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soldiers. It is not necessary to argue this point; its statement is the argument. This action — not offers and correspondence — will place the government right before the country, and if then the negro prisoners, whether civilians or soldiers, or their officers, are kept in prison or maltreated, the world will justify us in reprisal and retaliation to any extent. I believe that this exchange will be made by the rebels from information derived from various sources, and specially from J. W. Monfort, agent of the State of Indiana, who has gone to Washington, and from whom you can learn the facts that lead to my belief. Without suggesting any blame upon the part of the agent of exchange, would it not, in fact, seem to be that such a state of feeling has grown up between himself and the rebel agent that, without doing anything which would impute wrong, or detract from the appreciation ot the efforts of General Meredith, this might be done as if outside of either agent. This is s