The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-08-14

From Governor Medary 5 Crisis, Columbus, Ohio
Old Federalism in Mas>achusetts-.-Th
Trial OF the GOrdOns for TreasOn--
speech of MIR. Scnnott!
AS matter OF history of the times through
which we have passed and are passing, W,
lay before our readers the speech of Mr.
SENNoTT, the attorney for the GoRDoNs, whc
were seized and tried by self constituted
committee of Republicans, with a Deacon a
their head! We must never forget that these
Yankees commenced their career bv burn
ing aodcles and hanging Quakers. We mus
never forget that the celebrated Blue Laaos
originated in that land of piety and Sharp's
rifles. well as Blne Lights and Hartford
Conventions. With these mem brances in
view we can the better appreciate the tid
and conviction Of the GoRDoNs, for trea son, by
self constituted court with a Deacon for
Judge
Mr.. SENNoTT is the lawyer who voun-
teered his services to defend old John Bro,or
after the Harper's Ferry raid, and who so
ably acquitted himself on that occasion
though not of that crazy old mans politics.
Mr.. Sennott has got the hang of New
England purtanic hypocrisy and deceit very
well; and M ore he has the nerve to beard
the haggard lion in his den, a thing greatl Y
lacking by many who know and believe as
he does. The picture drawn of Yankee So
~ i Of IL, /
open the eyes of those at home as we'll as
those abroad. These devils incarnate hav e
spread all over the land, as well as in " New
Orleans and San Francisco" earring with
them all the fceted breath Of their education
and evil natures, without the Organized So
ciety of equally guilty Deacons to watch
control and counteract their devilish natures
Wherever these hyenas fasten themselves
even in the remote villages of the frontier,
they begin Matching their brood of malig-
nants, in church and out Of tin schools
and seminaries, in every place of coufling
resort, in families and neighborhoods, until
they distort virtue, bewldcr piety. and turn
the course of events into the channel that
leads 20 their cesspoo of disorder, violence,
the.ts, robberies, divorces and chain gangs
When all the cases are collected together.
of the doings of these wild. hair Drained
fanatics of 1860 and 81, it will make as ex =
traordinsry book and of much larger size,
than that of Cotton Mather, which leaves
the frightful record of the witch burners.
1t is fact worthy of note, thatthis species
of praying fanatics in all ages of the world
and under all circumstances, have acted so
nearly alike, when in authority. the history
of one generation of them is very nearly the
alike, VIII en- in authority, that the history of
ono generation of them is very nearly the
history of all.
The speech of Mr.. SENNoTT answers for
itself; but we believe it will be generally
reckoned his most mastery effort, and we
predict for it a circulation through the coun-
try which few speeches obtain.
Mr.. SENNoTr has not only vindicated "free
speech" by practicing it himself, butsecured
the acquittal of his clients amid st the ap-
pauses Of Boston audience. After this it
is scarcely worth while to attempt to enforce
upon Western people, through the labors of
these abolition sneshs," despotism more
CALLING and degrading than ever even half
civilized people were compelled to bow to-.
This cry of "raise the flag or hang :"
was the invention of a set of base towards,
and traitors to every constitutional right
to every honorable or manly instinct:
Examination of the t;OrdOnS for Trea-
son, before Elias Merw Jr., COM
mISSIOucr---Spee OF MI. SenGOt Tor
for the Defence.
r. II. Dana, Jr., the District Attorney, ap-
peared and said in substance that there was
no statute of the United States under which
the Gordons could be held merely for ex-
press:ons of hostility 10 the Govern ment, or
for receiving intelligence from the South /;
that such things Were not actually treason,
there being no overt acts proved; that the
line must be drawn som ewhere, and that al
though the conduct of the Gordons was
pretty close up TO it, he must enter a nolle
proseQui in the case.
HIM. Parker, Esq, replied that after what
had been said by the Attorney, it was his
duty to protest against any disposition of tn e
case, except by a hearing and determination
bv the Magistrate He said that no one Of
the five Gordors had been guilty even OF
imprope talk, except Henry. the youngest.
He warned those self constituted Commit ees
that the community would not tolerate such
Interference as they had been guilty of. He
thought the counsel for the defendants ought
to have an opportunity to vindicate the
character of these men. He had not him
felf preferred to argue this case, having from
the beginning left that to the junior counsel
Mr.. Sennott.
Mr.. Dana said an argument in the case
after the Government had abandoned il
would be useless, but if ANYTHING could be
said in vindication of the Cord ons, it would