Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-08-29
An Open Confession OF Treason.

An Open Confession OF Treason.
"Who is an abolitionist? Whoever is in
favor of the emancipation policy, of the Pres
idents scheme whoever would reduce the
States to the cou,'i ion of Territories to abol-
ish slavery w!lpyn er would pervert this war
to one against s,y.!.y-is an abolitionst.-
lie mho as not i. tseor "t these schemes, is
loyal The abolitonis:s are responsible for
the loss Of life in this war - .Iuscatine Cou-
T1er.
1t is important that the public should cor
rccty understand what classes OF our citizens
are included among "abolitonists" by the Ma
hony politicians and organs. The above is
from the Muscatine Courier, apaper edited by
Edward II. Thayer, the Mahony candidate for
Congress in the Davenport District. He may
be presumed to understand what he and his
associates mean by the term. We place it on
record that our readers may hereafter have an
authentic evidence of his and their meaning
We DO not intend to discuss the matter at
present. We merely call attention to the
fact that by their own statement, President
Lincoln is an abolitionist. All who concur in
opinion with the President are abolitionists.
That all who do not favor his scheme are
loyal! Those who do favor it, are disloyal.-
In other words, the President, and all who
stand 10y him in the present crisis, are disloy-
al. i hose who oppose him, are the patriots.
The rebels Of the South are the most rabid of
the Presidents opponents. According to the
Ceur1e', they are the most loyal men in the
country
We have repeatedly asserted that the Maho-
ny and Dodge faction were the earnest symp-
athzers with the rebellious traitors of the
South, that they had merely put on thin
veil of patriotism to mislead and deceive the
people to their ruin. Tie paragraph quoted
above is entire and unmutilated 1t speaks
for itself. 1t shows plainly the animus of the
men, who, by means Of old party preudices
and organizations, are studying how they may
secure the ultimate success of Jeff Davis
and his devilish crew, in their audacious at
tempt to destroy the Nation.
The Courier asserts that the opinions and
aims of the rebels are loyal When these
men-Mahony, Dodge, Thayer, and the rest
assert themselves to be loyal, they of course
mean that they are so in the same sense as
that in which the rebels are loyal When
they affirm themselves to be patriotic they
mean just what rebels mean by the same sort
of talk. They are the satellites of Davis and
Toolnbs, and Slidtll and reckenrid ge. They
are traitors as ias as they deem safe and cX-
pedient, just as their slave-driving masters
are. They don't happen to be in the South,
that's all the difference between them. Our
readers will now perceive that ioya'tp as they
use 1t, means treason as honest men under
standit. If Lincoln is a traitor, of course,
these men are true-and this according to
their own definition deliberately written Jeff.
Davis is innocent of all the blood shed in this
war The President, being an "abolitionist,"
is responsible for it ALL What think you of
that, you, whose sons, brothers, and friends.
have been sacrificed by these assassins of the
South p Burlington Haaokeye.