Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1854-07-06

litioD in our breast, whilst deuuncia lion
is irresistah lc--we will briefly define
their true meaning Noah Webster says:
Trcdsoh-is the highest crime of
civil nature of which man can be guilty.
In general. i, is the offence Of trying To
overthrow the government OF the State TO
which the offender owes allegiance. or OF
betra, ing the State into the hands of d
foreign powell
The same author defines as follows;
"TraitOr-One who violates his allie
glance and betrays his country, one gull
~ Of treason" &c.
Trcachcrous---V Violating allegiance
or filth pledged; fathless; traitorouS TO
the State or sovereign" &c.
few years ago that profound states
man and able juris,, Hon. DANIEL WEB
sTER, said:
Il say it everywhere, on my profes
sionaL reputation, that it men get 10
ge,her. and resolve that they will oppose
a law of the government, not in any one
case, bat in all cases, say, if they re-
solrc 10 resist the lac. whocrer may be
attempted to be made the subject of it,
and carry that purpose into effect. by re-
sisting the law i'll any one case, either by
force of arms or force Of nHmbcrS. THAT.
SIR, Is TREASON.
As to guilty parties. lei their own
words tell. Wendell Phillips said:
I'VE mean to make Massachusetts, so
FESTIVE and disorga that if the
South will not go out of the Uaion she
will kick Massachusetts ou,!"
Josiah Quincy says:
Il scarcely know a Government tina,
is not better 10 live under than ours
So far as this government is
concerned, would rather be the subject
of any despotsm in the word"
REV. c. l.. DauMMoND.--"This Union
| cannot support. | go in for its imme-
date overthrow"
REV. SAM. J. May I'll have come here
10 take sides--to side with those who go
/ for dissolution o: the American Union.
also 60 for a dissolution of
the Union on higher grounds. Any union
with the Shareholder is an agreement with
hell and n covenant with DEATH
The following extract of sermon late.
ly printed in pamphlet form in Boston,
seems 10 contain the open and undisgui-
sed avowal of d;sunionisis:
"Thcre is a grsat struggle before Us
and ice may as yell be prepared for it.
1t may be rery terrible one. it may in
! rolrc c:Uil ,Cdr, the destruction Of prop
] erty. THE TEMPORARY OVERTHROW OF OUR
SOCIAL FABRIC. But, il. in the struggle.
slavery is overthrown. our country has
vitality enough in il to recover from any
shock, and that root of bitterness, that
fatal poison being removed, it will bloom
forth in new and lasting life"
"Oat Of their own mouths shall We con-
denim them" With their own hands
they have torn down the barriers which
shielded them from the operation of the
law. Their treachery needs no further
exposition. Under the cloak of religion
they seek an influence calculated to de-
ceive their votsries. and which they de-
sire 70 prostitute in the destruction of
the Union which afforded them the neces-
sary protection whilst they reared the
standard Of the Cross throughout its en-
tire length and breadth. and now with
deviliSh hate. they curse the bridge
which carried them safe over" Chris
tianity may have a name in connection
with such treaChery, but il has not. nor
does II seek place there.
Men do not often think OF the conse-
quences Of such movements, or they would
more frequently compare the advantages
they derive with the evils they incur To
say that freeman in this country would
sacrifice his claims to freedom AMI gov
ernmental protection for the freedom Of
The Slaves of the South. would be po-
sltiOn in which the fewest nun Der would
/ place themselves; yet such is The inevita-
Bile tendency of such reasonable designs.
Our own bill Of rights takes cognizance
of the offence in these words:
Offences, other than murder nj d trea-
SON shall be bailable by sufficient sure
/ ties. Murder and treason shall not be
bailable. when the proof is evident or the
presumption strong"
A few ruling principles are to control
so long as we exist as Republic. The
majority MUST RULE. The people cannot
assemble in their individual capacity TO
enact the laws for their government, but
mus: do SO through the representatives
they themselves elect. Those laws MUST
BE oBEYED until repealed. When the law
maker proves recreant to the trusts com
lnitted to his hands. the remedy is alone
with those who gave him the power to
act, and until the American people all
get TO think alike. we fear that some one
will continue to be dissatisfied.
IL r..