The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-07-13
nxp0UrroN OF MRS. suRRArT.

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One of the most wicked schemes that at
present is being WaEkeduRon pubiic mind,
5 the attemnt Il infuse ne bell thad4his
vretehed woman is hnocsntl thu by iInpIi-
cation ssenipg upoh the Fsesidentf he c6a1ge
# stocking ikhuanariity ii not granting he
NtiiRl boom raved. by herself and daushser'
OF a four days respite, that she might Pio'e
this fact Of course, if innocent the les,-
dent hasleliberately imbrued his hanu. IN M
nocent bloodl Every day, some So'i S,liis ru-
NOR is brought out, by telegraph'c iacinues, 10
show her lack of completely In one OF the
most awfnl crimes the world has record Of
We oro oI,oost led to the belief that thereis
concerted plan at Washington, and in the
mower Of teleraphists to carry out, to poison
ne nnblicmind with this fatal belief. Wecan
hardly account for what we see on any other
promises. II comes to us as regularly as the
revolution of the sun. Even the telegraphic
news now before us, gives us eall0the particu-
lars Of the affidavit of John Il. Brophy, which
sets forth pathetically, how Mrs. Surratt swept
bitterly at the thought that something wrong
was going on, in which her son might be in
yolved with much particularly this fend in
human form is made out one of Washington's
purest lambs What is to be gained by this
postldmods evidenceP q Is not Mrs. Surratt
fostering in felons's graveq Can she be re-
suscitatelP9 M TyokzSImIu0O h
The scheme hasa wide significance. 1t is
caught up BY the disloyal press all over the
country: tits first to produce that inevitable
element of the human mind, SO creditable to
il, a horror at a wrong done OF course, the
wrong doer (the President falls under the
ban Beyond that, jefferson Davis is yettobe
tried. Sympathy must have. itst object. The
dead annot receive it it reverts to the, liv-
ing. One great having been committed,
be careful not te repeatit : The sympathy of
the copperhead press and people is divided be-
tween these two arch conspirators-Mrs. S. and
Davis The one is past redemption, but her
dead body may be made to help the living Co
partner, as her active mind eyerEdid when she
livedi 49,.
y Letthe public not be deceived BY this at
tempt, and the loyal press be careful not to fan
the internal flame. What are. the facts in re-
gard to this base woman? facts which sunk
her 50 low ihfguilt, that the abiest coHtnsel
could not make sign in her favor--and ex-
pended his strength to prove that the Court
had no fight to sitin the case 10 g Was it ever
denied that she made sure of the. relief at the,
halfway house, in the shape of carbines and
swhiskey ON the fatal 18th Of April That her
anxiety was 50 great that she visited that ac-
cursed spot twice, to see that afhe Shooting
irsnsns were all right is it forgotten that
when Payne Numbered into her house and in
to the arms of the officers atthe same moment.
/ that she denied, calling God to witness, that
she had ever seen that man beforel when in
truth she had been in the. closest connection
with him, for months, contrfving the abduc-
ton q, death Of President hincoln4 Can.
it be forgotten? it cannot, for the fact is not
two days old that this same Payne, confessed
to DR.. Gillett, his spiritual adviser, thai. Mrs.
.Surrattwas deep in the plot to kin the Presi-.
dent, and, in his mind amore to blame than
Boothr This Or. Gillett stated to his CON
gregation, in his sermon last Sunday in Wash
ington, on this sad eyentl
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Thefactis beyond cavil, that this wicked
woman was one of the leaders in this awful,
tragedy. She was an embodiment of that
fiendish spirit which. the Southern women
have manifested all through this rebellion
She was Of force enough 70 unite action With
sentiment. The action was the fitting fruit Of
this damnable spirit it resulted in the
death Of the greatest man Of the age The
punishment was fully deserved Shelies in
felons grave as justly as does Dooth ia Let
there be no tears of sympathy she'd to her
memoryio Above all, let us be careful how we
get up false sympathy in tlisbehalG oin,ail of
copDerhead schemes, or to facilitate the escape
of other conspiratorsi -.
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