The New York herald., 1867-06-23
JEFF DAVIS BAIL.
English Enforcement Of His Release. HI GRACE
Grccly's Action ''Creditabie 60 His Political
Judgment

English Endorsement Of His RcIease.- Horace
Grecly's Action ''Creditabie 60 His Political
Judgment"
From the London Times June Ill
Horace Greedy, who u Is said. has been censured BY
his party for advocating the release Of Mr. Jefferson
Davis and giving bail for his appearance will bs thous
by the world to need defence. His conduct Ia alike
credable 70 his humanity and his political judgment
He has taken the lead in showing generosity 20 fallen
opponent and by doing no has done 10
the between the North aud South could
been done by score Of uitra.repu bIican oratons.
that the last OF the great civil America has
come TO end u is worthy close Of great contest,
an &C, Of moderation o. which the people may be proud
rather the creation national feeling pervading the
entire Union We. looking at the contemporary
history OF America at distance see how
wise has been the resolution Of the government not
shed the blood OF the leader OF secession to
condemn him TO any degrading punishment Yet Il Is
greatly TO the credit OF the American people that they
have been able TO see with foreign eyes and TO feel with
foreign hearts, 10 repress the vndictveness which a
long struggle produces and 70 treat that great State
prisoner exactly dsnerested bystandcrs would have
Johnson's errors OF policy he was AZ least right
solving that nothing should be done In the OF Mr.
vas s,saaiv s,nnored nv NJ seward And the memsc@s
Of the Cabinet which, under Mr.. Lincoln. had CON-
baied with such perseverance, Mr. Davis govern
ment Against their skilful obstinacy the
OF popular tumult broke In vain. They
senicd to the principle of all that the ultra republicans
urged they admitted that the Southern President
guilty. tha, he q Jcroboam who bad for n time
succeeded In breaking up the republic, and whom
the federal government might Justly call TO strict
as the ordinary course OF procedure should allow
IL: vet month after month went by and he still
maned an inmate Of his fortress prison. Mr. John
and his advisers knew the people better than
they knew themselves At least year ago Il began
10 be plain that the current Of popular indig-
nation had been stayed or turned. The worst
charges against him. as, FOR instance, OF having
abetted the murder OF Mr.. Lincoln and consented
10 the cruel treatment OF the federal prisoners
tacty abandoned and people began 70 say that Il
has proceeded the hatred Of the
North has gradually died away, and now u Is admitted
by the trustworthy observers OF public opinion
the States that the release OF the prisoner has given
satisfaction 10 ell but small minority.
This contamination Is what might have been expected
among seneroas Gus and reneetng % people would oea
people treason would be equally contrary TO justice
TO singe Jefferson Davis the prime and
preventative OF the South Secession Is now thing OF
the past and may speak Of mpartlally a. IL
had only read OF it in the pages Of Greek or Roman
history It's character not that OF reason nasmuch
rightly wrongly. neither the Southern people,
many OF the North, held that they owed allegiance 10
the federal authority. Most politicians aud nearly
all lawyers had held up tols60 that though the consti
tuition did not permit the withdrawal OF State from
the Union, yet withdrew there means
" there moral right, TO prevent IL such the
view OF President Buchanan; such was the view OF
those who afterwards fought most steadily against the
confederacy The credit Of having taken advantage OF
that turn OF the tide OF national feeling which pro-
duced by the attack Fort sumter Is due 10 President
Lancon, who moro than any other man. has
been the saviour Of the American republic His firm
solution, though no doubt something shaken by the
III fortune Of war, was never broken down, and at
it's complete, though long delayed triumph Yet
the position acquired BY the Southerpers during
this great war was far above that OF unsuccessful
faar o,cn enemy a. cen az by foveisn rufsons
Their generals were treated with, the prisoners
made from them we're disposed Of according 10 The