Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-05-26
Beverly Tucker and George Saunders.
From the New York Tines

These two men again send TO us, In print in
Montreal papers, certain statements which We
cuIpating the writers from all completely with
the assassination OF President Lincoln Mr.
fuckers letter "To the People of the United
States" is rare specimen or oediamite raving,
SO violent In tone and so foul in expression,
mat the Montreal Gazette, which gives Ii pub
acHy, Is moved from very shame TO accom- pany
~ ~ Witn An editorial lecture to the writer, tell
ing MIN, in very plain English, that he has
Sanaged himself and his cause irretrievably
oy ms sosurd violence. As q specimen Of the
TWO columns over Tucker's signature, take this
picture OF General Hunter and Judee Holt
the President and Judge Advocate of the court
for the trial Of the alleged conspirators:
"lts President Is Major GENERAL David
Hunter, whose savage cruelties and wanton
atrocities in his campaign in Virginia, ont
stripping Butler the Beast have made his
name unsurpassingly infamous at home and
throughout the civilized world. That moral
lusus nature, himself childless. and whom, as
il in resentment for Gods wise provision that
monsters should not propagate their species,
blackened his soul and charred his hands with
the burning ruins OF the homes OF his own un-
offending kindred. where, and among whom.
he had in youth and manhood, enjoyed the
most elegant and lavish hospitalities. The
second, the Judge Advocate, is man-man-
KIND, beg your pardon, worm-little AMI
mails, forgive the insult-who from his safe
ambush, delights to belch forth the virus OF his
coWardly prosecutions upon those before
whose noble presence hts bastard spirit would
Quail-ene whom the alphabet that spells
L lueIsltts, ana B1dCHg udrOS re1 uses
to tell US who he ie. and hyperbole for mean
ness is an ellipsis for Holt"
After such style OF rhetorics as this, 10 is
not surprising that Tucker closes his letter
with pitiful whine over the sublugation OF
his native State (VirginIa), whose fate he does
not wish to survive. But how carefully this
man has kept himself ont Of the villainous
smell OF saltpetre, by putting over his Quaking
head the flag Of Great Britain!
Saunders is naturally even coaraer and more
vituperative than Tucker. He addresses his
note to "Titus Oates Holt, care OF E. NJ. STAN.
ston. co. conspirator" The theory OF both
Tucker and Saunders is that Andrew Johnson
caused the assassination in order 70 get the
reins of power. The gentle Saunders says to
Mr.. Holt:
"If there be an honest man in your partisan
radical court. martial, he will force you 70
show evidence of the honorable standing OF
your strange witnesses; the observant world
will scrutipiZe the testimony OF the venal mon
sters now fiocking to Washington by land and
sea-with faciIe mouths agape-eager TO be
crammed by you, their Patron Saint with
fresh calumny for the witness. box"
This is followed by several afffdavits OF per.
sons who did not see what certain other witt
nesses did see, and Of other persons who en-
deavor to impeach certain testimony; an easy
and cheap mode Of defence, but not particulars
ly strong in common or any other kind OF law.
From the painful rawlings Of these Oonfeder-
ate agents in Canada, kept up with increasing
energy for six weeks, the people will fneyita-
bly, conclude that these refugees protest TOO
much to be honest.