The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-05-23

RELEASE OF Mr.. DAvIs.-The account
which we publish of the release of Ex-P resi-
dent Davis, will befound interesting. Mr..
Davis gave bail in the sum of 500, 600 to
appear in November next for trial.
We are gratified at tho release OF Mr. la
Wis, but it seems strange that the government
should keep him confined for two years and
then not be prepared for trial. The govern
ment paid 100000 for the arrest of Mr.
Davis, and we suppose that prominent offi-
| GERS of the government would now be will
| ling to give the same amount il he had not
been arrested. They long since found out
that they had an elephant Oh their hands,
The whole affair has been farce on a big
scale. ~
Inasmuch as President johnson, by proc
| lamation, implicated Mr.. Davis IL the assas-
nation of Mr.. Lincoln on false testimony or
no testimony at all, he ought at least to
make amends by publicly Withdrawing the
charge and refunding to the public treasury
the money paid for his arrest.
In consequence of the treatment of the Uni
ted States, Mr. Davis is to-day greater
hero than if he had established permanent
Confederate government.
After the release of Mr.. Davis, the Rich
mond papers state that a large number of
his friends and acquaintance called at the
hotel and offered their congratulations to
him. Amongst them was gentleman OF
huge proportions, who came up and offered
his congratulations after this style:
3" am glad to see that You are at liberty
l knew they would never do anything with
you; l knew how it would be-"
Mr.. Davis replied, I" I am very glad that
you have not turned out to be false proph-
ct in this instance"
The gentleman said "I am a Northern
man with Southern principles I sympathiz-
ed with you, and knew how it would be-"
MIR. Davis -" I am Southern man with
Southern principles. "-Char. Dem.
The poorest creatures we know of are
these Northern men with Southern prin-
ciples." The Southern man with South
ern principles" is avowedly traitor to the
Union, as Mr.. Davis is. We detest such
characters, but we must despise the hypo-
critic who says he is "a Northern man with
Southern principles" A true man has nei-
Their Northern nor Southern principles.
A citizen who is not for the nation is provin-
lngs. The sword has decided that the ma
ton is paramount. Our highest allegiance,
under God, is to the government of the Uni
ted States. How, then, can a patriot be
or Southern or Northern in his
views?
We agree with the Democrat that Presi- |
dent johnson ought to make good his charge |
of assassination against Mr.. Davis, or with
draw it. The course which Mr.. johnson has |
thought proper to pursue towards Mr.. Davis
has made him a hero and a martyr. But |
MIR. johnson and Mr.. Seward might give
their bodies to be burned for Mr.. Davis, or
living, they might undergo any conceivable
humiliation to-appease the fell spirit of Sc
,ession, and the result would be the oligar-
;hy would still hate the former as the "head
Buffalo" of the rebellion, and the latter as
he author of the irrepressible conflict
And not to put too fine point upon it,
Mr.. johnson has so acted, and results have
been such that he has no political friends in
North Carolina.