Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1885 — Why Jeff. Davis Was Not Tried for Treason. [ARTICLE]

Why Jeff. Davis Was Not Tried for Treason.

When Greeley and Chase went down to Richmond upon the indictment of Mr. Davis, Chase said: “What do you mean to do, Mr. tindery ood?” “I mean to try to hang Jeff Davis,” was the reply. “Is it possible,” said Chase, “that you, a judge, will give your opinion in advance of trial? This will not do. The counsel for Jeff Davis will produce my proclamation and messages to the Ohio legislature, and prove that I demanded a separation of this country and the first thing we shall know will be that I shall be convicted and Jefferson Davis will go free. I cannot try him now. It is already the middle of May, and the cholera is in the country; it will be in Richmond by July, and it is too hot.” So he put it off till November. “Then,” said he, “the supreme court meets here in December; I cannot try him now. November is too cold.” It was very evident that Mr. Chase did not want to try him at all. Mr. Greeley also told Judge Underwood that Jeff Davis could not be convicted of treason by a jury. He had in the New York Tribune denounced the stars and stripes as a “flaunting lie,” to be torn down; he had approved the proposition of General Banks to “let the Union slide,” and when John Brown had invaded Virginia he had proposed to “let the South go in peace. He felt that he would be a witness against the conviction of Davis for treason, and he urged his liberation on bail, promising to head the list of sureties. This he did, although there was no lack of responsible Virginians ready and willing to sigx. the bail bond of their deposed leader.—Ben Perley Poore in Boston Budget. Horse sorrel (a plant of sour taste) mixed with la-d is said to be a cure for canc It should be applied to the affected part the same as any poultice,