The New York herald., 1865-06-10
EU R O p E.
JEFF. DAVIS IN CAPTIVITY.
All Sorts Of Opinions Of the
British and French Press.
Some Call Him a Hero, Some an Assassin,
Some Garibaldi, Some Man Not En-
titled to Sympathy or Respect.
FENIANIsM IN IRELAND,
&C., &c, &c.

FENIANIsM IN IRELAND,
By the steamers Africa and North American We have
received our European nles md correspondents up TO
the 27th ult
English Opinions upon the Capture and
Probable Fate Of JeH. Davis.
The London press discusses with great earnesness the
capture and probable fate Of jeff Davis We mako the
following extracts
THE LONDON TIMES ABUSES DAVIS, BUT RECON-
NENDs HIM TO MERCY.
From the London Times, May a..
The intelligence Of the capture of Mr. jefferson Davis
@ sn .s and anxiety IN
have good reason to hope that either through the skill
Of his own dispositions or BY the wise conniyance Of his
enemies, Mr. Davis would have effected his escape from
the land where he has played his stake boldly and lost
It completely. The hopes of the South evidently
crushed beyond all chance Of redemption and 1t would
have been a wise as we'll Q magnanmoug policy TO
suffer its leaders TO escape.
We confess it is with much anxiety that look for
ward the probable fate Of the Southern President The
utterances Of Mr. johnson have for time been such
to cause the liveest uneasincss in the minds OF all
out the enuson Of more blood We beg may not be
misunderstood. The ilhabtdns of these isldnds haze
little rtdsn to sympdthy-e Nth Mr.. JsfeEs0n Ddpis
He known to us Of the most inveterate calumni
ators of this country whose policy was to stir up the
feelings Of every class Of his countrymen against u.s. We
also remember him az the author and originator OF the
famous Mississippi scheme Of repudiation His plan Of
rebellion founded the idea that the deprivation OF
cotton would be inolersbe and that, driven by hard
necessity should find ourselves compelled TO support
the South with the whole force Of tho empire. For the
person who can thus speculate as his means OF
success the miseries he can infct his neigh
bors have little respect, and If we plead for
the life Of Mr. Jefferson Davis II is not from any eem
for his motives sympathy tui1 his character II Is
purely in the and for the credit OF the American
Union that urge les statesmen, II there is yet time to
consider again and again the extreme mpolicy Of she'd
ding the blood of a whom little success would
have transformed from attanted traitor into something
very like successful monarch The stake has been
played fairly 1t has been lost entirely and the victor
should be cont mt with his success
We had rebellion in 1S4S in Ireland but we disdained
70 dip our hands in the blood Of the rebels We par.
their there difficulty In ascerainng the law;
the crime perfectly well known, and the punishment
L. whatever people may think Of now was undouby
great mistake and probably OF the principal causes
walt | sa"e o @ shs @ n % Of our liberties was
finally attained Equally mpoitle was TIE execution ,
OF hors XVI ~, Had Sovo we sslssS @ m sns
considered ourselves justified in executing him a
desertc for he had once borne the Kings commission.
But long before the end OF the we had learned TO
know him and respect him, and had he fallen into
hands he would have been considered entitled 10 all tho
eonrtcsies due to gensrons and noble-ninded advcr
An this is, OF course written the supposition, tho
truth Of which we do not for moment doubt that II
will he found impossible 10 connect hir. Davis anyway
with the atrocious plot for the assassination Of Mr. Lin
coin Our object Is not to palliae that enormous crime
and II II be possible TO show that Mr. Davis was cognl
zant of IL, have nothing 10 say In his delen e.
We desire only 10 take the rt opportunity Of present
ing how enormous would be the guilt OF commencing
prescription which would give the 10 all political
tets in America for tho next century The who ia
able 10 sct up government and carry on atremendois
coufct for four YEAR, has elevated himself above the
reach of mere criminal proceedings Burke could not
draw up an Indictment against nation, and on Mr. JEFF
fcrson Davis concentrated the hopes and the feel
iuQs of brave and most unhappy people Modern Eu-
rope affords bat precedent for capital punishment in
such case-the treatment of Poland by Russia: and
that preccd Mt s not one to encourage imitation. When
0pie risc for common object they not likely 10
be d3tcrcd by the prospect of individual punishment,
aud when punishment TO deter il ceases TO be JUS
tinable.
