Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-05-22

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earth t-ksa from tse-e eSezs4 IONS xAx sssd BY |
osnsfst plaster up tov skxst they made OF I
"a h and br4-h- some made Temporary sSssf /
ines Of ragged blankets and pozt VI fi-ir cloth
leg, ander wset tisy -oszs. refuge from ths san
,<nly si dss long. sad lay 4 swa night when
ever rxhxsstsas essrfaok them wbeE Ihe rsins
ser n the rssd Of atans fhg1sands covered the
~as lie a c~sspsssi. ists tEe brook there a0y ed
th@ fifsis and remnant ct naFe an 5assG nsen-
tn nsnk> of fhs .sFe m we're covered xikh afdsre.
asf s,spesrset 10 be ali c with svzksnz rsnegass.
Ing and pushing aasttses s.r -asoelrs h&t.ss.
tssi bed captive. Esany % them VITA ssareriy
taster to cover tteIa-
DxarHs AID fUs.isls.
whsn tho bot weather caase the re tifero.s
= rfses baksd t!ss -Hu A sGr.eon reporls al
in AaFas' aad september there wee more hen
1900 siek yans on the grouad. p Iiiaiiy RFSed
.s3pB- Ia broken limbs, tome were 1zrt ned.
,iae saiisria< with sea4vy, s5rne H.th . oBie
shra- There Sefe some lch 4. the EXPIRE
hcs on that msa's bod re ~ thask As a gar
iBenf, Il iit nx na 4" Lee, IDEAS. and incredible
clouds Of snosan.tor- deprived Them OF slee and
dove them mai. The death rate had reached. nj
this awfns period. =. each no AZ OF the Cay
As they diet they were iiagg.d 10 ,hs outlet CT
the prison and hauled a~5F by wagon iouds
They we're buried ~iilIast e0iins, thrown into a
bitch with qaiekiin.s. Ia many instances q am
Ea1tinz rhe words 90 "a Confederate othesr} their
hands xrrs mutt atsd v Nh an AZ TO remove every
finger ring they might have kas ra.ious were
tireiy unproyidesf with proper cooking uteaslls,
and furnished with limited Il supply Of furl
that they wFre Compelled 10 dig vith their hands
In the marsh for roots.
HORRIBLE CONDITION 0t TItk PRISON AxB
CAPTfvEs.
The condition Of things became 50 dreadfulfha
GA passing up and down the railroad, il the wind
-
perceived for miles. Starvation drove the prs-
TO snch fearful straits that ''Hien wer. FIRE
quehtiy seen picking up paftijes Of food ihat had
passed undigesied through the bodies of oil hers
and wipng and eating thein." II observed
that afflicted with seaFyy and who were
crawling on the ground did this.
A DISGRACE TO CIVILIZATION.
Wei might Col. Chandler, the inspector gen
eral of tile Confederate army, who ordered
To examine into III. condition of things report
't is place the horrors Of which II IL difficult TO
describe; it Is n disgrace ~ civilization"
TuE PESsIoS Rolls Opened TO rmK
BLuUpnoUSDs Of ASpERsoNvILLE.
And yet today we find men in the House
OF Representatives inveighing against de
serters" and 'bounty- Jumpers and '.cof-
fee-coolers, denourcing the pension rolls
of the country, because, as they allege,
here and tnere name may be upon it on
which shadow OF suspicion might rest,
while, at the same time, by your own
Southern votes you have opened that pen
sion roll so that today the men who manned
the dead line in that palisade of horror, the
flemish guards who shot down tie starving
maniac tho crawled yard across that lin
it to snatch at decaying bone; the human
bloodhounds of Andersonville, have had
the pension rolls of the country opened to
them, while you come here today and want
to examine the marriage certificate of the
widow of a Union soldier to ascertain
whether she has been married to him long
enough in your opinion to be entitled to
pension
SroNEwALL JAoksoN's PRoPosAL TO Ioisr
TUE BLAcK FLAG.
hold in my hand another remarkable
book--a volume not of northern origin-the
Life and Letters of Stoncwall jackson,
by bis Wife and this reveals another
phase of the kind of warfare to which our
soldiers were subjected. | will not stop
to read at any length, but will incorporate
in my remarks some portions of this aston
ishing contribution to the history of that
great struggle.
