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n erortse Or the secretary ofs " ~ nssd tAesl
Attorney 9seneral On the Case of ~ =. DAy1ss|
\ january I0.--The President tosday transmit tied
10 the Senate Il message In reply 70 resolution
calling upon him to inform that body upon NJ hat
charges Jeff Davis ID confined, and " he II not
brought 10 trial The Presfdent encl0ses reports
from The Secretary Of War and the ttorney Gsn.s
eral and at the same time invites the attenti0h Of
the Senate to that portion of his annual message:
which refers to Congress Tile Of WITHHOLD
rsts n s where 81 I teir as W has been
WAR DEPARTMENT, Jam 1866
Sir: In the annexed Senate resolution. passed
Dec 2lst, 1865, referred to me by you for report,
was captured Sby the United States troops in the
State Of Georgia ongor about the 18th day of May,
1866 and BY order Of this Department has been
ann confined IN i Eeesatress ea Monroe to await
ities of the Uniteaf ~ sa !; YES ~ seTnpneIt.
+ 2d That he has not beeias arraigned upon any
indictment or formal charge OF rrSsEne, but has
been indicted for the crime Of hiEh BY the
Grand Jury of the District OF Columbia wliiGal
flictment Il now i,endnp in the Supreme Court Of
said District He is also charged with the crime
Of melting the assassinati isn oi Abraham Lincoln,
and with the murder Of Union prisoners 81 var byI
starvation ana other barbarous ana cruel treai-
Inent towards thenns
Sd. The President deemtngE ii expetient that /
Je Davis should hrst ii put hpol ais traf before
as adyssd n ~ Inn
that t ,nos nry,,s
was in the state of Yirejnia That ii yyissin.
+a Jr,}ioioI fyiro,,it q IA fi f!nf I,,s4rn
q the supreme Court VINO mas nelo no gonIt mere
since tne appfenension O layis, ano Wno aecnes
for an indefinite period 70 hold any Court fhere:
Inc natreTs above staIed ares 90 iars as = au M
formed tne reasons LOT noiding paws ln conhne7
ment, yhy he has not been brought to triai, etc
Besldes iJeii. DAVIS, tne loiio wing persons @ho
acted as oMcers ol tne renei goyeInleht aEe iills
prisoned, to-W. :s olemens y; ~ noltIess
Monroe, charged anon other WIN sIeason
with complicty IN the murder q alia
ers in canada, 70 pnrn tne clties and Iayage egHa
meTce ana coas.s q oIl b.ltlsn
" y: ulee at fors Ns ~
while hoidlng ~ me senate oi ~ we nltea
states and Win potgng sne capture ol w lohts
ana arseAhis " LIE pnitta States, anq " VI incte-
ing war against the AZ \. III y al!ory
al oTl WIN au
A lzng and settng IN 1901 pratiealA expeuiInns i
uhlsea AL Ssales anu arne 81 Nv; VII
hlgh seas. Ihe other oIncers q ING so, ,caisee
Cohieqerate goyernneht aIEssteu ana ~
n nave peen reieaseu on parole 70 aplae tne actlol
n Of the government ~ reference to thelr pTosecu
toh ana ttlai Ior aleeeu onenses On laeiI appgMa "
tlons lor amnesty ana paruon among 1nese are y
a. ITennolm, Secreary o. treasury Johh a a
Camppea ASSISTANT secretary oI s. y M af Jaines e. 4
Seldom, secretary OF war ); = onn = tseagan, rost
master Generali X. NJ. y: dunter senator Alex
H. stepnehs, flce Freslasns, anu sullofy osiici w
i persons Oh less hote. ,,,r,,g (, .,,, nov
4 - = " - = secrsasy e al & Of as War
4 s " s,...,
ATTORNEY efsmhals fsnasry x II issSA s'SA' (
4 10 the President: IS - Is s
i SRI have the honor to acknowledge the re-
4 ceipt from you of copy of q resolution OF the
n Senate of the United States, Of the 21st Of De
4 cember, 1865. In that resolution the Senate re-
4 spectfuly requested to be informed upon whal
charges and reasons Jefferson Davis is still held il
\; confinement, and why lie was not put pom his
4 trial. When the war was at its crisis JeH. Davis
I the COMMANDMENT Chief OF the army of the in
a surgents, was taken prisoner, with other promi
nent rebels, by the military forces Of the Unite'
States. tt was the duty of the military 10 to taxi
them, They have been, therefore, and are We
held as prisoners Of war. Though active hosti
ties have ceased, state Of war still exists owe
n the territory in rebellion Until peace shall hay
come In fact and N law, they can be righttull
8 held as prisoners of war;
have ever thought that trials for high treaso
4 cannot be had before a military tribunal. Th
civil courts alone have jurisdiction OF that crime
: The question then arises, where and when mus
d the trial thereof be held? In that clause OF 70
,l Constitution mentioned in the resolution of w
Senate it is plainly written that they must be hel
. in the State and district wherein the crime sha
q have been committed. n.
know that many persons OF learnlh ana aDilit
. entertain the opinion, that the commander nsehls
i of the rebel armies should pc regarded as cohst
tutionally present with all the Insurgents who Pr,
j, secuted hostilites and made raids supon grther
i and Southern borders OF loyal States; sflls 90
. trine OF constructive presence carried out 70 !
d logical conse eqnenees would make ail VINO ga
bnell With the rGbeI iiablGt