New-York tribune., 1872-05-25
THE BArLING OF JEFFERSON DAVIS.
DESCRIPTION BY AN EYE WITNES:

DESCRIPTION BY AN EYE WITNESS.
Mr.. Geo. Alfred Townsend contributes an
admirable letter The Chicago Tribune, which we regret
we cannot copy entire. We suboin few graphic pas
sages He is describing tho state OF mind in the North
in regard TO the prisoners:
win AN unde6ned hafconscious sense OF the injustice
OF such an interpretation, the popular mind looked u-
easily upon its prisoner ana wished no hld escapeuM M 20
Mexico, Canada, or Europe, ana not Remained the
elephant that lac was upon our hahis; ch9uu We nins
him and afterward reel mean an0ut y, @ a 49, % g. i us no
Elizabeth kept Queen Mary and at the end coae 10 t9
% sae TaaSn cheapi Was it not party necessity
Was human aud patriotic necessity %has h wo9l ne ne
apply low estimate OF his magnanlmity to our own IN
INC pei'OG GREEITY ~ TRANSFORMS THE ELEPHANT.
At the moment Ot awkward rrcSoutiOl man IN New
York OF his notions OF t9e needs ana illness OF
Horace Greeley took ihe public mind OF Jefferson Davis
and became, in turn, tho besabused man m Aiaerco &
He obeyed the Old law OF cards; When IN dOuDt, pay
IrImpsw He played mercy and magnanimlty, ana
closed up the war without sheuns e 70 81 s hi d to
victory of freedom whatever tne motives OF MS i ge
cisOn whether 4" a meddesome impertinence, as 9lr.
Dan VOORHEES, says or g ana Hro GeGuea9 e AZ
did the Confederacy yield up It's he but
nnut man in the North wrote his name to the chief
traitors bond Of security and while We eavll about 10
restoration to fraterna citizenship. and absorbed with
moro necessities than we, cry We accept Horace
Greeley Us he accepted u.s."
THE SEINE IN THE COURTROOM.
JeG. DAVIS entered. He wore common clothes, iooked
Weakoyed, not an important-lo -looAing man; ana
Mad been very unpopular in Richmond, but the people
naturally felt that Le was now ycarogsy ON tral Ior
know who want the Southern people TO behave as
Bancroft Davis expected England to behaye7he weep
ing nunkeys running over ut the eyes and lips WIN
apologies Our fellOwman is no s"inder. When ne
carries his musket four years baefooed to Keep mp the
interests and the necks Of politicians he Is slow 70
cry on order. Colossal infants Like Senator Pratt o,
Indiana may ON to ns day hating tho south Tor ITS
of
meant be an old maid. and write treatses on tho
and our nature, big as he Is saw there Charles
OConor of NewYOrk, who was afterwards TO be so p0-
Ring and thus nsensiby heading the iraterna revolu
tom Gen. Imboden, who was to write very beautiful
letter the Cincinnati Convention in Horace Geeeys
favor; and think, Frank sternes fellow-Vermonler
with Greeley by birth who was to bear Imbodens letter
to Cincinnati Lastly, saw Horace Greeley himself
enter the Courtroom and become the focus OF oDser
vattoD ,, , ,.,L ~ .. .,o. a-
He a large, heshy markedlooking man, WIN
sba% ns nsny Keen lie had deep benevolent fore
head. and wore, think, suit OF black broadclOth lie
ature so represents him. his nat in his hand the
quality and shape he has always carried slnce-a
broad trimmed felt soft and fine. and sensible and dressy
body in Richmond. He looked TO me like man origin
ally shy and bashfnl. and ncurably retiring by native
wish, and who therefore, came forward on public oeea
sions from propulsion rather than from ENJOY nent his
nored boy who had much rather go play the yard than
exhibit before company and It occurred to me there,
that worldly uses, might have such thing as
too exuberan health and temperance He spoke to few,
and then always by requests and he was to great ex-
tent, the reignng influence in that presence Under
wood the Judge with whom lay the option OF taking
BAIL paid much respect to Horace Greeleys inten-
tons than Mr. Davis After the bond was signed, as
Mr.. Greeley stepped back toward column or pillar
where he had first stood Mr. Davis rose from hls chair
with smile OF respect and reached out his hand bow
ing like one under deep Obligation and fully accepting
the act In its benevolent spirit. Mr. Greeley took the
hand, without speaking so far as could see, and the
action lasted only portion Of moment The two have
never had communications since Mr.. voorhees, says
that Greeley's act meddesOme impertinence A
public man who could stgmatze large and panstak-
ing act OF kindness like that, In such terms has queru
ous and provincial nature, and generous age wastes
time upon him. What meddesome impertnenees was
not Mr. Voorhees, guilty OF during the WarproGhglhg
il by his example, adding stupidity to the inevitable,
and assuming that the whole epic tragedy ABOUT
some old grudge personal only 10 NM TINS long nitei @
doomsday, and load the carpetbag hanging round the
neck OF the SOUTH
THE ECHO.
That night the Richmond newspaper folks gave us al
supper and MI Greeley pesdea ne red toaSs s1d ID
we lay and hearts to the OF the future
paeae. m9 a and young Mcfarland, editor of Forney's
Washington Chronicle "a paper now detnnct' beHeye
Carolina outlaw, and by Morris renegade preacherl
toasted JEFF Davis for which the smalminded % ana
nearly remember my speech 1t was to the effect
that the Provost and the man IN buttons nad
volunteer 10 make him believe that nobody else had
ever served his country from tho noDlest moSes anu
great deal meanness Jealousy intrigue and several
Penentiary oenses committed in the army and hailed
ts dsbandent and the opening OF the prison doors to
them that were bound. Lt5le did we know the fury
that was gathering In the North for Horace Greeley.
me Nsp York Times truly In except when
IL gets THE TRIBUNE foul had It's brief revenge aud was
meaner than The Christian press Kept Chrsts ad
monluon with a vengeance, OF "Be good 20 your ene-
mics pray for them that desptefnlly use you" am
afraid that have never been charitable 20 the Christian
press ever since. ascerained once that The Se1 York
Independent, and several Of its pous cotemporaries
farned out their financial columns. My account or
the court Quilted and altered in very imper
tnen by the editor OF the paper employ ing me-
and SIR Greeley sent 10 me In vain for the Ms 10 use II
on THE TRIBUNE. do know that the City OF Richmond
appreciated act. The feeling that day all over the
lrscarrcd Capital Of the Old Dominion OF warming
loyalty 10 the Onion again The noisy rebuke Is hushed
now, and none the act but very useless and
snowy Indiana Democrat The who went ON the
bond Of jefferson Davis viii preside ia tho White House,
Washington, from the ith day Of next March, and
prove the pen, in the hands vi entirely melciiul
miplter than the sword, GArII.