Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1865-11-25
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Baltimore Ladies' and Their
d.. Petition 10 the President.


De-. Petition 10 the President.
From the National Intelligence, llth.l
The delegation Of ladies from Baltimore,
headed 10y Mrs. Chapman Coleman, daugh-
ter of the late honoret Senator Crittenden,
Of Kentucky, who on last Monday presented
petition signed by $4,000 ladies of Balti-
more, praying the pardon of Mr.. Jefferson
Davis, have favored us with the substance
of their petition and address to the President,
with his reply and other interesting par
ticulars
In the letter before US the lady who, at
the interview, so gracefully spoke for the
liquidation. acknowledges the kindness and
sympathy with which President johnson
received them as being "worthy of the most
courtly knights of DID," and testified with
peculiar earnestncss to their lively apprecia-
tion of the Difference and tenderness wlic,
characterized the Presidents every tone and
word She II have known many of
the great men of the past, Mr.. Clay, Mr..
Webster, and indeed all the distinguished
men of the country of my time, and in my
, belief Andrew johnson is great man
among great men, and has already taken
his place in the front rank, and will main.
tain it to the end"
We subjoin the petition and the address,
with the brief but feeling reply of the
President:
am trembling, Mr.. johnson; know you
will not be impatient; my past intercourse
proved to me that you were gentle and in
dulgent The magnitude of the cause we
advocate alarms me. "a faint cold fear
steals through my heart" know l cannot
do this cause justice
We arc the representatives of fifteen thou
sand women of the city of Baltimore; and
we come trembingly, but hopefully, with a
petition. The Russians, from the highest
| in the rank to the lowest serf, call the Gar
, father, and appeal to him as such; we come
to you also as children to a father, sable
and willing to help" You have not quite
as many children as the Gar, but you have
large family; we come in the name of if
teen thousand of your daughters, the weak
forbearance and indulgence. With your
permission will now read the petition:
ave the undersigned women of the city ol
Baltimore, especially and earnestly pray tina,
your Excellency will he pleased to gran,
| your pardon to Mr.. Jefferson Davis, and re-
store him to freedom. In approaching your
Excelency with this petition, your me
lnorialists obey not only the charitable i'm
pulses of our sex, but their profoundest con
victions OF humanity, patriotism, and sount
policy. They believe that no single mea
sure could possibly contribute so much a.
the release of Mr. Davis to the perfect re
storation of kindness and peace throughou
the land, and they are sure that none woult
he regarded elsewhere in the world as NOR
conclusive evidence OF the confidence of on
Government and people in the harmoniou
and re-establishcd unity of these States.-
Your memoralists would not venture to sug
gest even the noblcst personal consideration
to you Excellency in the performance of
public function, but they trust it will be re
garded in no such light if they express tn
hope that your Excellency will be guided i
your determination by the illustrious exam
Piles of those nations and those rulers tn
record of whose power is written in the goI
den letters of magnanimity and mercy"
Mrs. Coleman then continued: You hav
our petition before you, and we beg to adj
a few remarks Mr. President almost ever
act of your administration has been marke
by wisdom and moderation. Mems heart
failed them for fear at the time of the deal,
of Mr. Lincoln, but day the clouds have bee
lifted, and we now see the silver lining cleal
ly. One great act remains to be performe
, Iby YOU. Remember, It's the keystone this
makes the arch. All else that there is pu
J is nothing, till that come tn bind and shu
We ask the release of Mr.. Davis the uncoi
i, ditional and immediate release. AS the n
, preventative of his party, he has lost ALL
You, as the representative OF your part.
: have gained all. believe him to be goo
and great man. He was mistaken, and h1
suffered. lie was one Of ''the sons of IL
morning" and has fallen. Now he is a poo
- a -, IL IN, all l.,h hos n,
dured. he must bear about with him alway
the bitter consciousness of defeat. gre'
! mind like yours can appreciate that trial.
/ Now, in the evening of life-no, that is pas
in the night of liic-it must be dark nigl
7 with him to the end. There is but one si
gle solace left him-the loving presence
his wife and children. His little chidre
cry ont in their destituton upon their faith
for bread. Oh hear their young voices ar
: be pitiful In this, also, you will show SIS
dom and moderation and couragea,u' u'e -
: good American word, pluck" ,,,' nU" -, ~
: the trammels of narrow min.eu p1,y an
| act at once, without Cabins, aan man;s
t and irrespective of our, eehue ana genia
.Judge Advocate P,v che veSed question
!. wb;ch 7 Know has Iost you many an ankiou
I 81 ,aor,Iaod Tour, OF "What shall l d
4 with NJ Ds|is I" forever at rest. It is
tI;s;cnp, s M .ding to bring him rightly TO trial
4 No. siiificult still to dispose Of him aftei
: x.rds. "Behoid I show you more exec
. lent way" Give us the permission to
now TO his prison, bearers of your full pa
! don, and let him go quietly to his home
The "Southern Confederacy" is gone, th
, wave has closed over it. 1t was a rich q
gosy. but its treasures are buried. With yo
E help, and by patience aud skill, its precior
, things may again sre the light, and grae
' and dorm our common country. AS to Nj
, Davis, you know it 10 not, never can. DO