The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-06-22

IN the well-known line, "We'll hang JEFF
Davis on a sour apple treeW 1t is idle
to disguise the fact that there was an in.
tense personal animosity against him, and
the abler he proved himself the more bit.
ter this feeling grew. Hitherto, how.
ever, the Northern Americans have con.
fined themselves, as regards terrorism, to
"tall talk" and unjustifable arrests. 1t
is one thing to shout alta camp fire
threat against the leader of the enemy;
another to carry it into effect, when he
is a helpless prisoner To use homely
saying, the bark of the Yankees is much
worse than their bite. President John.
sons violent speeches has not yet abso.
lutely resulted in the execution of a sin.
gle man, and it is scarcely credible that
Mr.. Davis will be treated otherwise than
as prisoner of war.
The fate Of President Davis, whatever
it may be, is matter that exclusively
concerns the people of the United States.
For the sake of their own good name,
we, their kinsmon, earnestly trust that
they will not stain their victory with
blood but as nation, we have no more
right to protest on his behalf than we
should have had to interfere had the En-.
peror of Austria in l849 caught Kos
suth in Hungary and hanged him, or
had the King of Italy, after Aspromonte,
brought Garibaldi to the block All who
are unsuccessful in civil war become
spso tacto rebels, and 'woe to the van
pushed" is an old, stern law, that is not
yet quite obsolete.
MANCHESTER PLEADS FOR MERCY.
[From the Manchester Guardian, May 27. !
President Davis is in the hands of his
enemies 1t is undoubtedly in the power
of the Federal Government to punish
him to the last extremity for the political
offence of levying war against them
Now, then, is the time for warning. That
the influence of strong party in the
North will be earnestly exerted to pre-.
vent so shameful crime from the stain.
ing the success of the republic there is
every reason TO believe. It's sincerely
to be chopped, however, that they may pre-
vail to prevent the horrors Of the gibbet
being added to those which have been
wrought by the sword; and no efforts
which it may be thought the civilized
Powers of the world can usefully employ
towards the accomplishment of this end
ought to be withheld.
T From the Manchester Examiner, May 27. I
Should Mr.. Davis be hanged at all. it
will he, We venture to predict, not for
murder, but for treason, and we trust he
won't be hanged for that. The New
York Times says that to deliver Mr..
Davis to the gallows viii help to consign
the rebellion to infamy We. believe
that if anything can save it from i,tfamy
ii viii be the execution of MIR. DAVIS.
The scaffold will assuredly make him a,
martyr. Death will give his name
power with posterity that nothing else
could give it. F.
Fl. OPINIONS OF THE FRENCH PRESS.
Translated from the Paris Patrie, May 27]
# The capture of Jefferson Davis is the
epilogue to the great national drama that
has lasted four years,in America. AL
though this last triumph of the North
must be deplored, inview OF the principle,
Of popular liberty, still it should be re.
garded as q providential event for the
future of the Southern States. In fact
the democratic party has gotitself into
position antagonlstlc to every sentiment
of humanity, justice and generosity, and
the death Of Nh. Davis by violence would
coverthe victims with shame, and ruin
them morally. &es
Translated from La France.l
An important event. and one which
may be considered as the last act of the;
terrible drama of the American war, is
recorded in our last dispatches from
New York. Jefferson Davis, the chief
OF the Confederate Government, has been
arrested, and is now in the poweriof the
Federal Government at Washington. 81
/; For our part we hope that the Federal
Gogernment win treat Mr. Jeffersoni
Davis with the dignity and aenerds;tv