The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-16

disappointment among the prisoners
had been moro destructive Of life than
any physical cause. During the whole
three months of the trial the Federal
disposal, had not produced a single Wit
ness to connect the name OF Mr.. Davis
with q single atrocity. Even on the day
Of his execution Wtrx had been offered
a Communication Of his sentence II he
would implicate Mr.. Davis; but Wirz's
answer to his counsel was, "Mr. Schnde,
you know that have always told you
that do not know anything about JEFF
ferson Davis. He had no connection
with me as to what was done ut Ander-
sonvllle. would not become q traitor
save my life.n But, said Mr.. Hill, what
poor Wirx, within two hours OF his exc
cution. would not say for his life, the
gentleman from Maine says to the
country for the sake of keeping his
party In power. Scnsation. Sir,
christianity is a falschood, humanity Is
a lie, civilization Is a cheat, or the man
who would not make false charge for
his life was never guilty OF wilful muir
der. "a sei 3sF 49,
~ na BLAfNE's LOGIC. gi'
Mr.. Hill went on to argue, that on the
logic Of Mr.. Blaine's speech holding
Mr.. Davis responsible for the acts OF
Mr.. Windcr President Grant might DO
held Responsible for, the acts 81 Nc
Donald and Joyce, and he asked whether
Mr.. Blaine meant to establish % rule
Of construction that would authorize the
country To arraigD President Grant for
completely In the whisky frauds? Was
Mr.. Grant responsible, he asked, for
Credit Mobilier, for the Sanborn con-
tract, or for the frauds In the District Of
Columbia 2 And yet Mr., Grant had alb.
sol,itcly sent 70 the Senate Of the United
States Tor confirmation for q high Office
the name cf q man ttneaning Alexander
II. Shepherd OF Washington, who stood
charged before the country with the
grosscst populations and frauds on this
District, after tho charges had been
made and while they were pending. He
(Hill) WIS neither the author nor the
disciple OF such political logic; but II
Mr.. Blaine's proposition with regard to
Mr.. Davis were true, then, by the same
logic. Gen. Grant, instead Of being en-
titled to n third term, was entitled to
twenty terms In twenty pcnitentiaries.
The argument was false, it was libel
on American rules Of law, and was with
out precedent. No precedent for II
could be found In any civilized country.
NH I'LL IVOtCC0VA W. IMVSV NltO sGW ~
the Confederate Government on the
subject OF the treatment OF prisoners,
In which it is provided that the ratlons
for prisoners of war shall be the same
In quantity and quality as those fur.
nished to enlisted men In the army Of
the Confederacy. That law, he said,
was passed by the Confederate Con-
gress. was approved by Mr.. Davis, and
was, 80 far ~ Mr.. Davis,s agency was
concerned, executed. The gentlemen
from Maine had gone SO Tar ~ 20 say
that Mr.. Davis had sent den. Winoer 10
Andersonville Tor the purpose OF
ORGANIZING A DEN OF HORRORS:
I The answer to that was an order To-
eating the prison, which Mr.. Hill pro-
ceeded to read, and which provided That
II should be In q healthy locality, with
plenty OF pure water, a running stream,
and. II possible. shade trees, and in the
Immediate neighborhood Of grist and
saw mills. That. no said. did not look
like organizing d den OF horrors. Mr..
Blaine had said that no Confederate
prisoner IN the hands of the Federal au-
thoritles had suffered, but that they had
always been allowed to buy whatever
thew wanted The only answer that he
would give to that was that he himself
had once the honor Of being q prisoner
| in the North. and on the first day of his
| imprisonment the officer in charge Of
the prison had kindly told him that he
world mt him on Andersonyille fare
and would not allow him to buy any
thing. He (HilD only got released from
that imprisonment after ten days, by
Gem. Dlx. OF New York. He quoted
the Testimony OF d Union soldier on the
Wirx trial. to the effect that there
neyer had boen any difficulty In getting
vcuetabIes mt AndersonviIle. He said
that tic first cause was the want OF
medicine. But whose fault was 1t that
thew could not get medicine We did
MT have medicine In tho Confederacy
and the Federal Government had made
medicine contraband OF war--a thing
which no other country on earth had
ever done before, Not even had the
Duke of Alya done such thing. Even
tho Federal officers had received In.
structions to examine women passing
through the lines, to search their petit.
coats. so as to prevent their bringing
medicine to tho Confectionery. Who the
asked was Responsible IoT .nat I4 thn,
was also announcer ni,sior'uH m,, t,u .'. q,
was the want Oh clotnins. Dluyn5' =,
course, had peen iiaue con L.'H ania. vi
war. BUT, wnmtevcl hoalols .sau ISL ,n,'I,
at Andersonyii.e' nov OH =. rlen - I'm ~
be aatrlputeI 10 sins'e olu on,.,, o ems
Coniederate Ooveln'n .r , anu NJ, IN
OF them grew out OF the necessity OF tnt
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