The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-08-21
From the Dublin Nation.l
THE FALLEN PRESIDENT.

W hen Il man Is IN the hands OF ms
foes-his cause vanquished. his hopes
ruined. and all but life and honor lost"
it is the time for prudent friends to
forget his existence, or discover, by the
light of his misfortunes. that he never
deserved much friendship, sympathy or
respect. Now IL the time to shun Presi-
dent Davis; to abandon him in silence to
his foes. or bark in with the howl against
him. Now is the time for every ignoble
mind to enjoy its miserable eratiticxion
at the expense Of the character, the hog
or. the fame of the fallen PresideEt.
Now Is the time for Il lying and eowayhly
press to detame him-to hold him 10 to
scott and ridicula, hatred and eontenf6r:
Yes it is the golden opportunity for the
fainthearted. the tinc-sefyin2, the ycnal.
the cogardly and the yindictiye. lie il
fast bound in the gripe Of his enemies.
He cannot make answer; his lips are
sealed. He cannot strike; his hands are
manacled. His friends arc dispersed !;
fugitive or hiding. It IS safe valor to in
suit him 1t is cheap wisdom to discern
his errors.
From the North, till the blood-madncss
subsidies. until calmness and reason re-
turn, We can expect little else than the
fury flow raging against him. The high
est official Of the Republic has set an ex-
ample of what already begins to wear the
hue Of a terrible infainy. In Il few weeks
more the world will be able fully to de-
eide upon the complexion of that Pro
clalnation' which sought the moral assas-
.sination Of President Davis. For who
would not rather die a hundred deaths.
incurred aud respected by mankind, than
be robbed BY II foul and murderous stroke
of that which true men value beyond life
or fortune, home or kindred? In a few
weeks more. we repeat, the world will see
and Judge that . evidence" on which the
Washington rulers denounced President
Davis 70 the infamy Of the world as a
suborner of assassins.
The English press, Of course. has given
up the fallen man. When did that press
stand by a nation or an individual the
victim of misfortune +! The great British
organ, hat 50 faithfully represented the
national selishness. inconsistency. AFRO
ganee, and subservienct. has but an in
S%ulting word for Jefferson Davis, even
while it affects to plead for his life !;
wounding the North without serving the
South be~seeching the North to initiate
England in dealing with yanquished reb-
els. when the real danger the Southerners
have to fear is an imitation hy the North
If that savage and Inscriptions example.
The Times gives reasons most cQgent, in
deed. why the fallen President should
have no sympathy from England. He
has always, we are told, been her enemy
The inhabitants Of these islands have
little reason to ~sympathize with Jefferson
Davis. lie IS known to us as enc of the
taost inveterate ealumniators of this coun-
try. whose policy it was to stir up the
feelings Of every class of his countrymen
against us Alas for the dipped Irish.
vino were induced in the name Of patriot
ianl and nationality to hate this man as
the friend and agent Of England Hos
tile 10 the North. treacherous to the South,
England played her game well with
/ America. North and South; aud Presi-
dent Davis. who knew her well. must
now be satisfied to experience heh small
vengeance. too. beneath the smile of a
perfdious advocate.
And Ireland? VIII Ireland's voice
also Join II the howl of hate and the
taunt Of scorn against this ~vanquished
:. rebel" whose guilt against England is
declared to have been so great VIII
Ireland. too. echo the ignoble aspessions
that mock misfortune. and that are hurled
to wound a brave, Il great. 2 neble and he
roic mind? Heaven forlend. IF ere.
EhelIions" and 50 f lures : be crimes. Ire
land IS the greatest et i,alnal in existence
If there be on earth a nation bound tt
sympathi2e with misfortune such as that
which has befallen the Southern Presi
dent and people. that nation is ours; anC
no true Irishman, ever though in the
disastrous struggle now ended he may
have wished the Union to succeed il
forcing its embrace upon the South, vii
surely lend his voice to reproach the van
pushed, much less to swell the cry fol
vengeance.
n " LIZ CdIlANG 4 4GSluGnI, 6HIOS%
fate has been well compared TO that o
Darius, the respectful sympathy of mil
lions of hearts viii do him homage, fallel
and defeated though he be. What grief
what suffering can be more poignant thai
his He who at all times bore himsel
so proudly, so fearlessly and defantly
scorning to bend or to sue, is now a pris
oner in the hands of the enemies he de
fed and despised A fall so sudden ant
so complete may well touch the sternes
heart with compassion. For our owl
part, President Davis is as great a mai
to-day as he was when, three years ago
his triumph seemed inevitable. The elec
of the people and of the Legislatures o
the Southern States, he accepted the pos
of honor and peril. The peril has be
fallen the honor cannot be flched o.
wrested from him now. Not all tn,
gyves and letters in Fortress Monroe cal
degrade such a man. In this, probabl,
the darkest hour of his fortunes, we sa,
more, not less, than we might express
were he triumphant, not defeated, ant
were the chorus of tickle adulators, in
stead of the vengeful clamors of his foes
hailing the name of President Jefferson
Davis.
James jackson, a colored waiter, hum
himself in Providence on Thursday.-Bo s
ton paper.
What, a negro kill himself in "happ
New Englandi" Did he think Satan's dc
minions a better place than the Rhode islam
l Providence?
:. It is estimated by competent judges tha
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