Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-03-19

as are wsgsd BIZ eiviiiTed eopls in
modern times. and 70 divest ii cf the
savage character which has been i'm.
pressed on it By orr enenies, 10 SPITE
Of ali oar efforts and protests. War
10 fuil enough Of unavoidable horrors.
under all its sspecss. 10 justify. and
even TO demand. OF any Christian
ruler who may unhappily engage in
carrying 1t on, to seek 10 restrict its
czisanitles. and to divess it of all IN.
necessary seventies"
THIS item. Vol. IL. p. 52S. is inter-
sting as showing the "war prices" 10
1868:
Sugar is $50 per pound; new
bacon, %; and chickens, So per pair.
soon We look for money panic. when
q few hundred millions Of paper money
10 funded, and as many more collected
oY the tax collectors. Congress struck
the spectators a hard blow. One
man. eager TO invest bis money. gave
SIoO.0DO for house and lot. aud he
nov pave 5000 tax on il; the inter-
est Is 5000 more; total $1,000"
General Lee had succumbed to he
inevitable. some persons. with prob
ably desire to pay weak tribute to
Lees KIND heart, or to rob Grant Of
his claims to magnanimity, in the mat
ter OF the surrender. have said that
General Lee had only surrendered to
to stop the effusion OF blood. This is
not true. He had no weakness where
his plain duty was concerned. He
surrendered tospverwhelming force
and insurmountabls difficulties. In
Grants treatment of bis prisoners, let
him have ali the credit that can at
tach to him."
OF his capture Mr.. Davis says. in
an account written by himself, Vol.
H., p. $40:
MANY falsehoods have been utter
ed in regard to my, capture. which
have been exposed in publications by
persons there presently Secretary
Reagan, by the members of my per-
sonal staff, and by the colored coach
man Jim Jones, which must have been
convincing to all who desired to know
the truth. We were, when prisoners.
subjected to petty pillage, as described
in the publications referred to and in
others; and to annoyances such as
military gentlemen never commit or
permit"
Much space is given to the efforts
made by Mr.. Davis and his friends to
bring about his trial. Vol. H., p. 1877:
"The Government did not proceed
with the trial. Another year had
passed since the capture of Mr.. Davis,
and now another attempt to liberate
him by bail was to be made. The Gov
eminent, By its conduct, h0Ciag tacitly a5an-
doned those special charges Of inhunGnity, q
petition for writ was to be presented by
which the prisoner might be tried by the
civil authority to answer the Indictment
for treason"
Quotation of passages of the deepest i'm
port from these remarkable volumes might
be continued TO any length, but those Civ
en- will sufficiently illustrate the aim and
importance of this remarkable work, which
is carried down to the close of Mr.. Davis's
career in the calm retirement of planters
life-the life of a gentleman of quiet litera-
ry tastes and pursuits, apparently forgetful
that he was for many years marked fig
ureiin the worlds history, the head andcen-
tire ofone ofthe most wonderful movements
Of modern times; the chieftain of great
"lost cause" but still worthy the respect of
his contemporaries and of posterity.