Quiner Scrapbooks: Correspondence of the Wisconsin Volunteers, 1861-1865, Volume 10

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Address Befure the Legislatare. HORRORS OF LIBBY PRISON I
HOW THEPRISONEHS ESCAPED.
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COL. HOBART'8 VIEWS OF THE WAR.
Vigorous War the only sure Koad ta Peace,
ReniarkM of major ITIordan.
Prom tl.c MadUon Stalt; Journnl.
The Assemhly Uall was ei-i^wdud as il .levi-i was before, lost eveuing, un the ocension of llu- focoption and ad-lresnof C.d. IIakkisom C. lb- Hart, ofthe '2li«t Wii<i;<>niiin, recently escape-i fro.n Libby Prison, Uich.no.iil. The lobhie- and uallory, as well as ih« tlui.r of the llul ' werd'dcnsely paeki-d. Hon. Lkvi HnnuKLL, oi Milwaukee, presided. When Ool. Hooart ap peared in the Speaker'* desk, he was greeie.i with lonir (itid loud applai.se.
Judge llrsuKLL said he had very great pious uro in inlruiliiuuig, eu this occiiaioii, a ^e..t.e- .nun known to very many prevuui,—kiiuwii hoj.oiably iu llie civic liibtory ol his >Staic— Olio who, al au early day iti llu- in-eaeiit Strug gle, voiuntcei-ud in thi; raukn ; wliu, ad| a Cap¬ tain in 111-.: 4lh W.buui.Kiu, partiuipated in tlu eapiuru of Urlea.ib, and who had n*eii, by h.^ uwn iiieril, lo tl.u neouud iu eoininan-l ul a.i- otl.er regi.iKMit. In tho great and teiriOlv baltle ol Ohickaiuauga Ikj bad the inisloitu.ie to be laken priooue., ai.d wue ll.iowu into a loai.haoiue dungeon al Uicuniuiid. liy the providence' ol Uod be had eBcapud fruin Ihut ¦aungeou aud roiurued lo his owu Stale, uiuoiig {lis l.ioiid*. Auy ii.au who hud nullt-red and ei.dured,,BO.njuehi.. behalf of ibu couuiry. wua .eut.tlud to l>e received with hunor. JJut the- •I eaker.sai,4 tlie audiafiee were already aware ol thesoj^ui^e. aud iu r^aard to hi. expwiiyu cefi in thei^ath, the gf .iu«..ittf!, l.k« St.   i'uul,
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U limited to their own regular builneKt.and all art- V4rtlnenn«nl9 for the benefit of other perions, aa Well a»all leKul n.lvcrtUementr and auction aalci, lent In bv iliem mutt bo palil for at thc utualratei.
>>ed them froui adjjoinii.g rooms. Ko retpeot was vbown thtiiu, and everythii.g i- -lone to aggravate ll.o inincry of their uuiio ' - . Geu. Winder, who had geiirrul churgo i>ver the Kieh.nond priHumrs, did not vin.t tht-in while liu was there, and made nu renpuned lo llieir re(]Uuai for nu atnelioratiun ol il.t^ir sutferinga.
I'ul. II. next (.poke i>f li.e ibtlii:uliy lu the eXJliange ol pri«oiieii. He su.d it all gr^w out ol' lite ri-lu<al ol' the r«b.ilB to alloiw our govcriiuieul o.-«dii lor the priituni-rn we lo.ik <ind paroled at. V(ck^bui-g. Tl.<i>a-pi.'l/led p.'iit. o.iui-8 had bec'.n pul hack ...lo thu .n.ika ut the lehtfl liriu^'. (.>ur (}uv.'r..i..<Mii dt-.uiut.ded lliut -s.-itdiL for, ll.ull. »liiuild hr alluwud in .i.ak..i)f -.'Xuhui.gu ol pr.SoUu.ii. 'llic ruliji-cL of eiilo.-ed ^:«iildi«n» b>^'l noiliii.g whiliuver lo do will, ihu itiiculty.ol etfecling an i-Xubauge. lii- hud il. ¦ rout iiUiii.. b|:vekii.(-'di!e liiu.arlf. 'Furtht-r- iilore, Col. liol)t..'t.t)ai-l lit- wJnld nlnle lie.e, lud state it n-ill. thu expeelttt.un that it would i,\j i-ack to Ida lai« uuiiiritd«H, tl.ai in all hi» o.tercuursei.will. the... in l.ihhy pri-un, nut -vil.li.-ila.idiog all thuir >ulli'i iii^.->, he did ..ot • i-leiv«j,U.ere \y.ar. a ..iiin Ihuit: ll.ul .li-sirud lli^ .\orll. tu nurieydc'- a n.iigle | oiiil in regard to \Mv eXfrttiwg • ¦ ^Cl.ei-r*.) Thoy would hava -111- euUMtl'^ do hUlhilifi iiieuiidinlent Wllh iid HMior and true iulen-ulii. Thai wu? the ceiiti- .iii'..l ot,..tl.<; nearly vluveu hundred officriH now ¦Milifiiiedthel-e.
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Col. II. r-»uine<l-. The ratione of the prii«on- i-i's weru I.(ill u luai ol laAleleKH brciid, uiibult- .'•1 oorii hread, ai.d bOi.iRit.iieti a little ri<;ti ur •".up, and the muddy waiui- ol Ja.iies .-ivc-r. Wbuu the ufRiitia .-eccived buxes bom the .\'orth. li.«3 threw oiii ilu-.r iiii»ii-lesB rations ilii'ough the windows to thu puur won.mi and oi.ildrin tl.alciowaed around to reeeivw ilioui. lh« silualioiv ol'tho privates on helhj Isle wa» -ar wo.-DC, of course, than that of the officers al the Lihliy rriaoji. Thoy received (-onipari- iiively lit.In fro-.n tho Noitli, aud it waa a lact thai thoy ha<l killed and eaten eve.y cat and • log that came wiil.i.. llioir refoh. This faot .lold uioi-e IU reg.iid to the.r la.uiBliii.j; (loudi- lion aud buUeriiig than could be lold iu an c'(jual ..u.IIber uf wor<ls.
The Hpviaker then detailed the methoda de¬ vised for eacape. It was a cuustaut theme of lalk, aud projecU for elfe'Hiug it helped to kcflp up th«ir spirits ai-d aub.-ation. iSeveral aeiually passed out, by the guards, in ciiizens' .iresses they had procured, by stepping up sod- donly and acco.ii.og the uuard, inquiring if suoh a pe.-son—nau.iog
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