New-York tribune., 1870-08-10
JEFFERSON DAVIS.

CARD FROM EDWARD A. PoLLARD-wHo
KILLED THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY.
Mr. Edward A. Pollard publishes a card in
The baltimore american, which, he says, Is his fare
well" shot the EXCOnfederate Chief He says that "
had been hoped that jefferson Davis would rest quietly
in the grave dug by his own hands, but his undyi ing
vanity has compelled him to before the public
again. He speaks OF Mr.. Davis the "assassin OF II
country" and the greatest murderer Of bfS times also
an "unclean ghost" "eyil and damned spirit %c
&c Mr. Pollard writes especially 10 make personal
explanation in regard To- the acshs,lon IN soutie si
Tan He admits that he dcspiscs Mr. Davis but not IN
personal sense" He has turned uurclenting pen
upon him. he says the real assassin Of the Confederate
cause literally, practically more hateful Than the
Yankee enemy nasuch as he and pot the arms OF the
Mr. Pollard adds that when he undertook 70 write q
history of the late one thing was certain that the
ton 10 save the future sentence of history which inn
pended the people Of the south Of disgrace Tor me
loss of caus which the nest lnlelhsh'e M ol ue Mo' m
had decided they were hound 10 win He had chosen 10
vindcate the peop of the SOUTH though at the expense
of the head OF their Government He ye; adhcIes Ia
such choice and takes all the rcprOach that may attach
to it, rather than be numbered among the blind amt eN-
cessve fools who, IN adoring Mr. Davis, are cOhslShE
their whole country and people TO he nevaolr ana emu
excuses now made by southern men a. 70 me nneIeal
and material superiority OF the North that these very same
equality of the contest its beginning, the very same
who then declared that the south had advantages
the superiority referred TO- Toe intelligence OF me world
made the same estimate Ihe sonth had auVlhag,s @
gone conclusion.
Those who profess such tenderness, he says IN guard
ing from the least IepTOdch the sensbcs of Mr. Davis
forget how shameless is the attitude of This man to-day,
what defiance his sefeOnceit and selfassertion have
constantly offered 10 public opinion, and what invita-
his habit Of accusing his cOtempOrarier oilers
To criticism upon himself If Mr. Davis had ever at any
confessed that he wrong II h. had ever taken
the least OF blame upon himself, instead OF so ihusr-
Ously casting it upon his associates; he had ever
breahed the least word OF regret, OF conjunction,
shown decent melancholy at any time, III survey
ing the ruins Of the war even slight concession
migh have touched : in his behalf.
II is seldom too, that who have lost great causes
in history have been satisfied 10 live in the scenes Of
their former greatness, and amid the RUNS they nave
prccipitated upon their country. The dignity Ot exile
has generally for those who have wrecked the
hopes Of their country ana where the law has SUI
feTed them live the theater of their former
the instincts decency have led them 10 withdraw
foreign lands rather than 10 remain IN braZen nSenSi
biity to public indignation, In cOneeed blindness TO
the httleness into which they have fallen. Jefferson
Davis President of the southern COnfedercy the
autOcrat Of eight millions Of people is satisfied to
hibit himself in these latter days the manager OF
Life Insurance Company in Memphis, Tenn. Public
opinion in the South Is longer sentimental, and il ap
preciaes jefferson Days true character, and the part
he took in the destruction OF the Southern COnfederacy