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


contributor 70 HdrPers Monthiy' aho
was then. Tho man, 80 he tells yon
who was responsible for these atroci
ties at Andersonville was tho ia'c SOC
retary Of War, Mr.. stanton
Now, Mr., Speaker, what have prov
On l have proven that the redera
authorities broke the cartel ior tne OK
change OF prisoners de'ioerateiyi
have proven that thoy refused 10 70
open that cartel when It was propose'
BY Mr.. Stephens, as commissioner
solely on the ground oil humhnity
have proven that they made meoic'n,
contraband OF war, ana therepy ioi
the South TO the dreadful necessity .
treating their own prisoners WIN suc'
medioines as couiu DC improV'seu u
the Coniedercy ! nave proven ,,na 4 Y,
they refused 10 aiiow surgeons o' .nel
own appointment, OF tneir own hrny
to accompany their prisoners W IN
South, with mii license ana hoerty y
carry food medicine ana ra'ment, an'
every cOmfort that the prisoners nigh
nncd / have proyen that when th,
federal Government MADE inc pre'eA
ior interruptng inc carte, ior ,no eA
change Oh prisoners Tue oonicuein'o y
yielded every point ana proPoscc !
exchange prisoners on tno ., ,or."s " .u' y.
rederai uovorn,non', anu ."a' .no -, nv
Confedcrates then proposed to return
the Federal sick and wounded without
equivalent in August, 1864, and nevel
got a reply until December, 1864
have proven that high Federal officer
gave as the reason why they woult
not exchange prisoners that il would
be humanity to the prisoners but cru
city to the soldiers in the field, and
therefore it was part OF the Fedora
military policy TO lot Federal prisoner
suffer rather than that the Coniederacy
should have an increase OF its military
force, and the Federal Government re
fused 1t, when by such exchange u
would have received more prisoners
than II returned to the Confedcrates.
Now, what is the answer TO all thus
Against whom does the charge ne, u
there are to be accusations OF any ioi
the horrors OF AhderonvilleY
Mr. Bright-What was the percent
age of deaths in the prisonsY
Mr. Hill have already given 1t
| have proved also that, with all Tho
horrors of Andersonville, the gentle
man from Maine has so ostentatiously
paraded, and for an obviously partisan
purpose OF exciting upon THIS moor
bitter sectional discussion, from which
his party, and perhaps himself, may
be the beneiiclary, greater suiiering'
occurred IN the prisons where Conied
crate soldiers were confined, ana 'ha'
the percentage OF death was three pei
cent. greateramong oonicderatc troops
in Federal hands than among federa
soldiers held by the Coniederates' ana
| need not state the contrast between
the needy Coniedcracy ana the aDun'
dance oil Fcuerul SuDpllcS ana resources
Now. sir when the gentleman rises
again 10 give breath 10 that effusion Of
unmitigated genius without fact TO sus
tain II in which he saws
0And | here. before God. measurins
INV words knowing their full extern
and import declare that neither th,
deeds OF the Duke of Alva in the Low
Countries no, the massacre of SainI
Bartholomew, nor the thumb screw,
and the engines of torture of the Span
isb Inouisitiom begin to compare il
atrocitv with the bideous crime of An
dersonyille.p
Let him add that the mortality N
Andcrsonyille and other Confcderat,
prisons falls short by more than tbrc,
per cent the mortality IN Fedora