, 1862-04-29
TIE PUNISHMENT OF TRAITORS.
Extracts from the Speech of Schuyler

Frog the Washington Globe. April s4th.l
Lie Catilnes who lat here IN the Council
Chambers Of the Republic, and who, with the
oath on their lips and in their hearts to sup
plotted treason at nights has been shown
By papers recovered at Florida, particularly I
the letter Of Mr.. Yulee, describing the prob |
ceedings of the midnight conclayes Of these |
men to their confederates in the Southern |
stases should be punished by the seve1est
penalties Of the Law, for they hare added to ),
demned before God aud man. Never, in
any land, have there been men more guilty
ana m9Fe 10 ebo deserving Of the
single life, and NC call him infamous. Bat |
these me9 Mickedly and willingly plungeda
peaceful country into the horrors Of civil war,
and inaugurated regime Of assassination and |
outrage against the Union men in their midst;
banging, plundering, and imprisoning in a
manner that throws Into the shade the atroci- |
ties Of the French Revolution. Not content |
with this, they aimed their blows at the life Of
the Republic itself; and on many battlefield,
in carnival Of blood, they sought not only to
Tenders. PluDging into even still darker crimes
they have bayonetcd the wounded Oh the field
Of carnage, buried the dead that fell into their I
hands with every possible ignonainJ, and the1s
to gloat their leEenge, dug up their lifsless rc-
would have allowed them to rest, and CONVEX
ted their skulls into drinking cups . barbar-
ism that would have dlsgraced the Visigoths
Of Ala1ic, the barbarian, in the dark ages OF
the past. The blood of our soldiers cries ont
beaFance ceased longer 10 DC virtue? We
were told q year ago that leniepcy would prob
ably induce them TO return to their al1egiance,
and to cease this unnatural war; and what has
been the result? Let the bloody battle-delds
Of this conflict answer.
When return home ! shall miss many f.
Iniliar face that has looked in past years with
the beaming eye of friendship upon me. I
shan see those who have come home with con-
stitutions broken down By exposure and
shall see women whom I have met Sabbath
after Sabbath leaning On q beloved husbands
arm, as they went to the peaceful sanctuary,
clothed nov in widows weeds. I shall see
orphans destitute, with no one to train them
into paths Of usefulness. shall see the swell
ling hillock in the graveyard where, after
LIES titful fever, We shall al be gathered
betokening that there, pretnaturely cut OF By
rifle ball aimed at the life Of the Republic, a
| patriot soldier sleeps. shall see desolate
| side. Those Of us who come here from Indi-
| ana and Illinois know too painfully the sad
| scenes that will confront us amid the circles
| Of our constituents.
Nor need we ask the cause Of all this suffer-
ing, the necessity for all these sacrifices They
have been entailed on Us as part Of the fearful
! cost Of saving our country from destruction
| But what mountain Of guilt must rest upon
those who, by their efforts to destroy the
Government and the Union, have rendered
these terrible sacrifices necessary.
Standing here between the living aud the
dead, we cannot avoid the grave md fearful
responsibility deyolvipg on us. The people
will ask rs when We return to their midst,
| when our brave soldiers went forth to the bat
tlefeld to suffer, to bleed, and to die for their
| fnnnfrp yphaf did asyi1forS in ho Hal
Of Congress do to cripple the power Of the
| rebels whom they confronted at the cannon 8
mouth? What legislation did you enact to
punish those who are responsible, BY their
tion and death? Did you levy heavy taxes on
Us and our property to pay the expenses Of q
war into which We were unwil1ingly forced,
and allow the men who are the guilty and
reckless authors Of it to go comparatively
s sd9asy n yoq bas isvd to 5S Rsn sgss 1SS
and reap, to TILL their farms, and thus sup.
port their masters and the armies Of treason
while they, thus strengthened, met us in the
field? Did you require the patriots Of the
loyal States TO give up business, property
yet hesitate about using the aw-making
power Of the Republic to subject traitors te
the penalties as to property and possessions
which their crimes deseTve?- would feel a.
| il worthy Of the scverest condemnation fol
| 4Ct II A1A ADl 1ACGl NAs " lutEC H&lo d1S
The GAUGE Of all this woe and anguish an6
death, by the eide Of which all the vast ex
pense6 Of tho var dWind1e into insignidcance
the sterne6t penalties Of the law while they
still remain in 0rms In their pafriclda1 endeavo
to blot this country from the map Of thE
; world.
