Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1861-03-13
PUBLISHED ny
MARTIN sMAGlNNIS.
". ". PHELPS, Editor.
THE CRIME or TIE AGE.n

crime pcrpctratel by its own party ant
Iallcs: the scccssionists Of the South. The
greatest trial ever committed to humanity
was the Republican and fcderative form 0
free government, secured by union Of sep.
crate and equal States under one cons!i.u
4 ton, and the abuse or violation of that "trus
lis Of necessity the preparation Of a grca
,3crime. Men who aspire to influential anG
!; leading positions in the nation, and by fail
! speeches and loud protestations Of patriotic
'3devotion to the national good, so Car gain the
'ipublic confidence as to give direction to the
'lpopnlar mind, and then abuse and bctray
THAT confidence for purposes Of personal ag'
tgrahdizement or private revengc-sacriticine
1.-THE general welfare to their own selfish ends
Incur tho guilt Of crime from which any
common william might justly turn away
with sickenins disgust. No common footpad
For private assassin, no pirate or horse .thic
Ebrcaths SO foul breath Or pollutes the%ail
with so loathsome an etiluyia, as the dcspi.
cable miscreants to whom we refer.
i ut has beer the calamity Of the world and
the rcproach Of humanity, that at various
periods intervals sometimes long and
sometimes shorter--tlicrc have come upon
the surface Of society, classes Of men, fitted
both by nature and education, for the per
!. Torrance Of deeds Of the proloundest mean.
ness and the broadest yillainy: they prcscn,
the eliminating points of national wicked
ness: they fell upon the world as the plaques
fell upon Egypt, involving alike in the con.
sequences Of their wickedness tho innoccn,
and the guilty, spreading at once the poison
of their principles and the curse Of thcil
example most where they are least under,
!, stood" 3fl iaa;t .-e. j.. iJ,f
Such are the abolitionists of the country;
they justify their disgusting cons piracy te
overthrow law by multiplying the decisions
occourts, and subyert the government by
organizing iorays against the peaceablc citi.
zens Of neighboring States, under the ianat.
ical pretense ofloving freedom. They in.
volvc all in common ruin, because they are toe
ignorant or blinded to know the character o
the evils they 'dcprecate, or the effect Of the
principles they advocate. PUG @t 22i'il9.
By the specious justice Of their dogmas
viewed as abstract propositions unmindlu
Of the history Of the world. or Of this Re.
public and its constitution, they have LITERAL.
poisoned the public mind. and educated mer
to degree Of bloody bigotry, fifty illustra
ted by the cruel prosecutions Of the rcigns
Mary and Elizcbeth Of England.
"What are common spies, deserters--thc
food Of the 'gibbct in every country--what
are they in point Of moral or political turpi.
tudc compared with the men who, to adj.
vance their private ends. seek to plunge the
nation into confusion and blood? Language
lends no colors to paint the comparison
Adequately to trace the contrast would
require pen of iron dipped in the lava Of
HELL" ~. s2 l#33 SO
Not having any pen Of the kind required
we take the liberty Of using our neighbours
in order to do adequate justice to the men
who would convulse,; the country in civil
war, with untold horrors, to punish a:people
that they have robustness to interfere with;
and for purpose so meddlcsome, aggressive
and impertinent, that it develops moro Of the
cowardice at the assassin than the courage
tof the citizen in defence Of a right.
Our nc;shbor has drawn the picture, and
We have filled in the characters, and we
submit to intelligent mcn-and VIC hope to
to class our neighbor with thcse-but with
a particle Of patriotism left, il il is not wiser
to moderate the heat Of prejudice within
the circle Of our influence, than to Increase
and intensity it. Is it not better to lecture
the men who wchave within the hearing Of
our voices, than to rail out maledictions
against those far distant. It is not quite as
brave, and far more honest and effective
We advise our ncighbor to. go South and ia
his brave talking to the persons he delights
to abuse. He may modify his views d little
in that locality. IS .5ss,,.sl.-g.a ....3...
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