Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-07-08
THE EXECUTION OF THE con-
sPIRAToRs JUSTICE vlNDI-
GATED AND THE COUNTRY
ANHcNrEn

in the prison yard of tho penitentiary Of this
District will never bo efaced from the mem-
ories Of those whose painful duty IL was to
be present, nor will the whole world forget
the lesson taught to traitors and conspirators
by tho execution Of the just sentence passed
by the tribunal of tho Government on that
occasion. The inexorable demands of justice
were answered in manner that will stand
as u warning in all future time to plotters,
conspirators, and traitors against this Govern
mont.
When PAYNE, ArzERoDr, HERoLD, and
MRs. SURRArT took their last look upon the
sun yesterday afternoon, the world saw
through their eyes, just about to close in
death, the great fact that we have a country
and Government. They saw then, and the
whole world now secs also, that we have
Chief at tho head Of our Government with
brain and nerves strong enough TO compre.
hend and execute his duty. We firmly be-
liove to-day that there was not the slightest
degree of the spirit Of revenge, mingled with
the feeling of satisfaction, that pcryaded the
country on learning that the stern sentence
of tho law had boen executed upon the
Sr0,oh.. who oonsr;rod N murdor Mr. LIN
co,x NJ Jouxs,s Mr. srwApp Mr. srAn.
rov NJ G,,xr and n.rb,ns other nrom;.
nent members of the Government. It was
simply n sense of security to not only human
uCo h,t N the Govcrnment ve live undor.
and wh;cb ws Iova and vensrats
Tho prosid.r, b,s endoarcd b;mseIs 10 the
oou,,rv hv his nrompt ,nd decided action in
this mntter Perbaps some secession sympa-
,b;v.rs will d.,oupco tho basto of tho execu.
t;or lint M oood reason for DELAY couId bo
urced
Mrs srpp.rr,s c,sc and nj, the rest 70.
.;vod ,h, ,ro., ooror,I consideration of the
pr.s;dsn, and his odv;sers. but there was no
,,Ii1 ,rorrd ror n rov;s;on of the ssntencss
or tbs court or for n postponement of its
x.,,,;or TIL. ass,ss;ns had been long
oror,h IN ;,u for nroporat;on md lony
orouob on earth having accumulated their
worL Aocord;r, ,o ,b. tostimonv for tho
,oron,o NJ. srnD,-- s n vomor or ucb
oI;.;a,s s,;-;, o,d ohoroo,or that sho vos
all e.. a.. o,,o- ,vor,d &, ron,rl.h,o
dona.,,r =. ,vou a. ,h.n oo,,d hovo hoo,
w;tho,, douht p.yxr wan,od IN go and
o,,a h.,. ballad ,bo ox.or,;o, NJ nm o.r,;or
dov Rut a w,s not for him or anv otber oi
,ho u,,sf,o,ors to .ov how long tho s,ncu.
,;o, .hor,a ho ro.,rorad d.,ov of ,.vor.l
5,v, wor,a b.vo ;nvo,v.d m.,v d;eB,u,,;.s
o,,hourh ,boso ,voro ,ovor t.I.n ;a,o a,co,,,
hv pros;d.,, Jou,sov ,vho, h. ordsrod tho
o.oo,,;o,
To tho s,o,o or,b. oxoc,t;o, our renortors
hardly did iust;ce and uo doubt If il will
over h. rronor,v or ,do,,.,o,v 5os,r;bcd hv
apv or tbosa nrosort wo bovs v;tnos0od
deatb sconss in almost ovsrv firm nm "oc.
cidental,, railroad trains on b,tt,s. .6e,ds or
o,n;otorv .,ogoIds I'm, nov.r hosoro has ,h.
,wfuI ,n,;e,,y or ,bc L,,, 4, o,r ,our,rv
bson so visible above the gollows trco as on
Yesterday, when the murderers of ABRAHAM
LINCOLN paid the penalty of their awful
crime-neyer before have four such criminals
been led forth to such A doom.
One was n woman, And she died ms
| "ramely. ~ we doubt not, as apy assassi.
Mattress ever died before. Mrs, SURRArr. n
$ woman of commanding presence, who had
/ presided over one Of the households of this
oitv with womanly prace. doubtless was on,
of tho black plotters AGAINST not only tn,
life of several men but tho life of the nation,
D Som. individuals of mawkish sensibilitie,
sav Many E. suRnArr should not bayo beer
executed because she was a woman but they
sbould remember that while n woman's mur
der sentence might under some circum,
stances bo commuted. properly enough there
was good reason for refusing it in her case
U Sbs was n representative woman of n class nj
females who. during the rebellion. have shown
more eruelty and beartlessness. If possible
apoinst the Union soldiers and the Union
K cause, and have done more to fire the rebel
8 heart than male traitors. They have. in this
: verv citv. plotted and oonspired apainst the
Government persistentlv afrording aid and
= comfort to tho enemy from the incipiencv Of
tho rabeII;on and tbov now s;t 1, tba dorLo.,