The Louisiana Democrat., 1865-08-09
The Herald ON Davis, Flight.

Yesterdays Herald gave to its
readers alengthy article detailing the
progress Of the Confederate Govern
ment, from its evacuation Of Rich
mond to its disruption. The writer Of
that history of the Confederate ex.
odusp was not the only gentleman.
attached to the distinguished party
which had found it necessary to aban-
don. the beleagured capital Of the
Confederacy /; therefore others are
familiar with the facts. .as ..sg9 !,
f9f Weare not prepared to charge him
with inaccuracies, nor to impugn the
statements which have been made by
him, nor to question the validity of
his information. There is no reason
why we should. No one can doubt
that dismay seized all Richmond the
moment it was assured Of the abso-
lutte necessity of evacuation,4 nor
doubt the scenes of CONSERVATION in
cident TO the evacuation. None Of
our readers will question the manli-
ness and dignity Of Jefferson Davis
under the trying difficulties which
environed him manliness and dig
nifty testified to by the writer whose
larticle is now engaging our attention
70 wit "The only one of all the
throng who seemed, as compared to
the rest, a very king il dignity was
Jefferson Davis. To wit again, under
still more oppressive phases Of the
testing ordeal he was undergoing :
"He was exemplary in his patience.
It was that sort Of patience which
may be called courage in repose.-
Scipio and Tell were noble fellows
but Regulus and Arnold Won Winkel-
ried were nobler than Sciipio and Tell.
The placid endurance Of the latter,
their selfcontrol, their martyrdom Of
mind, surpassed in very majesty, the
tdash and enthusiasm Of the others.n-- =
To wit yet again, when hardly ray
1 of hope flickered on the dark fortunes
Of the Confederacy He lost not an
iota Of his manliness, no portion OF
faith in The reclitude Of his cause 4
His testimony, like all the rest the
writer gives when he appears to ex'
press himself unconserainedly,4 is
nothing more than every impaltial
man expects. 5' ,,
It's not so much in what he says
as in what he omiis to say-not Sc
much in what he describes as in what
he neglects to describe--that we fnd
| fault with. A
/ We are willing to relieve, him Of all
lblame for the tasteless captions to
the paragraphs in his article. They
are out of harmony with the text
and, doubtless, he isfinnocent Of the
.fharsh contradictions they imply
/ These things are manipulated too
| often. rs s
! And what does the writer omit tc
say which seems pertinent to the
truer illustration of the Confederate
Collapse" or to the scenes attendant
Ion it.? Among other things, he omit.
| to say that Mr. Davis left orders tt
| the military fnnctionaries unde1
/ whose charge Richmond came wheI
he bad gone -orders which, if attend
Jed to, would have preserved it from
/ the dire calamities that SO soon over
whelmed it. He omits to say tina
Mr.. Davis openly avowed his purpose
Of not being captured alive ! freel.
:. declared his determination, if sucl
an issue 'werereyer forced on him, ant
Ihe were not ipowerless at the moment
be would resist until his dassailant
should have ouly a captive corpse. :
He omits to say that all his familiar
/ felt outraged BY the "reward" atroci
ty, aud that no one who knew Nj
/ IDayis or his sentiments, felt othe
than the most unutterable indignation
on learning that his name was 81
]. unwarrantably associated with
7 crime the very mention Of which mad
/ him shudder. he o1nits to mention
], OF perhaps; did not know, the fac
4 that when, a proposition to seize ant
mysteriously} dispose aof the Who'll
j Washington Cabinet was made to MI
.IfDavis in Montgomery, Alabama, fou
tlliyears ago, he not only scornfull
t scouted the suggestion, but hande'
the tempters over to the military au
ithorities at. Mobile. He onlits to say
!, or was not aware, that one Of thes
d early conspirators was an actor, pei
II secuted and worried in Richmond, b,
] 1.-THE Government authority, to th
!, last-aye, despite Of British protet
ton papers. He might have toll
!. how, after the capture Of Mr.. Davis
S as others had seen before II, th
t Southern people, at every railwa
j station, tore the reward proclamatio
/ Ito pieces, and trampling it, wit
gIpractical, eloquent vehemence, PR
nounced their detestation Of the gros
Il indignity il conveyed, He omitted I
) say that the waterproof wrappel
Iout Of which imagipa atiya correspol
Iiislfo2 giadl u Esad a4i4tl 81 tesn