terms i'll %
penltentiaries. Naughter)
Extract. Whatever horrors had
existed at Andersonville, not one of
them c0uld be attributed to single
order of the Confederate Government,
aud that every one of them grew out of
the necessity of the occasion. which
necessity was fastened on the Confed
crates by the conduct of the other
side =" He challenged Mr.. Blaine to
meet him face to face and fact to fact
IN the discussion of the question, de
ciar1rg that the time was of the past
when the country conld accept the i'm
pudence of as sertiOn for the force OF
argument, or the recklessness of state
ment for the truth of history. Mr.
Hlll read some articles regarding the
prison at Elmira, n. Y.
Platt, of New York, asked him who
was the author Of the letter.
alli replied that he did not know.
Platt declared, as living within 36
miles of Eimira, that the statements
were unqualifiedly false.
Mr.. Hill, after reading from Sur
geon- General Barnes, said the ratio
was II per cent. of Confederate priso-
ners il Federal hands who died, and
less than 8 per cent. of Federal priso-
ners in Confederate hands; and: my
friend, (addressing Blaine will
SotNNSS NA1I SiidS1SJ, VIZ IL tllS 1lluI
derer. would believe SurRaou-Gen-
any politician, even though the gen
t'eman (PiatD says lie lives 36 miles
away from Elmira, perhaps he could
ave snelied the smallpox that far, he
ctrtaiuiy coutd not have seen it, aud l
venture to say that if the smallpox
was aG The prison camp no ore cGUt
have got h,0 nearer than IS miles
he is a wonderful witness. Laughter. |
Extract. "But the great Question
is ut last, WHO was responsible for the
cessation of exchange that is really the
only important question ?" Mr.. Hill
went on t. discuss the history Of the
exchange Of prisoners, dwelling On the
fact that the cartel which was estab-
lished in 1862 was intercepted il 1865
and that the Federal Government ac-
tually refused TO c2ntiF,ue the excha g.
At this point a1r. Hills hour expired
but by unanimous consent he was al
lowed to proceed without any iilnita-
tiOn as to time.
Blaine asked him whether he had
not been a member of the Confederate
Senate. Hill replied that he had been.
Blame then proceeded to quote res
olutiOn offered in the Confederate Con
gress by Senotor Hill Of Georgia, to
the following effect:
That every person pretending to be
soldier or officer of the United States
40 shall ue captured Oh the soil Of
the Confederate States after the first
OF January, 1868, he shali be presumed
to have entered the territory of the
Confederate States with intent to ex-
cite lnsurroction and to abet murder
and that unless satisfactory proof was
adduced to the contrary before the
Military Court, before which his trial
shall be had, he shall suffer death"
He asked Hill whether he was the
author of that resolution?
Hill will say to the gentleman
fror1 Maine very frankly that [ have
not tue slightest recollection OF hear
ing of it before.
Blaine-You do not deny it?
Hill do not know. Ny own
opinion is that never was the author
of that resolution, but / have no rec
objection of it. If the gentleman can
give me the circumstances under
which 1t was introduced I may recoI-
lect it.
B:aine-On the first of October.
1862, the Judiciary committee of the
OOn1euefate congress made report
and offered a series OF resolutions and
thereupon Senator Hill, of Georgia,
is recorded as having offered the reso-
luton which have just 2 ad.
Hill was chairman of tho judi
ciary committee in the Senate and very
likely, like the chairman of the com
mittea on rules at the last session Of
the House, [ may have consented to
that report. Laughter at the expense
of Mr.. Blaine.
Blaine.-Does the gentleman admit
that he made that report.
Hill do not know, but it is very
likely. [Desisive laughter on the Re-
publican side.
Blaine.-The copy which I have
quoted from is entitle ''Republicanism
III America I wish to know whether
tie gentleman was the author of that
resolution,
HllI| really do not rpcOlTeot TRa