The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-05-14
MFR. Davis Released on Bail-A Great
Day for the Nation.

Yesterday was one Of the brightest an"
happiest days we have ever known III w"
mond IL witnessed the release OF mr -, :
on bail 10 appear at the next term Oh '"'
emit Court OF the United States In TINS 'las'
which will no held In November next Inc
fun particulars Of this gratifying event VIII
be found in the report OF the case In this
mornings Dispatch.
Tbt. event lifts up heavy weight from the
ra,,on-puts kind feeling and good Will In the
ascendant over uncharitableness ana VIM
a,c,,yenexs. The man who was the heao OF
the people composing the Coniederacy, VINO
.ns CO.. cham IN the matter of responsibility,
-, co. whom, ono and all Of them We're ready
% answer after a period OF painful impri-
xorment Is allowed by the Government TO go
,rao and enioy the fresh air and the right TO
,raxarse the broad expanse of his country.
This Is an act of clemency 10 the whole people
Of the South, and they so regard 1t.
The signatures TO the bond given by Mr..
DAVIS happily reflect the general acquiecence
Of all parties in this disposal of MIR. DAvIss
case. HORACE GREELEY, the editor of the
leading Republican journal of the North
heads the list. He was the earliest, and has
been the most persistent, advocate of the dis
charge of Mr.. DAVIS, and he yesterday e&hi-
bited as much delight as any OF the large audi
ence present upon hearing the decision OF the
Court The platform of the sureties is so
broad and comprehensive as to include all
shades of opinions and sentiments.
This event will do more 10 soften the Sec
tionaI animosities and eradicate the resent
ment growing out Of the war than anything
which has happened since il ended. 1t VIII
do more 10 revive confidence in the peaceful
solution of the present unsettled relations OF
the States and the Federal Government than
any event which has occurred since the sur
lender of General LEE. The feeling in this
city indicates the general influence OF this
sanitary act of the Government. Every man.
in Richmond felt yesterday that q new era
had dawned upon the city-confidence was
revived. hope frightened, and the future
cleaned with new light. We have not seen in
this community such universal good feeling
and cheerfulness since the fall of Richmond.
Let lis hope that no event may occur now TO
mar this good effect and obstruct the happy
tendency towards mutual kindness and recip'
rocal sympathies amongst the people OF the
United States. We have all seen how strife
in debate. how the wars of the press and OF
The pulpit. have uprooted confidence, para
lived enterprise, and so impaired the general
thrift and prosperity rs seriously to threaten
the nation with wide spread embarrassment
and ruin Such calamity ~ this time would
be terrible and lasting In its consequences.
With the immense debts of the nation and the
States-with ten States i'll condition OF
poverty and exhaustion-a monetary revul-
sion would be a disaster the most awful. Ii
requires all the energies of the nation, fostered
and encouraged by peace and good will
amongst all the people, 10 bring the country
safely through its present trials and dangers
lie, ms hope that these desirable conditions
NAV prevail, and that il may soon be brought
safely out of the wilderness in which We have
so long wandered 10 the bright and happy land
of a restored country-a united coniederaey
of equal, peaceful, and prosperous states