Worcester daily spy., 1861-08-26
THE TRAITORS AMONG Us,

The federal constitution says, treason
AGAINST the United States shall consist only in
Ieyying war against them, or IN ddhefng to
,be;r enemies, qiyinq them aid and coatort" In
the loyal states, at the present time, there are
too many persons who forget the last clause of
this declaration, and who constantly talk and
act as if freedom of speech and action gave
them a right to commit treason They "ad,
here" to the JEFF. Davis conspirators and assai'
the federal government. They denounce the
government for undertaking to put down armed
traitors, and do all in theirpower to "aid and com
fort" the traitors by excusing their crime, Justl-
fying their war on the government, pleading
their cause and misrepresentng in their favor
the reason why we have civil war. There are
few demagogues and newspapers in the loyal
states thatdo this continually, praising the reb'
els and their cause, and disprasing and bbeling
the regular government of the country. They
are traitors, who deserve the severest penalty
of the law, although some of them are so
crazed by the influence of old partizan associ'
atoms and habits as not to realize FULLY the ex-
tent of their crime against the country.
There appears to be more of these secession
traitors in Connecticut than anywhere else in
the free stutes, in proportion to the population;
and some of them appear to be quite as mean
and venomous as the basest of the same kind
of creatures in Baltimore. These Connecticut
aiders and comforters of armed treason have
one device peculiar to themselves. They raise
flags to symbolic their sympathy with the
JEFF. DAVIS conspiracy, and their hatred of the
the federal government, and call them peace
flags" What can be more innocent than
"peace flag" they ask, with an expression of
countenance that combines in itself all the vii
famous looks of all the goddess hypocrites that
have astonished the devil since the world be-
gan. Every such peace flag is vile plea for
treason. 1t is public declaration of adher-
ance to traitors, and aids and comforts them by
saying to all who see it, that the JEFF Davis con-
federates are injured innoeents, that their war
ION the government is all right, and that the
federal government deserves destruction for
daring to resist their assaults. The traitors
who raise these flags never talk of securing
peace by suppressing the bad men who dis
turb it, But they do constantly assert in sub
stance, if not in terms, that the federal gov
ernment should disband its troops and submit
to whatever jeff Davis and his crew may de-
mand.
1t should not be possible for such traitors
to find liberation anywhere If they do not
comprehend the difference between the ordi.
nary contests of political parties and des-
perate fight between the federal government
and treason, they should be made to compre-
hend it. They should be taught that freedom
of speech does not make il allowable for any
man TO coMa1E1t Treason and if they will not
snouiu De deaTt with as their offence demands.
The chief fault of the present administration
is that it has been too iorbearing, too tender in
its treatment of traitors. This fault, however,
is likely TO be cured, greatly to the satisfac-
tion OF the loyal supporters OF the government
In every part of the country.