Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-05-29

pront. Our 1oreSlte Ism alIuZ eZ goOu as
our hind-site. | am satisfied that the
greatest mistake | ever made in all my life
wuz in not plungin headlong into the war;
ez a Confedrit Maior-G eneral, distinguish
in myself for crooelty toward Fedral priz-
ners. and bein at the close of the tratrisidle
struggle reserved and embrased ez a long
lost though somewhat troward brother by
the Northern people, and Nv coorse bein
the objeck NV sympathy ez a marter by the
Southern people. In this sitooashen man
hez two strings to his bow. He brings to
his support the two extremes. He fetches
together Horace Greely from the one side
and General Boregard from the tother-
they embrace, and standin onto both their
sholders he hcz wat may be called soft
thing NV it.
| wuz led into these train NV reflections
by the experience | hev he'd with our
sainted cheef j efferson Davis | came to
this city on a secret mishun, the object uv
mieh w"a to soo that everything wuz done
for the comfort uv the iIustrious man that
Good bc done, on occashen NV his contem-
platid trip to Richmond, and that the ar
rangements shood be ez perfect ez possible
Partikelerly wuz | charged to see that
everything calkelatid to jar onto his sensi-
tive feelins be remoyd-everythin which
Good wound his sense NV hearin, seein OF
smellin.
The great man had consentid to go. He
he'd bin he felt, illegally deprived Nv lib
Enthusiastically in fact-and ef he
shood consult his own feelins he would re-
mane, but to forgive wuz divine. Eewin
these preceedins in the lite Nv an apology
he wood 60
The day he'd arrived The steamer wuz
at the Fortress carefully prepared to re-
ceive its illustrous burden 1t he'd been
thoroughly cleaned and fumigated, the
cabins he'd been nooly furnisht, and speshl
alterashens made for the President and
party. Their was Yoonited States officers
and soljers aboard, but out Of respeck for
the feelins Nv their illustrious primer,
as he is technically called, they KEEP their
selves away out NV his site. that the color
NV their uniforms might not awaken on
pleasant reheckshens So perfeck, indeed
wuz the arrangements that the railin Nv the
boat which was originally bloc. was kiver-
ed with gray cloth, and the eagle fgger-
head Nv the craft wuz sawed off This was
sejested by a eminent Conservative Nv Moo
\ ork, who hez a large Southern trade wich
he didn't prejoodis by his course doorin the
war The ladies cabin was originally as
signed TO the party, but female passenger
he'd no more regard for the comfort Nv the
marter than to die on the passage. an they
were deprived NV it. The Conservative
merchant insisted that the corpse be thrown
overheard. but Mr. Davis, with magnan-
unity which wuz characteristic Nv him, re-
foozed No" sed he, :" let her rest there
| kin endoor the Inconvenience, severe as
it is 1t Is but one more attempt TO break
my sperit."
All the way up ther wUZ the most techin
Difference shown him. At every landin
the people were assembled to greet him,
and ez they salooted him, he acknowledged
it with show Of condesenshen L never saw
off the stage. He conversed but little on
the passage up. Ez the boat wuz sweep
in majestically past pints made historicle
by the events NV the great struggle, his
eve wood brighten, eff they wuz sich pints
ez Confedrit Good take pride in, or dim
with teers ef they wuz pints at wich ther
he'd been reyerses.
We arrived at Richmond at last The
most considrit preparashens he'd been made
for his resepshen Their wuz no irons onto
him-the only guards In site wuz them
wich he'd bin detailed to keep the crowd
from annovin him. and carriage wuz
in readiness, into wich We seated ourselves,
and wuz driven off at dignifed pace to that
resort Nv the aristocracy Nv Nirglnny-
the Spottswood Here more considerashen
was shown. Mr. Davis being averse to
walkin up stairs, 4 suite Nv rooms he'd been
prepared for HIM on the tust floor, and the
presence Nv General Burton NV the Fedral
army ben obnoxshus, he wuz assigned by
the Ex- President a room at the further end
ny the corridor. His nerves bein sensitive,
havv mattin was laid down In all the halls,
and the servants Of the house wuz especially
directed to wear list slippers and to walk
on their tip toes.
| wuz invited to his room and wuz IA
vored with a few minutes conyersashen
with the first of Amerikens, and, when he
dies, the last. Glancin out uv the winder,
his fine, soft grey eye restid on the roof uv
Libby
Lies! lies" sed he, angrily.
Wat speshel lies hev yoo reference to -
askt l.
Them wich wuz publisht in the sour
rilous reports Nv unconstooshnel Congris
regardin the treatment Nv primers IN Lib
bv They asserted that the officers died
becoz they he'd but ten feet by two for
sleepin, wasin cookin and eatin. They
he'd that space, and wat more wuz neces-
sary? Why give EN- room to cook when
they hedn't anythin to cook ? Wherefore
room to eat, eff they hedn't anythin to eat
No, it's false 1t wuzn't the crowdion that
perdoost the mortality"
Only wunst wuz his buzzum wrung. He
wux standin at the winder, gain out
upon Richmond, his mind revertin TO the
time when it wuz the Capital Nv his Con-
/ federacv, when percession past with
moosic. and flags and banners. With a
shreek NV angish he buried his head in
the curtins, and wept aloud. | rusht to
the winder. 1t wuz ez | feared. Film
slowly by wuz a percession Nv niggers, who
he'd past that way perposely. "Mercltul
Heaven sed he " hez it come to this "
and he wllz very reserved and deprest the
balence NV the day.
The next day the President wuz taken
to the court. E,z he entered the room and
glanced proudly over the awjence, it wood
hev bin very difficult to hev decided
whether he wuz goin to try the court or
the court him. But repressin hisself, he
took his seat. Techin solicitood wuz dis
played in the court room for his comfort.
/ 4 crack III the winder casin let in draft
NV cold air; he shuddered and a shudder
run thro the entire assemblage. The shud-
der uv the conservative merchant from
Moo York wuz trooly artistic. Cotton wuz