Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-05-18
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Henry ). Foots wa, fifteen Years sgo, 6
T. ). Senator from Mississippi, aud diStin'
u,sbed him >elt by lis support Of the Conn.,
r,pi>e measures of 1850, 10 opposition to
As colleague, J, q. DAVIS, no opposed hem III
shslfuf WSouthern Nights" Att t en- ,uirg
,ta elsc ion, these two Senators We're it
ed uealt az each nsRsr - "Cu on" ami "Sta'e
isnIs" candidates reSpec i,elg Tor Guver-
mr. and FOotr heat Davis Oyer |. 600 votes
II the largest p II ever hSd The State: the
ole standing tuOts, %, 1888; Dayi, 27,729-
oote removed, c. uiA tv .urui private ie,
o NeulJ h., iennesS e, "here he stood out
y the Uuiqu until the Secession tide ran
fountain high, wlsu Ee, ks J IhH Bell aud
20 many others, succGmbe6 10 Il, and De-
Anne 4 SecessiOnisI. As such, be was sent
. the Rebel Senate, where his inveteraie
M gopism to JET. Davis as 90 mani
s,t. 4 that be probably did the Rebel.
on more harm there than be could have
me by aGberinE 10 tue Union. Finally, re-
oulug satisfied that the Rebellion was s
.uule, be abandoned it ia di gust, an was
uAklnS ujs way To the Union lines when he
A. arrt ated Gad taken back 10 K chmond.
hs second 4 tempt Naz mOTe successful,
nd he reached Washington, but, not belRg
sady 10 take e "a Of allegiance, he vas
souired 70 leave the country. lie won't 70
Eusland; but SOON returned 70 this port,
yher, DO was arrested and kept for some
inc in iaii. CO tue urgent representation
+ frlends, he was st leugth released on pa
ole, being required TO report himself 10
zen. Dix each alternate day. He so report
ID himself one day last Week, when he was
shown an order from the War Department
hat he should either stand trial for treason
Jr quit the country at once. He chose to
20, and departed tor Canada, where we pre-.
,ume he stills.
Now If we are still involved in terrible
civil war, which imperils the life of the Re
Iublie, and if FoOte is = dangerous person,
We hold this arbitrary Punishment 10 be JUS.
liable; ii not, not. If every Rebel force
his side OF the Mississippi is captured or
usbanded, and trade with the late Rebel
isErlcts reopened as though they were at
usace vii US, and if Foote is no longer an
Enemy OF the Union, but ready TO deport
limself hencefOrth as loyal, peaceful citi-
zen, thea We hold that there is not a COW in
our State which our Government has less
reason to regard with apprehension and
lGrm than TINS old man. Ii might possibly
ne worth while to try and punish hun,
though we think not but what good can be
secured, what evil Sverted, by compelling
I'm % live in Canada rather than in New
York; And, if his Punishment bs in no
enss necessity, is 1t not clearly an act of
tyranny
of course, It can be sort o. justified, or
clustered over, and thUSs who disapprove il
charged with sympathy with traitors; but
low will il Look across an ocean or an inter
,al of ten years. The New York Tines
sill turn a back summersault, II required,
and protest that any generous or many scn-
timeut expressed through its editorial col
umns crept inc them by accident; the
Union League will resolve, if duly prompt
ed, that tuis Punishment adds another 10 the
lnnumerable proofs Of the superhuman Wis
dom az energy that irradiate the War De-
partment; and Capt Marshall will make g
speech To the Chamber of Commerce,
showing thst Jack Cadets mouth was
the perfection OF all possible parl a.
ments; but all these do not constitute pub
tic opinion, nor even indicate Il. On tho
contrary, we venture to assure our new
President that the American People, haY-
ing now given q fair trial 10 the SIantoniGn
and the republican forms OF Government
respectively, do greatly prefer the latter,
aud desire return 10 it at the EARLIEST pos
sible day-which they believe TO be this day.
II We are still at war, and our Government
in peril, then such ORDERS as have recently
been issued reOpentng traue aud reducing
our ornaments ougrf to be contaminated
or fOrDOrue; but the War Is virtually
ended, the Rebellid n discounted and the
Nation saved, then We insist that the regime
under which a dRlrict provost marshal
ranks the Governd Of q State, ought At
Duce 10 pass away the privilege Of hqbeGs
norPGs Be restored, end the reigo OF La" and
Liberty be rO-estabt shed. How much longer
must se wait for II