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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 17. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Life, services and character of Jefferson Davis. (search)
was refused. 2. A delegation of the prisoners themselves was sent to Washington to represent the situation and the plea of humanity for exchange. 3. Vice-President Stephens was sent to see President Lincoln by President Davis, and urge exchange, in order to restrict the calamities of war, but he was denied audience. 4. Twire than dead men. At this particular time, to release all rebel prisoners North, would insure Sherman's defeat and would compromise our own safety here. Alexander H. Stephens declared that the effort to fix odium on President Davis constituted one of the boldest and baldest attempted outrages upon the truth of history which has icism that he should have negotiated peace in February, 1865, when Hon. Francis P. Blair came informally to Richmond, and when, as the result of his mission, Messrs. Stephens, Hunter and Campbell met President Lincoln and Secretary Seward in conference at Hampton Roads. Reports have been circulated that at that time peace could h
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 17. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Prisoners of the civil war. (search)
artel agreed upon, but as soon as an excess of prisoners was in Federal hands this was refused. 2. A delegation of the prisoners themselves was sent to Washington to represent the situation and the plea of humanity for exchange. 3. Vice President Stephens was sent to see President Lincoln by President Davis and urge exchange, in order to restrict the calamities of war; but he was denied audience. 4. Twice—in January, 1864, and in January, 1865—President Davis proposed through Commissio until the whole South is exterminated. If we hold those caught they amount to no more than dead men. At this particular time to release all rebel prisoners North would insure Sherman's defeat and would compromise our own safety here. Alexander H. Stephens declared that the effort to fix odium on President Davis constituted one of the boldest and baldest attempted outrages upon the truth of history which has ever been essayed. Charles A. Dana, of the New York Sun, formerly Assistant Secr