Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-04-11
The Danger Of JEFF. Davis = Immediate
Flight His only Safety.
From the New York Herald, April Z,

From the New York Herald. April ~
JEFF. Davis is bound to make his APP
pearance again for trial at Richmond on
the I'd of May next. Greeley, Gerrit
Smith, John Minor Bolts and others
stand as sureties for his appearance in
the sum of one hundred thousand dollars.
He will doubtless be on hand to show
that their confidence in him has not been
misplaced but we can tell him that so
far as his bail bonds are concerned he
need not be apprehensive of any loss
from his failure to put in his appearance.
Let him be off to parts unknown, and this
aforesaid bail will be made all right in
the release of Greeley, Smith Il Co. from
payment But why be Off Let the &C
cused give us his attention for moment,
and we will tell him why.
By the I'd of May Andrew johnson
will be out of the White House and "Old
Ben. Wade will be in. From that hour
Radicalism will be rampant in the
Executive Department. The removal of
Johnson at the same time, for the high
crimes and misdemeanors of attempt
ing to remove Stanton from the War
Department and to put Thomas in his
place, and of few Presidential stump
speeches of the Tennessee pattern, will
cause these inquiries among the PEG.
pie while Andrew Johnson is beheaded
for these petty offenses, how is it that
Jefferson Davis, the very head and
front of the late rebellion, from begin
ming to end, goes unwhipped ofjustice ?
Is it because Greeley stands at his back ?
Is this ustice-this sacrifice to radical :
ism of the only Southern man in Con-
gress who stood out manfully against the
rebellion and this mockery of prosecu-
ton against Jefferson Davis, the head
chief Of the Confederacy, for whose cap
ture johnson proclaimed reward of one
hundred thousand dollars 7" To guard
against such damaging oommenta-
ries, to keep up show of consist
sncy and Of equal justice, the re-
moyal of johnson will require the
hanging of Davis. And "Old Ben Wade"
as President, is the man who will see it
done. Davis has been-a sort of white
elephant to johnson and to Chief Justice
Chase. They have had no desire to keep
him, they have been puzzled how and
where to try him, and they have been
afraid to let him 60. But President
Wade will not stand upon technioalitles
or trihes. His first great card, in order
to strike terror among the unrecon-
structed rebels in the South and to revive
the Old John Brown war spirit in the
North, will be the hanging Of Jeff. Davis.
The new indictment against him, with
its numerous specifications of the overt
acts Of levying war against the United
States, looks like business. tits an in
dictment framed to convict and not re-
lease the prisoner. The removal OF
johnson, too, will revive among the Rad
icals thirst for blood, as the execution
of Charles the First, of England, in
famed the Roundheads to bloody settle
ments with other parties, and as the be-
heading of poor Louis the Sixteenth
gave a new impulse to the Jacobin reign
Of terror and blood in France. The
accidents of Anglo-American civiliza'
ton aud its refining influences
have SO far, in the penalties against the
treason and traitors of this late Southern
rebellion, made the government OF the
United States q model of clemency and
humanity. Nevertheless, the same spirit
exists here that marked the bloody
vengeance of the Mexican liberals
against Msximilian and his devoted fol-
lovers There is powerful faction at
Washington and throughout the country
which will not be satisfied with anything
less than the hangman's rope for JET.
Davis. This faction, within few
weeks, will come into complete pos
session of the Government with John
sons removal, and than the unfortunate
Davis, in coming to trial, will do well to
prepare fer the scafold, for he will
surely be hanged. II will be held neces'
sary as a warning to traitors TO hang
Davis. and there is one man ct Washing
ton who will remember that proclama-
ton of Davis Of outlavry on the head OF
General B. y. Butler, and that man is
Butler himself, the acting head manager
of Johnson's impeachment.
We would, therefore, advise Davis TO
Be Of. and OF at once, 70 Canada, Cuba,
Mexieo. Brasil, or anywhere outside the
iurisdiction Of the United States, and 10
s,av outside, at least till after our
coming Presidential election. Never
mind about that straw bail IL "iii De
10 loss 70 anybody. Greeley does
not Ike hanging, anyhow but u
Davis should bs handed, habeas corpus,
over 10 the tender mercies Of President
Wade, Gresley's intsrees,ion Tor ms