Smyrna times., 1862-06-26
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Who are Traitors?

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VINO are Traitors?
Had this question been propounded in thi
country few years ago, the answer that wouI
have weiled up from every heart would hav
oeen, we have no traitors in this favored la nd
ihey are the product of other lands, but not ia
dlgenous to American soil. But who does no
y realize the fearful fact that We now have ful
I supply OF this most pernicious article The,
have sprung up in our midst as rapidly as pes
E tiferous weeds spring up beneath the Summer
r sun. They move about US, denying that they
are traitors but with fearful evidences that tkev
are standing out conspicuously, revealing then
character IN all its deformity, notwithstanding
all their efforts to hide it. They are known bv
'her cordial acquiescence in, or cold and apol-
getlc condemnation Of, the doings of those
reckless men who have rebellous'y seized the
property OF the Government and warred agains,
It's authority; they are Known by the Joy they
SO openly manifest lin spite of all efforts at
conceaImenD at every reverse the Government
meets with. and their chagrin at every defea,
OF the rebels One year ago, just before the
attack upon the noble Anderson and his seventy
gallant men at Sumter by thousands OF armed
aud eniurlated rebels, they were known bv the
derlsve cry Of we have no Government: and
when The great heart of the American people
was stirred to its profoundest depths, and the
Government seized the sword to yindlcate ills
authority, so insulted and derided, They
hGUe been known since bv at,acking everv
measure that has been adopted to put down
this wicked rebellion. They are known bv
Their hearty acquiescence in every measure Of
prescription and malignant cruelty adopted by
Davis and his rebel adjutors, in driving Union
men oil the South into his armies, or driving
'hem from their homes, or subjectlng them to
nnes, tOrterures and Imprisonment; and they
are equally known as traitors by the L" hue and
cry" raised against their own legitimate Gov.
ernment when known active and avowed trai.
tors are seized BY that Government and shut
up tor bret time in some fortress to prevent
them from doing harm, and as warning to
The thousands of less notable but not less ma.
tgnant sympathIzers TO beware how far thew
90 10 opposition TO the government They are
known now, as the power Of rebellion wanes-
as blow after blow is being struck home to its
very heartily the dark scrowl of hate that sir, |
enthroned upon their brow; by their evident
m'I'gnl'y towards every man who, with manly
hrmness has stood up for the vindcation of the
outrages OF those rebeIlious hordes upon the
mlIdest and best Government which has ever
shed benignant blessings upon man. They are
known, 10 short, by the unerring test OF Him
who, IN infinite wisdom hath said "by their
fruits shall ye know them" And when this
wicked and atrocious rebellion shall have been
put down; when fair peace shall smile again
upon our loved and beautiful land when the
madness of the hour shall have passed bv and
our reunited country moves on again in her
career of prosperity and power, then, then these
men shall be known as standing among those
who deserted their country in its hour of peril
and danger-who would have trodden beneath
theIrfeet the great structure bequeathed to them
by noble Eires-who, for mad and unhoIy am
bitlon, would have sirangled American liberty
and given this great continent, with all its fu
ture hopes, over to rapine, plunder and ruin,
I'LL the people, fired by the noble patriotism of
a Washington, tired of the endless conflicts
and strfes that inevitably follow 10 the baleful
train of secession triumphant, would be com.
PEELED to gladly hail as deliverer any tyrant
strong enough TO hold contending factions at
bay, and give them peace and repose even at
the fearful expense of the loss of liberty
JUNIus.