The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-06-13

IeIpoSllloh vi mT. DaVlS ana Gen. Lee.
1t is well that these facts should be
known in forming an estimate of one
whose character all are now discussing.
The same Southern gentlemen who re.
pudiate as absurd the idea that Mr.. Da-
Wis could have stopped to SO infamous a
crime as that Of procuring the assasslna.
ton of Mr.. Lincoln and Mr.. Seward,
will tell you that he was obstinate, mar.
row, self.willed, domineering and selfish
"a man whose faults of temper and in.
tellect would have ruined far stronger
cause than that of the South. AS they
speak from this point of view, their tes
timony is entitled to the more weight.
1t isa verdict Of acquittal from a hostile
jury. = RI
The amount of specie taken hence by
the Confederate Government has been
greatly over.rated. 1t did not much ex-
ceed half million of dollars; but a large
proportion : say half--was in Silver. and
hence the bulk would give the idea of
great value. The Richmond banks took
away their specie, and this amount loay
have reached several millions of dollars.
1t is an errorto suppose that Mr. Davis
took away this or any amount of specie
with the idea of providing for himself in
Europe. The balances of the Confeder.
ate Government in foreign countries, con-
stantly kept up to procure supplies &C.,
are subject to tho checks Of Mr., Davis
and his Cabinet, and are ample to m set
their wants ifthey get abroad Besides,
it is well known that, when Mr., D:.vis
left here, he, of all men in the world,
had the least IDEA that the Confederacy
was about to tumble. The coin was 10
provide funds for war in Amcrica--to
buy food and munitions, OF war. He
thought, i'll lis folly, he could give up
the capital and the great State of .Vir
ginia, and, with the cotton States, keep
up the contest until the North should be
wearied out AT the beginning ofthe
war, the seven cotton States thought
that, by their stapel, they could .coerce
Christendom, the North included; and
of this folly Of standing alone their. lead
ers had not been fully curA. Mr.. Davis
halted at Danville, with the intention OF
locating his Government there. He
stayed just one week. On hearing of,
Lees capitalization, and that, there was no
organized body of troops between him
and Grant he set out fol Charlotte, N. c.,
intending tofx his capital there. Even
after Lees oapitulatlon, he seemed Mt,
terly unable to grasp the situation. He
still thought himself able to make war
or peace, as he pleased (; and it is report.
ed that he even hesitated at accepting
the terms granted by Sherman, and
subsequently, set aside BY Prcsident
johnson, After spending three or four
days at Greensboro, he left for Charlotte,
where he proceeded tolocate his capital,
open up Government Offices, confer
promotions, appoint generals, sc. Moth.
ing could exceed his infatuation. He,
wasted time which, for his escape, was
invaluable, in keeping up the forms Of
a Government which had no existence.
The train of fGovernmentand bank specie
had already started for tho South. OF
his own safety Mr.. Davis seemed to
take little thought, He fancied himself
at the head Of a powerful people, able
to marshal armies and offer battle to the
Norths He did not realize that his
fortunes were desperate.
In the midst of all this delusion came
the intelligence that the negotiations
were at an end and then Mr.. Davis and
has Cabinet sci ont for Georgia, Their
subsequent movements and rate of pro.i
gress are probably not known M Rich.
mond, Upon the, great mass Of the \
Southernera the crash of their Confed.
eracy has fallen as suddenly and unex.
peetealy as an avalanche. They were
confident the struggle would last another
year and many hoped for final spccess.
Its hard to realize Naturalization OF the
Confederate Administration Confeder,
ateipaper was not worth two cents to
the dollar, and was kept up to this figure
solely by the sale of Government
specie (which Mr. Trenholm pnt in the
market at sixty for one. The Confeie. |
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