East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1862-01-28
READING OUT.
" Tried and convicted Traitor !
Who saws n Wbn'il uroXc IL ~

Who says it, who'll prove II y
Perry Joslin, of the Saginaw Enter
prise-being in that line of business, has
assumed as many characters as the in
comparable drollerist Winchell, in his
famous "Law Suit" piece, and constituted
himself Judge, jury and bar, with full
power to try, convict, sentence and exc
cute sentence upon all such as in his
opinion deviate in the slightest degree
from the bright and beautiful faith of
radical republicanism. His first effort, in
this line, is ANONYMOUSLY "clean thing,
an elfectual "scooping out, )" without leav-
ing the possibility of remainder, remain
ders," or any saving clause whatsoever.
Read what this new reader out Of unsub.
missive Republicans has to say
A MICHIGAN TRAITOR.
Mr.. Byron G.. Stout, State Senator
from Oakland county, in a speech on the
resolutions introduced by Mr.. Whitney
relative to the confscation of rebel prop
erty, denounced the Republican party
and assailcd nearly all its acts in most
bitter terms, and declared his adhesion
TO the most ultra pro-slavery doctrines.
The speech (says the correspondent OF
the Adrertiser) "gave great satisfaction
Ito the democrats, and over which they
" chuci<led with huge delight" He was
bitterly opposed to the confscation OF
the slaves Of rebels under any possible
Contingency, and declared that it would
be violation Of the Constitution-that
between such an COURAGE" and the de-
struction Of the Union he had little tC
choose, and wound off with a violent
philippe against our personal liberty laws
declaring that Michigan was disloyal tC
the Union, only little less guilty thar
the rebellious States, having encouraged
and provoked the rebellion, &c.
Mr.. Stout is specimen Of puffed-ul
politician, overrated and put forward
until he has fairly exploded with vanity
egotism, and want of principle. Tht
Republicans can afford to lose him. lie
him sink to that depth of contempt
which treachery and weakness deserve.
We'll may the Senator from Oakland
exclaim, upon reading this modest sen
tence of Punishment from the woody
flock Of which he has SO long been I
member:
Whats banishcd, hut set FREQ
From daily contact with the things loathcp
If the sentence is final, elIectual an(
conclusive, as it must he, coming from {
source so immaculate, he should congrat
ulate himself upon being redeemed, re
generated, disenthralled;" and, untram
melled by the degrading letters o
fanatical partizanship, once more ina posi-
ton to act independently, as a loya
American citizen. We give below tn
gist Of the Senator's remarks, which be
ing true in point Of fact, and just to al
sections, are, of course, reasonable t
the ultra doctrines OF radical republi
canism:
"The resolutions Of the committee ar
not without serious objections. The frs
of the series contains the protestatio
that Michigan is loyal TO herself and tn
Federal government. / wish that i
every respect she was loyal TO the Con
stitution. Why has il been necessary {
affirm and re-aflirm our fidelity unles
that il is that we feel sensitive at the jus
criticisms of our sister States, for on
stubborn pcrsistency in keeping on on
statute book, what we call personal lib
erty bills, but which we're enacted to en-
barrass the operations Of the fugitiv
slave law. The highest tribunals Of {
land have declared similar acts unconsti