The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-02-27

The very casemate that he occupied for the first few weeks Of his eonfine- ment has from that time until the pres ent day been deemed sufficiently com- fortable for the use Of our regular army officers. and will probably be used as such for years to come. The old sol- diers of '61 to '65 who have tasted the sweets of Andersonville and other pris- Ons are unable to understand what bet ter treatment could have been asked by his family, and do not believe in such periodical outbreaks of bitterness as have been displayed by the Davis fam fly after forty years have passed away. We are trying to forget the old griev- ances. but if others persist in their false attacks upon one of the braVest and most loyal of our generals we who know the facts will feel it to be our duty to defend him. I am not of the same po- lftical faith as General Miles, but l can- not tolerate the islanders that are heap ed upon him, and am happy to be able to contradict them. I have had no cor respondence with him concerning the matter, but take up his defense because have the facts, and do not propose to be silent while he is under such unnlit- igated and unjust accusation by the friends of MT. Davis. Had the Davis family shown the same good sense as General Robert D. Lee and his family we who were once enemies would now be friends The boys in blue have deep and lasting respect for that man that we never can for the memory of MT. Davis, because when the war ended he had the good sense to drop all the bitterness of the past, urging all the brave men who fought under him to do likewise, while the Davis family seem to delight in tearing open the old wounds periodically, to the disgust of all who seek to bury the past in forget fulness. @
 There are some mothers living here in the north, whose boys were starved at Andersonville and Libby, who have more reason to keep alive the memories of the past than Mrs. Davis, and who cannot understand why the arch traitor" the embodiment of treason, should be exalted above those who were loyal to the flag; and, in justice to the memory of those loyal men, II cannot see history falsified while possessed of the facts which have given above. And again, as an eye witness of the whole matter, I truthfully and fearless ly declare that the statement that Jeff ferson Davis was maltreated at Fort ress Monroe by General Nelson A. Miles is continental falsehood! And Mrs. Davis should rather rejoice that he. was not hung upon a sour apple tree as the majority of the men who wore the blue used to sing as they went march, ing along" !.
 Neither can one who for four years and a half was exposed to the grape and canister, shot and shell, exposure, suffering and the honors in general of the Great Rebellion" led by Jefferson Davis remain silent while .a loyal leader of the boys in blue isunder fire. Gen eral Miles has been wounded upon many a battlefield and carries honora- ble scars upon his loyal person. His old wounds ache still, and if who know the truth concerning the matter were to remain silent while his good name is being villified, the very bones of those who were made contradictions at Andersonville would cry out against my silence. And I defend him to-day, not because desire to revive. the old bitterness between the sections, but be- cause some things can lfevers he settled until they are settled alright,
 #5s c. A. DORMANs M. D.,
 Fix Hospital Steward, IT. $. A. Anniversary of Washington's Birthday,
 February P, 1905.