hostility against the Government of the United States, nor render aid to its enemies. But all such persons shall remain subject to military surveillance and liable to arrest on breach of their parole. And if any such persons shall prefer to leave the loyal States on condition of their not returning again during the war, or until special leave for that purpose be obtained from the President, then such person shall, at his option, be released and depart from the United States, or be conveyed beyond the military lines of the United States forces. 3. This order shall not operate to discharge any person who has been in arms against the Government, or by force and arms has resisted, or attempted to resist the draft, nor relieve any person from liability to trial and punishment by civil tribunals, or by court-martial or military commission, who may be amenable to such tribunals for offenses committed. By order of the Secretary of War: While this order was promulgated to satisfy the public, a secret private order was issued at the same time to the commanders of the Bastiles not to release any political offenders under that order. The following is a copy of this secret order: WASHINGTON, Nov. 24, 11.50 A. M. Commanding Officer, Fort: None of the prisoners confined at your post will be released under orders of the War Department of the 22d inst. without special instructions from the Department. By order of the Secretary of War, E. D. TOWNSEND, A. A. G. Thus is the Secretary of War convicted of duplicity, hypocrisy, treachery and deceit, as scarcely one, if any, prisoner was released under the order of the 22d November. On the contrary, most of the prisoners in Forts Lafayette and Delaware, if not in other Bastiles, were still kept in confinement until late in December, and some of them for a considerable time afterwards. The following-named prisoners were in Fort Delaware, and were not released under the published order of the Secretary of War: Anthony Bender, Waynesborough, Chester county, Pa., arrested Nov. 4, 1862. J. R. Ray, Mount Hope, Franklin county, Pa., arrested Sept. 11, 1862. M. Y. Johnson, Esq., Galena, Illinois, arrested Aug. 28, 1862. Dr. E. S. Sharp, Salem, New Jersey, arrested, Aug. 22, 1862. S. H. Ford, Philadelphia, Pa., arrested Aug. 26, 1862. T. T. Costello, Philadelphia, Pa., arrested Aug. 24, 1862. W. Walton, Philadelphia, Pa., arrested Aug. 22, 1862. J. C. Faber, Baltimore, Md., arrested July 26, 1862. E. B. McClees, Baltimore, Md., arrested July 19, 1862. J. T. Young, Martinsburg, Va., arrested July 14, 1862. J. O. E. Sowers, Clarke county Va., arrested Aug. 13, 1862. H. K. Gregg, Berryville, Clarke county, Va., arrested Aug. 13, 1862. Dr. John Laws, Bridgeville, Susex county, Delaware, arrested Oct. 7, 1862. W. W. Meredith, Willow Grove, Kent county, Delaware, arrested Oct. 7, 1862. George Reynolds, Kent county, Delaware, arrested Oct. 3, 1862. Thos. O'Keefe, Memphis, Tenn., arrested Sept. 27, 1862. Patrick Ryan, Memphis, Tenn., arrested Sept. 27, 1862. A. Parsons, Mayport, East Florida, arrested Oct. 2, 1862. M. A. Crawford, Camden county, Georgia, arrested Oct. 12, 1862. Captain William Sherman, England, arrested, Oct. 23, 1862. George R. Waller, Charleston, S. C., arrested Oct. 7, 1862. Daniel Campbell, Charleston, S, C., arrested Oct. 7, 1862. Hiram Wentworth, Minnesota, arrested June 6, 1862. Among the prisoners in Fort Lafayette who were still kept in confinement notwithstanding this public order of the Secretary were Dr. Olds of Ohio, and David Sheean, Esq., of Galena, Illinois, and there were doubtless many others whose names have not been given to the public. Notwithstanding these well attested facts, Mr. Stanton in a report made by him on the 29th of November stated that, "By a recent order all persons arrested for discouraging enlistments and disloyal practises in the States where the quotas of volunteers and militia are filled up, have been released. Other persons arrested by military commanders and sent from the d partments where their presence was deemed dangerous to the public safety, have been discharged upon parole to be of good behavior and do no act of hostility against the Government of the United States." This Mr. Stanton knew was a barefaced wilful and premeditated falsehood, uttered to mislead and deceive the public. It is also alleged and is no doubt true, judging the circumstances by the other acts of duplicity of Mr. Stanton, Secretary of War, that on the application of Hon. Reverdy Johnson, an order was issued from the War Department for the release and discharge of Judge Carmichael of Maryland, and that a private order was sent simultaneously to the commandant of Fort Delaware not to release Judge Carmichael on the presentation of the order to that effect. If anything more than this be wanting to convict the Secretary of War, the tool of the Adininistration, of duplicity, deceit, hypocrisy and treachery, besides being a tyrant cf the meanest and most despicable character, what is it that is necessary to complete the proof? Do the American people, does the world at large, need more evidence of the truth of the charge? CONCLUSION. I AM obliged to bring this book to a conclusion at this point, because, having limited the price of it to such an amount as will place it within the reach of most persons who desire to read a book of this kind, my publisher has been obliged to limit me to the number of pages to which the work is now extended. I had designed to introduce in this book the result of many interviews I had with Confederate prisoners in the Old Capitol, in relation to the restoration or reconstruction of the Union, and I may say here that it is quite feasible, not only in my opinion, but in that of most Southern men, to restore or reconstruct the Union on a solid and lasting foundation. It needs only that peace be restored to effect this object. War will never accomplish it, as war keeps the people of both sections at enmity with each other. There are many in the South, as well as in the North, who attach themselves to the war party who were originally opposed to the war. Some are influenced by what they believe to be patriotic motives, others by self-interest, and others because it appears to be the most popular position. But whatever the motive or the influ ence, certain it is that while the North wars against the South, the people of the South will be united in the effort to resist what appears to them to be an |