Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-08-28
CRUSHING TREASON SATISFACTO-
REIK.

The news Of The destruction of the Easton
Sentinel ana West Chester JefersonidB is
hailed here as evidence Of the determination
of the masses to crush out treason wherever
it raises its hydra head.-WashingioB cor
respondent Philadelphia ERqairsr.
Such is the mob spirit which rules at Wash
ington City and throughout the North. IL a
nj newspaper has the manliness OF independence
to oppose the war, or if it dares to advocate
the restoration Of peace, it is at once mobbed,
and the news Of the destruction Of The freedom
of the press is received with reioicings at
Washington, as dan evidence of the determin-
alton Of the masses to crush out treason wher-
ever it raises its hydra dead"
But, not only are newspapers supposedly
irresponsible mobs, but in st. Louis. they have
been stopped by the military authorities. The
telegraph, Saturday, announced that the fol-
lowing oGiciaF order had been promulgated
from Washington, relative to the suppression
Of the New York Journal Of Commerce, the
Daily Me,os, the Day BO0s apd the FreemGn's
Journal these papers having been recently
presented by tAe grand jury as dangerous, from
their disloyalty, are no longer to be forwarded
in the mails. IL carried out, the order will be
a virtual suppression Of the newspapers named.
The following ia the order referred to:
PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT, aug. %.
To the Postmaster At New York
The Postmaster General directs that from
and after your receipt Of tn letter, none OF
the newspapers published in New York city
which were lately presented by the grand jury
as dangerous from their ~disloyalty shall be
forwarded in the mails.
lam, respectfully, your obedient servant,
T. B. Trait, Chief Clerk.
Such is the official order of he authorities at
Washington, which is but the carrying cut Of
the fixed policy of the LINCOLN administration.
If a northern man speaks out against the war,
be is at once arrested ; if a newspaper advO-
Gates peace it is torn down by a mob or sup
pressed by military authority; aud when these
things are done, the act is aPplauded by LIN
coin and his minions throughout the country.
What has become of the boasted liberty of
speech and Of the press in the North? Is the
waging war to maintain the con.
gtitutional rights OF citizens? II so, why does
is violate the plain provisions OF that instru-
ment. In regard to the liberty of speech and
of the press, the federal Constitution expli-
city declare that
Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment Of religion or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof, or GbriGging the freedom
Of speech or Of The press.
The freedom of the press has ever been re-
garded as a safeguard Of our free institutions:
but the Lincoln government has destroyed that
freedom in the North. While this petty tyr
amy has been exercised over the northern
press, it is a gratifying and significant fact
that in the South not one newspaper published
within its limits has been suppressed either by
a mob or by the government. But a Gay Of
reckoning will come-a day when even in the
| North the liberty of speech and Of the press
and the privilege Of the writ of habeas cOrpa,
will be Northumberland Courier.