The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-03-31

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Grants evidence before the House
Judiciary Committee in 1868:
Question by Mr.. Eldredge: Did
the President Johnson insist
that General Lee should be tried
for treason?
A. Yes, sir. He contended for
it.
Q. And you claimed that the pa
role which General Lee had given
would be violated in such trial!
A. I did. Insisted that Gener-
q Lee would not have surrendered
his army and given up all their
arms if he had supposed that after
surrender he was going to be tried
for treason and hanged.
q. Did you consider that that
applied to Jefferson Davis?
A. No, sir; it applied to no per
son who was captured--only to
those paroled.
Q. DID the President argue the
question?
A. There was not much argus
ment about it; it was merely asser
ton He seemed anxious to get at
the leaders to punish them. He
would say Tie leaders must be pun
ished-that treason must be made
odious?
In addition to this. take the fol
lowing extract from johnson
speech at Nashville, Jan. 8, 1864,
and the comparison is made no less
perfect than it is charming and
consistent. Said he:
Traitors should take a back seat
in the work of reconstruction. If
there be but 5000 loyal men in
Tennessee, these true and faithful
men should control the work of re
formation absolutely. 1 say the
tt aitor has ceased to be citizen.
He forfeited his right to vote when
he sought to destroy the govern
ment. Before these repent
ing rebels can be trusted. let them
bring forth fruit meet for repent
ance. Treason must be
made odious-t traitors must be
punished and impoverished. Their
great plantations must be seized
and divided into small farms, and
sold to honest, industrious men,"
Will the reader bear in mind that
the man who uttered the above
statement is the same who in clos
ing q speech in the Senate the 9th
er day, said:
81 would tell this dictator what
Cato told the ambassador Of Caesar:
Tell this Emperor to disband his
legions and restore the liberties of
the people. This I would say to
him, even as humble as am. Do
this and 1 will mount the rostrum
and contrive to gain his pardon
from the people for his violations
of the Constitution of his country,
and the transcendent impositions
that he has practiced upon the
country. This, even as humble as
1 am, for the sake of peace, for the
sake of concord. for the restora
ton of peace and prosperity, l am
even willing to mount the rostrum
and strive to gain his pardon from
an indignant people. May God
bless the country, and may God
save the Constitution.
Even as humble as johnson is he
would strive to gain forgiveness for
General Grant! johnson will par
don the President. but who shall
pardon Jobnson2-Inter Ocean.
Susar MAX ing
The time to tap is as soon as the
sap commences to rise, which will
depend to some extent upon the
weather. March is the usual time,
but sometimes the sap starts in
February By. boring small hole
in the tree the proper time to tap
may be ascertained. Sap will rise
while the ground is still frozen, if
a few warm sunny days occur. All
the naples and the birches yield
sweet sap, but only the hard, or
sugar maple, is used, as its sap
is the sweetest. Where that is not
found, the soft maple is sometimes
tapped, but it rarely pays. In
tapping trees the axe should never
be used, as it Injuries the tree, but
a half inch auger and the galvan-
lied iron sap spout. The bole
should be bored little way through
the bark, and no more.
It is shown that in sthis country
the average wheat crop is about
eleven bushels per acre. while in
England it is claimed to be almost
twenty nine bushels. With all this
difference Americans claim that we
have as rich and fertile fields as
can be found east or west of the
great waters. Admitting that we
possess among the richest fertile
fields in tho world. and that
countries can out yield
us, is equivalent to an acknowledge
ment that our fields are not SO
thoroughly TILED. The same care
full and skillful cultivation of our
soil would make it produce even
more bountifully than England's.
farmers should work less
land and use more fertilizers.
Brigham Young served out his
term of twenty-four hours in the
Penitentiary and has returned
home to his families. No doubt
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