w72 NortH Caroiina Troops, 1861-’65.

the Federal captives in Southern prisons. The South, both
citizens and government, clamored for exchange—the North
refused it. But where is the apology for the barbarities and
murders of Northern prisons? Is it found in the lex talionis?
Where is the authority that justifies retaliation against in-
evitable necessity ?

Avotpuus W. Manevum.

CuHapet Hii, N. C.,
26 April, 1890.