Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-05-19
THE RELEASE OF MR. DAVIS-0PlN'
IONS on THE NORTHERN PRESS.
From the New York Tribune.


All this might have been effected months
ago, by very little courage ana goou
sense Ii was as easy last summer as now
To advance toward some difficulties ~ 10
overcome them, and this signal example
The government had absolutely no excuse
for the long imprisonment oil JEFFERSON
Davis. and its refusal TO either release OF
try him. We affirmed thisa year ago, ana
that we were right was proved yesterday
when. after the brief remarks oil lhe coui-
sci, and few legal forms, Mr.. DAVIS was
discharged by the court. lie IL no" at
liberty 10 90 where he pleases ana nor az
the South alone, but equally at The Nor'h,
his Liberation will be hailed as victory oil
common sense.
From the New York Journal OF Commerce
Mr. Davis il no longer 10 be regarded as
the man who, in his person, represents NIL,
lions of people. He simply stands indicted
for treason. his own personal crime and ad-
mitted 10 bail which is placed on per
sonaI valuation. and not on the idea that
no renresents all his old hackers IN the
field Whether he will ever be called on 10
answer AT the bar, or whether he Wii 60
abroad and forfeit his bail, if he should
happen 10 be called on, or what he VIII 40
ia bapceforth of small account. That SEN
sation ia pretty much ended, and we pass
on 10 Others, which are sure to occupy us.
IL il well for the country, well Tor the au-
ministration. and we'll for all parties ihat
the matter has at last taken the ordinary
common place shapein which 1t now stands
From the New York Times.
1.-two wears have not suficed TO prepare
the case for trial, is it probable that DAVIS
will ever be arraigned? We think not
He is bound over 10 appear Tor trial, but
beyond the formality of bail, the prevail
inc immersion is that his case is even now
ended. The idea Of convicting and punish
ing him is no longer entertained IN any
Quarter; and though a more stralghtlor-
ward method of disposing of hlm might
have better comported with national Dig
nity. perhaps the course pursued IL the only
one which circumstances have rendered
possible. The injustice of heightened I'M
nrisonmept without trial has indeed
been perpetrated, but as a set.oh, IL must
be remembered that passions which at an
an earlier period might have marred the
efforts of mercy, are now happily allayed, |
So the liberation of Davis efectuslly |
proves. There may have been hardness IN
setting the machinery of justice in motion,
but there has certainly been no ylndlc-
tiveness, and for months past no harsh
meas.
From the Washington Chronicle.
Mr.. Davis has been liberated, not by any |
extraordinary act of national magnanlmlty,
hut according TO due form OF law. The
nation has thus formally announced Its |
official estimate Of treason. 1t ranks among |
such petty offences as fraud, embezzlement
on counterfeiting 1t is bailable. Its penal
" may be covered by the psltry sum OF one
hundred thousand dollars. 1t is cheap. |
A man need not be a millionaire 10 indulge /
in il as an amusement. Verify We live m
a humanitarian age, and for tolerance the
American nation has never had a rival.
OF course this whole matter was ar
ranged in Washington. 1t is the work, not |
Of the judicial authorities at Richmond,
but of Andrew johnson and his legal ad'
wiser. in subordination 10 whom these au-
thorities were acting. 1t is another step an
the Presidents great work OF making |
treason odious; another example q the
regard he has for his of repeated pledges;
another painful reminder to the people OF
the calamity that fell upon the nation when
the President of their choice was stricken
down by the assassin's bullet.