The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1865-05-06
JEFF. Davis & Co.

The completely of Jefferson Davis and
other leaders of the rebellion with the hor-
ribie tragedy that has placed this nation in
mourning, and that will brand with eternal
tiffany the names of all connected with it,
must now be apparent to the minds Of all,
in view of the proclamation of President
johnson. All doubt is now removed, and
the fact made patent that the assassination
of the President was the work of the Rich
mond Government and its authorized agents,
for the signature of the President Of the
United States would not be lightly used in
charging such a heinous crime upon any I'M
less there was incontrorertible evidence to
support the grave accusation. President
johnson says in his proclamation that "it
appears from evidence in the Bureau of Mil
itary Justice that the atrocious murder of
the late President, Abraham Lincoln. and
the attempted assassination of the Hon.
William Fl. Seward, Secretary of State,
were melted, concerted and procured by and
between Jefferson Davis, late of Richmond,
Virginia, and Jacob Thompson, Clement c.
William G. Cleary, and other Rebels and
traitors against the Government of the Uni
ted States, harbored in Canada" What
must be the feelings Of the symrathzers and
abettors with the accused rebellion that in
cites snoh crimes in its aid we cannot say,
but no loyal man can envy them. Deny it
rs they may, the fact stands before them
that the rebellion they have been assisting
has been the cause of murder and it has
borne its legitimate fruit. That the ends of
justice may be served the President offers
rew"rd of 100000 for the arrest of the
chief of the assassins, Jefferson Davis, within
the limits of the United States, and $685.
reward for the arrest of either Clement c.
Clay, Jacob Thompson, George n. Saunders
and Beverly Tucker and $4,000 for the ar
rest of William c. Cleary, late clerk of c.
G. Clay. A description of the mnrderers is
of the people at large. 1t would be better
that the tools of their arch conspirators.
Harold, Azerodt, and all the others now
confined in Washington, should escape,
than that Davis or any of those named in
the Proclamation of the President should
go unwhipped Of justice They arc the real
murderers of Abraham Lincoln and at the
same time the wouldbe murderers of the
nation. A vigorous pursuit will no doubt
be kept up until Davis is hunted down.
1t needs no prospect of pecuniary reward
to incite to his apprehension, as the exer-
tons now being made by our cavalry show
The latest advices as to his whereabouts
place him at Yorkville, S. c., on the 2sth
ult., which point Stoncman reached on the
subsequent day. Yorkvlle is in the north
ern part of South Carolina, eighty.six miles
north Of Columbia, near the North Carolina
line, and in mountainous region. We do
not believe that he can escape to the coast
or across the Mississippi, but may hide him
self for short time in the mountain fast
nesses, from which he will eventually be
driven. Nearly all the others whose names
are given are in Canada. one of them, Cleary,
being actually in the hands of the authori
ties at Toronto, where an indictment has
been found against him for breach of the
neutrality laws. AS criminals, the Govern
ment has right to demand their extradi
ton, and probably ere this has done So
The public mind will have no rest until all
the conspirators in the great crime have had
their Just deserts.