The mountain Democrat., 1865-09-09
THE MOUNTAIN DEmWCRAT.
0oaothiaR to be Rsaa.

Some people may not know Ehy il il
that JEFF. Davis is not brought tO trial at
once. The secret II sermn has leaked out
Just previous to the breaking out Of the
rebellion. certain prominent men residing
IN the North. we're in secret coti espond
enes with Davis, and in their letters thev
arguei the right II seceHsiOn 10 the full
est extent. and promised Davis slL and
cnmGOrt from the North a. s''On as hOstil
iiies commenced. Dave heAi'ated, but
ct length the opportunities nf his CORES
pOndentS induced him 10 drcidO in favor
Of ~sceEEion aud rebellion. il wAS fatal
error. hut yet he now contends land with
much furce too. We think,) that those
ENrthern men who urged him to pursue
toe course he did are more culpable than
hr il, anh if he is to he hanged they too
deAsTTy>lAa same iatD. AAd RO thev do,
for they ere just as guilty a. Davis him.
sell.
When our army took possession Of
Ri hmOnd the public atchivvs belonging
tU the rebel government. as we'll ~ all the
p ivate papers b lMging to Davis, w're
caI,tTIed. In obedience to the orders "l
Stanton, these papers. public and private.
Y 70 sent to him. IL, locked them up,
and It il presumed, has been ranSacking
ths immense pile from the day he received
Il to the present time. and the search fr
particular letters it il said. kti'l goes on.
These are the letters written to Davis pre
viOnS 10 the breaking out 0f the rebel ion,
and are said to include manv strong and
POInt. episileS irnm Northern patriots.
ell offering aid aud sympathy to Davis,
and endorHinE the secession dogma Ot
eOWrsr these letters have been Nr will hr
destroyed, hut yet il - said that Charles
O'COnner, E>q. the attorney f"r Davis,
intends, DUNG bis trial. to call to the
~itnsrs stand Mra>rH. Stanton, Butler.
DlrkinKon and others, to ak them q fw
Qu. sti"ns c"ncerning these letters. These
gentlemeU are ell lawyers, and Mr.. Ot'On.
nsV intends to prove that Davis acted un.
der their advice and counsel ard that
they Aid,d and Abetted the Iebe lion and
i"Ei>ted that in Withdrawing from thu
Union. the Eeceding States were exerci
aing an undOnbted right! O'COnnrr is
drIsrMIin d 10 bling IL light. if pessibl',
some things that have lung been suspect
ed. but which the people acre lOsrhe To
believe; aud when the Exposure j. madr,
the ulcer II the rebellion will have been
touched by the legal knif., and the Ing
hidden corruption will & .w, as the peO.
pie stand amazed at the foul spectacle.
n" wOnaer then that DLvis'S uial has
not been ordered; M wonder that con
arA al =, .Aa kaO d.
;irnt Johnson and THE Secretary Of War
the Hr.t eIRtrMdiug that Davis shall r
tried hekrr . civil cnmt, and the latter
insisting that he klah receive q mock ti
nj hrf,r" . uiii'aVy CSEWiInIH~inn. to he Sc
lccted by Stanton hihHeiI. and to he com.
p0.rd OG lnE 1OSrq ni,ME tools. Stanton
knows O'CUNRer well; he has mt him
in c"nt nFs Than "nce, and he would
shout sS EOOn meet the devil aS O(Onn T
in = tribunal al Justice. 1t il not sur
rri>ing then that the valiant Secretary Oi
War trrmhlrs for he Se~S . lion in his
path, and he knows that that lion cannot
Or pAritieh or intimtdatt<1 Neither gteen.
backs or thr' ais can induce him 10 move
IN inch from his purpose.
On, that al the secrrts Of the late re.
brlliOn could he revealed - that the pri.
sate letters. and private talks, plans ard
cOn.piracies could be Sxpored Then the
people would ace Why ii VA that the Crit
tvnArn Comprnmi>e was r,j'clr,l by the
Jacub,n Republicans Thvn they would
see Why IL wsA that the so-callrd Prar'
Congress, which asSemhi-d at Washing
ton shortly LrC're the br. aking out Il The
rebellion, waa filled nv Northern Ah"li.
tionists, who Aa,d mo" to every pI"pnSi
tion lOoking to I'eace Th-n they W"ui
undrrsIand what bullV Chandler meant
when he said "We want Q little blood
letting" We had considerable blUOd
letting, but Chambers blood was not
tapped bv sabre or bullet. nor was the
hlOOd of any of those blatant Abolition.
iats whO ere fierce for war and cOnt>
eatioN." Their precious time was occupi' d
for four long years in filling Government
contracts. and nOw they are stealing con
hscai-d eststa 4 d al in the name of
samhn and "l"yalty I"
Let F,aviS then b- tried. end not innr
derrd in q fort, and let those whO sdvi>rh
in favor Of the rebellion he exp">ed, il
possibly, and afer the exposure. let them
too he trieI for treason, and il found gull
~, hanged.