The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-05-08

their long-coutinued agitation, and the ha-
rangues Of some Of them whom they and
THOMPSON and the negroes were shut up and
effervsseed together, with closed doors, had
precisely nothing to do with the rescue, it
would be remarkable coipcidence But
should il BE- proved that the rescue was part of
a systematic plan, that it was the mere follow
ing cut Of the counsel, suggestion, or recon-
mendation of either or any Of these persons,
then the words Of the Supreme Court. as de-
livered by Chief Justice Marshall, are Ger
tainly in point: "All those who perform any
part, however minute, or however remote from
the scene of action, and who are actually
leagued in the general conspiracy, are to be con-
sidered as traitors"
Treason is the highest crime known to the
law. ''In high treason" says Blackstone.
"there are no accessories but all are principals;
the same acts that make man accessory in fell
ony making him principal in high treason, up
on account Of the Nervousness Of the crime?
And again: 'ln treason all are principals
proptcr odism dalicti." There arc crime
horror, loathing, and disgust, mainly because
glance. Of arson, robbery, burglary, and muir
der, the perpetrators, withal, are commonly ruff
fans in their exterior appearance. Treason is
of comparatively rare occurrence; its common
consequences are murders, CONGREGATIONS, rob
berries, anarchy, civil war, involving utter inse-
curity Of person and property, tho bitter feuds
of families, the separation of parents and chill
dren, brothers in hostile array against brothers,
and, in a word, that hell upon earth which civil
war assuredly brings in its train. Treason,
withal, is perpetrated not unusually by a very
genteel description ofscoundrels. Occasionally
men of rare accomplishments, restless ambition,
and fallen fortunes are the chief instigators.
Such were those utterly unprincipled apostates,
Benedict Arnold and Aaron Burr.
Now and then the descendants of men, who
have acquired lasting and honorable fame by
their agency in our great American Revolution,
seem to incline to the opinion that revolution is
an heirloom in their families; and time seems
not to have the power over them Of quieting
their lust for notoriety, even at the hazard Of
bringing that very Constitution and Union into
jeopardy, whose attainment was the browning
glory Of their honored ancestors.
It has been the boast of abolitionists that
they are temperance men. In regard to absti-
nence from alcohol il may be SO with many.
But how they reel to and fro and stagger like
drunken man under their deep and continual
draughts Of abolition. Does it not produce de-
lirium tremens2 What must be its effects up
on the common mind when we see trained
abolition lawyer, Mr.. Counsellor Sewall, so en-
tirely overpowered by his anger and excite
ment that it becomes necessary to commit him
to the watchhouse? Referring to the arrest Of
Sims, on the evening Of Thursday, April 3, the
Daily advertiser says:
"About IL o'clock Mr.. Samuel E. Sewall went
upon the steps at the easterly side Of the court
house. apparently in very excited frame of mind,
and crsatsd 70 much disturbances a. to induce
an officer to arrest and take him to the watch
house. After remaining there about half an hour
he became comparatively calm, and was dis
charged"
When the Edmunds and the Wendells, the
Abbys and the Lucretias, first gathered to-
gether, and, as the Indians say, began to knock
noses, in token Of amity and immediate eman-
cipation, their hermaphrodite orgies savored
very considerably less of bedlam than at pres
ont. But the male neophytes Were not so dull
as to misunderstood the expectations of their
female associates. How sharply the illustrious
Mott bsrated Wright and Parker for their
shortcomings in the Anti Sabbath Convention!
So, at = much earlier day, in the meetings Of
the aboltionists, the smiles of the fair were
bestowed most freely upon the most vigorous
agitator. The young abolitionist was admired
LII pIOpoItlOu " uio VlOiCuCC, Auu luIy wac LiC
very best evidence Of sincerity and zeal. To
keep the fires alive these devotees became, pro-
gressively, more and more outrageous. from
day to day. Love stands not still and this is
quite as true of the love Of mischief as of any
other love. An oft-repeated lie, however abb
surd. will become at last undistinguishable from
truth in the impossible mind Of the fabricator.
And thus some of those Infatuated disturbers Of
the peace and dignity Of the Commonwealth
became, at last, as conscientious believers in
their vagaries as are the inmates of lunatic
asylums in their wild fancies of personal wealth
and royalty.
Individual cases of insanity are readily dis
posed Of. But whom mad men, like prairie
wolves, rove over the country and hunt in
packs, it is matter for the grave consideration
Of every individual who is DESTROYS of pre-
serving the peace Of the Commonwealth.
SIGMA.