Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1862-07-26
THEY ARE TRAITORS.

the Republican press. Upon all occasions,
and with little or no discrimination, this
charge is hurled against the Democracy
of the loyal States. Let Democra, dis
sent from the policy Of the Administra-
ton, rebuke exposed corruption in high
places, or suggest that the Constitution is
binding upon US all, and he is at once
denounced as q traitor. To him the right
OF discussion is denied and the exercise
of free speech is hazardous Why these
wholesale ISLANDERS these groundless de-
nunciations? Why this persistent attempt
to load with obloquy and excite the indig.
nation and hostility Of every Democrat
in the Free States7 Ever since this un.
fortunate struggle commenced we have
ardently desired to See party bitterness
destroyed, and every obstacle in the way
of cordial union of all loyal men re-
moved. To suppress this rebellion requires
the united energy, will, purpose, and
heart of all loyalist.. Divisions and dis
sensions. among ourselves only serve to
prolong the struggle. And these criminal
tons, in which leading Republicans so
fercely Indulge against all who do no,
openly confess and enrol themselves Re-
publicans, onl serve to create and widen
these divisions and discussions among
ourselves. If there is a traitor to our
government in the loyal States let him be
promptly arrested tried and punished.-
The laws demand 1.-THE very existence
OF the government demands it. If Re
pubhcans believe what they say-that
leading Democrats are trators-then, like
honest men aud good citizcus, let them
see that the law against treason i. enforced
and our couutry's enemies punished, and
not, without cause, try to tlacken the
characters Of their fellow citizens t.
crafty a malicious desrc-thc diaboical
offspring OF all unrcasGning partiIanship
We would not frame an excuse for nor
throw the mantle of charity over any man
who is a traitor in thought, word or deed,
be his political associations what they
may. We wish to see this infamous
rebellion suppressed, treason overthrow
and the national authority everyw here
recognized and acknowledged, even
though it be the work of time and costs
thousands Of lives and millions Of treasure.
For time and money, or life i,selE, what
are they to US if the Union Of our Fathers
is destroyed and We are deposcd from an
honorable seat at the firesile Of nations?
Yet we are traitors. And for what?-
Have not Democrats led the armies Of the
Republic to victory Have they not freely
poured out their blood and given up their
lives upon every battle field and in every
skirmish Of the war? Have they not
encouraged, by their efforts, by word and
by liberal contributions, the raising OF
our armies and the manning Of our
navies? Have they not responded to
every call Of the government for assist
ance? al this must be a lm tied, and vet
the charge Of treason is Numbered in their
ears. And why simply because Jones
has written a letter or some Ben Wood
has made a speech better suited to the
locality of Richmond. Now. by what
right are Democrats stgma,izcd as trail
tors, for the disloyal acts Of few men
who long since forfeited the condolences of
and Withdrew from fellowship with the
party 1t is time that these charges
ceased. The rebels believe them, and the
hope thereby engehIercd among the
Southern peope-that the Democracy of
the North are their friends and svmpa-
thizers-is worth more to the Southern
cause than an army of an hundred
thousand men. Not less damaging are
these charges to our cause abroad They
may well cause Europe to question the
ability Of oar government, if such oppos
itlon exists in the loyal States-to crush
out this iniquitous rebellion.
In monarchical England the American
!oyalst may to day publish and proclaim
weighty charges, and bitter denunciations
against the British Ministry and Govern
ment, and he cXcts no derlsion, no threats.
no moestation. The spirit Of Magma
Charta is there still prevalent and supreme
, Here men revere the names of jefferson,
Madison and Jackson, plead for the preser
walton Of the Constitution, differ honestly
with those IN power on questions Of public
policy, argue that the Democratic party il
one Of correct principles, possessing the
ability to save the nation in this crisis, and
they are branded as traitors loaded with
abuse and threatened with violence. Would
that it were otherwise, and that we could
ell unHe as one man, speedily annihi'ate
treason, and found this government and
Union SO deep in the affections of our
people, and the respect and confidence Of
other nations, that the easthq oakes of