The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-05-09

l'orFe'JOnde1cr ~ me sun.
WA,nfsGIos, May Tth. 1853
II 10 vain 10 denv the fact tha, the people OF th,
city we're takon quite Nv -urpr,e a, the anDoance-
mont Offering ie~srds Tor Davis sanders Tucker,
Thompson, Clay and Geary Ihii this feeling Of sur
Prise soon yielded 10 another which va . general
conviction thai the crime With which these mon arr
Shared by President Johnson is ~ no mesr- beyond
the reasonable liini,s OF rebel depravity The eI.
pressions Of horror which have come To US from San.
aeTr, Tucker and Cleary, in Csoad,. are no moro
than might expect from such ~y plotters Of evil
10 us Sc they doubtless for n proved limo.
sent OF this particular crime their record would h.
by no mnAn- sanity one, with the history Of the
rnds on the unotendlng borseu OF the a,,.mp,. TO
burn New York. and 10 those oth.r diabolicsl
schemes in which sensible man douhts there
traitors to have been engaged during their
residence In Canals. In how much
The a@tasdnatou plot tails below the other
~heue- Of their infernsl eenius, | leave sensible
uen " nudge. IL II horrible pot the de.ruc-
bon OF on. man, even thouph he we're a man like
Abraham Lincoln than 10 deliberately arrange the
murder of thou'and. n human bcinPr b. Are la the.
nfoc and hotels rsilroSi train, by toioes or on
the free seae b. pirate shiI-' Hero In wvhington
We fail to appreciate to the fuH" the delicate in
nincts Of these ready writer" IN Canada who
rush into print In suoh graceful paragraphs .h,L
ihey have no,hins to say stDui the eebetnoe have
referred 10. There arc people here, M suTc, Who
feel "sympnthy" for tloe men and cannot bc-
beve" they would do anything ~ very, very vrong
II is my opinion that II the Dcv hissseif slDud he
arrested on charge OF murder, you ooah find
people in Washington ~ho would sy1npsshize
With his Satanic Majesty In his unsiea-ant proiica-
nent. Even Booth had his "sympa,hiysrs" hcre-
especially among come OF the Lstios" who think u
90 dreadful that such hdndso~e yo.ns man should
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snoie, poor fellow hear strange stories about
Booths relations with Of tho feminine por ion
Of this community. But the wsys OF the iaAlionshs
sorld are not up to the most rigid oo.Ie oi pc,y,
fear, either here or elsrv here
have good regHon to biievo thAi the offer Of San.
iers and Tucker to stand trial Al Roa.e, Point, or
some other similar ac" Of their choosing, viii bo
sopted by the Governms mt. There IL no prolsbii'y
however that thc-c uil come IN trial volun tar.
Dy The proofs against them, colloc ed here, are
said To be absolutely conclusive far ,rr3encs 4,
capable Of proving anything ami only arains'
them, hut again.t Davis and the oihers The trials III
begin here week II II IL possible 10 get matters
arranged II 1t ia delay ed later, ho.evcr 1t will M.
BE- Tor days and then II is ppe,ihle you may be
able TO hor true IL the statement make TO YOU
sbove. have no more daibt that the alton
Of Mr. Liucoln 10 directly charscaelc to these South
srn leaders and potter than have Of thoir inten.o
anxiety at this iuncturc to get OF the country AZ
fast AZ they possiby can.
Many seem 10 have obtained the impression tha,
because Mr. Johnson issued tho PROCLAMATION Offering
the rewards II Is an act peculiarly his But this
T. not 20 tia the act Of the Cabinet, and the mill
tary suthoruos in whose hands the evidence lies,
veil. Indeed, tn proclamation ws la-ed directly on
official report cf Judge Advocate Gtn. Holt the
scoretaIy Of War IN Shi.h he stated that the evil
dence before him proved clearly that Days and the