Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-05-24

1usOOT1l'S DIAN.
We publish the comforts o. '''s ''''
Theoretically sealed book. IN aroth'r col
r.. came wrs furnished the Pfesi
cen. upon hrs request by Secretary s''nton
IT.. d,.,y Gas taken from the person d the
......in o, the ,me Of his capture u g (
.,,,,gr that this dccunen, should have
been 60 long concealed from the pubic.
Thousands who peruse IL - nay, almost
svssy reader thereof will wonder what un>
de-, The sun there wss to lie gained by
guarding the document % jealousy. and
especially that Il shou'd have Teen withheld
from the military commission that tried the
soospisa,ors Of Booth in the foul sssa'sna>
zion Of L,ne,in. notwithstanding the ter
,ible situation in which he Wa psc- d. mn
DOT Lac .,r wing too screen himself IRON
i,,s,ics-h. ,mpl Gates no one In the great
ssesAy. He had ssrosnp lices 10 his sen, me
Of al,duc,ia; the Precedent; he aludes 10
thsm ~ herr he states that "fvr AK months
~ nsd worked 10 capture which refer
soce reveals the original plan Of Is 9th sud
hs roadJu'o's. which wss to capture Ian
10. They had worked, il sPpears. IRON
Roosh's conf~s .ion, M sUsh his diary mUss
b. regarded, d,l z nIy 10 tina, cod tos hall
Q year, hu, I'll mrIs schems wsrs foiied.-
The id-s Of asasssinssion see,ns 10 have
bern sudden Impulse with him Capture
having fA.Ied. he ssys something great and
decisive assss b d me-" The conspira- 3
Tor the masdsr II ,hs President NUT have
hen rsns.ed Ia . lew, and according 20
his "wn ssory a idea ol s.sass nation ev,>
d.nsly originated ~,th h,m.elf ~ he CARRIE
II DOT alone. tie ssya no personal coasid-
erasirns induced him. Using his own
wards. II hoped TOT no gain; knew no
private .ro"g, s.ssek for my coan
uy.' s"d ,has slone "A coun-
uy that erosnsd beneath his Tyr
ansy." And no doub, h. desired to vindi-
cate hmseIf from oeing influenced BY MGR
se0ssy considerations that he WAS
hired a.sassin. lie writes in his diary -
"se,night ! vill once ssors Try the river
wi,h 'hs i"sset 10 csesa. though bad .
gsestes dssr and almost . mind % return
~ wsshinyssn and in measure clear my
name, which feel can do" or cousse
the v,lIsln could mot expeet, nor did he man
ifsst any desire 10 cless himself Of the afro
Chess Died NJ blood the murder Of Presi
dent L"col", for he says Immediately fol-
loving the vos W have: quoted IL do
net rs"ent the blo~ haze stslck" lie
could have hal no other motive. then. in
- ussine to Washington than TO clear his
nsns " oil msss Msscsoary motives In the
oesnUission Of the ho,Sid crime. and this is
uads more apparent when his declaration:
struck Tor my country ard tha, Alone y
h considered. We suppose the motives Of
Stanton and Holt in withholding the diary
from the commi-s,on and the people was H.
influence Il might have in relieving those
whom they wished To impiics,e other rhief
conspirators in the CRIME, from tho alleged
ecmpl'e,t IN it. an the impr. ssion IT would
have made on the public mind ms 10 the
motives and c nsilcrations whic, influenced
and controlled Is ,o,h in the commission If
ths deed. And there WAS. PEI, haps, ano,h. '
reason Tor withholding It. The d zee of "a
per with ~ Tin: upon Il which was ion, d
IN The diary, beyond reasonable doubt re-
ierssd To Or. Mud, AMI prop bly, 40. A..
dressed 10 hsm What he writes cscu,p.,e,
MUD not only from completely in the crime.
hut fr'm any know.edge Of the intent or
purpose to assassirasc Mr.. Lincoln. A man
would not naturally write as Bos,h did 10 q
partner In crime. And such KIND Of team.
mony would hs dangerous 10 place b. fore
even ""ust ergsnized 20 convict. aud
wnea con.ic,,oa vas predetermined bv the
prosecutors.
The eAp'anm,iony srd Comments of Sec.
Rotary S'a"t"" IN regard 70 ,he ~uoiA,,on Of
the s.iasy are plausible o. d may fit th, f.c
in Abe case. ut We can imagine no go, d
pirp'.c IN h,s part in. sithh plding tho IN
frmn the pablo eve. The desire of tie
public 40. 10 rs eahghtene. aid AT SLED
~ I" the parts in the horrible pl the
~, ~ parties ,ot TO inv slvs "r implicit.
"n,cen' persons 10 the deed. which pro -.
e'v hss ooe' the .f.ct e S,sniou aud Ito I
III A~.pi". the liar, u sealed b ok 20 all y.
themselves. As we have T, marked We find
nothing IN he sia,euen, Of Boot, g. inv I've
an, "a ~ the assassination cf .he Pies.
dent hat lam>rlf. md there il no probability
that ""y were engaged il i, ex,eps those
VII, immediately ided him in lis purpo,e.
a"i even ZONE "f them may not have kno~
lie iuii exient Il his diab cal determines
|" n. The publication Of tho diary at ,hjs
tine aud the circumstances under which il
"akes rs sppcara ,ce will not relieve the
su p'c'o' that there vas IN IN ~ or,hv mo-
we =" lis snppscs-ion--a pur, ose 70 fsssn
s'e ideA on she public miud that Bnth
~s> Gully the soa"f prosn,nsnt ruo,ic ,~sn
In the North ~ yell ~ in ths Spush In The
assassination. and fs hat reason the tea,,>
may 10 ssmovs that aaspieioo has bese
esrstully eUn. ssled.
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