The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-06-08

hundreds of moral monsters and m 1nv mil
lions OF capital; subSidiZing the press pul pt, and
politics of the State, rendering Richmond more
infamous among men for this great crime than
AL the cities along the coasts of Sene gambia,
Upper and Lower Gu nea, Congo, L00ngo, An
eola, and Benguela combined" This is tear
iul picture, and the inference inevitably follows
that Richmond, titus savagely demoralzed as
the hcadqu quarters OF the African slave trade and
OF JEFF, Davi, as the Head Centre Of rebellious
contederacy founded upon the cornerstone OF
this detestable traffic, is hardly the place in
which to find twelve a'le-bodied white men
who will agree that Davis ought to be hung;
or soltory negro whore mind Is not made uD
that JEFF. ought TO be strangled without Judge or
Jury,
Judge Underwood, no gcver, improved his
opportunity i'm ins5rucinp the Grand Jury that
by law OF Congress "you have 1t In your
power to exercise wholesome restraint upon
licentious tongues and pens and upon a press
VIII ch, as q blind leader Of the blind, has been,
and still is, one OF the chief causes OF past pre-
sent, and prospective Calumnv and misfortune.
The murders, duels, assassinauons, violent and
ungoverDed passions, ending in selt-conaagra-
tion and sel-immolation unparalleled IN any
heather country; the poverty, suffering, agony,
and degradation which have given this city OF
almost uneqUalled natural capabilities its bad
eminence are the legitimate fruits OF the teach
ings OF It's public press.n Nov, while the
history OF the Richmond press OF the lost Thirty
leals will go far to sustain this charge o. Judge
Underwood, We must say that mis- violent denun-
II tons OF Richmond ana its people en- mdsse
we're better adapted Tor stump speech from
Parson Brownlow or a lecture from that untam.
able shrew, Wendell Phillips, or Tor such a
savage as Judge Jeifreys on his bloody assze,
t. an lor United States Court upon a case of
treason. But it is none the less apparent that II
any Of the Richmond secesh newspapers fall
into the clutches OF Judge Underwood they will
not be let OIL so easily as they we're by General
Grant. They profess wonderful admiration of
President johnson, but they have been by far
the best OF all the allies Of Thaddeus stevens
and his radical faction,
But while Judge Underwood in his depart
ment has disposed of JEFF. Davis for the time
being, il must not be forgotten that the Judi.
ciary Committee of the House of RepTe0enta-
tives at Washington had for some time. aud still
have, his case under examination, i'll view Of his
trial as one Of the conspmators implicated in the
assassination OF Pres dent Lincoln. For his
capture as one OF those conspirators President
johnson offered his reward OF a hundred thou
sand dolla's; bur. doubtless, the evidence upon
which he then acted will not pass the rest OF
judicial ms soection. Yet, as we presume that
Judge Unoer good acted in deterence to the Com.
mittee of Compress, we may possibly next hear
OF a movement in that quarter for the trial Of
Davis, not tor treason, hut for murder In any
event he is our white elephant and would be
eood rddance on any terms.