The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-08-19

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termined rs their traitorous designs
And now with all this provocaiion on
The ore hsni. n0i patient endurance
on 5her. bow ia lined and insult
~ D taaaisd by traitors Al home,
VITA aasiag sindiulise var against
the South, aud of ruIbles.ly murder
ing our own brethren And how con-
temptible and reasonable the advice,
urging the loyal to lay down their
arms, while traitors, all undaunied.
maintain their hostile attitude, pursue
their work Of pillage and desolation,
imprisoning and hanging men, guilty
Of no crime but Of loyalty TO their
country, and casting their black pail
over all the families Of the land. And
any man who at such an hour will
take the traitors place and fling back
Abners hypocritical plea, in the face
Of the loyal, may well disguise his
hand and conceal lis name, TO hide the
credentials Of his treaehery and shame,
Let his name be forgotten ard perish !
ith. We discover also this ralaliel
between them. These Sau w
e,ulel with false Assumptions aud
n di.h desperation OH The one hand,
and with true patriotism and civilized
amenities on the other. Both wars
were initiated by traitors under false
guise, and we're carried on by treach-
cry and deceit. God had made David
king, but Abner had made Ishbosheth
king but on what assumption it is
not distinctly stated but probably on
The plea OF his being heir to the crown
by lineal descent, according to the Gus
tom Of surrounding nations but what
ever il was, il weighed nothing against
the authority of Heaven. David came
rightly to the throne, as Abraham
Lincoln did to the Presidential chair,
and any rival claim was false as
sumption, a weak and unworthy plea
for base and unjustifable act. Ev-
cry traitor begins his career by per-
jury aud treason, and then sticks at
nothing, however vile and unprinci-
pied, to compass his unholy ends
What more despicable meanness could
a man perpeirate, than that Of stirring
up strife among brethren, melting a
spirit OF wicked rebellion, and OF Sc
ducing the loyal from their allegi-
ance to their rightful king, and then
raising an army TO defend such mon
stous claims, and maintain such base
and infer al rebellion. A war thus
commenced would be likely TO be
prosecute with INSCRIPTIONS per6dy,
and without any regard to the rules Of
civilized warfare. What is begun il
baseness, may be expected to progress
in unrighteousness and to end in in
fanny. Treachery and deception will
mark the whole course of an ancient
OF a modern traitor. False pretences
viii be set up, base and hypocriiical
pleas will be made, vile stratagems
viii be reSorled TO, and unheard of
atrocities committed Abner could
basely assasoinate the intrepid Asahel,
and then, with his hands reeking in
innocent blood, set up the perfidious
plea Of grief and anguish over slaugh
tered brethren, to save bis own justly
forfeited life. We need nothing but
his own language to stamp the whole
transaction a. an inhUman and unpar.
alleled atrocity. Itseems plain enough
that the victor had a lawfui right TO
the armor Of the vanqui,hcd, a. lro-
pay Of military valor. Aud AsaheI,
as valiant and ambitious general,
was bent upon stripping Abner OF his
traiiorously assumed laurels and Alb
ner Is determined not to be thus des-
poiled and dishonored hence he fore
warns Asahel TO let him alone. and
select some meaner subject for his
ambition. But Asahel, as jet, looks
for no treachsry even in the heart Of
rebel, and is prepared for no dis
honorable warfare. He does not be-
1 lieve that valiant soldier will COM
init so dastardly an act as murder, 10
save himself from the disgrace Of los
| ing his armor. But be miscalculated
once treason prepares man for the
lowest depths of debasement and in
fanny. Abner's own confession fixes
an everlasting stigma upon his name.
He virtually says, you may pursue
any other soldier and seize his armor
whh impunity, but | am trailer, and
am bound by no laws Of honor, and
viii certainly take your life If you
nersist. but snare me this humilia.