The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-08-30
The wilmington DispateA responds as

The Wilmington Dispatch responds as
follows:
G Our able and reliable cotemporarv tbo
Norfolk Virginaan, in commenting on the ao
ton of the Philadelphia Convention f.
expressing Willingness to abide practicai1I,
by the action of that body, suggests an en1
quiry which is very pertinent. 1t desires f.
know why the question of Mr. Davis, i'm
prisonment was not touched on in the ad
dress, that the Southern people might Know
the sentiment of the North on this omoD
ton.
Any peace, any restoration of the Union
any good for the South which does not oIaS,
accomplish his release from the prison IN
which for more than twelve months he ban
been immured, is but shallow. bnlia%o
mockery. We do not desire any good wb;oh
he cannot share. We have no desire for an,
benefits or privileges of which he is denr;ts
ed. We and our whole people, are as n9noL
guilty of crime as he, and have no flesiro VI
shrink from the share of responsibility vbicH
has been incurred. The cruelty which hol
marked the treatment of that DISTINGUISHES
gentleman is the foulest blot on the escntoho
on of American civilizaticn--worse +Lae,
Sheridan's vandalism-worse than RutIarl
robberies. 1t ought to be wiped OUT
The same paper has the following in re1o
| ton to that pure patriot and great n,an
Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War.
"STANToN THE MuRDERER-We loow.
from our exchanges that this eminent viii
is soon to be removed from the position which
he occupies in the Presidents Cabinet Tba
whole community of honest men in Ameroo
and the rest of the world, will be glad Tn ho
iieve this. Never before has any man Sn
thourouhly shameless, been permitted ~
hold place as the minister of inst rn,or
He ought to have been removed long months
ago, when he was plotting with Holt. for the
murder of Mrs. Surratt, and when he was
working to obtain the Punishment of the
prisoners of the Dry Tortugas.
When his mortal career ends he will has
ten below to receive the avenging tortures
which have been prepared for him in the in
| furiated hell to which he is destined. where
the cracking blazes are leaping and licking
| their tongues IN joyous anticipation of his ar
rival. May just God hasten his departure
hence. hasten his approach there where at
last in some small degree the evil he has
done may be properly punished
| Now, all this is meant for Andrew John
son. These newspapers strike him over
| other mems shoulders. Who retained, and
still retains Mr.. Stanton as Secretary of War;
Andrew johnson. Who at first denounced
Jefferson Davis as guilty of the monstrous
crime of assassination Andrew johnson.
Who has not, to this day, taken back this
charge? Andrew johnson. Who seized
Jefferson Davis as fugitive, denied him the
protection of Lees surrender, put ,shackles
on his limbs, and immured him in dun
geon? Andrew johnson. Who, by a single
stroke of the pen, could set Jefferson Davis
free, and retract the charge that he is an as
sassin? Andrew johnson. These Editors
who are whining over Mr.. Davis, know all
this to be so, but they fear to assail the Presi-
dent, and so they vent their rage ON his sub.
ordinates. The day will come when they
will denounce him openly, if he should not
yield to all their demands, as they,now de-
nounce his subordinates. 1t would seem to
be impossible that Andrew johnson should
ever be moved either by the wishes or the
maledictions of such men. More extracts
hereafter