Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-06-20

give the reDels any oil thcir abio-o -oOuicu
soldiers in exchange, BY sending tho
sick and wounded forward, however,
some twelve thousand Of our suffering
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the rebels. In August last Mr.. Ould,
finding negotiations were broken off,
and that no exchanges Ssso made,
wrote General Hitchcock, the commits
sioner, at Washington, that the rebels
were ready to exchange, man for man,
all the prisoners held by them, as |
had proposed in December
srASToN's MALIdNIrY,
Mr.. Ould, like nearly every other
writer Of either side in the Times an
nails, finds occasion to denounco the
conduct of Secretary Stanton, who,
though shielded by the immunity
which attaches TO the dead, is always
revealed in the light of history as a
marplot, demagogue, and persecu-
tor of all against whom he cherished
a private grudgc. Mr.. Ould says of
him
On the occupation of Richmond |
followed General Lees army TO Apo.
matox Court House, and was there at
the surrender. | offered my parole to
General Grant, who generously dc.
clined to subject me even to n parole,
saying that he did not consider an Of
ficer OF the exchange bureau subject to
capture. He gave me passport and
escort to Richmond, when he learned
it was my purpose to return TO that
place. Upon my return to Richmond
| set about closing up the affairs Of the
exchange bureau, knowing that the
end had come. At the expiration of
about ten days, while thus engaged, |
was arrested by ordero of Mr., Secretary
Stanton and thrown into prison. His
order was special that | should be put
in close confinement Seven years be-
fore that | had professional collision
with Mr.. Stanton in the trial of Daniel
+. Sickles, for the murder of Philip
Barton Key. ] was then United States
District Attorney for the District of
Columbia, and he was one of the de-
fendant's counsel. had occasion dur
ing the course Of the trial, after gross
and repeated provocation, to denounce
his conduct and TO charge that he had
been imported into the case to play
the part Of bully and a bruser. He
had not forgotten this occurrence even
after the lapse Of so many years, and
took his revenge in the manner indi-
Gated. OF the hundreds of thousands
engaged in the war on the Confederate
side, | was the only one who held an
office by the express consent of the
United States. The cartel provided
that each side should appoint an agent
of exchange. | was not only thrown
into prison but was indicted for treason
in Underwood's Court-trcason in ell.
ing an Office to which the United
States had assented. All my official
papers, including those delivered to
me by the Federal agents of exchange,
were seized and taken away. did
save my letter book alone, which |
prize very highly, if for no other pur.
pose than to show the malignant false.
hoods of certain publications, some OF
them official, which purport to give
the correspondence Of my office. in
clude in this list House document No
80, second session, thirty.eigth Con-
gress, which pretend the correspon.
dence of the agents of exchange on
both sides, but which does not rise
even to the dignity of a travesty, My
house was alone searched and my pri-
vate papers taken. A military com
mission sat on me to find out whether
any charges could be brought against
me, or sustained, il brought. After
two weeks incubation, during which
they examined witnesses against me
while was not allowed to be present,
the commission reported that they
could find nothing against me, but
much to my credit and thereupon,
after two months confinement was
released
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A CONCLUSION OF THE WHOLE MATTER,
1t gives me no pleasure to write
these things nor do ! seek TO bring
myself unduly forward in this matter.