The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-05-20

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COnIIIct''...GreeIeya and His Crack
braineiCo-WOrkersO ON One Side, " ith
Davis and his BIuSIerInE Fire
eaters on the other.
Editors IntelLi9encer:
observe in your paper to-day and
the Pittsburgh papers that the amount
of JEFF. Davis's bail was fixed at $780,
900 instead of $4,000 as stated in your
paper of yesterday-given by twenty
individuals in the sum of 5000 each,
and the first to sign was Horace
Greeley. They becoming severally
bound in 5000 each, instead
Of jointly, as is usual in such cases, de-
notes that a forfeiture on the part OF
the principal is anticipated, and the
immediate departure of Davis and his
family for Canada confirms it. He
goes as his confederate Vallandigham
went, beyond our Jurisdiction, out
where he can abuse daily the public
sentiment, and intends to return and
save his bail if no danger, otherwise
suffer forfeiture of his bond. This is
unquestionably the plan. This farce
concluded in Judge Underwood's
court. Horace and Jefferson take
their carriage and drive for the Spots
wood, amid the cheers of victorious not
conquered rebels.
| What a denouement to the most
stupendous farce the world ever wit
nessed-farce and hightrGgedy,i in which
a million of our countrymen of the
North and South ha given their lives
to these Molochs, besides the sacrifice OF
six billion OF treasure.
Though overwhelmed with shame
and sorrow, am not astonished, or
even surprised. have known the
character of Greeley and his crack
Drained votaries too long to be astonish-
ed or surprised even, ut anything they
might do, except it would be IA
truly patriotic sensible,
bound to attribute it to accident, and
not design. l need only refer to their
conduct during tue preliminary war of
words, their hig CHER law and legislation,
their irresolutiOn and skulking when
the clash of arms came, and the fatal
and suicidal measures proposed by
Greeley and his like while the terrible
strife was raging-for the proof. They
and their fiery co-workers in the South
managed to bring on the war, but other
minds and other hands had to conduct
1t upon both sides afterwards. The
gettefs up on either side had no correct
idea of what they were doing, or the
consequences that were to follow, as
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ed away at each other unconcerned un-
til the clash of arms came with unlock
ed for fury, when the greater part be-
came frightened and skulked, and they
seem still to regard 1t of not much con-
sequence, except freeing the negroes;
and The great constitutional question
which lies at the bottom of the whole,
as not worthy a judicial settlement.
Such is the character of the men who
got up the war; but it required an en-
tirely different element to conduct it to
history on one side, and to sustain
as wonderfully as they did the 9TH
er. In this same element now lies the
practical sense, and bone and sinew of
the nation, and who must now take the
exclusive political control, as they did
the military, If they expect safety and
prosperity, and to reap the fruits due to
their victory.
The getters up on the fire-eaters' side
are already etfectually disposed of, but
their counterpart on the Northern side
as soon as the war and danger ceased,
came out from their hiding places and
| claimed the honor of having saved
the Government, and abolished
Slavery This they claim secures them
immortal glory and reward, and en-
titles them to all tho freedmen's votes;
and many are now in the South under
the protection of Federal bayonets-la-
| boring to convince the freedmen that
the past is even so.
Now these crack drained fellows of
the Northern side deserve to be as Affect
ually ostracised and put of the way as
their Southern co-wOrkers have been.
| Nothing but that can save the country
and keep it out ofanother collision of the
same sort, and the true war party in
the loyal States, with the aid OF the
true men in the South alone can do it,
The crack-brained will demonstrate,
for they claim to have been the chosen
instrument Of God, through whom
slavery has been abolished, and they
lack the sense Ofpropriety that induced
Judas lscariot to hang himself, after
betraying his Divine Master by a SIM
liar appointment. If any doubts this
let him look at Judge Underwood's
COURT at the Judge, and what transpir-
ed there. The arch leader turned loose
and j. G. Breckinridge, one Judge
Thomas and other insignificant per-
sons, indicted for high treason, prob
ably to offset Jeff.'s release, and per-
haps act another farce.
The law authorizes only a Federal
court or Judge to take bail in capital
cases, and makes it an express duty to
inquire into "the nature and circum-
stances Of the offense," and "of the
evidence" and "the usages Of law"
There certainly can be no doubt about
the offense Davis is guilty of, nor the
evidence to prove it; and by the gener-
al usages of law capital cases are not
bailRble under any circumstances. In
the case Of the United States vs.. Stew
art, 2 Dale, 345, the Supreme Court of
the United States, with Marshal at its
head, lays down this rule in cases
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must be very strong" (showing inno-
cence ofcourse) (which will at any time
induce Court to admit person to
bail who stands charged with high
treason" Had Davis case these cir
cumstances, showing his innocence or
mitigating his guilt3 Some think the
Judge had warrant for bailing, in this
clause of the Federal Constitution:
"that in all criminal prosecutions the
accused shall enjoy the right to II
speedy and public trial." Davis was
arrested two years ago by the military
power, at cost of 100000, and was
held as prisoner of tVGr until deliver
ed up by General Burton on Monday
last. Certainly Judge Underwood
could not have taken this two years
holding by the military to have been
otherwise than right, and could re-
gard the prisoner only in the same
light as he would, II just arrested on
that day by his Marshal while at large.
In the latter case, he would hardly have
decided the clause above cited entitled
him to bail. Where then was his au-
thority to admit to bail?
Very respectfully, G. P
May 10th, 1867.
A NOVEL party was lately given in
the small town of Lebanon, KY. The
wife of Judge Kayauaph announced