The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-06-28

indifferent. to money, and careless OF praise or
line OF action. But for his decided action against
secession he would probably have been given the
Place &C., Of Mr: Stephens no on tho Presidential ticket
| the Same attitude up to the last momont but on
State or Federal "treason," it WAS called pre-
| sentcd, and chose the latter.
THE POLICY OF CANCELLATION.
In the better days OF tho Roman empire, when
its possessions increased, and conquered coun-
tries came in few years TO DO integral and even
the policy of Cancellation, following that Of mill
tary conquest, which achieved The desired results.
Certain laws and restrictions of the Imperial Gov
| ernment wcrc imposed so much annual tribute
so many legions to our military leyics, and obe,
dience to all such laws of tho central government
as may be issued for your control But within
these llnes, and with these points conceded, the
empire strove in all minor and domestic matters
to conform in so far might be possible to the
former habits, customs, aud laws OF tho people
absorbed, and the independent governments SUI
perseded Even their poculiariiies OF morals
manners, and religious views studied and
respected when not conflicting with tho necessities
treated, and no efforts were spared to make the
new order of things cit lightly ut first, and even
pleasantly in few years, on the neeks of the sub
both Of nations and individuals. s'There is that
maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing; there is
that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches"
they must be to you continued source of ex-
pe9In,se pens anu dangerIa country penned together
please; we have nothing to blush for i'll it, and
nothing to regret but failure. The necessities of
the Northern Treasury and public debt, Mr.. Davis
thought, "would, before long, compels liz to do
usice to this section"
sToNEwALL JACKSON.
OF Stonewall Jackson, Mr.. Davis spoke with the
utmost tenderness and some touch of revercntial
feeling, bearing witness to his earnest and
4l.atsn
| energy as ali executive officer, and the loyalty of
his nature, making obedience the fret of all
duties. ''He rose every morning at three" said
Mr. Davis, 'performed his devotious for half an
| hour, and then went booming along Mt the head
| of his command, which came to be called Jack
sons foot cavalry from tho velocity OF their
movements. He had the faculty, or rather gift,
of exciting and holding tho love and confdence
! of his men to an unbounded degree, even though
the character Of his campaigning, imposed on
! them moro hardships than any other troops ini
| tho service. Good soldiers care not for their
individual sacrifices when adequate results can
be shown; and these General Jackson never
| lacked. Hard fighting, hard marching,
hard fare, -, the strictest discipline-all
these men will bear if ,visibly approaching
the goal of their hopes Tlioy want to get done
with the war, back TO their homes and families:
| and their instinct soon teaches them which COM
mander is pursuing the right means to accomplish
these results. Jackson was singuiarly ungainIy
man on horseback and had many pecularities of
temper, amounting to violent idiosyncraeies; but
everything in his nature, though here and there
uncouth, was noble; Even in Che heat OF action,
when most exposed, he might be seen throwing
mp his hands in prayer. For glory he lived long
enough" continued Mr.. Davis with much emo
ton, land if this result had to come, it was the
Divine mercy that removed him. He fell like the
eagle his own feather on the shaft that WAS drip
ping with his Ffe-blood. In his death the Confet-
eracy lost an eye and an arm, our only consolation
being that the final eummons could have reached
no soldier more prepared to accept it joyfully.
Jackson was not OF sanguine turn, always pri-
vately anticipating the worst, that the better
might be more welcome"
SECESSION NOT TREASON.
Mr.. Davis said it was contrary to reason and
| the law of nations to treat rebellion or law
less riot q movement which had been the deliber-
ate action OF an entire people through their duly
| organized State Governments. To talk Of trea son
| in the case Of the South was to oppose an arbi-
trary epithet against the authority Of all writer's
study Of all former precedent-and all subsequent
international jurists have agreed with him-that
when nation separates into two parts, each
claiming independence, and both either setting
| up a new government, their quarrel, should il
como to trial by arms or by diplomacy, shall be
regarded and settled precisely as though it were
difference between two separate nations, which
the divided sections, de .fdcto, have become.
Each must observe the laws OF war in the treat
ment Of captives taken in battle, and such neeo-
tiations as may from time to time arise shall be
conducted as between independent and sovereign
Powers. Mere riots, or conspiracies for lawless
Objects in which only limited fractions Of people
are irreguarly engaged, may be properly treated
as treason, and punished as the public good nav
| require, but Edmund Burke had exhausted argu-
ment on the subject, in his memorable phrase
| applied to the first American movement for indie,
pendence: 81 know not how an indictment against
a whole people shall be framed"
! RELIGIOUS PHASE OF NIB. DAVIS CHARACTER.
| There was affection of devoutness or asceti-
cism in my patient but every opportunity had
Of seeing him convinced me more deeply OF his
sincere religious convictions. He was fond of re-
ferring to passages of Scripture, comparing text
with text, dwelling on the divine beauty Of the
imagery and tho wonderful adaptation of the
whole to every conceivable phase and stage of
human lifo Nothing that any mans Individual
experience, however strange, could bring home to
Thin, but had been previously foretold and de-
scribed, with its proper lesson or promise of hope
| in the sacred volume It was the only absolute
wisdom reaching all varieties of existence because
comprehending the whole and beside it's inspired
universal knowledge all the learning OF humanity
was but foolishness. The Psalms were his
favorite portion of the Word, and had always
been. Evidence Of their divine origin was nhe-
rent in their text. Only an intelligence that held
the life-threads of the entire human family could
have thus pealed forth in single cry every wish
joy fear, exultation, hope, passion, and sorrow OF
| the human heart. There were moments, while
speaking on religious subjects, in which Mr.. Davis
impressed me more than any professor of Chris
| tianity l had ever heard. There WAS vital
earnestness in his discourse clear, almost pas
sionate grasp in his faith and the thought would
frequently recur that belief capable of consolng
such sorrows as his, possessed, and thereby evil
denced, reality, substance, which no sophistry
Of the infide1 could discredit.
To this phase OF the prisoners character Ihave
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