Why DO We hcsitate2 These men have
: drawn the sword and thrown away the scab
bard. They did not hesitate in Furnishing
. Union men within their power. They have
scat Their p1oRe and have f9f
that trouble Us here. They imprisoned job,
N. Bolts for silently retaining q lingerln,
love for the Union in his deso1ate home. The;
!, hang Union mea in East Tennessee for bridg
burning, refusing them 1 even the sympathy
/ pcrsecute Brownlow because, faithful anon
the faithlcss, he refused, almost alone,. In hi
outspoken heroism. to bow tho knee to th
Baal Of their worship. Let us follow hi
: counsel BY stripping the leaders Of this con
spi1acy Of their possessions, and outlawin
: them hereafter from the high places Of homo
> and OF trust they have heretofore enjoyed.
= In no other Way eau we more efectually b
. felt throughout all the region where treaso
:, rears its blaekened crest. The loyal Unfo
u men Of all those regions will see in this fegiI
. lation, and in the concurrent advance Of ou
armies toward the Gulf that nc have put on
;; hands TO the plow, determined not 10 loo
u back; that We have resolved that every ma
:. who raises his hand aguinst the Union sha
> > be punished; that those who remain true t
. . the nation shall be protected; and that ii
. retHbution which shall fo1Eow the leaders
: this rebellion for life, shall h 60 thoroug
:, and severe that no reptile dag Of disuuion vi
ever again be reared on these of this Repnl
! lie. And they will at last al1 realize that tt
i | inducement to sympathize with secession e
y as to save their property from rebel confisc
i, tlon, and to claim at the same time UniC
u protection) no longer exists; that the tin
e for this misplaced lenity has expired; that Il
:. property Of rebels Is to be csnfiscated, aI
,ss ls the armies Of the Republic sustained therec
= Ii the regions which treason requires them
= occupy.
T. T. Mercy 10 traitors, it has been well said,
!. cruelty to loyal men,: would not imita
u imitate their resolution; The gentleman fro
" :" Kentucky nearest me [Mr. GritlerI told us,
:" month or two ago, that the rebel army il:
u, ~ run off 23oO, 900 worth OF slayes ot.Union mt
~ from counties near his residence, and tn,
II have conde Gated and taken .laves as ewee
ef iugly as anything else claimed or held by the
" u men. Their own slaves work on their for
. 1cations, from cannon behind which our st
T. +, diers are mercilessly slain; they porfol
- their camp drudgefy, thus increasing t
r., r. that feeds their troops, and the crops on t
" ~ faith OF Which their scEp is rendered curre1
e. .et II we wish to break the power Of the
~ w bellioD let Us strike It wherever we cau wea
dS en- it, and strike 1t boldly and iearles51y,
~ ~ the justice Of our cause most fully warrau
~ ~ And let us, if there arc but fifty or five hu
o. d:ed loyal men in State, resolve that til
~ shall be protected by the whole power of t
eu Government, and clothed with all tho adv3
80 tages hereafter that their unfalteriog III
- giance during these dirk hours so rict
~. merits.
rs None Of the conhscation bills before US
- ~ e. post tacto in their operation. They oper;
u, ~ only egatnst those who, having been engag
ga in this rebellion, continue in arms after Il
ue lcng legislative forbearance. I can vote
~; ~ nearly any one Of them, variant as their p
~ ~ visions are. Any one OF them is prefer .hle
ny none. The Clerk OF this House, fMr. Eth
~ ~ idge, recently returned from Tennessee, t
~. us that, in an extensive inquiry, he heard
- but single STAKEHOLDER of that State who =
no 10 private in the rebrl army. This is strik
~ ~ and significant fact. With that single exc
f1oD. the Shareholders were either in oil
~. civil or military, OF at home. / have no do,
that tour-tf!hs Of all the slaves held BY ret
40 belong to odEers, civil or military, under
), - d rcbel government. And VIC cannot Ion
", ~ doubt that there are Thousands upon tho
LA ands Of men who prefer the Union who /,
10 70 been absolutely forced by threats, By ter
~ By delusions, or by conBcription, into the
nc mics OF the rebellion.
Lam willing, therefore, to 60 for the
known as Senator Sherman's, which cor
estes the property and discharges the sla
nile of ali the leaders Of the rebel government
ne all who bad ever taken the oath to support
rat. Constitution and had violated it, which VIC
the include all postmasters, mail contract
nd. Congressmen, Governors, members Of
/ Of State Legislature, judges, &c. OF all =,
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