Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-08-22
From the Richmond 2smes.l
g. Jefferson Davis.


When Napoleon Bonaparte died on the
prison7rock of st. Helena, at the time ht
orca,hed his last and for hours after his death
me of the most tremendous storms that ev,r
swept tie face of land or sea was fercely
aping., Da.k clouds draped the canopy o.
Heaven like funeral pail, while the strug
Cling winds, with dreed and mouruful sounds,
eened to give expression to paroxysms oi
grief and agony. Vast waves thundered tu
rionsly against the rookbound shores OF The
lonely island, as il they sought to tear i; from
its adauan,ne base. Scorching lightning
sniivercd the granite crags. and high above
ite walls of the tempestand Crash OF this aw-
+ full elemental strife came the booming Of sig
..al guns from, vessels in distress, a. they Were
shired through the darkness OF that nigL
and the dangers Of that sea down to des.ruc-
tlon. Amid such SCENES as these, the sonl ol
Napoleon took its fight. Superstition .d,c
not iail to connect as CAUSE and effect the
leath of such great man and the coiBcidene'
If such a Storm The friends Of the impris
oned and exiled Emperor saw in this grea'
hurricane manifestation of Heavens ange'
nd vengeance at the conduct Of his enemici
and the inhumanity OF his jailor. Certain !,
IS, that this remarkable tempest was lie
without its elect. upon the mind and cou'
science OF Hudson Lowe.
uJetferson. Davis, like Napoleon Bonaparie.
Shall die in prison, We know not whetle
there will be physical storm similar to TIN
. herald his enlrauce into eternity. and strlk'
error into tie hearts Of his enemies. Bu
his We know-that The death OF such ma;
pison, after the world now knows what L
las suffered, will arouse a moral storm whici
vii sweep from t.e centre to the clrcunifi
nee Of Christendom and pii'ory TO sham
,rever on the page vi history, the actors L
ne dask tragedy oi Fortress Monroe. III
,eath OF DAVIS III prison Will ne an lndignan'
theme before whici the deeds Of the lnqu's'.
,on. the crimes Of the Bustle, the murder
# Icndon Tower and the horrors Of The Au;
TRAN Dungeon will grow radiant win III
,ght OF Justice and mercy. 1t wii tic III vdi.
.:ien to place the burtnen o! such n Sin c
Miles alone. lie may alone he the guilty
yarty but the name, fame and reputation
the American people, as repr, sented by th
bloodhound party in power, whl have to rec
and stsgser under the gigantic ialalny, nevr'
to be relieved by death or purial IN oDii'loh
No penauce will then atone for the treatmenl
OF Mr.. Davis, for ;ae, world only recOll.ct his
virtues and his injuries.
For the Radical party there will then be
eternal shame and degradation, and for Mile:
there will be peace and happiness neither
here nor hereafter. Wherever he may go, con-
science will lash him with her scorpion sting
and The hissings OF tie universe will follow
him. Iu the song Of every bird he SHALL heai
"Uh! tie shame, tic shamc!" and iii tn,
rustic of every leaf breathed upon by th'
summers soilest zephyr, he shall hear The
parsh rattle OF the rnaQacles and the piteou:
moans of his victim. Will he travel BY sea
Then spectral form from Hampton Road:
will haunt his imagination and fill his dreams
clothing tho crest OF each wave with awlud-
ing sheet and shouting vengeance in the boou
of each billow.
We repeat. if Jefferson Davis shall die IN
prison, let all anenable for itprepare to meet
tempest and deluge Of wrath ana shame
such as never before avenged deed ofwrons
10 the living or the dead.