The independent. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Kan.) 1860-1874, 1861-06-19
CRIMES OF THE TRAITORS.

Wouss VI suo P~St SIX u"utnS, one -
sstonished 1t the number and terpitude
Of tho crimes Of the treacherous traitors
Of The South. Desperate from the be-
ginning. the leaders in the rebellion
have gssorted to the most desperate
means and measures to sustain them
selves and carry out their designs.
e IN the first place, knowing full we'll
that an in.e ! { . Il ID enlightened pso-
pie could never be led to lend them
selves to % wicked cause As theirs.
they commenced by excluding all
northern papers. in the start under the
plea Of abolitionism. then of Republi-
canism. and finally Of the Douglas De.
nocracy-Repsblicans and Democrats
being alike charged as abolilionists.
Having BY this device shut out the
light from the South. they led the peo-
pie on through an Egyptian darkness.
nisrepresenting. villifying. traducing
and. slandesing the North, until tens of
thousands were ready 70 take up arms
and assiss them in their unholy work of
treaso1.
The nc1t step "a. 10 steal the, arms
Of the government in ssc,et. and send
them to tho arsenals which we're to be
scised. At The same time the soldiers
Of the army were sent off to the most
distant frontiers. and the ships of the
navy squandersd about in foreign seas
over the earth. that the means Of de-
tease and punishment might be put as
far away from the government as pos
sible. These things we're done by men
in authority. who were sworn to sup
port tie government they were plotting
70 destroy. so that they are all perjured
villains Of the deepest dye.
Following up the policy laid down
m their programme from the beginning.
their next move was to steal all they
could lay their hands on, forts, arsenals,
navy-yards. miuts. money. provisions,
and every thing they could get posses
sion of;tben repudia,ed all debts, private
and public. due to the government and
the people Of the North.
And. worse than these dastardIy
crimes. they murdered or drove from
ths South thousands Of citizens of the
Slave States. robbing them. stealing
their effects and con6sea.ing their pro.
perry for no crime but that of fidelity
70 the Union which had been their star
IN the past and was their hope for the
future.
4 They took the government. troops
Prisoners Of var in Texas, under certain
restrictions and stipula.ions through
the treachery Of the Infamous Twiec..
and then With baseuess unknown in
shs history of enlightened warfare, .nd
enly parallelcd BY their other acts of a
similar characier. they violated tl,ei,
swn terss Of agreement, and instead OF
permitting the troops to leave accord
ing To the conditions Of surrender. they
retained them. seized the vessels sen,
10 bring them away. and exacted an
oa',. from the most Of the soldiers NOT
to take up arms asainst the rebels!
And after Insulting our dag repeated
y. they at last opened war upon it at
Sumter. and inaugurated bloodshed
and civil stile. which must desola,e
many portions Of the country.
And after having wickedly and wan
tcnly done all these things :. stained
their souls With perjury and their hand.
With innocent blood-thsy have the
asdaei'y to say att they ask is to 5e let
alone
Let alone Yes, when was there
ever . nurderer. thief or robber, who !
DID not Wish for the same tbing-to be
lss alose! The pirate asks for no |
greater favor than to b. let alone. So
Nth IL esinisals: bat the prisons and
Gallowses Il the land. show that such
= "ss the course pursued towards them.
Since The war has been inaugurated
shs acts Of ths rebels have been marked
y the came dishsossty - before. and
BY new sstroeisies. A perfect terror
ism reigns in the Seeded States. and
life and property are no more secure
than in :he FIJI Islands. aod not as
much 20 Is among tho Camaoche In
Hans. The most revolving bsrharisms
" of daily perpetration. and lie ana
property have no security
In sssst these leaders lay their plans
md ahsas - sthe plea that the lend
asts6es the means. |" they resort to