The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-08-19
then Judgment could be formed and the

then Judgment could be formed and the
responsibility fastened. Es @ i
have no hesitancy in saying that
Davis recognizes himself as thoroughly
subdued, and is waiting patiently to be
reconstructed. He is desirous OF re-
turning to Mississippi, there to spend
the remainder OF his days In peace and
quietude. He has no political ambi-
| ton, and for a man who headed a cruel
and wanton rebellion, feels, as l be-
lieve, thoroughly conquered. 4
Napoleon at st. Helena WAS not more
rockbound than is Jefferson Davis in
! Canada. That he was the leader In Il
great war cannot be gainsayed; that he
was afterward in the hands of Gov
ernment which was able at any time to
have dealt with him as Il chose, none
will deny; that a farce, in which john
son, who is afraid ofhis own life; and
Underwood, who breads lunRtic asy-
lum, are playing shystering and crazy
parts, will not be disputed.
My candid opinion is that Jefferson
Davis will die anatural death. He was
rebel by choice; Mr.. Johnson is one
by accident.
ABOUT THE NEGROES.
Davis said they were getting educa-
ted, and in the United States were far
in advance of the Liberians. Ac-
cepting their reported progress as a
fact, he thought the future argued we'll.
l don't think he has any superior love
for the negro, and, without looking
into mans heart, am of opinion that,
at present, he hasn't much hatred to-
wards them. 1 am more convinced of
this from the fact that he told me he
was in correspondence with one of
his former slaves, now cultivatlng a
plantation in Mississippi on his own
account, with no one to molest or make
him afraid.
COPPERHEADS.
If the conservatives OF the North
knew in what utter contempt they
were held by the late leading Rebels
here, or il there could be conveyed to
the spurious Democrats of the country
a feeling in which more manly traitors
than themselves were held by those
who had participated in the Rebellion,
1 am not without hope they would "dry
up" AS little stock is being taken by
Rebels here, of Copperheads at home,
as that by the great Union party of the
United States in Mr.. johnson.
a+al.HaT sURRATT'sl CASE as
/ made mention OF to Mr.. Davis. He
ignored any connection of Southern
men with either the proposed abduc-
ton or assassination of Mr.. Lincoln.
He said he would have been gratified If
the evidence of General Ed. Lee had
been admitted, and the dispatches TO
him while in Canada made public, as il
would have shown plainly that Sur
rats mission had nothing to do with
the assassination. This is Davis sta te-
ment, and you can take it, as we'll as
everything else he said, for what it Is
worth. r-rW-
-.-. THE CULTURE OF COTTON
on the alluvial lands of the South, he
regards as well-nlgh done away with,
and expresses himself that the most of
these lands, on account of defective le-
veeage, will revert into forests. In ad-
dltion, he stated that In a few years
there would be no excess of cotton
raised; that the supply would be main
ly for family use, (none for export as
was the case. and is yet, in Florida and
Texas. - . .-.--.
CONCLUSION. ~ -
Now that have recited this much of
an interview, which l said was. not
prompted out of idle curiosity, leave
It for the idle curiosity of those who
may read it. There is much that I am
restrained from writing which, I think,
would do good. Those from whom
received 1t think differently. 4
During the approaching Presidential
canvass, however, some matters, al
though reported by Rebels, will be
brought 10 light, which, true or false,
will startle the ecountry.-MLSsOuriD Dem
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