, 1861-09-10
The EnfAIny Of TrAnsnn.

Trc5Eou is 30 novel crime in this country
ibat we tiai it difficult to appreciate it in is
true light It is but lately t1at We have hyyun
to feel 1er the men amongst us, caught n
treaeo1able acts, that 1aathlug and deep can-
tempt with which our fathers regarded Aaron
Burr. The men who passed through this fiery
ordeal Of the revolution, did not consort With
traitors. On the contrary, they had ye1y DE-
the Union and the Government. The; heli
such men rs Burr to be wc1su than !pnrdcr.rs,
i1asRuch is they Conspired not against 8 E;n-
gle Life, but against the lives ard liberties Of
nation. They regarded traitor as an outlaw,
one who by q hldeous crime had placed him
was contamination, whose conversation dis.
grace; to have known whom in other days
was thought q misfortune, as to know him
Ii .reaiter was held impossible. For his act
Of treason, the very name Of Arnold 6ecsme
Infamous IN OUT history for al time For his
oWn unsuccessful attempt, Burr, man who
had held the first position in the first society
Of this country, WIS nj Cnca cast out from
every social circle, and when he returned,
after years Of lonely wandering IN Europe,
found himself 5huuned as 1ept1 by men,
Ncnlen and children, poor and rich alike.
There is vigorous Justice about this eenti-
.uent which it is time We ehould emulate. 4
traitor to day is worse than Burr; almost
| worse than AlEa1d. LII the fate Of Arnold and
| Burr be his, let it be understood that ke who
Ill o4i HtAt VI OauEtt - iAtSt Iu LIS pIaTlotIC
duty, forfelts forever, by this basenes5, al
| claim to honor, respect and regard.
| This sentiment, which is felt by the people
| everywhere, seems ignored still by some
| Of the higher Government officers. There
| may be reasons which made it expedicnt to re-
tain for while among the Government clerks
pe1sons who were secretly disloyaI to the
| Government, but who were familiar With the
| routine ct their departments. Il might have
| embarrassed and disarranged the departments
| fatally, at tine when the public business was
| mcst urgent, to have nude at onc3 q cleaa
sweep. But no excuse can be nude 1or the
| reception at their houses, By high government
| Officers, Of persons known 10 be friendly to
| the rebt1 canse.
| In recent letter to the Home Journal, Mr.
| Willis writes that he met at an evening party
at Mr.. Secretary Stewards Woman whose oit-
ter emily to the Union cause, and as yio1ent
| 1rlendship for the rebels, has never been con
cealed, but is bossted Of so openly ta;,: all
! Washington knows Of it. A1r. Seward may
| think this small matter, but kimpie-Iuinded
and would much prefer to see the Secretary oi
State acting in such circumstances as did
Captain Doubleday IN Fort Sumter. The
rebel Celenel Ripley. who was ono: United
| States officer, sent one dag tthis respects te
his old friend Captain Doubleday" ;" to which
the latter returned the proper reply, that he
"had neither respect nor friendship tGc j
person Eho was traitor to his flag and
country"
they will best earn the respect Of the nation
they serve by letting it be known thai, will
Captain Doubleday, they have neither respect
nor friendship for persons, whether men o.
women, who are unfaithful to the Union. o
friends to the rebel canae--1. ]. I1A.