, 1873-10-17

ElnHO 20 tAk9 HOT 10 F5uIEAtlBf1tot hIlu IAyb
her messenger tic tnohey, having difposo!l os
Ills carriage. It WIS Oil this visit tl,at she told
him to got tho slloottng-lrona really, for they
would soon ho caoa for. On tho day of
s ag asqn hos so sGos v
him ut hor house, aho went to surrattos!llo, 10
| mtlos with feld.glass, which sho loft for tho
aasansinn- saying that whisky, flold,glasu. car
Two hours after aho arrived at home, Booth and
| 1Iorold, fresh from tho scone OF BLOOD Wero on
their. wny to surrattBvillc, and they drank the
! whisky and got tho held-gaass aud casbino.
CAME to Mrs surratts house at midnight, as tho
! only place whore ho could hide, mud Bho denied
evor having soon him. Although au osteneibly
e rea aaS hef r haa nnt and
man before; have not hired him; do not
know anything about him"
IN RE JOHNSON.
Road nftor this interval, we can SEQ that Dng-
ham did not present all tho points against Airs.
surratt, nor did ho present any Of tic points
female criminnl which we feel In country
highly chtvnlrous about M women; markod 1l, both both
Mra. surratt WAS found guilty and ad1udgoa to
doatI,. Hor widowhood, tho cowardly absence Of
her son, and her poverty had their OBJECT with
tho Commission. petition was signed in favor
| har guilty. Their recommendation to mercy
was q distinct thing; for, If they Ind not re-
| turned her guilty, Mr.. johnson could never have
hanged her. Tho Point ie 1, now BOT up by John.
mercy was kept back BY tho Military Commission
| until tho sentence had boon executed. If john
Bon makes this polnt. from selfish or cowardiy
| reason, he ought to bo shown up. But ho had
reasons sufficient for refusing tue recommends
t1on, II ho did roccve 1t; mud thcy. would have
applied with amy proper sovereign In the world.
In tho first place, he had como to lin Office Of
President by the ..n murder ,d Of u h9 prsdsee5
Of Mre. surra!t, aud making llor plead
for tlom like Cnsar's wounds for Mark Autony,
| was thon droppiaK tho intimation TINT Johnson
the terrible 1tadiGal mud NIL tho other .orrbe
Radicals, had winsod at Lincolnu n,ultlor to got
his powor. Could President fresh III Ills pro-
| motion havo rolonted ut such momcut7 Again:
Tho aroused country, on eyory hand, was de-
| manding vengeance without discrimination Oh
| tho personH Of all tho wrotched boingB who had
capped tho peaoa-the gontlcst peace over mado
won poSn'co-with the head Of tbs poaco-,naitor
Tho dignity Of n milton could not be sustained
If tho matter Of woro to DO pfcalod for regi-
eide. 1ir. johnson had reason TO know how
exortel, Ind prolonged tho war md carried good
mcn into it. The Wounds which last tho longest
III civil strife arc those which women give
they slip away who give thou, and
won the, higll-mettled lover or br other
who followed theirb Ind wl,itenel tl.o ca,lae-
leHs battlefield with his bones. Placed in his
position, Andrew johnson must havo said, with
newspaper. poet Of tho, day;
Hc,lcefor.n Ill thoughts Of pardon aro too late;
Have murdered Mercy. Now alone shall stand
Hark, from ho Eastern 10 tho Western strand "'''
Tho swelling thunder of the peopls's roar;
WIint words they Inurnnur: EHlt0r not her AaudI
So let it sruito, such deeds El,a bs no more!
Such was passage from a sonnet by Edmund
9. steaman il, Horaco Greo!ey'A Tribune, tho
Monday morning after tho murder. It was not
oon ouy r., but tie public opnoa Of mankp has
never lnndo MI exception upon it, un1osB wo con-
slider tho fuss maaa around illiterate flrosidea in
baus1oa localities, of the routes OF travel and
roatling, to be public sentiment.
MIR. DlsnAEL1,
who leads the Conservatism OF England, said
thus cloquently upon tho matter:
stu the character Of tho victim, and oven in
tho accossorieH OF his lust moments, thore is
the question ont Of all tho pomp Of history and
tho ceremonial Of diplomacy; it touches tho
heart OF nations, aud appeals to the domestic
sentiment Of mankind. All must agreo that, in
Quo Of the aevorest trials which oyer teBted the
moral qualities Of man, lie fulfilled his duty with
simplicity and strength. When such crimes are
pcrpetrsted, the public mind is apt to fall into
gloom and porplexity,-for 1t is Ignorant alike Of
Is one Of dutios to reassure them under un-
reasoning panic and dospondonoy. AHsassina-
tion has never changed tho history of tho
world"
Nothing could have excused Androw johnson
for making any exception al to tho findings Of
the Military Commission but Il positive beliof
that Mrs. Surratt was innocent Of any accessory
ship In tho murder Of Dir. Lincoln. 1t WAS not
his business to Bentmontalize upon tho relative
mental and physical pain Of woman or man
guilty Of the samo crime; and there is not an
enlightened patton in the world, satisfied with
Its ruler, which would notat the timo have given
either sex the example, of triaing with tho SOW
eroign power over people already gaslod to
doath with traitors, Tho most tint has been
said Of Mrs: surratt is, that eho was priyy to the
cd that he was to be killed.. Where Ia there
lawyer who would not hold o man to be tho prln-
cipal in o murder which might have eusuod in
the purpose Of ,suoh all abduction ? But tho
that this woman know of the plan to abd,ict first,
aud Of the resolution to murder afterwards.
TnAoTa
The plan to kill Lincoln had been devised by
Booth from tlree weeks to QUO month prior to
the deed. His handtH had almost all Ecntterod.
Tic surrender Of Lac took place some timo prior
to tho net, aud the Confederate armies had glad
IL disbpuded and retired to thoir homes. TLero
was 10 reason, eithor with man or woman to
have the President abducted now, because thore
Was no Southern Confaderacy to tako him to. It
WaB IN act OF vengeance, and not OF military
necessity, to lill tho harmless President In tho
surratt homestead too long already. Booth
had made oil the arrangements for tbe DEATH
scone, bored tho eyelet-hole to SEQ his victim
sitting in tue box, barred the door, and hired hiB
horse for the flight, whom ls stopped at hor
dwelling oil TINT Good-Frlday afternoon md
made her the last accessory before tho tact. Tho
wounds OF Christ on tint Good-Fridav did not
appeal to this religious females momory or heart.
Like woman enanlorod OF criminal, aho oboyod
his bidding gladly. made n lonesome excursion
Of 20 miles to toll her drllnKon tenant to lnyo
the Hnootinelfons" roady ~ They wogld 10
boastors rode up to the door-poBt of her tavern,
and left their spcctros thore, neyor to disappear
POINT MET.
It IL said, and with Bomo reason, that Mrs.
Burratt lad n different errand at Snrrattaylllo
1t was to toll one OF her debtors, near by, thut
he must make settlement for solno land ho had
bought from her. This WAS true, but it was only
another purpose Of her orranl; for she sont tho
lotter to her debtor III loose way, by mcgson-
gor; but her main GRAND stopped at gurratts-