Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-02-19

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North iur 4 desire tur the T.>iur.ii.., 81 -
aud good viii, the >uuthcn, pruI +. h.tl~ tr
gotten mu-h. forgiven muc:i, II the ~ l,r,..
rcy bear. Ii II be les, 81 arlInrl. tlIr,I It,,:,
t,I>. IL is but snoiher example ui i!,r ~,
that the wrong d"er IL less able To t,r.Iy,
t!an hc ~nn has suffered cau>clc,s wIum..
II i bot, however. generally among riu>,
who hravsd the haZard> al battle that unrc
icniug vlHdIclyrnc>s j. t. be ipnuI-ilI,
brave, aui generous, and .rrl.c. !, j, tn,
>krikrrs If ihc iighi-ihe B,inrs " hn iis ,las
rIrn dag on an uu,rn,c.i field. They mad,
IL" sa'riiice 10 prevent Tie -rpasa "n al
/ States, why sh"uii they be expected ,I pr,.
mote thc confidence aUG good viii essential
4 To their uuOU<
/ When closely roulin.I at ror,rr,, Muurpc.
| wa> >oi Ird To adj my narnc 10 i.u.c oi
. many esteemed ,rir.Cnrn vino had ,i-ucd :,
! petition tor my pardon. ard an a->urircc was
given that un my dom. - 'hr fI"-Iivur uul,i
order my LIBERATION. Conf lrii "f the ni,ilrc
1T oar cau--, aui ;hr TrctiIni. ui NV uril
conduct, drclIuci I" >Ign the I,,.riiInu and
remained subject 10 the iurN.u-;r.,l. pr, ,v,tru, +,
and t"turrS wh,cs: Dr. Craven has but ia,niiy
d">rrl5rd. Wien, after ia" y.ar, ct cio.,.
confinement, was adn.I'rrd tu ls,ii a, Often
a. required | ;.pprarrr! iur tr,al uu!rr the
inhrtneur found against ne, bni IA ~ hich
Nr. Bla'ues ilctrori, do not appear The IN
'!Ir;ucbt VA, finally Yua,lIci. uu uu appIra-
iI''u Cf niue. nor have ! ever rI, bed or
av"Idei rrIai un any c.Idr-. which the
General Government mI-h, ci.Upse To tr!ng
against mr..
have 10 view Of Ihc future whu.h u.shts
II lI'ir-raL'r rn ute To bc n'iu'ird IN nn an,nrs
y lill NIrwcd ~ ;ie a',,rw'. or Il, IL
general pu->sIun. J wuUd be glad t. ,,c Ihc
repeal uf all laws iurictug IiI' l,rnaitv uf
p"lliIral dISal'iii'Ir> GA glasses OF IruIi- tiiaI
II might a. prescribed by III" Cuu>,lIuripu be
i"tI To courts iu dcCIi, and 10 ai!iN pruIlrr.
according to ir"i>ta'ipn.
The discrimination made against t.ur I-uplr
l. TrIust and Impnliir. Ii the fact hr c,i.ai-
~ and the purp"-c b- fraternity nunu, iii
Zr.> of the United States. cuuvI.tlun and sen
tcncc wIiLuut hearing. without jursdic,iuiI
aud aiisir'r penalties by cr pot tac'o lcgi,la.
linn, are rar ui prp'crt.lI. whIch la IL
appropriate place III the a->u'rpruu hy Con
grc-s uf the executive iuurrl"n ui .rd,niuy
pardnn>. 10 remove p"ntlca d.>abi itl-~
which, theIe wa> Eo, legal power To imI cs,..
was not IN act q. 80 much .r,c. Il. 10 form
plausible rrcrcst for the reckI.s, diairibc %
Nr Blaine.
The papers preserved hy Dr. Stevenson
hapIIiy furnish foil pruuf Of The cause OF
disease am! death a, And, r>omville They
are now, believe al Richmond anh it l., -
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delayed.
have no tl>;c for recrirninaiiou, ihougi
the .ai rcrItals mnic by cur soldiers returned
itum Northern prisons can never lie forgotten !
and You will remember the excitement ;Icy +,
produced aud the c-n>uTuu- publication whi.t J
MAS uttered against me because ] would nu, ,
visit on the helpless prisoners III our AanGs .
such batba!lilcs a.. according to r" ports, had .
acen inflicted upon oar men. lmrrI>Unmrn'
: har hi ~ best. aud prisoners are prone
10 eNa@gcrate their sulirTiug-, and such wa>
proO"I ~ the case on b,ah si,lrs bat We dii
Iot seek by reports ni committees with rho
o.raphIc illustrations, 10 influence the pas
,ion> Of our people How wa II with our
.nemyi Let one sample suffice luu verv
sell remember the pub!Ishei repu.t of TIE
,orIn,ti'. of the Umrrd States Congress
= inch va sent To- AnuaI"Ii: to viii some
'Arhahgrd prisoners. aud winch had append.
"a 10 1t photographs from cintclarrd >uhJ"ct-,
winch were offered a. samples Of the Prison
r, returned from The South
W hen copy rf that :cp"rt was received
ent Ia Got. Ouid, commissioner for the ca
han2c "r prisoners. AID harmed, a. lad
n'EIpa'ed. that the photographs had been
fken from men " aO were in oar hospitals
When tn y were hbera,' Il for exchange. and
Who were regardc as q Nalcsct nj, bat too
weak To- be removed with safety to themselves
he ANXIETY Of the prisoners ln br sent Their ,
o'nes hrd prevailed over the oiiJ ct.on of the
urgeon.
But t:Iis is not all, for have recently learn
f,om priest who WAS then AZ Annapolis
iat the most wTetchcd looking photographs
we're taken from "a man who had never been
prisoner, bn, who had been left on a sick .
I at Annapolis when the command to which ,
e was attached had passed tia, place on It's
outward march
Whatever may be laid in cxrrnuation of i
Ich Inposrure because of the -Ni..uce> of ,
"a, there csn be no such rAcuse now inr the ,,
temp, of nr Biaine, by 2Ip>s mi>irpI-.cn.
iiOn and sIandernus accusaiiur To- revive
ie worst passions Of the Wal; and IL /. to be |
npcd that, much as the event j. 10 he regret.
'd. II viii have ihe good eii,.r, of evnhing |
uihtui statements IN regard to this litl' uu-
rrsinod subject, frim men who would have
referred To- leave their sorro wiul story untold, 7
Ic subject could have been allowed peace Z
lily to sink into oblivion. I
Mutual respect l. nee.iul for the common I
eresi, Is essruiIal To "a friendly feeling, aud :
hen slander comes from hIgh places public ,
cifare demands that truth should strip false
lol of it, power for evil. | am respectfully
ID truly your friend,
JEFFERSON DAVIS Il