Mrs. jackson, in the chapter headed,
The Raising Of the Black Flag" SAYS that
1.-The statement would be received With the
great. st reserve did it not come from his
own bro,her-in-lsw, Capt. fafterward Gen
Rufus Barringer, who might be supposed
to be in his confidence Gen. Barringers
statement begins by saying that Gen.
jackson sent for him by letter to Gen.
j. Il. Is. Stuart, and that he visited Gen.
jackson in the middle of July, 1862, and
spent the night with him. lie says that
Gen. jackson said he desired to talk with
him about new policy of organizing NOV
able columns to attack important cities in
the North. After giving his views of the
origin of the war Gen. Barringer, on page
80, quotes Gen. Jackson. as saying;
with these convictions have always thought
we ought 10 meet the Federal invaders on the ou-
ter verge of just right and defense. and rate 1t
"ncr the bdck tag, viz "N1 quarter 10 the = o{a-
tors NJ our homes az I fre d,s" II would in the
end have proved true humanity and mercy. The
Bible is full of such wars, nd II Is the only pol.cy
that would bring tie North TO its senscs.
lie went on to state that he had not been
able to get the blackhag policy adopted.
but that he had been talking to Gen. Lee
about more, radical military policy; that
he gave him frankly certain outlines of
my own plan of waging the contest, which
he considered favoraby, and which he
promised to lay before Mr.. Davis AMI try
to secure his approval in whole or in part.
lie says Gen. Jackson then pro eeded to
state bis views of a new plan of operations
as follows:
AsI have always said my own first policy would
have been the Hnck Fdg MI corners agoinst The
surety af onr NosfhNR homes.
Then he proposed to organize two, four,
or more movable columns to assail the en-
envy ''as they entered our borders"
I;ut, better | would hurl these thunderbots of
war against the rich cities and ecming regions of
our Federal friends. | would seek to drom al
= eguinr bat les. would snbsist my troops n- far
rs possible on the Northern people. wend lay
heavy contributions in money oa their cities.
would cucumber my marches with prisoners,
except noted Leaders held mainly a hostages for
ransom or retaliation, All the rarS and file |
would parole but only AZ the risk OF life If the pm
role was violated All this. Just rs Pope is doing
in Northern Virginia +. = And 20 ! would
make it hot for our friends Mt their homes and
hrs.ides all the way TO Hans .bceding Kansas"
and doubly 40 for ohio and Pennsylvania.
The results of military operations
changed all these plans, but Gen. Barring
er siys:
Blu; now after the lapse of nearly u generation
since the conversation occurred and since the
cau-e for which we fought went down in disaster
aou to give him the full credit Of the strong and
clear convictions that he entertained and which |
h and he alone seems to have had the courage to |
express.
will not take time to read further, be-
cause the book is accessible to all. Failing
the black lag, his plan was to organize sep
arate columns and divide them and carry |
fire and sword into some of she great cities |
of the North. 1t was sort of variation of |
the policy attempted of secretly applying
the torch and introducing pestileuce into |
New York and other of our populous cities. |
Now, Mr.. Chairman, have been reading |
history. 1t is useless to shut our eyes to |
it. There is nothing gained by making be-
teve that We do not see II. In the light of |
its terrible revelations there is no sense in |
talking about the ''cbivalry or the poetry |
of the blooithirsty attempt 10 destroy the |
best government in the world.
uSArrREciArEp MacN,NinlrY OF THE |
NORTH.
1t ought not to be permitted or endured. |
There ought not to be s man beneath the /
dome of the sky who stands on American |
soil today who should desire to upiift in the |
esteem of mankind the desperate effort at |
the destruction of this government. If We /
are devoted to the future of the country |
if we believe in the government as it is,
and as it is 10 be. we are bound in honor
the very oath of feAlty taken by members
at the speaker. desk requires that We shall |
regret and reprobate in proper terms of
patriotism the attempt to destroy the gov
eminent VIC represent and to establish on
is ruins saveholiing confederaey.
More than that, | claim, sir, that the
very paroles that were given by Grant and
Sherman and Candy TO the defeated armies
Of rebellion carried with them a moral obi
CATION to the men who received the benefit
Of the generous terms of surrender, not to
raise their hands or use tn. If influence