Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-06-22
aopApaoFJEFFpAy1p HISTORY.

On the 2lst of January, 1861, Jefferson
Davis rose in his place in the United States
Senate, and said:
81 rise, Mr.. President, for the purpose Of
announcing To the Senate that l have satis-
factory evidence that the State Of Mississippi,
BY solemn ordinance Of her people, IN CON
yention assembled, has declared her separ-
alton from the United States. Under these
circumstances, Of course, my functions are
terminated here"
Such utterances as the above brought
Andrew johnson to his feet, who shook
his finger in Davis face, and exclaimed !:
Rsrs I Prssiasns Of the United States l
would have you tried for treason, and,
upon conviction, would hang you. SO help
me God 81 5ss.fs&rg
Andrew Johnson Is nuw President OF
the United States. Jefferson Davis is now
in Fortress Monroe, in calico regimentals.
"Thn whiriigis of time makes oil things ever"
On the 18th Of February, 1851, Jefferson
Davis arrived at Montgomery, Alabama,
for the purpose Of being inaugurated as
/" President of the insurgent States. and
there made his first seditious speech since
his last seditious speech in the United
States Senate. In his Montgomery speech
Davis said:
"The time for compromise has now passed
and the South is determined to maintain her
position, and make all who oppose her smell
Southern powder and feel Southern steel, il
coercion 10 persisted in. He had no doubts
a. to the result. He said, we will maintain
our rights and Government at all hazards.
We ask nothing, VIC want nothing, We will
have no complications. IL the other States
Join our confederation, they can freely come
in on our terms. Our separation from the
old Union 10 now complete. No compromise,
no reconstruction is now to be entertained.
AT, in the progress Of events, it shall be:
come necessary that my services be Eeeded
in another position-ii, to be plain, necessity
requires that shall enter again in the ranks
Of soldiers-I hope you will welcome me
there" - Especially when he appeared
''there" in mouslin delaine and bowie knife. ]
In March, 1851, Davis signed an act of
the insurgent Congress authorizing mill
tary force of 100000 men for the purpose
of armed rebellion against the United
States Government. o. ,. ..rl.
On the 18th Of April, Davis put his
name to proclamation authorizing letters
Of marque and reprisal against the COM
merce Of the United States. The form Of
these letters runs thus: Jefferson Davis,
"Presiden, Of the Confederate States of
"America, to all who shall see these pres
tents greeting. Know ye that I have
* commissioned -, to act as private
Harmed vessel against the United States Of
"America, their ships, vessels, goods, and
selects, and those of their citizens, this
"commission to continue in force until
"revoked by the President Of the Confed-
"erate States, for the time being"
"[Signedl Jefferson Davis. "R. Toombs,
"Secretary Of State" ~ '- . -
In his "message" on the 18th of April,
1861, Davis said: "All we ask is to be let
alone yin our privacy. And the other day
he made the same request when oyertaken In
the Georgia woods, defantly making for the
"last ditch in his wife s frock. The cry for
fair play BY Booth while at bay in the barn is
of piece with his illustrious masters modest
request. "Conscience doth make towards
ofus al"
On the 18th of August, 1851, Davis pro-
claimed as follows: 81, Jefferson Davis,
President OF the Confederate States Of Amer
lea, do hereby warn and require every male
citizen Of the United States Of the age Of
fourteen years, and upwards, now within the
Confederate States, and adhering to the Gov
eminent Of the United States, and acknowl-
edging the Government Of the same, to depart
from the Confederate States within forty days
from the date of this proclamation. And l
do warn all persons above described, who
shall remain within the Confederate States
after the expiration Of said period Of forty
days, that they will be treated as alien
enemies"
Under date of the 25th of November,
1861, Davis, through his =" Secretary OF
War;" Benjamin, ordered that the loyal
men Of East Tennessee should be " tried
s,snmayily by court martial, and if found
gully, srec4.ed on the spot BY hanging. 1t
would be well to leaue their bodies hanging
in the vicinity of the burnt bridges.
Judge Patterson, (son-in-law of Andrew
Johnson), Colonel Pickens, and other ring
leaders of the same class must be sent at
once to Tuscaloosa to Jail, as prisoners Of
war" Judge Patterson is United States
Senator elect, Benjamin is a fugitive from
Justice, and Davis is in Fortress Monroe.
The most imaginative features are less
strange than the truths of the history Of
the present war; and the fact that john
son is President and Davis prisoner to
be tried for treason seems to be the hand
of Providence itself pointing toward the
gallows. .------.---- ID.
1AN RRANClSCO DlSPATCH,