Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-05-30

men, and JEFF, Davis is martyr In the cause
lof liberty and Justice; and those who con-
Quoted u arc robbers and murdorers.
You say "if ]. D. cannot be convicted
he ought not tohe tried.' No, sirs If he
or any other traltor Ii 4he land cannot he
conveyed Of tressou, let as k,soso itt that
this terrible waste Of life and property may
be saved for the future The loyal people
of the land would like to know, not only
the fact but the reason for 1t, Is 1t that
there is no such crime as, treason, or is it
that there are 80 many leading men in the
councils Of the nation, like n. g., opposed
to Furnishing traitors, that nothing can be
effectedp This whole business has been be-
logged long enough. Let US have light
Andno about that SIS howl against II.
Greeley" He can make himself ridiculous,
and show his coat tails as often as he plcases,
the exhibition is simply disgusting. But
that is not whats the matter" The ques-
tion which lies at the bottom of 1t all, sim
ply is, shall treason be "made odious," or
be made respectablcg So far as II. Gree
lcy's late act is concerned, he has helped TO
make 1t respectable.
There was howl not long since, you
may remember, against one Andy johnson,
and later against certain H. w. Beecher.
We think they have both got bit in their
mouths. As TO Horace, there is no need of
the "howT' being prolonged in his case, as
he is bowling himself TO death fast enough.
And now that we are on the subject of
bowling, have you heard anything of the
"howl" of joy which has gone up from the
throat of every copperhead and ex-rebel in
the land, at the release of the body and
bones of the great representative of treason
and whys Because they feel that in him
their guilt is wiped out and their bloody
hands have become clean.
In conclusion, gentlemen, there is an hon
est feeling of Indignation among the mass
of the loyal people of the land, at the man
ner in which the leading rebels have been
treated. A feeling which will find vent up
on every fresh exhibition of ilunkeyismn
on the part of prominent Northern Repub-
licans; feeling which the leaders of the
party will find to their cost it will not do to
trifle with. Yours, very respectfully,
JAMES G. JACKSON.
four friend at Mill Creek misapprehends,
as we think, the question really at issue.
| He seems to place the blame of Jefferson
Davis release on Mr.. Greeley. We do not
presume to say that treason is not crime,
nor that it should not be punished, though
its commission by eight million of people
renders the literal execution of the law
against it rather an extensive operation, and
in our opinion it is far better TO obtain sc.
curity for the future by wise legislation, re-
moulding the structure of Southern Society
and breaking down the anti-repubican in
stitutions from which the rebellion sprung
than to ask vengeance on past mis-deeds
by hanging eight millions of people, or ever
one man. But Mr.. Greeley did not release
jeff. Davis or save him from hanging. Hi
only act which can be questioned was hi
volunteering to become bail when others
not so prominent as Republicans, woul,
have been glad of the opportunity. If on
friend thinks that act unmise and indiscrect
we shall not argue with him. But we ap
peal to him and to every Republican to con
vince themselves, speedily, that no party cal
endure except by its possession of enduring
principles, and that, whether right o
wrong, the remembrance of the rebellion |
not bond of unity which can keep us to
gether. We do not want the correspond
ing remembrance to keep up the rebt
spirit, and it will be equally impossible fc
, us to cherish il among the friends of tn
Union, as a party platform. Tn
RHINE