Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-31
SCENTS DANGER.
7ovE OF THE CONSTITUTION
DECLARED DYING OUT

The system of Government of theFOre
! fsthers Now Existing Only in Nme-
The safeguards and Defenses the
Rspublic Torn Down by the iadi-
cls-sstisfactiOn with the New )abi-
net.
WASHINGTON, May 30.-Dr. 4. +. P.
Garnett. physician of this city, whe on
recent trip South visited Jefieson
Dayis. with whom he has had longand
intimate acquaintance. The Starthis
evening publishes an interview will DR..
Garnett, in which the views of thi ex-
Confederate President are gwen upo the
nolitical situation and other matters DR..
Garnett says: "ln the course OF ouron-
versation during the day, Mr.. Davi al
uded to the political condition o. the
country by saying that he knew noling
of the present Executive, and that hhad
NOT vet progressed far enough will the
administration for him to form an option
ofit.
LOVE OF THE CONSTITUTION DYINGlUT.
"He seemed satisfied with the merDers
of the Cabinet selected from the Suth,
hut not disposed, l thought, to entaain
avery hopeful view of our future, he
said that the respect, love and venertion
for the constitution which animate the
citizens of the United States befoI the
war had now departed from our pple,
and that the system of government
erected by our forefathers existed oily in
name: that there were elements odds
integTatiOn and disruption at work our
midst which could only be restraiIefand
held in check by force, and that b IN
derlying and fundamental principledpon
which our system of gOvernmet was
erected. and upon which the constution
as it was before the war rested, ae fast
becoming obsolete, forgotten by d men
and never learned by the young.
ERRORS OF THE REPUBLICAs.
Under the rule of Republicanih dur
ing the war and subsequent TO 1t e con-
stimti0n was made of rope of sai, and
whilst this party OF so-called libe1 ideas
was proclaiming universal freelm and
equality on one hand, they wereearing
down and blotting out the vd. safe
guards and defenses which alon under
our form Of government, could cure it
to them" Speaking of CommOGe Bull
l0ek's book, which disclOses II secret
history of the Confederate agentsn Eng
land during the war for procurin ships,
the doctor continued, after apause:
"Mr. Davis exhibited much feing at
what he characterized rs the tplicity
and meanness of the English Comment
in its conduct towards the Scih, and
whilst that government wouldpermit
the United States to purchase I'D take
away as many ships as it desia, there
was always some preteXt four to pre-
vent the sailing Of those yesas pur-
chased by any agent or citizt of the
Confederacy, although such veeas were
entirely unarmed,
MR.. DAVIS DISABILITIES
81 asked him if it was true thahe had
authorized any petition to be prented to
the Federal authorities to have is disa-
bilities removed. He replied Wy en-
phatically iii the negative, and abd that
ne had written an open letter THE au-
thor of that petition calling his sention
to that fact. He said that he hi at all
times been perfectly willing to ndergO
trial if the government thought pper to
bring on such an issue, prOvidede was
to be tried strictly under the proWOns of
the constitution"