Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1861-03-13
W. ". PHELPS, Editor.

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,SSss.5r,,~ 1914
.TlE CRIME or THE AGE,
The Republican, will excuse US for using
It's owa words in rcbuking the atrocious
crime perpctratcd by its own party and
allies. the sccessionistsisf tho South. The
greatest trial ever committed TO humanity,
WAS the Republican and fedcrative form o!
free government. secured by union Of sep.
crate and equal States under one cons:itu-
lion, and the abuse or violation oftl.at "lrast
is Of necessity the preparation Of S.cat
crime. Men who aspire to influential and
leading positions in the nation, and by fair
spccchc; and loud protcstations Of patriotic
devotion 10 the national good. so far gain the
public confidence as to give direction to the
popular mind. and then abuse and bctray
that confidence for purposes Of personal as
srandzement or private rcvcngc-sacrificins
the general welfare 10 their own selfish ends
Incur The guilt Of 4 crime from which any
common william might justly turn away
with sie':cning disgust. No common foospad
or private assassin, no pirate or horse -thiel
Lrcaihs 50 foul breath or pollutcs the al.
With so loathsone an eilluvia, as the dcspi-
cahlc niScrcants to whom We refer. F..
lit has bcc:: the calamity Of the world and
the rcproach Of humanity, that at various
periods sometimes long and
sometimes shorIcr--thcre have come upon
the surface Of soci .ty, classes Of men, fitted
both by nature AMI education, for the per-
formancc OF deeds Of the profoundcst mean.
ness and the broadcast villainy: they present
tho eliminating points Of national wicked
ness: they fell upon the world as the plaques
fei! upon Egypt, involving alike in the con-
sequences Of their wickedncss the innocent
and the guilty, spreading at once the poison
Of their principles and the curse Of their
example most where they are least under.
Stood" .--....
Such arc the abolitionists Of the country;
they justify their disgusting conspiracy to
overthrow law by multiplying the decisions
occourts, and subvert the government BY
organizing forays against the pcaceahc cisi-
zcns Of neighboring States, under the lanat.
ical pretense Of loving freedom. They in.
volve al in common ruin, because they are too
ignorant or blinded to know the character o.
the evils they dcprecstc, OF til, effect Of the
principles they advocate.
BY the spccious justice Of their dogmas,
viewed as abstract propositions unmindlal
Of the history Of the world, or Of this Re.
public and its constitution, they have literally
poiso: Cd the public mind. and educated men
to degree Of bloody bigotry, titly illustra'
ted by the cruel prosecutions Of the reigns o.
Mary and E2zcbcth Of England.
"Wlat arc common spies, dese,ters-tbe
food of the sibbet in every country-wha,
are they in point Of moralor political turpi.
tude compared with the ,nca who, 10 id.
vance their private ends, seek to plunge the
nation into confusion and blood? Language
lends no c"lors to paint the comparison.-
Adequately TO- trace the contrast would
require pen Of isois dipped in the lava Of
he'll"
Not having any pen Of the Kind required
we take the liberty Of using our neighbor's
In order to do adequate justice to the men
who would conyulsc the country in civil
war; with untold horrors, to punish a'peop!e
that ta:y'lrave no business to interfere with;
and for a purpose, SO medd'esome, aggressive
and impairment, that it develops more VI the
cowardicc a' the assassin than tho courage
Of the citizen in defence Of right.
Our nciShbor has drawn the picture, and
VIC have filled in the characters, and We
submit to intelligent mcn-and We hope t.
to class our ncishbor with these-but with
n particle Of patriotism left, il it is not wise,
to moderate the heat Of prejudice within
the circle Of our influence, than to incrcas,
and Intensity it. Is it not better to lectur,
the men who We have within the hearing o
Our voices, than to rail out malediction,
against those far distant It IS not quite a.
brave, and far more honest and effective
We advise our ncistbor to 90 South anil i,
his brave talking to the persons he delight;
to abuse. lie may modify his views littl,
in that locality.
..5. "HE INAUGURAL.