The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-06-24
Correspondence ofthe New York News.
The Conduct of Mr.. Davis
BY j. E. BRITToN.

/, Ine conduct OF Mr.. Davis
IN PRISON CONSISTENT WITH HIS E0RMER
LIFE-His DEMEANoR AND LANGUAGE
THOSE OF CHRISTIAN AND GEN
fLEMAN--No EXCUSE OR PRovooA-
TIoN FOR HIS BEING PUT IN IRONS
HIS SAFE KEEPING DOES NOT REQUIRE
CLOSE CONFINEMENT.
Washington, June 6, 1865.
j need not tell the readers of the News
that all the ridiculous stories about JEFF.
terson Davis, that have been set ahoat
ever since his capture, are pure fabrica-
tions, without the least foundation. They
have originated, and have been circ,i.
lated, with the sole design'of making Mr..
Davis appear ridiculous, and of depriv.
ing him Of the sympathy which he other.
wise would have received. Mr.. Davis
is our enemy; but he has been captured
iand is a prisoner; and never before in
the history of any enlightened and Chris,
tian nation, has there been an instance
where captive has not been treated
with kindness and gentleness, with cour-
tesy, and with all that consideration
which is due to the rank and the position
which he formerly held. 1t has been
reserved for this enlightened nation to.
treat, anillnstrious captive a Christian,
a,gentleman, a man ofrefilctt habits, IN
manner so cruel, SO barbaroas, SO un-
necessarily severe, as. will leave an in.
effacable stain upon our history.
The falsehood about Mr.. Davis hav
ing been disguised in female apparel is
now exploded, and only brings fidicule
upon those who believed it, II served
Its purpose, however, and probably not
one in a thousand of those who heard the
falsehood have since seen its ,contradic
tion. The inhuman treatment which
Mr., Davis has received, however, since
INSTRUMENTATION in the dungeons ofFor.'
tress Monroe, deserves to be placed be-
fore the world in its true ,colors. / here
with send you the facts asIhave learned
them. as,
The conduct of Mr.. Davis ever since
he has been imprisoned in the Fortress.
has been exactly what those who were
his former associates IN the United States
Senate would have expected from him.
BE knew that it was useless for him to
struggle against his fate, or to repine at
tire misfortune that has befallen him. He
has, therefore, accepted his misfortune
in a spirit Of true Christian resignation.
He has; never given utterance to;an an
gay sentiments nor used language unbe-
coming in ageutleman.. The manisto he
pitied, indeed, who is credulons enough
to believe that Jefferson Davis rail-
ed at kisjailors, or at the Government,
that he threw his food at the head of'the
attendant that he knocked down twoiof
his gilardsin succession, and that he
violently resisted the guards while they
,were placing the shacklesand manacles
ON his limbs. Any man Of common sense
would know that it would do no good to
actthus; and J Jefferson Davis has never,
fora moment, forgotten himself, or she
position which he occupies in the eyes of
the world. sAt4some time, not far dis
tant, the secrets of his prison house will
he revealed d rs 3. Isl,
j Mr.. Davis is entitled by the, lsages Of
nations, 10 the treatment of q, general
officer, and 10 the food and table service
pertaining thereto iayefy ii " y u IsafsIssssi,
'Goverpnent would Observation-Disclosures
right, and Mr.. Davis, knowing thatitwas
his demanded it, in firm but Courteous
language. He refused to eat thes coarse
food brutally thrown down before him;
and his right to proper food has SINCE
. been grudgingly allowed. The placing
Of the manacles upon his hmbsis an out
rage forwhich there is no excuse. He
was not violent; he did not knock down
either one ort@o Of his guard he, he'd
done nothing afordings the slightest pre-.
text or provocation for such an outrage.
Itwasldoneto crafty the most malign-
antfeelings of1evenga and hatred, and
: itwas not authorized by President John
son. Itis pretended that the brutal act
: was ordsredsby General M;les, and that
lit was sanctioned by telegraph by Sec.
retary Stanton. No sesistauce. except
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