The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-06-19

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him the right guaranteed by the law OF the
land. One of the highest judicial officers OF
| the highest judicial tribunal OF the country,
| in omen Court. officially and deliberately re-
plies with jest, makes sport OF conhne-
ment unparalleled in the annals OF cruelty
The infamy of Jeffrey is eclipsed, and Under
wood shines out pre-eminent, as the prince OF
devils Wilmington journal.
We are tired of this sickly sentimentallty
about Jefferson Davis. 1t is INDUCED I'M
first to make political capital for the enemies
of the Union, and secondly, to tarnish and
disgrace the national government in the eyes
of the world. ssaa
1t is not true that Mr.. Davis is dying
from want of food" He is served daily with
food good enough for prince. He has
every luxury and delicacy that he could de-
sire. Heis allowed many privileges, among
them that of walking out for exercise in the
open air, and of seeing his wife and his
friends If his sleep was broken by the tread
of sentinels near his room, that has been dis
continued by order, and we have no doubt
it would have been discontinued sooner, If
he had complained of it. 1t is true he is
nervous, but how many thousands of sickly,
nervous people, including delicate women
and children, are irritated and deprived of
sleep by the noises, the rattleing of carriages
and omnibusses, in our large cities ? If the
sentinels referred to had been Confederate
sentinels, so-called, their tread would have
been music to his ear, and we should have
heard no complaint that they prevented him
from sleeping.
The disloyal newspapers which are mani
testing so much sympathy for Mr.. Davis,
should remember the suferings of thousands
bellion. For years, in Richmond, almost
within sight and sound of Mr.. Davis, there
were confined, by his order, hundreds of
Union men, who were arrested on the mere
suspicion of disloyalty, who were denied
trial, and many of whom died miserably,
covered with sores, rags, and vermin. The
same was the case at Salisbury, in this State.
Scores of the free citizens of North Carolina
were imprisoned at that place, simply be-
cause as one Maj. Mckay stated, they were
" suspicioued" of disloyalty. Many of these
unfortunat6s died miserably Their crime
was, not that they had fought against, or
even conspired against the Confederacy, but
they had not spoken well of it. They were
murdered by slow torture because they said
they were Union men. Five thousand fed
eral prisoners were done to death at Sails
bury, and thirteen thousand at Anderson
vile, under the administration of Mr.. Davis,
if not by his order. His creatures, Seldom
and Winder, tortured these men to death, as
they had tortured Union citizens of North
Carolina to death. Seldom survives Why
is he not tried and punished for his crimes
1t is small business to pursue and punish
such as Wirz and Gee, while their superiors
and masters are allowed to go unpunlshed.
Mr.. Davis and Gen. Lee kneg, at least six
months before the close of the rebellion, that
there was no ground for hoping for Confed-
crate success. Why did they not abandon
the contest, and thus save life and property
What was it but murder, when they ordered
battles knowing that no matter how they
might terminate, there was no hope for their
cause? 1t acas murder, as declared by Mr..
Settle in Convention on Friday last. This
awful stain rests on all, no matter what their
views in the outset, who insisted on fighting
it out when there was no probable hope of
success.
1t is very fashionable with the disloyal
press to defame and revile Judge Underwood
Judge q. is faithful and fearless judicial
officer. and heis acting under the immediate
eye of President johnson. 1t is known that
Judge Q. and the President have had fire.
quent consultations in relation to the case of
Mr.. Davis, and we have no doubt the Judge
is fully sustained in his course by the Presi-
dent. The Journal knows this to be so-
That paper, with the disloyal presses gene
rally, hates the President as bitterly as it
does Judge Underwood, but it is not deemed
prudent or polite just now to manifest this
hatred.