SUCCESS WOULD HAVE MADE DAVIS WASH
nGToN.
From the London p. 81, May 27l
The pistol shot Of Wilkes Booth struck Mr.. Lincoln
less 40 the very moment when he was congraiu-
ang himself the success OF the policy which Tor four
long be had prosecuted the teeth Of the protests
of nearly the entire world aud he did not experience the
pain which would have been brought by the conscious
o not being permitted TO complete the work Which
he had TO all appearances brought to conclu
son Bot the fate of the Confederate President Is far
Elected as the Chief Magistrate of six millions
of people, he achieved for himself snd them during
ne period in which he held his high Office a fame
IN prcscuce of which that OF his Northern RI
val must pale. In the space OF few short
years he helped 10 found republic which
possessed within itself all the elements of commercial
strength ami political greatness and which, but for the
sg'lue would probably in time have become of the
most powerful cOmmonwealths In the world. With the
grcntn.s, ophemeral though u was, Of the Southern
coufdcacy, iho name Of It's only President will be
assoc aed and TO impartial minds IL will always occur
that hs sb ~ hat nos material eie,ast If al human
sHdsT0klagu, fut,c. pN ain. f,tre,u JefoTon Ddris
'aLg Ls Poe Ia afr iins,s 5y he side # Gcrge Wah-
tnyos. few months since, many, indeed we think
We may ssy tho majority, would have regarded as n
Davis IN RICHMOND than that filled by Mr Lincoln
~ wghingos The one, however, L. now in his grave,
rnd the ohrr prisoner In the hands of enemies who,
whatever be the course which they will ultimately
Igfsae. dfrarc that they will show him mercy.
v o. ai.facioIy 10 'arn by the present mail that Mr.
Johnson adni- thai he not justified In accusing Mr..
Davis o completely In the murder Of Mr. Lincoln; and
may ihcrviore assume that The federal government
v not venture 20 ara,gn tho Confederate President
on - odous : charge We would also venture 10 hope
that content vth extinguishng what they termed tie
rebsiiun ia We southern states, and With having made
Their chief Magistrate prisoner the government at
Washington wil not allly a great victory by all act
whch ths side u the Atlantic at least would be
gnrded one of Ialiry revenge II the American ma
fnn de,lsre Jenerson Davis worthy OF death they will,
Nv Implication. admit that George Washington would
usy haze been hanged by US if he had laen INTO our
rmE NEws ALMOST HFLiEvss BIw AZ iccoArLicE
~ ruE ASSASSINATION
tFrou the London Daily Newr Nav 27l
Frna Whist - aud Johnston and Hardee have stated
sncs tha n u the confcdrracy Il Il now clear tha, Mr.
laws PROLONGED the after his best generals had
urrsd hr 70 make peace II he answeruble for
ibs REJECTION ~ Nc IIncoln's proposals at Hampton
fsd the weight OF nuch load of responsibility might
wel break down The siouicst heart liz language and
durtng the nine Inunths preceding hs gh iran
RehuonA "a rieniiy disc ,s-i tho r,n ~ b. hopes
tuii tiru hatt of self restraint had conceaed to
gfssf stieui hs real eaaaass' Hut from the time he
visited GsofTn aitcr io in ~ Atlanta and ra e tower
hrown undrel ~ public spccch doWn 10 the al
dress ~ Mr. sat ~ whirh No referred 10 Grant
aAi Sh.fman 40 sTanels whom he woad whip tho
c0srsnsss ~ TIE nians nature has been sppufcni IL
about The tine of the reckless n1rcn fprSc thai he
feaa ne hes afrDcs Of on'ragrs viHh have made
r dfrsH b isrvs 90 ~ c,rs,c,fy upta a. ptS shch
rrEisd ~ NJ Lsncpias dsa'A kennrdy. fsiinR imo
thr hands of lh. Jnivn eoyermcnL confessed 10 hrs
lat MON ulE ~ hring the New Yort holcs and PRO
du,ed commission from Mr. Davis Bennett Young
aud his comrades took W their traveller
peoccfn town, aud oue day suddenly began robbing
aud murd ring the citizens whcn they were apprc-
nded Mr. nayis came forward IN cover them with His
authority. Ga the steamer Chesapeake the most
ton OF murders was committed, and again Mr.. Davis
commission forthcoming 10 protect the murderer
An ths Is shockng bot II " not than protrsc
on OF the var againt all advice ard renonsrancs For