The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-09-13

Joseph HoIt-Jefrcrson Davis-snnford
From The Tribune. 0OO' .......
Judge Adyocate-General Holt has published,
through the Chronicle (Washington) and in
pamphlet ''Vindicauon of Judge Advocate
General Holt from the Foul ISLANDERS of Traitors,
Confessed Perjurers, and Suborners, acting In
the interest of Jefferson Davis" In so far as it
confines itselfto its proper work, we deem this
Vindication complete. General Holt was duped
by the arch-villain who called himself Sanford
Conover as others had been before him. De-
ceived by Conoyers lies, he gave that scoundrel
credence and money which might have been
better bestowed. Conover, thus supported sub
orned other villains to commit perjurtes con-
tirmatory of his own--al of them received and
accredited in perfect good faith by Judge Holt;
but when the House Committee proceeded to
investigate them, some OF the secondhand ras-
Gals recanted and confessed their perjury;
whereupOn ConOver, though he stouty reite-
rated and stood by his original imposture, soon
took occasion TO vanish and has since remained
invisible. Of course, his whole fabric OF villany
falls TO the ground.
Such are the material facts in the case; and
they nowise impeacb the integrity OF Judge
Holt He was simply the victim OF an afro
cious scoundrel. But the Vindication proceeds
to say that
"Ihe endeavor of the conspirators to protect
Davis from the charge OF completely in the
assassination of President Lincoln must be
VAN, 1t is true that that portion of the testi-
mOny brought forward by Conover is at this
time discredited; and the friends of Davis, in
the confusion raised by their outcry against the
Judge Advocate General, would hope TO have it
understood that this is oil the material testi-
mony upon which the charge is based But, in
point OF fact, il Is but one branch OF the body
of proof which has accumulated IN the case.
Long before the production OF the testimony in
OIIpstiOn q trihunal nosp1 n Offi M thp
tirst rank and intelligence had after the fullest
investigation, and upon proof which has not
been, and, 1t is believed, cannot be assailed,
pronounced the head OF the Rebellion quiHy
OF the crime which crowned its lnta-
nous history. Since then other and
equally reliable evidence has been presented,
and the Judiciary Committee of the House Of
Representatives, in whose report it is set forth,
have declared, upon an examination of this and
the previous proofs, and excluding from their
consideration that now discredited, that there
is probable cause to believe that he (Davis) was
prlvy to the measures which led TO the commts.
sion OF the deed This verdict has been accepted
by the great mass OF thoughtful and loyal men
throughout the country, and cannot but, we
are assured, become the deliberate conclusion
of history. And the present attempt to do away
with the judgment which has been passed upon
Davis as an assassin, by seeking to make the
impression that that judgment rests solely or
largely upon the testimony produced by Como
yer, and thus nterpose cloud of doubt and
uncertainty before the mass of proof which re-
mains unimpeached, must we are persuaded, be
readily comprehended ana everywhere exposed
ana denounced. We affirm as our concluding
remark, that this judgment, long since formed
is based in no degree on this testimony, which
was neversgiven to the country until discredited
but that 1t has for its foundation volume of
evidence, documentary and otherwise in the
possession of the Government which has not
been controverted, but which, standing as it
does intact, points to Davis as involved in the
assassination of the President, with the slow
and unmoving finger of condemnation which
no clamors, however loud or frantic, of traitors
and their sympathizers, can shake or disturb"
ER-Seventeen months have now elapsed since
President johnson offered 100000 for the
arrest of Jefferson Davis on "a charge of COM
plicity in President Lincoln's murder-a charge
based, said the proclamation, con evidence non
in the possession OF the Bureau of Military JUS
tice,' of which Judge Holt is the head. Sanford
Conover and his sub-villains furnished no part
Of that evidence. Davis has been over sixteen
months a prisoner awaiting trial under this
charge. Why as he not tried If innocent, he
is fOully wronged; if guilty, justice is grossly
cheated. G. c. Clay, likewise charged and
arrested, has been liberated without bail, What
can be the reason why Davis is not tried or the
charge Of assassination retracted?