, 1865-05-17

taxi TRIAL 0F GAE1S.
We tru that the dignity OF The United
States muy uow be vindicatcd by the indict-
u,ent, t1i,i sud cnnsiction Of Jefferson Davis
for the cr tnc Of treason, befura jury oi
1wclyc mcn, III the Circuit Court Of the
United sta1*., ut.dtr the art Of April 80, 1870,
77h.ch act is IL the following words
.'lf any ,~.rs OIL or persons, u~tnC allegiance to
The United s,S1cs o: Arnrilea. .nal levy war
seapst th. IT,, or shal{ adhere to their enemies CIV
aug them nil md comfort within The United States
elsewhtre md shsli be thereof convicted on con
IL: sion 10 u..eb court or Oh tue l.stlD'ny OF TWO
witnesses To tEe 6ume overt nc: Of The TREASON
whereof be or they thsfi stald Indicted. such per.
zaiust thc Unltea Sia:se, asd xh.A sa+r Dr. ath. :"
1t ,wes ,cnark Of lle late Senator Doug-
las that :his government had proved ITSELF
equal to every emergency which could befall
ration, aud capable Of exercising
every power belonging to government
except the power to hang d traitor
lie beiiryed that the United States
would ho1 he wholly respectable in lis
own eyes, or the eyes Of the world, aud Tould
nut enjoy domestic tranquility, until it
should l:-ug . traitor. The trials Of Burr
Bo}lnan and Swartwout are almost forgo
AID AZ TIL Case Of Burr Was decided upon u
POINT Of l.w, b,forr the merits we're reached,
it 1emai1.s doubtful whether reai case Of
4r.ason ever came before Court it, this conn-
Try. The Eu!littcrs OF seuth Carolina CON-
=nitted tr>ascu ty lcvying war against
The United Sta!es, although tho var
was finalltv ascrt+d 1,y nn act Of everlasting
Shame on tie W4rt OF Congress. Having OBJ
7uiued VII ! They wanted-a modification of
1hc tariff n: nullitiers susp2rd-d their mil
5tary p1cl-s -tirns, aud were nrver brought to
trial. Pei =; ; If our fathers lad done their
keu:y tlcE ehould have bcen fpared the
duty now :...cs Upon ue Of toying and exc
cutting t:-si!or. G! all the ontDlers against
lie sovcr. .:1'y Of lie United States, Davis
is the NOS conspicuous, and The least respect
1ble. E's personal guilt il perhaps not
greater TIM iia. Of others, but by yistno
Lis posit! IL Le embodied the guilt Of all
Being til : than his fellows, the
bolt et:i.es him whsca passes over
7hcir !.:s's. As President Of. tn.
Con{edera..; s'ates, he assumed the
rcsponti'',,:::5 oftle aggregate treason Of the
Soutb. j. il the dury ol tbs gen-rati,n OF
.4metica1.s 20 teach The lesson that he who
commits rllson goes about it with aatter
alound n:s neck. It only. concerns Us to
mike the forms OF his tr.al equal to he disni =
<oI the OCCASION. This cat only he done by
jury trial in pursuance Of the statute, and in
no other way.
IiDuyis vasccncerned! in the assassination
of the FIe.ident, the fact whe,a proved, can
Only scrv. to make his rama a 1rife bIacker
Gu the ca:cudaf Of time. He can be hanged
but oace l-r all his crimes. Let him ttsre-
fore, be hanged by the law which he has br5-
Ken, ACCORDING TO its established forms, and
Jet Linn be recorded us the first wh> paid the
legal penalty Of treason, in the a1aats OF the
R.rublie.
Too L1!:1--The types made the circu'a-
zion Of .h: NlErcsE on last Saturday II 140,
when 1t Should be II .l4o. The TRIBUNE has
not quite reached to that circulatlcu, bnt If