Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-26

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THE New Yors Herald Is "a u"f "
mind some unpleasan. reminisven ess 'o'
the attention Of cersAin Radical r'ss
men. For instance, she time wAs ? N,,
Davis left he United ssaies Senate N n
the applause Of Mr.. Chase, now 'ne'
Justice of4he Uaiisd States Of Ho.'Aee
Greeley, the restless, visuperssive ana
iuoousequen, agi,s,or Of the kAd'e's
press, of Mr.. Stanton, the oily-sougned
rlo,,er for power" "All those men,"
says the Herald, "arsued for the right
Of JEFF Davis to 20 aud do what he might
for the destruction Of the Governufens
as covered by the sacred right OF revo'
luton agains, tyranny. claiming that to
prevent or oppose him would be ineon-
sistent with the doctrines Of the Declare
lion Of Independence &
And thus Il continues; y
Davis. thus applauded, thus stimula'
ted. thus encouraged 70 believe that he
was heading movement as noble as
that which made the colonies free, went
ont "A organize aud conduct the internal
work. Davis went out thus, aud every
southern man Of political note went
with him save one One man alone oil
the representatives OF Southern con-
stituencies in the United States Con-
rress did not sympathize with the tur'
noses of the Shareholders to establish
ao aristooracy on the ruins OF our
freedom. One Southern man prom.
uent in the world of politics nd.
bered earnestly, unfalteringly, with all
The intense fervor ofs positive nature, to
The cause of the Union; and this man
was Andrew johnson, one OF the Sena-
tors from Tennessee. He denounced
the whole reasonable attempt from the
6rst blow. No whisper Of tolerance for
II ever passed his lips. From the United
States Senaie he went TO Tennessee-
nearer 10 the rage of battle. He was
made Military Governor, and ruled the
State with uncomfortable will and I'M
chaneeable fidelity TO the canse the
nation had at heart He was thus par.
ticipating in the dangers and savage
turmoil OF the struggle, while the
Radical leaders were making plans at
the Falls of Niagara for surrender to
the enemy, plundering the nation IN
the issue OF rninous contracts to political
adherents, and breaking down the bar
riers that guarded popular rights by ar
bitrary arrests of inofensiye persons.
Such were the relative positions OF men
through the terrible four years, until the
soldiers and sailors-the men OF the ma
tion-making their own generals and adj
mirals. ended the war; apd the attempt
that Davis had led, that Chase, Greeley,
Stanton and Gerrit Smith had encour,
aped-an attempt that came nearer sue
cess than ever did such reyolt before
ended in failure, thanks to the people, to
the man of the apple tree and to the
hero in the shrouds."
Well, when at las. the war is over,
when all the good and generous and
brave of all sections we're ready to shake
hands, now comes the turn Of the shod-
dyites, skulkers and Pharisees, patriotic
and righteous overmucb, and again we
quote:
1t turned out there we're number OF
superabundantly patriotic men to be
heard when it came TO settling terms
They were the men who had helped Davis
to make the war-the extravsgant Aho-
Etionists who could yet SO sympathiEe
with slavery as to justify its revolt
on texts from the Declaration of Inde-
pendence. These men had not been
the absolute and earnest enemies of the
Southern effort until it had failed beyond
redemption, and then their enmity blazed
out ali the fercer for being SO new and
coming SO late. These men would not
hear of peace on the terms the people
declared for. They made difficulties, in
sisted on conditions, and made the negro
the basis of all propositions; and thus
they have kept up, till now We have
reign of anarchy.
And now the hyenas demand victim.
They must try somebody and punish
somebody to glut their fsrocious yearn-
ings. Davis they dare not try, since,
having obeyed the Immediately control
ing sovereignty under which he lived
during the war, it may be impossible to
make a case of treason against him in
accordance with the long established,
we'll settled and known principles of law.
And what then7 The Herald continues.
On whom should the blow fallf
Strangest piece Of satanic irony, they
have chosen for the victim that one
faithful Southern Senator. The one man
who adhered to the Union when all the
southern Senators beside went out with
the encouragement of Radical leaders,
the man who st9d up stontly for the
cause when these same leaders we're COM
promised in corrupt plots Of every sort
that man is now tried as an enemy to the
nation, while these same Radical leaders
stand between JEFF. Davis and JUS
tee. Did Mephistophelss ever fool his
poor victim to such startling result2
Will not this story forever damn the
Justice Of the republic as the synonym
Of all that is most pitiable and con-
temptible in human remembrance Is
il not diabolieal, atrocious, past all
patience to contemplate, that these i'm
pudently corrupt wretches can peryert
justice to this degree, and SO foul the
name and fair repute Of great party ~
and that, worse than the rest, if possible,
they dare threaten that they will make
chaos at the capital II their attempt