. Abraham Lincoln; a history . ut reference to the situation beyondthese lines of defense. It is better, he added,that the last Federal be exterminated than bepermitted to burn and pillage the property ofloyal citizens, as they will do, if allowed to maketheir escape from prison. Here is no pretense ofnecessity, nor of self-defense; Greneral Winder Printediu full inPollard, The LdstCause, July 27, 1864. Treat- Tiieiit of Prisoners of War, p. 31. 472 ABRAHAM LINCOLN Chap. XVI. Simply says it is better to slaughter thirty thou-sand helpless, starviug men than run the risk ofa Georgia
. Abraham Lincoln; a history . ut reference to the situation beyondthese lines of defense. It is better, he added,that the last Federal be exterminated than bepermitted to burn and pillage the property ofloyal citizens, as they will do, if allowed to maketheir escape from prison. Here is no pretense ofnecessity, nor of self-defense; Greneral Winder Printediu full inPollard, The LdstCause, July 27, 1864. Treat- Tiieiit of Prisoners of War, p. 31. 472 ABRAHAM LINCOLN Chap. XVI. Simply says it is better to slaughter thirty thou-sand helpless, starviug men than run the risk ofa Georgia farmer losing his hayrick. Justice issometimes wrought in strange ways. This heart-less jailer, who boasted to Colonel Chandler thathe had never been inside the stockade, and that,if it was too crowded, he would kill enough toinHTcIria make it fit, was still near enough to his victims topapeix/ breathe their tainted air. He contracted of the face and died not long after his promotion. END OF VOL. VII ■*v^.: «.
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