The Indianapolis daily herald., 1865-11-03


Sur.pteT.
Special CoFrsspoBdenoe Of the Chicago Tines
as WASHINGTON. Oct % 4
Tie action ofPfesicsnt johnson, in restoring
TO the righiful owners. during the last three
wseks. sons xsnsy rthifty ess&sssl-in Mary
land and Virginia, which bad been seizsd by the
agents Of the Fresdmens Bareau. has raised
terrible storm about his head The Radicals,
Who have fosght soy Of the W hifs House for tie /
lAst month, are now approaching IL again, With |
representations OF what they calix"the greltt
wrong Of surning loyal citizens oct Of house and !
home, 70 make room for a lot Of bypocriiical, I
iust-pardoned rebels"
Was there ever such an instance OF uEbiush-
ing impudencef These "loyal citizens are a
pack OF lazy. worthless negroes, who never have
been citizens, and never will De. II is said that
they were established on the estates "by the d.
rect agency OF the government" ii the freed
mems bureau constitute the government then
this Is true, not otherwise. The direct agents
of the government" in 1869 aud 1864. caused
them TO leave their houses and homes, and the
estates OF their kind masters in the south and
they followed in the wake Of the armies TO what
the poor creatures were led 10 believe wac "lhe
promised land" The people Who were really
turned out OF house aud home, were men like
Mr.. Sonthron, or Maryland, one of our fellow
citizens. These people have applied for aud
have. received, the Presidents pardon. Their
property. their estates, have always belonged 20
them; and il may be they yet have legal remedy
| against tbs rapacious agents Of The ;reedmen =
bureau. through whose insirunertslily their es-
tates have been kept from them and greatly dam
/ aged for two or three years.
four readers may rely upon IL That President
Johnson will not be deferred from dom right BY
| all the clamor that the radicals can raise There
is not single estate in any Of the southern
States that will not be restored TO its righgful
owner Just as soon as The proper proofs OF owner
ship can be made. 4 ne President will per Init no
| land 70 be conhscated unless the owner shall
have been convicted OF treason. And "a no one
has been convicted OF treason, aud 10 one will
be 50 convicted no lands win be conhscated
There will be more bowling ADD gnashing of
teeth among the radicals when Gen Howard re-
turns from his present tour in South Carolina,
Florida and Georgia. 1t is in those States that
the agents Of the Freedmen's Bureau have
played their mos, fantastic tricks. and the resti-
tuition that they will have 10 make there will
about finish up the institution. Ii was the de-
sign and intention Of those who founded il that
il should derive It's support from the confscated
and abandoned lands of the rebels. But. alas
there ara nosrch ands, and the bureau will have
! TO collapse.
+ statement was telegrAphed from this city
on the 25th inst, headed "Maximiliau's procls
Il
substance ofwhich was thatthe departure Of Jua-
! rez from Mexico. as alleged in MAMMALIAN s
proca nation OF Oct. 2, was not believed in di-
plomatic circles here. Such is by no means the
fact. On the contrary, the departure OF Juarez
from Mexico, as stated in Maximilisn's prociu-
nation, is fully credited here, both at the State
Department and at the French legation. II may
| be safe to conclude that there other
diplomatic circles" at Washington whose means
of Information on this subject are 80 reliable as
: those have mentioned.
| There j; no foundation Whatever for tho Te
| ports that have prevailed here for some days pas
TO the effect that the trial OF Jefferson Davis is
soon TO take place. On the contrary, there I.
less probability now that the trial will ever take
place than ever before. Tso months ago, the
Government had less inclnation 70 bring Jefler-
son Davis to trial than ;hey had just after his
; capture; AID now the Government, has far less in
; cnaton 10 have Dir. Dayis tried than they lad
two months ago II he is tried at all. it will be
for treason, and before one of the District
Courts; not before the Supreme Court Those
points are settled. But it he Is tried
he will surely be acquitted The case has been
thoroughly examined by the Attorney General
with the aid of two of the most able lawyers in
the country. The result OF the examination has
not been made known, but there is good reason
to believe that they have decided that an indict-
ment for treason cannot be sustained, aud have
| so reported to the President. This is what Pres
ident johnson meant when he said 20 the South
Carolina delegation, 'If treason has been CON-
mitted, il ought 10 be determined by the highest
judicial tribunal ard the facs declared This is
| what MIR. Johnson wishes. Ispprehend that the
only question with him now is, whether il would
, DO better TO pardon jefferson Davis now,
|, without a trial, or on the other hand, to permit
him 10 be tried with the certainty that be will
be acquitted. The right OF secession would no.
be involved in his trial a; all. There is such
thing as the right of secession. No State in the
, Union has any right TO secede That point has
| been decided by the war lie will never be
brought before the courts for decision, because
no man living can be found to maintain or de-
fend such right.
The reason why Dir. DA-is cannot be convict.
Ell OF treason is based upon certain principles OF
International law, which cannot be ignored in his
trial The Confederscy formed by the Southern
States was acknowledged as begereat power
by our Government, rs well as by the Govern
ments OF England and France. Certain rights
belong 20 every beligerent power: and in every
war the same rights belong TO both belgerents
When the rebellion first broke cut, the insurgents
| were rebels and traitors, and any OF them that
were captured might have been hung or shot
with perfect justice, because they came within
the constitutional definition of traitors But from
the moment when We acknowledged the Con
federacy to be bslligerent power-yes, before
that from the moment thas the English aud
French ministers called upon Mr.. Seward and
| informed him that the Governments Of France
and Great Britain had determined TO recognize
| the South az belligerent power. the case be
| came entirely different. From thst moment the
civil and military leaders OF The South became
| invested with the same rights, so far as related
to events growing out of the war, as were en-
joyed BY the civil and military leaders OF the
| North. IL the fortune of should make them
prisoners, they we're entitled to be treated as
| prisoners OF war.
pies which will govern the case of Jefferson Ds-
| Wis, and which will secure his scuuitt.l, if
| brought 20 trial on the charge of treason. He
| and his friends dreaded trial al first, because
| there some probability that il would be be-
/ fore a military court, in which he certainly
would have been convicted OF all the crimes in
the decalogue, and Of treason besides But
from the moment il became certain that the trial
was 70 be 10 the civil courts, and that Mr Davis
was - be allowed full opportunity to make bis
defense-irom that moment both him and they
have been anxious for the trial To take place
They regard his acquittal certain. Indeet IL
| is much 10 be hoped, on many considerations,
that the trial will take place. The principles
that will be settled by il will be OF the hishes,
importance and the whole OF the secre. history
Of the Sar would be laid bare IL will then be
proved that the cause OF the was not slavery
but The hatred by leading radical Republicans