, 1865-06-06
FROM EUROPE.
The English Press On the Cap
ture Of Jeff. Davis,

ture OF JEFF. Davis.
Various Views as to His Gull.
and -Punishment"The Be,
:. grets Of Toryism.
..s". tFrom tho London Star, MAY 2a1
ENGLAND NOT CALLED UPON TO 1srEnugpp1s.
Wcnetd hatdly say that we have no desire
TO hear Of M:. Jefferson Davis bsing conduct
cd 10 lie scaf1old. We have already rxorcss
Cd our opif--- more than once upon thl. sub
'Ject: oppoted, cz principle, to The inntctlon
Of the penalty of deatl, we recognize, Of
difference between politicai of3enses and G4, "a.
c!al crmes. We arc convinced, moreover,
that the seadold ,as q political engine has never
eeryed the party By whom Il was rutsed.
Fftm the e1ecutiou.of Charles I. to that Of
Ltnls XVI, from the decapitation Of Wallace
to tha. Of EEmont, and from Egmont's death
Instance In which the public Staying Of man
for political ofIcnse, whether c.thlc1lly
5ustifiable Or not did not do {sr
more harm than good tothe party that called
IN the aid o. the executioner. We art anx-
ions, moreover, that the United States should
ADD to thelr military and political t,iumpha
the luster Of new and gtand victory Of nler-
cy and totbcarance. But ne think that
nothing could b: more unwfsc, and We might
even add impairment, than for an English
Cabinet to set about reading lectures to the
American Government On the manner In
which It should deal with rebel who is not
yet, 10 far as NC Know, made prisoner. To
express our terreut hope to the Unitsd States
Government that the hour Of triumph may
not be sullfed BY measures which will bo CON
denned and deplored by the whole civilized
would, wopld be simply . gross ana gratut-
tous insult. What light could we possibly
bare to suppose that any such measures arc
ouslg believes that any auch will be taken Z
Even II the leader Of the Southern Copfad-
eFacy we're to be captured, tiled, condemned
and executed, such q cousse would unhappI-
" only he In too strict an accordance With
the stern and sangulnary policy almost In
Griffith calls the whole civilized world.
Thee IL hardly . State IN Europe which has
not, In the lifetime Of living men Inflicted
the punishment Of death for political o1tnses
Tar less sefious and ba1e,u1 than those Of
Mr.. jefferson Daris. But the question is not
not to deal ont the extreme peaaity I
to the rebel leader. The question is whether
England would hAys any right to obtrude her
voice where 1t might be little welcome, and
to prefer an appeal which could ha:dly fail to
sound Ike an tmpelt!nence. 1t Is really
quite time that English members Of Paslia-
ment should get over the notion that Eng
lard Is the guardian Of the order, morals,
and decorum Of the whole world America
Is not our pupil or Our wa-d. It would lttlo
consort with our national diglity to thrust
our advice and our petitions where they
could hs1d1y meet with q genial reception.
On Americas cvn head must rest the respon- i
srbi1ft} Of the conrse she takes In dealing
with her conquered enemies. We hare as.uS-
edly seen no reafon throughout the whole of
The war to fear that she will want either wis
dom or uARnanimlty In her houE Of triumph.
From our common experience Of human ma
ture all around Us, We mag learn easily
enough that > man who mcans 10 do a gen
eIous thing Ii more likely to 5enounce than
to perstFere In the idea II some tncau-
him withwa1nIngs Of the horrible odium be
viii incur by adopting an ungenerous course
If conduct.
THK NORTH URGED TO FoRnEARAECR.
From the London Morning Port, Nay l8.I
For, be 1t remembered, the South, though
conquered, ia not won, and unlesa the policy
observed toward It be both merlful and Just,
the loring allegiance Of those States will be
wanting, aud they will be q perpctual source
OF weakness, a running sore, sapptng the
strength and ftuatIatlng the best Efforts Of
the power 10 Which they are forcibEy subject.
What Poland hsa been to Russia. and Hun
gary to Anstfia, the Southern States will be
followed bT policy which viii eouslizg thcir
pohtical Hphts. adjust tbc1r preYious rrieY-
anrea and rive them posi. fyainterrst n tbe
common prosperity Of the Union. The ques-
tlon Of slavery may be considered IL practt-
callJ disposed OF by the course of events.
But WhRt Is to be done with the Hlaye6 IL not
50 easily settled, and II does not need much
sagac1tJ 20 loresee tnat, without me cooper
ttlon OF southern masters, tnis problem may
pefceAole government which IT would oe IN
1teir rcwer 10 create, united to any lurking
di:anect1oo IN the southtrn population,
would constitute as grevlous Al obstacle TO
American greatness as can be conceived. In
the presence Of snch difficulties as tho recon-
slavery suggest, could anything be more In
polit.e, NOT TO speak Of It's innumany, than
the proclamation Of PRECEDENT Johnson-un-
lste, indeed, the evidence of Davis compile
tty with the assassination Of the President,
be 1ndisputAblef In that case, 1t would bo
Impossible to be his apologist.
q VERT CSp1RAsAyr SENSATION.
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NATION.
rFrpm the London Morning Post, MAY 1871