Arizona silver belt., 1879-06-06


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 Mrs. sarFnts.
 General H. W. Sloculn. one of tA. most aistingn gnis..sd brigade, dipinon corps and grand division commander. of the var. recently delivered a lectur, in Brooklyn on events of the grear struggle, during lhs course of WhlcI be expressed the opinion that Mrs Surrsts gas E murdered woman. II, said
 am going to speak to you on. word about the execution Of Mrs. Sarrsts as the close of the var. for think some good lesson can be learn ed from the story of her trisl and death. l believe any people situated as we were ought to be cautioned against placing implicit confidence in evidence given at 8 time of high excitement. ] could stand here to- night and relate you fifty incldents that could serve to caution everybody against taking evidence against oth- CTS when tbe people were all in a state of lntense excitement. There never vas a day, there never vas an hour that l did DO. believe that Mrs. Surratt VFas ss innocent a woman ss there is iR this hall [ fApplanse. ! Sue vas the keeper of boarding. house m Washington. Sbe boarded Booth and half . dozen other rebel sympathixers. and she had a son. John II. Surraft Wilkes Booth was gull U of shooting Mr. Lincoln, and this poor woman vas brought to trial in connection with Wilkes Booth, and through the excitement of the times Der neck vas brought to the batter. Her dapghteT 3 yonng girl of l8 or l9 years of age, on the morning of the execution went to the Presidents room and begged permission to say few words to hlm on behalf of her mother, and a United States Sen ator from our own State, who acted as door r-tender, repulsed her saying. E" No, no, you cannot 20 in. 2 Worse than that, meaner than that, the poor girl three or four years afteraard married a clerk in the Treasury Department. No charges were made against him, but because the clerk had married the daughter of Mrs. Surratt be was discharged Let us brag of our achievements, but at the same time let us learn to look our faults and errors fairly and sqaarely in the face and acknowledge chem when we have cause to.
 The murder of Mrs. SuFratt was the most cruel and coWardly act ever committed in any civilized country. It is curious and suggestive fact that all who were chiefly responsible for the execution of that innocent women have felt the unseen hand of the Great Avenger. Stanton Sec retary of war, who was perhaps the worst of the number, committed sui eide in fit of remorse, although the fact was sought to be concealed. Preston King. the Senator from New York who repulsed Annie Surratt at the Presidents door, in like manner ended his own life by deliberately iumplng from 8 ferry boat into the North RlFer al New York and drown ing himself. Andrew Johnson, who signed the death warrant and daspot- :cally suspended the writ of habeas corpus chat had been granted by the Court, was stricken suddenly with death upon hs return to the Senate after he had left the Presidency. Judge Advocate HolE. who conducted the prosecution, long ago disappeared from puslic view, and whether dead or alive nobody knows and nobody cares. And John A. Bingnam, who assisted IIols, was drlven from Congress in disgrace as oBe of the Credit Mo- biller bribe- takers, and sought refuge in Japan, where we believe be now is. Rochester Union.