The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-06-07
The Trial of Mr.. Davis.

The Trial of Mr.. Davis.
The last EitlIunnd h.ruHrinc!. says:
The present condition of the case of IIr
. Davis Is this: 1t was announced that the
court K, trv him would open its session 1T
, Richmond Yesterday. \ critain portion OF
,li- counsel arrived here on Sunday. at I A.
! IL ready to proceed with his trial at once
. Ii. O'Coror and EN- Governor Pratt, of
! Maryland. did not come through to Rich
/ nnEH. but remained ut Westinghouse insure
such action there mi rI!t l'c appropriate in
the event OF Il trial not l,,.ilg had here
; There Is every reason to believe that 10 ac-
ton affecting Mr.. Davis will hc ila,i here
l 81. there are good grounds for l,clicvin.
;!.at he VIII either lie admitted 10 bail or pa
';'lr,l. lie is prepared To furnish bail III the
,:.nnunt of half million OF dollars. 1t is
most pro! a',lc. lOwc-rr. that lie will he pa
rolled. and that he will never he tried. As
.i,,-r, has been some misunderstanding about
The names of his counsel. VIII state that
,iic seniors are Mc$$rs. O'Conor William b.
:;cad, Of Philadelphia. Il. w. Brown. of
ialti:ncre. Ex-G"vcrnor Pratt. of Maryland.
IL james I. IErady, oi New York. The
nor counsel are NrS>rs. George Shea,
!sri,s Gross. of Philadelphia. Thomas Ii.
,'i-;lli and Edwin \. Van Sickle.
1t would hc i terrible blow to the loyal
ntimcnt o.! the country 10 allow MIR Davis
escape without trial. No one that we
of tlursts for his blood, and but for
* seditious and reasonable conduct of his
flowers the government wond have been
>tit!rd ere this in setting him loose. His
flowers and partizan$ are forcing the gov
nment to deal with him severely. On their
'ad lie the otlirm, if any, of trial, convic-,
IN. AMI punishment. They might yet save
IN. if they would. We doubt Il they really
isil to save him. II they could make poll
n capital by his death. and thus obtain
re, they would not care how soon he was
iud, convicted, and executed.
Extracts.
We make the following extracts from let
IS received by the Editors. The extracts
plain themselves. Both are taken from
tiers written i,y gentlemen OF intelligence
i'll ability. Tie following is from Il gen
man in New York City, under date of
.ay 29til:
Il notice. in the y. y U1uId of yes
relay. the word rcrudation,' in dis
Itch referring to the Goings OF the Convcn-
IN. / was amazed that any one should
or have thought OF such 4 word in such Il
! nnection. Ii there is any man sufficiently
.:cnoraiizrd in North Carolina to HihE of
.'uch IL thing he can now, | venture to say,
lave the boldncss to give utterance to such
IN infamous doctrine. | stand up for North
Carolina upon all occasions. and treat con-
tcnp:uously any such insinuaticn. She will
l,frcr tarnish her name. The honest masses
within her borders would never place in
power or keep in power any man, who
would in any way sanction such an idea"
The following is from Il letter dated at
WilIiamsboro Granville County, N c.,
May 25th:
.Onc thing is certain that to require of
the Southern people payment in full of their
! Indebtedness, up to the time of the suIren-
der, will bankrupt ninetecn-twentieths Of our
people Rest assured that something must
lie done. What or how arc the absorbing
questions, and how must be solved by our
members of Convention or Legislature To
say that we ought to repudiate uncondition-
ally is perhaps going too far, but some relief
must be given. l see from the Stancln,H that
the friends Of Gov. Worth favor an early adj
! iournment of the Convention, without any
thing beng accomplished. hope our dele
CATION will not consent to this. In Mecklen-
| burg County, Va, the state of affairs at
! present is much worse than it is here for the
reason that sueing to an unprecedented OK
! tent has begun. That is one thing which
may be kept off from our people by proper
| legislation. At first I was opposed to repu-
| diatiOn or Il twenty-five years stay law but
now 1 am convinced that something must be
done for the relief of the debtor class of our
people"