The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-05-24
The BlO0dIctfers and Jeff. Davis

The BIOOdIctfers and Jeff. Davis. |
Scarcely a republican paper reaches us
that does not invoke the powers that be in
favor of taking the life Of JEFF. Davis
Now that the government has completed
Its arrangements for his trial by the law
for treason, ard the case set for hearing in
June, the radicals are fearful of his acquit- |
tai, Notwithstanding Chief Justice Chase,
as interruptions radical as the worst of
them, will preside at the trial They see
that his acquittal is almost certainty, and
hence are much disguised with Andy
johnson for not having had him tried by
military commission ordered to try, and
organized to convict" him. These blood
thirsty sons Of Satan are hot satisfied with
the blood Of hundreds Of thousands slain
during the rebellion which themselves and
their cOunterparts in the south were alike
instrumental in bringing upon the country.
Hate still rankles in their fendish hearts
and their constant cry is '.blood, more
blood" What good could possibly come
to the country by hanging Davis? What
harm could possibly ensue by leaving him
to the tender mercies of his own sad mems
cries? The people of the south have had
enough Of rebellion, and Davis is powers
less for evil Besides this, the best legal
4 To Il
claring that he cannot be convicted. of
treason without outraging all the doctrines
and principles Of National and Inter State
law Had he been taken in armed oppo>
sition to the government an! during the
continuance OF the rebellion, tried by mil
itary commission and executed, there might
have been some apparent reason fer the
act, but even then he was entitled to the
rights Of belligerent, and hence could not
In Justice, have been executed. This was
probably the reason why the President
refused to allow his trial IN hat manner.
We can see but one good end to be ac>
accomplished by his trial now, and that is
the judicial settlement Of the question
6" What constitutes treason Perhaps
another incident to this, will be the disa-
businS of the public mind of many of the
radical notions infused into it during the
last five years, by set OF unscrupulous
and unprincipled, political thieves and
gamblers rife in the land. So far as we
are personally concerned we care little for
the fate of Davis, except as the principles
and practices established in his case may
affect the liberties Of the people. His is
but single life worth no more and no less
ands of lives destroyed by the war, to their
possesso-s. We append hereto few sam
Piles Of republican expressions relative to
this subject, to show the spirit that ami
mates tho party who arrogate to them>
selves all the morality and piety of the
the country, and claim to be in such close
proximity TO the veil that divides this
from the spiritual world, that they can
distinctly ''hcar the whispcrings of the in
finite" We must be excused, however, if
We suspect that the "whisperings" which
they often hear, are nothing more or less
than the echoes Ct their Own evil thoughts
and wishes:
JEFF Davis is TO be tried at last by Judgo
Underwood, at Norfolk, Virginia. We
hope the court will be as lenient with him
as the one which tried Mrs. Surrat were
with her.-GOrthcrn iadidnion,
JEFF. Davis, has been indicted for treason
in the United States Circuit Court, for the
District of Virginia. We do not know
what chance there is for an impartial trial
in the Old Dominion, but We do know that
his trial should be so conducted as to Sc
cure tie infection Of such penalty, as
treason and traitors deserve under the law
Porter Co. Iidette.
"J. ID. The celebrated j. Davis
Esq, now a resident of Fortress Monroe
Va, has been indicted for treason, in the
U. s. District Court of Virginia, and it is
said his trial will commence in July
Good luck to him. May he find a halter
strong enough to ''hold him. Peru Il e
publican.
JEFF. DAvIs-The Grand Jury Of tn,
United States Circuit Court for the Dis
.rict Of Virginia, which recently met a