New-York tribune., 1867-06-21

and his Attorney -Guneal saw it ID arrest DO
on rrctcasas concus.y.,y sclutcd ly ,he Pre-i-
dents own Veto BE. a-r.
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FULTON or r4E STlTE or TIE NlUoN
A Rev. =. j. Fulton ms been preaching in
Boston 20 sermon c. ON jefferson DAVIS, the
Eeb,llion. Horace Greeley. So, aud VIII feel
Sighted If 20 should not De uo.ircd IN these
columns, III, shah Dee glaaa.d. Nr. Fulton
says:
9TH. vor,'. +, victor Tn south wa. c'n0rerc1 The
North aids SCOT lrIrr o" 'i. v.r sos W'uHi "hrl ..t
-m vo. r.'iy :, 'ror ..," '.... a..' .. ..''' Was
ready 20 shcfthe tl" avoti.
-,hclthc j, where In C.c heart Of the
srrplmut That seem, to bc Mr. lu..ohH
notion: 20 i. not t,i.t oil Grant on S.em.h
og any one Who cm.urt'y contributed to tir
overthrow Of the Rebellion. 10 was DO. tiH
Of Abraham Lincoln l'r Tujon's idea of
.lcatliug tac sword ueI.- an ol-Nord d''p't
not % great and generous republic.
Nh Fulton -gy. oil. Davis.
90 Iie sra. ,.s nII, '',.i ..rrt nal. 'an'
#faCture public op-.pn n i., i'.. l'' "'..
wUuatiil suc.. o. l.t ta.. '- "'- ON
tongue. ag3 tlH starved, I'...'r DI. t
r.ti...l fn,s q. t.r. N.rUu r.t .I... 90 .'
UI,Ht t.n.i.1l .t..l -.r rrr 'rr..t .l flrt H ..i
AuIci. uu, lr ,..i,d tl'1n '' d.. .' '"
t.u. ti ."H... if. "...' ...
1oHs i5aa ''.' '-''
How could uy lavc "wi'.d for Davis
"tufD to carp~ to - u'el tol fh. starvation
Of plsoutr., when tiey luoN ie was u'. lp-
dic.cd for my such aimet ST. Fulton hn.w
that. for it WIS ao notorious Chat hr could r'.
ignore it. Time and a-lu }. 600. stated n
these col..us m1 all .Hl.r.. NH.a,s fr.f-
dent Jo'us1. nor ~...D.U# ."l. t' Htn.
Grant. Uor prosecutor l-o.t ror .'y o'.r artn.'-
led 10 speak fof cuI Government. over ...tr.I
Davis with that atrocty. He Day in prison $50
years awliliG~ iGd.,,m,a. .ul .I.', 'l' t.aHHa
formally accused iu % Presidential Pt"r'nma
ton, w.h con I.r.r io in''e IT -.'rn.
Liucoia--a.y, ihorh u .,d ,zpI } on
tlat c.aIca-np hat OF +. WIS eve. r0p 20
any grand iriy. AaJ, upto t... iou-. ro .Ht.r-
mcnt fos alo.a of prisoner, hH, e... hcra mp
Piled lo..
Nh. Fulton knew .li- ~ a'me-hcr 1.-two
months AGO 81. wcI at h. docs to-day. J.. Dad
- mo.l c.t4iut, ,lat ah.t One Government
had so long failed t1 jo J, wpJld u1. iai.Iie
af,cr thc prisoner bad Jain -vo yeH- ID jlL
awaiting and demanding tui
Now, Uou. Fl lc know Dlei tp ir guilty as
he clagcs, why did not ie procure an ind.c.-
mont for Starving prisoners 10 Yves is ris't
10 do it-u1y, bis duty, o. hc int.T,.a uc
viii Of God. Why dl Dr. Ply thc ut OF
Jonahl And having doHe it per-.eu.'y for
years, with what face does lc a~-iiI those who
have bound themselves 20 produce Davis for
trial whenever ho shall be- wanted
The archives of the ConicdGacy ere among
the spoil5 of victory. OW Government has
them in slfc-k,cpiug, arranged fu use. II
Davis is guilty, a- charged by Fulton, be- can
be clearly proved 50 Why has 30 not been
done9 Why has be- not at least been indicted
on these charges? And how can they who
make or echo these chascs excuse their ohs,i-
nate neglect to make them the ba5i, Of an ap-
plicatiou FOR indictment
OF course, there is no answer 20 these qucs-
tions. Civilized jurisprudence requires. T. The
charge of crime legally made o. Indictment
3. Trial 4. Conviction; 8. Sentence g. Exccu-
ton. But the Fulton code di-dains these as
idle formalities. The execution is all it cares
for. Mr.. Fulton says:
"Remember t Is not essential that Davis be tried In
Riclmond. Ist lnln De executed IN Richmond Let
Belle Isle hc tc ulacc OF execution and Ct tc nights of
and murdered brothers surrounded by repr-cniailNcs
Of that nyucibc host that carried the banner OF liberty
ana GuualitY lN triumph Itui ie Lake 10 tD ifu
there let tie usctCau bc hanged until the preventative
OF treason, Of cruelty, and ~ murder IS dead
"But try him anywhere IN the nation whore lac can be
tried the best and whore the influence OF the viii
be most lasting, and with all the imposing forms and
stately ceremonies which marked tho tIaI oil Aaron
Burr"
Mr. Fulton seems to forget that Aaron
Buu's trial resulted in his acquital but then
we had 10 Fulton on the bench-ony an in
significant creature named John Marshall,
who ruled that prisoner coud not be
tried anywhere" but only in the district
where his crime was committed. With Fulton
as Judge, iury, prosecutor, and hangman, the
result would, of course have been different
Mr.. Fulton breaches rs though hanging JEFF
ferson Davis was the indispensable thing but
his logic has far wider sweep. 1t demands
the blood of all the Rebels. He says:
"Thc sword Of Justice IS sheathcd when II should be
Withdrawn. We hace ic0i& 10 do. The Rebellion Itself
has is not been punished by human power n dso'rs %
mced Out here before II passes on to that Other tribunal
hereafter
that higher Court ana that sfom scafold or callows
II ever man should be bccadcd, that man jefferson
Davis"
We'll, then, suppose we agree that no man
shall be "bcheaded '-at least not for poti-
cal oflense! Suppose this had always been the
rule, so that Charles /. Of England, and Walter
Raleigh, and Algcmon Sidney, and james
Duke Of Monmouth, and Louis XVI, and Verg-
MAUD, and Roland, and the Due d'Engheln,
and Robert Blum, and Macy Sandor and John
Brown, and ever so many more victims of the
political headsman, had not been put to death
would the world have been the worse for it :
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