, 1866-12-18


nizlnE Union man from first to last; and
NO or three other gentlemen OF no weight
outside the State. They have had luter-
itews with several leading senntors and
and seem 10 have pretty
good appreciation aud comprehension Of the
present political eitnatlon. They represent
he great body OF people who declined to
Eote st the recent election for Governor
Irorth-the men WHO carried through the
State Reconstruction Convention the clnu.e
that the ordinance Of secession had
always been null and void. Most Of them,
as learn, favor the Constitutional Amend.
mcnt, What popular strength lies behind /
them have no means Of knowing, except |
from their own showing. They clatm that
half the legal voters OF the State can take
the oath embodied In their memorial. This
may b. true, but must own that nm In
cllued TO doubt tue correctness Of the asser-
tiop.
THE sGlRATr coHREsroSDEScE.
The belief that the State Department Is
holding back some Important papers belong
ing 10 the Surratt respondcnce, ealns
ground among persons who hare carefully
looked into the published document brought
out on Governor Boutwell's call. That one
despatch is withheld can be easiIY shown.
The despatch No. 23G from Consul General
Potter, at Montreal, is IN part as follows:
"Sm: sent a telegtam In cipher yesterday In.
lo1ninE the Department that Jonu Il. snrsatt lett
pool, where be- now l. awaiting the arrival or the
steaEer Sovx scouan. whleh saIis on Saturday
next, b. which ho expects to receive money 1on,
paEsitR In This city By the band OF --. Of
whom be mate . eonddaut N Liverpool. II IL biz
Intention 10 go to Eomf. II an oilcer could pro-
cred 10 EnGfand In this ship. 1 have no doubt bur
bis arrest night be effected"
This despatch bears date of Wednesday,
October 25, 1865. The cipher teltgran Of
The pr<rtots day Il not girvn in tie corx7,on-
dtnee. 1t Gun hardly be possible that 1t Ealled
to reach AIr. Seward, yet this impression
seems conveyed by It's uou-appesrauce In
print. There appears to be reason, too, for
conveying this impression. Between Tues
dny, October q, the date Of the telegram,
md Saturday, October Is, there was ample
time TO scDd Nh officer for pussaEe on the
Nova Scotlan Which sailed OF that day. But
no officer was sent. or course the letter of
the 25lh. didn't reach here till aftcr the
steamer sailed. Get the telegram out Of the
way, md the Government eau shield Itself
behind the plea Of ignorance respecting the
criminal.
Tho particular friends Of the Administrn.
tlon evidently feel that the common sensc Of
the country Wall condemn its long ncgli.
gence 10 the matter Of the arrcst-cspccEal1y
Its failure 10 even attempt the arrest while
Surratt was in England. They say that cur
relations with England wese such that we
could not demand his surrenderat her bands;
that tho British Government had time and
agaiu refused To live up to the terms Of the
extraditton treaty, and, therefore, II was
needless 10 ask his arrest by English officials.
This excuse, It seems to me, fills to answer.
Surely Sns1ntt was no ordinary criminal.
His crime was one abhorrcd BY the whole
world. The flmsy excuse Of Mr. Scward'a
| apolosists cannot be accepted. 1t was ou1
duty to demand the criminal, and seave Eng,
land to tho consequences Of rcfH.a. to sur
| render him.
JUDGE uoLT's v1SDrcAr1ox.
| The attempt OF various persons and papers
to chow that Judge Advocate General Holt
has been getting up false evidence 10 cou
nect JET. Davis with the assassination con
spirncy 10 decided faiInre. The individu
als concerned In this cndeavos made til.
New York lftruld their nouthpicce, and thai
paper seems willingly to have given It's col
the attempt vas only another move Of rebel
ind their abettors In the game TO Great
sympathy for Davis. The scheme was q,
adrolt Ono. Having two brief notes from
Judge Holt, they forged half dozen letter
to Conover from the parties Hhom he hal
produced Us witnesses in the conspiracy t.is
and In the House investigation-weavip,
them around tho genuine notes In such
manner that only carefully obscrvant pei
sons could detect the patchwork.
doubt II any man who was loyal dusin
the wAr gave a moments cfedence to th
open charges and covert destinations of n
those letters aud editorials originally pub
llshed In the Herald, and copied thence Int
most OF tho so-called Democratic papers c
the country. Judge Holt's truth aud patsias
ism had been 20 firmly established tha, the
could not be oveftbrown In such fashion. /
Is well, however, that he puhtished bis riu
dieatlon. It was worth willie, In the Intel
csis ot History, TO show on what rotten fouu
aatiens this last effort Of rebel sympathfzcr
rested. The vindtcatiou wns conclusive
included the deliberate Judgment of those Il
The best possible poeitiou for knowing wha
Judge lo1t's course hns bcc1-An1 this Iudc
ment was expressed by Representative Wi
son, Chairman Of the House Iurcstigutin,
Committee, when he wrote as follows:
"ion earnestly urged The committee 10 erna 70
lhe rttns whose q, positions you had tai Ii
| tho GouGveF hrhtch Of the c9se, 4otv3shs.3 ndfp
ttote deposnions seemed fir, truthful, and n
| suspicion bad oeen cast upon them. The CON
found, You proposed 70 SEND coIoEei fi TsHer r t
View YORK city IN ofder TO discover the sherc1
eouss o. Tie witnestes and procure their atiead
esmni'te, I'd Colonel Turner 1tsea Nv z fo9 Il
His visit md Investigation led 10 suspicion tha
! CoIosss had praetieed =, frsud upon tee s1,horl
LIZ for complete Sitting Of tha t-sInoay give
~ Ne S; wt;HSssrs 1;e ptosa'sd y copoyeE: PHI
= OF 5s
comDoI,tte bE oue OF bis most important VII
hcaees. 1als pl.n WAS carried ont, and resulte
No one more promptly on seeosnized this &c &c, Ia IL
yon1ren And you 20 et1tcd. and tdviacd the with
tIawA iona the consideration Of The eomral1te
| coNoset- The report ol the committee in q
tense fet:s uTon The testimony OF these witness -
-!hAt testimony Vas whOAy dts7esasure, Sor
and &Tosded satisfactory eyidenre :3at yoar oE!
dstt1t IN thf pftniteb was 10 n1r1vc n the unlh.
The vindication also Included the tlepos
lions Of two Of the persons rurporting +
| have written notes TO Conorer-the mo:
important notes brought forward In the 1Al
| afd-in which 1t was solemnly sworn tha
!. both these notes we're hase tabrications. 5
!. much for the pamphlet Of Judge Holt. Tt
| euta Of the matter is reached when II Il state
. HAT The originals Of the letters printed I
| | the I{frJld have Just come into the posse
ston of the Government, and ase found to t
: the work Of Conoyer himself! or cours
: nothing more need be said, for he WAS uad,
, Indictment Tor perjury tome time befor
these papers reached the War Department.
~ ISRAEL.
; AMERICAN DOCTRESS IN LONDON