The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-10-04
From Washington.
WASHINGTON, September 25.

dent to-day.
Gen. Gordon Granger, in the course OF
bissremarks referred to the congratulate
rv TELEGRAM which had been sent to the
Convention by Gen. Forrest and other
ex-Confederates, and said that the true
sn;rit of the Southern men was there eX-
bibited. and that no one had right to
doubt the honesty and sincerity of their
declarations. 49,
| The President, responding, said that
whilst the war was a. physical contest,
connected of course with intellect and in
telligence as far as the scene of war was
concerned, the struggle now is purely OF
O. civil character, and for the establish
ment of basis upon which our institu-
tions are to rest hereafter That the
query which now arises is, whether the
character and genius of the nation is to
be subverted, or whether it is to be set
tied upon the principles Of the Constitu-
4 tuition. I think we are now at the most
Important crisis of our country's history.
When we are to fix substantial and en-
during basis upon which the institutions
of the country are to rest, we are to re-
turn to the constitutional limits estab-
Fishing the great facts that this is Gov
ernment oflimitations, that it has writ
ten Constitution, and that it's boundaries
are to be observed and strictly guarded.
If Free Government is to exist, then
coming out of arebellion we ought to
demonstrate to mankind that Free Gov
ernment cannot exist upon hatred, dis
trust and i'll will, and that with us the
| 4 ~. a. 1ichr ant Of
! all the relations Of the States of the Fed
eral Union This I look upon rs being Of
equal Importance with any part OF the
war, if not as the most important part OF
it. 1 have said more than intended;
but 1 repeat that the encouragement,
countenance and confidence given me,
coming from the source which it does, is
peculiarly acceptable to me, and God
being willing, will, with your help, pur-
sue the course which have been pursu-
( ing in the effort to save our Government.
know that it has been said that the
founders of Government are entitled to
the most conspicuous place in it's history.
| but it is my opinion that the preservers
of Government should occupy its most
important page.
"Leo," the Washington correspondent
of the Charleston Courier, writes as fol-
lows in regard to the trial Of Mr.. DAVIS:
| The trial of Jefferson Davis for treason
under the Indictment found by the Grand
Jury in Norfolk last May was deferred
by Judge Underwood's Court till the first
Tuesday in October, against the remon-
strations of Mr.. Davis counsel. The time
is at hand, and no one seems to believe
that any trial is to take place. At the
June term in Richmond the trial should
have occurred, and strong representa-
tions were made to the Court against re-
tanning Mr. Davis in custody during the
heats of summer Judge Underwood re-
piled that the retention would be relieved
by the presence of Mrs. Davis and others,
the friends of the prisoner, and that the
President might intcrpose in his behalf;
that it would be a grievous matter to all
parties to try the case at Richmond
through the dog days., and that Chief
Justice Chase and Attorney General Speed
were not wiling to attend to the trial at
that time. But Judge Underwood prom
ised that the trial should take place on
the first Tuesday of October, at the spc-
cial term of the Court to be convened on
the first Monday. lie said that the Chief
Justice and Attorncy-General Speed
would then be ready for the trial, and
that it would certainly take place, unless
the case should previously be otherwise
disposed Of
The President does not intend to inter-
fere with a subject that belongs to other
departments Of the. Government. The
Radicals denounce tho President because
he does not order trial by Military
Court upon the charge Of assassination,
as in the case of Booth and others. There
will be no trial by Military Court, for
the Government will order none. Even
Judge Advocate General Holt would not
now, it is presumed, insist upon a militia
| ry trial, under the testimony of the con-
| fessed!y suborncd witnesses who swore to
the completely of Mr. Davis in the assas-
sination of Lincoln.
| But I hear, every day, strongly ex-
pressed opinions from Conservatives, and
even from reasonable Republicans, that
the President should now withdraw the
advertisement offering reward for the
apprehension of Jefferson Davis, as an
accessory to the murder of President Lin
coin. There has never been an indict-
ment under Mr.. Holt's allegation, and
there will not be. The President, it is
true, may have been led to believe that
the same power that will depose him
may bring Mr.. Davis to trial before a
Military Court. If the President be i'm
peached and removed the coming session,
Mr.. Davis might be tried and hanged, not
! for treason, but upon the false charge of
J, completely in assassination. For that,
and other reasons, the President is cx-