The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-04-18
The Danger Of JeF. Immediate
Flight His Only Safety
- Il - - -. - Z.

From tie Nsv Teri Herald. Aprn71
JEFF Davis IS bound TO make his appear
ance again for trial at Richmond On the d
of May next. Greeley, Gerrit smith, John
Minor Bolts and others stand rs sureties for
his appearances IN the sum Of one hundred
thousand dollars Ie viii doubtless be on
/ hand 10 show that their eonddenceln h4n
has net been misplacedi bat we caa tell n'n
that SO far as his bail bonds are concerned
/ he need not Be appreheusive of any loss
from his taiiure TO pot IN hIs appearance
+ Let him be Of 60 parts unknown, and tEls
aforesaid bail VII be made all right II the
release of Greeley, Smith q Co. from pay-
ment But why De OF Let the accused
give us bis attention for moment, and we
VIII telEhim why,
By the "a of May Andrew johnson will
be cut of the White House and Old Ben.
" ade will-be ia From thas hour radical
+ ism VIII be rampant in the Executive De-
/ partment The removal of johnson at the
lsame time, for the high crimes and misde-
gneanors Of attempting TO remove Stanton
from the War Department and to put
i Thomas in his place, and Of few RTesiS
tdential stump speeches of the Iennessees
/ pattern, viii cause these inquiries among
4 the people: =. While Andrew johnson is
/ beheaded for these petty efienses, how Is it
! that Jefferson Davis the very head and front
Of the late rebellion. from beginning to end,
goes anWhipped Of justice Il It because
EGreeley stands at bis back Is this JUS
l-tice-this sacrifice to radicalism Of the only
Southern man In Congress who stood out
maufuliy against the rebellion and tll7s
moekery of a prosecution against Jefferson
Davis, tile head chief of the Conloderacy,
for whose capture Johnson zproolaimed a re-
ward of one hundred thousand dollars
/ 10 guard against such damaging commenta-
\ rless to keep up 8 show of consistency and
equal justice, the removal OF Johnson VIII
require the hangingsof Davis. And Old
Ben Wade as President, IS the man who
will see il 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
1 gzhefe % try hiie, and they have been afraid
to lee him 90. But President Wade viii
not stand upon techniealities or tribes His
6fsl great card, in order to strike terror
Iamong the unreee instructed rebe!s ia the
South aud to revive the 0ldJoha Brown war
& spirit ii the North, viii be the hanging Of
EJeH Davis.
The new indictment against him, with It's
numerous specifications Of the os3rt acts of
leyyiRg war against the United states looks.
1 like business. It 5san Indictment framed
i to convict and met release che prisoner. The
3remogdl Of johnson, too will revive among
the radicals a thirst for blood - tile exeeu-
tl0H of Charles the First 81 Engiand. in-
4 famed the Roundheads t9 bloody settlements
with cher parties, and rs the beheading Of
i poor Louis the Sixteenth gave q new inn
i pulse 20 the Jacobin reign Of terror and
i blood ia France. Ihe accidents ot anglo
1Ameriean eiyiHzaten and its refining in
i huenees have SO far ln thesEenalties against
! rebellion mace the gegerrznent OF thes4nited
j states model Of clemeney and humanity.
/ Nevertheless, the same spirit exists here
I that marked the bloody geDeeance of the
dexIcan liberals against Naximllian and bis
devoted followers. There IS d powerful fac
ton az asbiugton and throughout the
leountrY wllich viii Hot be satisfied with
any thing less tban the hangman's rope for
i5sK Davis. his faction, within q few
1 weeks, via come into complete possession
of the eioYernment with JUhnsans removal,
! aud taen the unf8rtanate Davis, in -oenlinE
i to trial, viii do well to prepare forsthe scat
/ fold, fag he VIII surely be hanged 1t viii
| be held necessary a. q warning to traitors
/ Co hang Davis and there IS one man az
/ Wellington VINO viii remember that proc
! lameti0n Of Davis Of oatlaRry on the head
/ Of General 3 e. Butler and thas man is
| Butler himself, che acting head manager
hof johnson appointment
Ne would, therefore, advise Davis to be
of, aud of at once, to Canada, Cuba 41eKi-
eco Brazil. or anywhere outside the jufisdio-s
4 ton of the United States, and to stay o6s-
! side at least til after onr coming fgesi-
deDtial electen. Never mind about that
straw bail 1t VII be no loss to anybody.
lGreeley does net like hanging anyhow but
if Davis should be han3ed, habeas corpus,
over to the tender mereies Of President
Wade, Greeieyss in1ercession for his friend
Jefferson VIII be all moonshine. Henee We
say to Davis as the best advice We can give
him: Skedaddie, departsb of to a healthier
POLITICAL atmosphere, saye yourself, and
stand not upon the order of ydng going.
but 90 Of once.