The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-06-08

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Darby Griffith last evening in the House
of Commons. Never was war bloedief,s
,iroportionately toits duration, than that'
which has. now Jorminated---few have,
been signalized by deeds of such terrible
atrocity but en- none has al ever happened
that The vdngutshea tUere entitled om more
Just on more ample grounds to sue for
unconditional mercy. 1t Is curious but
an incontroverhble fact, that on no occa-
sion, from the commencement of the war
to its close, have the bittcrest enemies
OF The South ventured to charge one of
its generals with an inhuman or unsol-
dierike act. "A similar obserVance may be
made IN respect to the Confederate gov-
e7nment.
The announcement that Mr.. johnson
had not only excluded the President of
the Confederate States from the provis.
ions OF an amnesty which it was belev-
ed woald have been extended to all who
took part in what the North regarded as
an act of rebellion but had set price
upon his head, accordingly excited the
astonishment and the Indignation of Eu-
rope. 1t was difficult to believe that
the government of the United States
could seriously contemplate the idea Of
sentencing to a felon's death a man who
was the recognized head of six millions
Of people; and assuming such a contin.
hgency possible, it was equally difficult to
rhelicve that the world witness the con.
summation of so great crime without
entering its protest against so gross n
violation of those principles of justice
and humanity which are supposed to
govern the actions Of civilized States
1t WAS therefore not unreasonable that a
member Of the English House ofCom
mons, should ask her Majesty's govern,
ment whether it was their intention to
notice officially the proposed conduct of
the government of the United States, and
to employ such influence as they posses
sed to induce the latter to abandon what
would seem 10 be their obvious design
But, however ineligible and however
generous mighs be the sentiments which
prompted such question, there should be
but one reply Cabincrs cannot permit
themselves To be swayed hy sympathies
and must regulate their conduct bv the
stern rules OF international law. Tie
government OF tic United States are
sovereign within tl.eir own dominions
and are entitled to administer their laws
with rigor if they feel so inclined. II
they think propet to deal out the full
measure ofthe law to individual whom
they look ,upon-as an 'arch rebel, and
the chief originator of a movement which
brought in its train great civil war,
thry are legally entitled to do so, and 1t
| is not for the government of any other
State to say them nay.
We entirely dismiss from consideration
the iiimsy Prctext advanced by Presi.
dent Johnson for the course which he
intends to pursue. II is impossible to
1 prove n negative, and we will not there.
fore attempt to demonstrate that Mr..
Davis was not privy to- Mr.. Lin.
coins assassination. But we will
venture co say there never was an ac.
| cusation advanced which was so grossly
improbable. When the circumstances
under which Mr.. Lincoln was murdered
and the character of his assassin are Ia.
ken into consideration the notion that
the chief magistrate Of the Southern con.
federacy could have been anaccessory to
the crime becomes simply absurd. Its
to be hoped that, on reflection, Mr.. John.
son and his advisers will become ashamed
of the subtcrfuge they have adopt.
ad to compass the death of Il great politi.
cal opponent. Of whon., in honest truth,
the American nation ought to be really
proud. AT all events, the Euglish GOV.
ernment have exercised a wise discretion
IN declining to interfere if for no other
reason than to avoid the danger Of ava.
kening the jealousics of the American
government and thus mayhap, insuring
the evil which they hoped'to evert.
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