The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1862-01-30

treason, aud claim she right 20 try FIR thel
lives those found with arms in their hands
| Nay, going beyond the mos: tyranuic,
usages of the most tyfannical governments
they arrest mcn without :; charge, aud
without telling them wherefore, OF givir;
them hearing, they hurry them away t,
distant prisons. They seize them Will,
in the performance of sworn public duties
| They take them "a. night from their ter
rifed families. They do this without Law
aud against law. Nay, carrying their ie
rrcity into those precincts, hitherto .acrcc
to the fame ct a Iiaynau, they thus arrc>'
and thus imprison helpless women, aud
visit upon ticm-diSgusting indcceuccs Ia
orc thing they Lave- halted for time
they have not yet applied el'e lash let
thcm.havc the praise
Nor is it to be supposed that rl,c little
children have escape the attentions o!
this patcrnal government Babes have
been stopped in the streets OF Baltimore.
III the arms of their nurses, because the
colors Of their stockings offended the taste
OF Mr.. Lincoln aud his gallan, Mrior Gen
eral
If Lincoln is wa@ing rGr against US
however uniustlv--he is bound to Oh.
serve the usages of war. The prisoners
whom h. takes from Us he should hold as
sacred He should br ready to exchange
them with d.ccncv for those whe fall into
our hands lie IS u coward. assassin aud
fragrant criminal ac.iu>t civilization and
his race, ii he dares pat their lives in pcr-
H. Yet lac has tone 1t. He has prisoners
ltcw in Philadelphia dungeons under yer.
diet of getty aud awaiting sentence ct
death
1t Liuceln is prncc"GIng agarrst IS. a.
citizens, he is bound To- accord n o,r le.al
rights As such lie has uu right to.as,u,r
any mans guilt He has " rjghi e. cor
found The innocent with t'r guilty Ike
has no rig}l' Ia mass a con Tuuity Tor the
crime otA tEaTtitY, ,::3 proceed a.,;us
them IS i whole, thie. refusing % rrcos
nizc thsu rs Il who'll } He has NO ri.ir :,
'rrest them viiEGrc &mrIaiu, AMI war
rant to commit without examinations q. to
punish without conviction lie does al
And no age. sex, or coaitier of lii, g
capcS hip
l.oo,. toe. at the officers 4 n navy
who, after long service in dis;au, seas. ,vcrc
thrust rrrto prison CA arriving home. be
cause they asked to resi-, IN rather than to
hccoine the assrssIus o' their br,thr,4
This Is the way M which the North has
"btaincd Suiur o. the prisoners whom Skc
ls exchanging tor those taken Ly II, where
br"o nyn take prisoner, -,r thc battle
fell
In the recent ctiraGc rTou 'rc persons
of Mason and SIIdclI, the Nor,ken GOV.
er"mcut-aSscrted the d"u.lc claim tia, they
were traitor citizens aud they Mere contra.
band oi war. They acted, however. with
"ut either munrclp!e "r hciiserent license
! lac decd over With the t;ovarrm"nt cx.
"'trH a''H '"e W"b roHrrd with delight.
WAS i''T"tt5sccn arr aprlnd,s' 'i,r,S:lh
malice dHd'''aS n'"ucd Tor th,oNsS cWS
ardire -tw" g"iiii'es that usually cOhere,
oct make eavh otlrr ""u"lr dcicStabIc
There has been noti''nSl'i our conduct
of The waT- and onr soul s"ri's with pride
and grAtI'u''e ~ We say 't--tts:~ has been
nothing on our part To- Justty'rr To sug.
s'Si such anocious 'nhumlntics rs our
eneiH'e' are guilty VI, fhe prs 'ncrs whom
we have taken " have r"e"gnizcd a su<!l,
even when ihey had played Nc part OF rem
cgades 10 ,heir sllesiance. vs. Aaye pro
posed te "iake .exchan IS AMI Whatever
the co"tcIl pt.~e could not hut teel we have
even condrscemde" to allow 20 Lincoln the
paoN 'p?' I'Fa"S'mTnt LOT 'h's purpose
which his shame "d his "epassiiies have
dnyy" hIm to AS
We'na'c u''ihncu 10 Np &C women
a"o children. We haye' vita generou,
may ,''''''h''y W"'e' mas 'n9eed' provoNed
"'n''' I,' .'"l'l'Ut'"s nom u''se a"'ns our
w. az 80 1oh''Se' " 'he.r resent,
'iie",5' ''i uSeu - sS'zg "o .'he c'ti&e"S "'
t"e I .Nofth Whon In9 ouS5,,gs OF fhe war
I9"'i,' I,'! N'S''" our nue. &c nave gwen
"'' t,'eSe ''t' 30 '''''c' nave c"nuUe''