, 1859-11-10
THE TIIkEATESED TNtALS FOAk
TRFct %f}Cs

THURSDAY. NOVEMBER IL. 1859.
THE TuHEATkSED TNEALs Fofs
TREASON. j..
Nc second the motion. Lct Cook or
Stephens, or cooS and stephens both, be tried
br the Federal Courts on Charge Of treason. or
arv other charge whisl. the ingenuity Of the
Attorney General may hatch up; and let US
sec the end and lu.som Of this lIarpcr's Ferry
atlais-!ct us know WHO has coucoctcd It, who
has raid for it, and WHO has hoped to profit
,,y il. Lot us hayc the whole truth: aud il
the inquiry shall show that my number Of Re-
pnblicans, no rnaster -.1cw respectable in pos.s
ticn Or high in Office. arc implicated III tile
guilt Of tho iusuncctiou, let them bear the bur-
dcns that they hare taken upon themselves!
With MI 1l.at tue North, aud especially tho
Republican portion Of it, will bc content. But
VIC warn tho Dentcrat'c party Of Tue North
and their crazy coadjutors Of tho South that
the course which they now pursue is destruc-
tive to the peace Of the country aud dangerous
10 tic integrity Of tue Unio,,- Tho Republi-
cans are not insurgcc,ionists, arc not traitors,
arc not nurdcrers; hut il their leading men
and representatives arc, without cause, to t'e
dragged before slaycloldiug judges and parh-
zan juries, for the sole purpose Of making Demo-
cratic capital out Of tru1ured-ur accusations
in word, If the Federal Judiciary is to be
still further prostituted to tho bascst frarti-
sau puTposcs-it is only common wisdom to
expect that ti,eir friends will rctaliatc. We
kncw that VIC do not err when VIC say that
thc Republicans Of the Nortl. desire peace
and kindly relations with the South:
aud that no men hare more earn
estly and sincerely deprecated Browns
crazy effort tl.au they. Thry wish for, work
for and will obtain quick reversal Of the new
policy Of this government in tue Slavery 'laes-
tion, aud tic restoration Of the old ideas which
the South, impclled by sslfintcrest has aban-
doned: hut they arc not only human but pa
trio,ir i'll tic means ly which their triumph is
to he secured. They know the horrors Of a
se.vilc insurrection; md nj I'LL the misfortuncs
which might be visited upon a people,
they pray the Sou,l. may never sec that. Why,
then, this ctcrual accusation? Why this wick
ed e1agecration Of an event that all parties
{possib1y the Democratic party is m excert'on)
deplore? Why this pcgtinacous attempt,
upon evidence that would he pueEilc il it wore
not criminal, 10 imrlicate men whose only o.
fence is that they have commanding POSITIONS
in the Republican paasy? Why this rrostsu'
ton Of Southern journals to tlc offering Of re-
wards for prominent Northern nen: Why
these sweeping dcnunciatious Of all Northern
men as traitors and rebels, and why tho threats
rs ridiculous as Insulting: to bring them to tho
hcadsn4aa's block? THO true policy would
have dictated that tue Brown insurreciio,
should he treated as nh abnormal manifesto
tion Of aati-Slavcry iauatic!sm, and to havt
quietly punished or generously pardonod tbt
offenders That course would have en-
sured tho respect aud commanded III.
good will Of every party in the land
But weakly and crinirally. national import
AuCe has UtH ElPE1l " Il stIleEltSo A&1A FAl EttG
less riot, not because the safety Of slavc-ho'a
crs or the 1cnure Of slave property was dc
manded 1,y it; but solely that malignau
party nigh. gain ILL uudeservcd advantage
When the wits arc issued, by virtue Of wlicl
Northern n,en are to bo dragged from thei
homes to answer tho crude suspicious Of
frightened and trembling mob. like that wlic
tried Brown-suspicious wlIe. the Lies Of SUE
,ncrcenaries us Forbes lave bcgottcn-lt wi
i,t found that tho real consprators against til
p,arc Of tic nation lIavc oyers1,ot the mark
that this original tcnpes. in teapot has b
come national affair indeed. But it is nc
ours to shrink from the issue which tho plo
tcrs are striving to force upon tho country.
is not ours to beg their forbearancc or to dcl
rocale their wrath. Let their insanity do il
worst; aud VIC aud all Republicans will C,
do-vof to be prepared for whatever ma
come!