Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-11-06
.The Trial of Mr.zDayis. :

It is very generally admitted (ssys tue
Coaaitutiona!ist) that the trial Of Mr.. Davis,
il it ever take place, will be one of the ghast'
liest r,rccs Of this farcca! agc-an age which
has been .rli!c enough in mnckcries to pro-
dace a Lincoln, and impish enough 70 garland
lis grave with wife'S old clothes and le'rio-
utire iollies.
The practical value of Mr.. Davis trial is
not apparent to any sound thinker. No one
,.rc l,nS, at this late day, that he Is Ia any
DANGER OF execution, even if convicted. II
aro lifted. the North will suffer the hurnllla
,;oa of a judicial defeat, ard all the laures
won in actual combat must consent to intamy.
Jast as it is u most unlikely matter that JET
f rsoa Davis wil experience the death or any
other severe pcial,y,i il found guilty OF - trea'
son; 50, it is ..q1a.ls absurd to suppose That
~ alic,i iuds: or packed jury could decide
imp,.tially, and, in gran'i"s ii'm exact Jcs-
tic;: according 10 evidence, admit the shame
and vandalism of the vapqnshiag section.
10 show the disgracef;il game OF hide aud
elk now being performed Le'wecn ChIet
Justice Chase aud the vie Judge Underwood.
rc.a-lily .t!.is contemplated arrnSnment Il
Mr.. ID wis. VIC extract the t;.llowlng para
cr.p.s from the New York World. The
lRyrM says:
"Clief Justice Chase of course knows per-
inctlv we'll that the proposed trial OF Jefferson
DAYS is solemn humbug. He has fought
shy of it as long Us he could. and he would
k.p :.l o. ftom iilahogcther If ne Were moi a
candidate for President. 1t is the cant OF the So
called Conservative Republicans that drives
him 10 Dip The tip Of his Judicial fingers in this
r.rcical business. He is understood TO belong,
ike his admirer Mr.. Greeley, To the " univer-
sal AMNESTY. universe, suffrage" wing Of the
p.rty. Their opponents pelt them with cant
about the awful crime of treason which they
aro unwilling to have punished; and either
from moral co ardico or political e1pedieacy
Mr. Chase permits himself to DC canted into
participation in judicial farce. he caoiu'
of h,w!s raised against Mr.. Greeley when he
signed the bail bond, Sa;ns the Chiei Justice
tat lie r,lst not seem slack: and he consents
tn prt side At Richmond from the sl::c motives
that led him 10 maze stump speeches to the
So;.thern negroes two years ago But ne is
planu;nc to shirk the trial while protesting
Willingness 10 conduct it. he consents to be
present at its opening but declines 10 remain
TIL It's close. The offer to be present Gu the
18th of November is deceitul dodge, tnr he
Knows tLat the trial canno. be brief. Many
days, perhaps many weeks, will be spent in
getting jury. Much time will be consumed
in examining and cross-examining witnesses,
Before the trial is concluded, the Supreme
Court will sit vt Washington. and the Chief
Justice declares that he cannot be absent.
The Consequence will be that the charge to
the iary, the chief thing for which be is
wanted, will deyolve on Judge Underwood,
and Chief Justice Chase will escape the re
sponsibii,y of giving any opinion except on
matters merely preliminary or incidental.
The preteuce that he canno; be absent from
tie opening of the Supreme Court is sub.
,erfuge. A mi ri'y OF the judges would
suffice to hold the Supreme Court, which has
more than once opened and sdva1ced far into
lis term without the presence Ola Chief JUS
lice. Notouly is the proposed rial itself a
numbug and farce, bat the Management ni
the Chief Justice to evif6e stimulated vii
linsness to preside at it, ard t. slip out on q
feisaed necessity at the critical sage of sub.
mit.iog the case to a jury, is o more ptifu'
because smaller and motS-A:.cky humbug
il.sn the rest