Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-10-01
DAILY DEMOCRAT.


FtV0 the Coluabuo Crisis.
We had supposed that the rhinocerue
hide Of the notorious Judge Advocate Jos
holt was inn srvious. and proof against the
indignation and coutemps Whicn ms inia
nous career hes excited among honoraDae
men thi oughoue the world bus It seems
that the food VI deserved execfasson and
malediction Of mankind was too much tor
even him. The conscience stricken man y
out in an appeal for mercy. We copy ne
following fIom tie loyal Cincinnati Com.
mercial
We have received Z slight pamphlet, en-.
titled "vindication Of Judge Advocate Gen.
saal Holt from the foul ISLANDERS 81 CONFESS
pssiusers and subes psrs, actins in ~ ~.
ierest Of Jefferson Davis" The matter Of
the pamphlet prefaeed by this brief note
shows how iateasslv Judge Holt has suffer
ed from the ISLANDERS that be re0ents
WASHINGTON. Sept. :. 1866.
ITO all loyal Men.
I'm the name Of simple justics-wbich %
all I claim from friend o. foe-yOur atten-
ton is 70 pee. .u!ly Invited 70 the suejoined
article Grom the Washington Chrosscle. Of
yesterday, % presenting . perfectly truth
iul vind.cstion Of myself from the atrocious
caiumny With which the traitors, confessed
perjurers and suSorners arc now % hascly
pursuing me.
Tb, New York Tribune eondenses the
pamphlet into these sentences
"Gsncral Holt was duped BY the villain
who called himself Samuel Conover, -
others bad been before him. Deceived BY
Conover'a lies, he gave that scOundrel Gre
dence aud money which might have been
better bestowed. Conover, thus supported,
subcrncd other villains 10 commit per)urleS
conformatoiy to his own-ali Of them re-
csived aud sccreditcd in p rfest good faith
by Judge Holt !; but, when the House Com
ln,ltes proceeded 10 investigate them. some
of the second hand rsscals recan 81 and
confessed their pesjury; whsreupon Como.
yer, though he stously reiterated and stood
by his orig,nsl posture, soon took occasion
10 vanish, and has since 30 remained OF
course his whole fabric Of villainy falls 10
the ground 81 CHI are the material facts in
the case, and they uowise impeach the 10
tg.ity Of Judge Holt liz was Simply the
victim o. an atrOcious scOuudrel."
"lhat 10 all there il about IT." adds the
Commercial. anxious to get rid Of = subject
~ dlsgraceiul TO the loyal II is enough
Heaven knows, but it is not all. 1t Mr.
joseph Holt had come out Immediately
upon the discovery that Conover was per
jured knave, published the truth about
n,n, and stated thnt he Was deceived, there
might have been credit given for the excuse.
But ina c,d Of doing this, Mr.. Joseph Holt
busted h,nselt long after the chaiac'e r otthc
uonovtr crowd was known. in screening
them from justice, in hunting up other pel>
jurers to support their sta,eIncnts, and in
writing false and unsophisticai arguments
10 the judiciary Committee Of the House TO
support their tissue Of pe,juries which state
ments decided the Abolition majority Q that
Committec in making that false and malic.
ious report in reference to the case Of Mr..
Davis which still stands . monument IL
wicked and libeious accusation. Mr. Holt
combined with the Abolition members Of
that, COMMITTEE to conceal the papers be-
longing TO it, and 10 prevent Mr. Rogers from
making Just and truthful report in refer-
sncc 10 NJ. Davis. Mr.. Holt used this vii
lain Conovsr. not only to poison the minds
Of the Northern people with his perjuries
against Mr.. Davis. but in various other per
secu:iops and trials The same gang were
prominent in the trial Of Mrs. Surratt
and Wi,z, and the testimony given BY
them served rs An excuse Tor the ex-
ecution Of these victims Of Holt Like
the hired pe,jurcrs Of Titus Oates. these
subOrned witnesses were put forward Oy
Holt upon every occasion that il was profit
able to Is ablish some scandalous lie about
= Southern man or Northern opponent.
With their aid, Holt and Stanton took the
lives Of other citizens in their hands for more
than year. l.: was only after the v,llanies
became notorious, and the co-laborer and in
atrument Of Holt had escaped. and when
Blair denounced Holt % villain guilty Of
subornation and perjury, and the charge
had been echoed oil over the land, that the
Judge Advocate comes out. admits his guilt,
and pleads that he was dupcd into it by 9TH
er and greater villains than himself
That's oil there is about it, but in the
name Of oil that is decent, is that not enough
TO secure to Holt the ''simple justice" which
he asks, by an Incarceration in penitentia
~ to which he has sent better men BY his
plots and peIjuries.
1t is not surprising that Holt ut,ers .
howl Of agony when he thinks Of his de>
serts, when he calls to mind the hatred, ex-
ecra,ion and contempt in which he is held,
and the fostering infamy which will cling to
his name a. long rs it is remembered
Where the hundreds whom he has ruined
and impoverished BY false imprisonment to
dog his steps ny day. and those whom he
has murdered by the same instrumcntalities
Il corruption. perjury and despotism, to
haunt his dreams by night. - the victims
Of Titus Oates and Oough6sld haunted
these prototypes, 1t would b but portion
Of the punishment Holt deserves-the ap-
partition Of the Nemesis he he's invoked.
JonH VAN buren, AND rag "DivIxs WAa-
RIoR The Rochester Union is respcn-
sibls for the following: "During the war
John Van Buren, VAS riding in . railroad
cas beside most ardent patriot in white
chokef and suit Of black. who was terribly
in earnest about the war, telling what We
had done % far in whipping the rebels,
what We were going to do, and so on.-
'And when did you get back ?" What do
you meany' reapondrd the divine warrior
in buckrsm. why when did you get
back from the front p rejoired he was.-
''Oh. l haven't beer to the 'front.'" answer
I'd the Falstaflian hero in subdued tone as
he wi,ed unoer the Princes malicious
|nuOh and the irorinU smilae of tho.a ,.,h.