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«Iillut even IT the facts did not show that the North was more relentless Si with its prisoners then the Booth,1* how, in the name of all that is rea- 1 ■onable and just, can Mr. Davis be j, responsible tor suffering that :hc fed* oral authorities refused to relieve by the code ot civilized warfare? Mr. Davis and the Bouth were always willing, aye, anxious for an exchange j i of prisoners. That exchange could 1 not be effected. There were many in the North whose humanity demanded it, but there was a man at the head of { the federal forces, whose fame is rrimsoncd with the blood not only of his enemies but of his own soldiery,whose heart was as callous to (ho sufferings of the prisoners of both ar* i mlea as the Egyptian Sphinx intoIwhose stony eyes the desert sands! have glared for unknown sges—lie !was opposed to any exchange, lie asid It “was easier to teed than to fight rebels/' and Ilia counsel prevailed for months. Grant knew thatj there waa suffering in the Southernprisons, aud he knew that the resources of the South were so Hinii»lt;lthat this could not be avoided. The patient* of her own soldiers’ hospitals suffered on this account, and any doubtless died because proper food aud medicines could not be oblained. Mr. Davis was not responsible for this, nor was he responsible
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Troy Herald
Troy, Missouri, US
Wed, Sep 15, 1875
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