The Express.
London, England, 1865-09-18 00:00:00

AN APPEAL FOR JEFFERSON DAVIS.

The following letter of " the women of Missis-
sippi" to Prooklest:fohnson, soliciting clemesey forJsdersos
Davis, is published in the Amtii,su pipers :
" Holly Springs, Mississippi, August', 1865.
"To his Excellency Andrew Jokeses, President of the

Dated States.
" The undersigned. ladies of Holly Springs, would re-
medially solicit executive clemency for Jeffemoo Davis.
late President of the Confederate States now emilleed in
Fortress Monroe. Crocanyia4 as be did Yews Wow
the iseeption of the late unhappy civil war premineat
positions both in the Stew and Federal gemeunmate,
positions which were cheerfully accorded him by reason
of his nadoubted ability sad unquestioned devotions to his
native South, the undersigned deem it not unbecoming to
apply to you, sir, the chief of the peat representative go-
vernment of earth, for indalgesee le his behalf. It is well
known to your Excellency that for years past sectional
strife has Mee seerniogly fostered by extremists both North
and South, which led to a pas& oonet of arms and the
sheddiag of the but blood of the land. Ono party and
motion have bees forced by the arbitrament of the weed to
succumb. Toth, victors sad their messes the plaudit. of the
great 11 ceth has beep gime bountifully. la *akin too much
of you to grant the yielding pastyand its Mist the poor tribute
of honesty for the dumps is government they Ea 1 in view I
Mr. Davis was but the representative of the defeated rarty,
and called as he was by the almost united voice of the
Southern people to provide over their ammile and glide
them through the to:Tilde storms of war, be was but
doing their bidding in armed coal* as he bad before
represented their views is Emmert pace. Is it there' ore
right that vials of wrath should be poured upon
his head, who, whatever his faults saay have bear,
or the supposed errors of hie mum. was devoted and
faithful alike le the people Lod principles he represeated
Sir, oar mos happy and cheerful people have randy
suffered immesh. Could the tears that have been shed, the
anguish borne. the despair which ties been our portion
during this unhappy war, be brought horns to you by a
violas of reality, we could not, would not plead is cab for
one whom we boomed is prosperity, and respect sad
meerste in adversity. The war is at an sad, the people of
the South hive nide Moose loyal citimas to the gorses-
went of the United States ; our fathers, our brothers, ear
husbands who survived the battle storm have returned to the
bosoms of their families. We submit that fraternal feel-
ing which should exist *between citizens of the woe go-
vernment can be more effectually rastoced by mildness sad
deaseeey than by the punishment of these wko, by raison
of common toil, dangers sod privations, are end must ever
be deer to every trim Soatimeser.—ilespeollally,
" Mrs. W. S. FaxrsuseTomi, Um A. a WEWIN,
Mr& MAITHA ROMBON. WO E. C. Pots,
K,
Aim Molnar, Mio MAZY Moßgai•
sad 410 ethers."

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