Show An cxConCcderato officer olin the Dallas New why Jefferson Davis was not tried for treason Maybe ho is right maybe not nO says that one day Salmon P Chase Chief Justice of the United States Supreme court put this query to his colleagues on the bench A man cannot bo tried for treason unless he is a citizen of the country can heW Certainly not i was the answer of every Justice Then said Mr Chase Mr Davis cannot be tried for treason unless he Is n citizen of the United States can he Assuredly not was the unanimous reply Can you show me under the authority of the Constitution or any law of Congress went on the Chief Justice where any man is a citizen of these United States The people of this country are citizens of their respective re-spective States and not citizens of the United States This position being assented to Mr Davis was not tried The ofllcer asserts that Mr Chases discovery led to the adoption of the Fourteenth amendment I that Ir true why Oinn iho tpff rhhln j TL that Davis had been clinging to all the time caved him at last Our belief however is that a remark of President Lincoln had more to do with the business busi-ness than any fine woven technicality ofthe law He gave a significant hint to the army omcers that If they saw Mr Davis try to get away It would be best not to sec him because the truth way there was no coolheaded man north of Mason and Dlxona line except ex-cept such as had been embittered by the wars losses who wanted any punishment pun-ishment meted out to Jefferson Davis The thought everywhere woo that there had been enough blood split and that the poorest use which any Ameri cano can be put to la the killing I of other Americans |