Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1866-06-23

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ra.,iinr a.-sin-r u. authority nsg -
Lr.s.,.gy :, IL p.,ss.Es.afds. T. d,.r
,-r;y,,s n, nth and ,co,sars oyrg.,,y
ooy,ssf u" When Ardrcw Jobpson
Ly ,be sadde-, oven, in Amcr;c,n
b,s,nrv nec.ame Pres;den, he ramem.
hercJ that deliberate vow of his
wrongeJ and outraged coun,rymcn
From the momen, ofhis installation
into office 70 tlis bonr no has stcad,.
iv I,,hnrcd 70 mt tho leaders nf the
roholl;nn On tr;o, Ue has ,eft M
stonn nntnrnod 70 ettact this oh;ect
Tia reserved f,r this nnrnosc f;ve
hn,drnd of Tho n,,st copsr!cnous of
tho Snrthorn traitors thoSe who
stood out nron,;nent !, tho :. dork
history nf traasonMthe tr,;tor pres-
;Jn"t and h;s Cah;netEthe traitor
S"notc and Conrrnss-tho traitor
Observation-Disclosures and h;s rrinc;nal
military oss;stant-thc tr,;tdr naval
Comm3ndcrswond tho traitor linlo.
mots-woro solectcd to oo before
thn b;ohcst conrt in tho lond If con.
v;ctcJ 70 NV tho sevcrost nenaltv
f,r tho;r rhnastl, hnl nr;mos
Thc mnlt;tnae were 70 he forc;v.
on Pardon for the neonlc and nun.
;shment for thc leaders ia tho his.
tnr;coI f,tc of ali rchell;ons and the
w;s]nm of pooon nh;losonhv ;oins
w;th tho ex,ltn6 teach;ncs of Chris
t;an nhilanthronv in Sharing the
n'anv - Wills nnn;sh;na the faw
Thn hroodnst oninestv for those who
a,nnInncd the ranks of treason was
o"" of tho nr;nc;nle features Of the
- ',ro.t nol;.r of A hraLam lincoln
4 % ndrew JoInson inherited that noIi-
or and IN ,ha MAIN pursued Il. but
70 a' "xn;ate tho manifold woes. the
t"rr;hIe ;nf;ct;ons Of devastation aud
',n.tl' a.d tho fr;rhtful wrongs
wh;.h civil war had caused: to
stomm with nroner ;nfamv bv the
m"st .n.nst judicial authority the
sto;,, NJ tr4.sou. and bv examnIe to
dnto, tho fntnre from n reputation
of;ts ;n.olcnlable wrongs. he marked
tho ch;ofconsniratcrs for doom, He
oo~smlt.d with his law,officers. and
wos told bv them that military courts
ware ;ncompetent to trv traitors for
.ots oftreason. They sent him to
tho Sunreme Court. There he car
r;nd his five hundred rebel leaders.
Ue revealed to the robed aud re-
sne,ted diymitarics of that court the
innortance of immediate trial, and
urged that those who had filled the
lond with sorrow and redeemed the
land with blood. should with all pos
sihle speed be nrraiyned ut their tri-
bunal. lie besOught in vain. The
Chief Justice refused to sit in .judg-
mcnt in any district held under mi
itary rule. Still holding Davis IN
his cell within the -g'rt walls oil
Fortress Monroe, and others IN va
rious places of confinement. the res