Daily Kennebec journal., 1876-02-01
etarv Of War being the only person who could

retary of War being the only person who could
draw warrant upon the Treasury for the money
to pay the troops how long could we have held
our army in the field without pay Had the
plan been successful, does any one fail to see that
there would for the time being have been no force,
no head, no government? Originally the plot was
10 capture Mr.. Lincoln, take him into the lines O
the rebel army and then demand recognition of
the confederacy or his life to pay the forfeiture
After Shcrman's great triumph the plan was
changed to assass inaton by and with the advice
consent and assistance of Jefferson DAVIS as the
head of his pretended government. What are the
facts That there were q number of accredited
commissioners of the confe lcracy il Canada, with
a large sum Of money to their credit, none will
deny.
A Lieutenant Of the rebel army, then in Canada,
wrote letter to his government at Richmond IN
which he clearly indicated this assassination.
That letter had the favorable endorsement OF JEFF
ferson Davis in his own hand writing. The proc
lamaton of President johnson Offering reward
fer the capture Of Davis read as follows;
'Whereas it appears from evidence IN the Dn-
'reau of Military Justice that the atrocious muir
"der of the late President Abraham Lincoln anu
'thc attempted assassination Of the Hon W llam
"iI Seward, Secretary Of State were incltcd, con-
'eegted and procured By and between Jefferson
"Davis late Of Richmond. Va. ard Jacob Ihomp-
"son, Clement c. Clay, Beverly Tucker, George
IN. Saunders, WilliamC. Clealy and other rebels
"and traitors against the United States hatbored
"in Canada" Then followed the offer of one hun
dred thousand dollars for the capture Of Jefferson
Davis.
Again the charge upon which the con;piEators
were tried, contained the following: "lncited and
Encouraged thereto, by Jefferson Davis George
az Saunders. Beverly Tucker, Jacob Thompson.
civilian c. Cea,y and others!."
Still more, when jeff Davis and breckenridge
were escaping from Richmond after the iaGl OF
that city, while Davis was making "A speech to
small gathering of people at a country tow7, he
received the following telegram from Brecken-
ridge, which after reading to himself be repeated
aloud to his hearers. The telegram read "Abra-
ham Lincoln dead from assassination. Seward
dying from wounds of assas ,iaatiou.'
(Sigued.) BRECKENRIDGE.
After reading the telegram Davis remarked ::
"Wel if it had to be done, it was well that II was
"quickly done; had the tyrant Stanton. and
johnson the brute, also been slain, tae work
"woud have been we'll DONE"
And this is the pure handed patriot whom hard
ly eleven years afterwards, finds many devoted
champions among the leaders Of one Of the great
political parties of the day. This is the same JET
ferson Davis whom Mr.. Blaine saw fit to attack
for his infamy, and for which the ex-Speaker has
been called everything these friends of the de-
funct Rebel President could find language to heap
upon him. This man who was twice published to
the world by the highest authority OF the land as
having been party to the murder OF our late
honored President, is the individual fer whom
there is so much sympathy.
This is the patriot Jefferson Davis, over waom
so many euoges are now being pronounced,
while Secretary Stanton to whom the country
owes SO much is denounced villain.
Next to Abraham Lincoln, no man living dur
ing the war so much deserves the everlasting
gratitude of all loyal people of this country, as
Edwin NJ. Stanton. This was the man whom
the idol of the democratic party called tyrant,
while only few days ago the Richmond Dis
patch having learned its lesson from jeff Davis
SAYS
"Why should Blaine desire to revive the hor-
rors of Andersonvillea They were forced upon
the South and humanity by the bloodiest villain
in the tide of time-Stanton.
A few days since Mr.. Tucker, democratic mem
Der of Congress from Virginia, in n speech de-
clared Robert E. Lee to be zone of the nobest
Americans who ever trod this soil" And when
the said Tucker closed the speech, in which he
used this language the democracy of the house
gathered around him to bestow their congratula-
tons.
This loyal men and women of Maine, is but a
mild showing of the state of the national demo-
cratic party at the present day. They eulogze
Jefferson Davis, Robert f. Lee, and the other
murderers of Abraham Lincoln, while Stanton,
the noble, heroic patriot is denounced as tyrant
and villain Keep these things before the people,
unmask all this nonsense of gush and centennial,
and you will discover the same old spirit, North
and South. II this be not SO, pray tell us why
there has been so much tluttering all through the
party, because their old leader Jefferson Davis
has been pelted. JUSTICE.
JANUARY 2Sth, 1876.