“I have read in the papers of this morning a telegraphic
report of the proceedings of the Senate on the resolution
in relation to retaliation upon Rebel prisoners for
cruel treatment to Union prisoners, and especially the
resolutions offered by you as a substitute for the
resolution before the Senate. Although not approving the
policy of the Administration, and therefore conscientiously
opposed to most of its measures, allow me to thank you
from the bottom of my heart for the manly tone and lofty
Christian sentiment which pervade the resolutions offered
and so ably defended by yourself.”