The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-05-12
Booths supposed AccOmplices.

Our readers, of course, noticed the
proclamation Of President Johnson
Offering large rewards for the ar
rest of jefferson Davis, C Clax,.
Beverly Tucker, Jacob Thembson,
George n. Sanders and ~. & deaty
which we published last week. Z Ne
Beverly Tucker $40 Cashft have
both published manifoshsSsps 1upying
the charge that they haA anything to
do with the murder of Mr.. nIincoln.
Besides this, Tucker and Sanders have
issued document addressed to the
President, which although signed by
both, smacks strongly of Sanders in
style and substance
MONTREAL, May 4, 1865.
"To Andrcc johnson, President Of tie
Jntted States:
"Your proclamation is living,
burning lie, known to be such by
yourself and all your surroundings,
and all the hired periurers in Christ
endom shall not deter us from exhib-
iting to the civilized world your hellish
plot to murder oar Christian Presi-
dent
1--WE recognize in many of your
most distinguished Generals, men of
honor, and we do not believe their as
sociation even with you has so brutal
lied them as to prevent their doing
justice to a public enemy under such
grave charges. Be this as it may, we
challenge you to select any nine of the
twenty-five Generals that we name, to
form a court martial for our trial, to
be convened at the T. S. Fort at
= Rouse's Point, or any other place, that
} you will not have the power to incite
the mob to destroy us en- route.
"Gens. Scott, Grant, Sherman,
Meade, Rosecrans, Howard, Burnside,
Hancock, Hooker, Schofield, Wright,
Dix, Cadwallader, Emory, Blair, Pleas
anton, Logan, Steele, Peck, Hatch,
7 Franklin, Rodman, Alexander, Carr,
= Reynolds and Meagher.
"The money that you have so prod
igally offered to have the unoffendine
neutrality Of neighboring State vio-
lated by the unwarrantable seizure OF
= our persons, to be paid over to defray
the professional and other expenses Of
j., our trial to the lawyers that we shall
designate, and who are in no wise tC
- be preiudiced in our defence. Our wit
. nesses also to have the fullest protec
e ton, and upon our acquittal of the
Z charges preferred against us in your
proclamation, we are to be permitted
:. to return under safe conduct
'In conclusion we may say we have
s no acquaintance whatever with Mr.
$ Booth or any of those alleged to have
been engaged with him. We have
never seen nor had any knowledge il
anywise of him or them, and he ha.
never written us a note, or sought al
interview with us.
GEORGE n. SANDERS, !,
BEVERLY TucKER" +
y The denial of the accusation was, O
9 course, to be expected. On the othel
e hand, we cut the following from th,
v Washington correspondent of the Ney
e York Times which bears obvious mark
If of official inspiration:
1T ought to be understood that th'
recent proclamation Offering u rewar.
: for the apprehension of Jefferson Da
t Wis, as one of the parties implicated Y
h the assassination Of Mr.. Lincoln, wa
not issued by President Johnson A
: his individual act, or merely upon hi
personal opinion as to the guilt of ia
t Wis. 1t was first unanimously decidel
2 in Cabinet meeting that all particssh
: any way connected with the conspira
CIV should be tried by military tribp
nal, and not by civil courts. All th
: testimony relating to the matter wa
|. then placed officially in the hands'e
g the observation-disclosures, Hon. ia
t seph Holt, who examined it very cars
= fully, and made written report to th
% Secretary of War, giving it as his Of
cial opinion that the evidence prove
Davis to have been connected with tn
IF inception of the plot. 1t was upo
Ie this official report that the proclamo
n ton was based.
1T is not to be supposed that an
direct and personal action in the mat
ter can be traced to Davis, but it wi
ID be proved that the conspiracy wa
s. framed and prosecuted with h
l. knowledge and assent"