The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-22
HUGH MCULLOCH on NiR. DAVIS
TREATMENT.

We trust the bill pending now in the
Senate. which has for its object the ad
yancement Of General Miles will not be
pressed. The country is now more united
than It has been in a generation, and
only hard feelings can be aroused by
gratifying the selfish ambition Of General
Miles. because It is an undeniable fact
that he acted in q cruel and barbarous
manner TO his emacated prisoner, Mr..
Davis.
To read Mrs. Davis book and see the
mass OF evidence there collected is enough
TO make ones blood boil with indignation.
She says on page 6l3: Men may be for
given who. actuated by prejudice, exhibit
bitterness In the first hours OF their tri-
umpb. but what excuse can be offered for
one who I'm cold blood, deliberately or
eenizcs tortures to be inflicted, and SUI
perintends for over a year their applica-
ton TO the quivering form of an ema-
ciated. exhausted, helpless prisoner, who
the whole South proudly remembers,
though reduced to deaths door, unto the
end neither recanted his faith, fawned
upon his prosecutor nor pleaded Cor
mercy"
Again on page 700 she copies from Men
and Memories Of Half Century" by
the Hon. Hugh McCulloch the Secretary
OF the Treasury in President Johnson's
Cabinet. as follows:
my interview with Mr. Davis" SAYS
Nj. McCulloch. "was very pleasant There
have been few men wore gifted than Mr.
Davis and few whose opportunities for
intellectual culture have been better i'm
proved. ! had not known him personally.
but knew what his standing was among
the able men OF the country. and eSpecte
TO meet in him an accomplished gentle
man. To those who knew him wei, . IS
not necessary TO say that was not dis
appointed. and that I was most favom5ly
impressed with his manner and CONVERSE
ton. / was his first visitor, and he SEEM
ed TO be pleased with my visit with the
opportunity which II gave to him for
free talk He was indisposed TO say much
about himself and it was only by direct
questions that / learned the facts IN re-
gard to the barbarous treatment to which
he had referred. L was he said, when
brought to the fortress, not only strictly
confined TO a casemate, which was little
better than a dungeon, but / was heavily
ironed. AS had been a submissive prlso-
ner, and was in strong fortress, ]
thought that chains were unnecessary.
and that j ought not TO be subject 70
them. resisted being shackled. but re-
sistance was vain. ! was thrown VIC
lently upon the floor and heavily fettered
This was not all The casemate in which
was confined was kept constantly and
brilliantly lighted. and l was never re-
lieved OF the presence OF couple of SOL
diers. Ny eyes were weak and sensitive
] suffered keenly from the light. and you
may judge how my sufferings were agra
waited by my not being permitted for
months 10 have one moment TO myself
listened silently to this statement
bRtA o~RcteAAAoAAt an ttao ONA IAN heb o
but / felt as he did. that he had for a
time been barbarously treated. Chains
were unnecessary. and the constant pres
ence OF the guards IN the casemate must
have been TO a sensitive man worse than
solitary confinement, which Is now re-
garded as being too inhuman TO be in
fiicted upon the greatest criminals. hap
pened 10 know some OF his personal
friends in the West and he had a great
deal TO talk about without saying much
about himself lie seemed TO be neither
depressed IN spirits nor soured In temper.
lie could not help saying something about
the war. but he said nothing In the way
OF justification or defence. He had the
bearing Of brave and hlgh-brod gentle
man. who. knowing that ne would have
been highly honored il the Southern
States had achieved their independence.
would not and could demean himself as a
criminal because they had not" -
Again. on page 7e7 Mrs Davis says:
zone day General Miles came 10 the
prison and said something not recalled
with suficient clearness Tor repetition.