Smyrna times., 1862-10-23


and to those gentlemen cannot both t
true--one or the other must be false. Coy
Temple can take whichever horn of the d
9 lemma he chooses.
It The Governor, after faying Mr.. Murphey
(Which his eager auditory seemed to thin
: was well done, if it was in butcherin!
manner,) paid his respectsto the Times ant
others, who, he said, must think he wa
J." some pumpkins" from the way they
pitched into him. He may be "somt
pumpkins" for aught we know, but he mus
know that it is not him as William Temple
that they have to do with, but as the can,
didate for COngress-the standard bearer O
party, if distinguished for anything, i,
that for sympathy with armed rebels, who
are trying to destroy this great nation.
The would-be Congressman said the let
ter of Mr.. NJ. appeared under an editorial
flourish of treason. He must have been
excited when he read it or he would have
made no such announcement from the
stump. We simply asked thequestion, SIS
Gov. Temple Guilty of Nlpri%ion of Trea-
SOM" If he does not know the difference
between treason and misprision of treason
we would advise him to consult his diction-
ary the next time, before he goes on the
stage anduses the words anonymously.
Again, in referring to our query about
his frequent visits to Washington he re-
marked, as proof of its falsity, that he had
not been in Washington since Mr. Lincoln's
Inauguration. We did not say he had, and
MIR. Temple must have knowingly taken
advantage of quibble to divert attention
from the fact. Our query was: "What
meant those Oft-repeated visits of his to
Washington, when State after State was
withdrawing from the National Councils.
and they were plotting to carry others out?"
Now every man who reads the papers knows,
as MIR. Temple knows, that most Of the
States seeded before Mr.. Lincoln's inauru
ration, and that is the period of oft-repeated
visits referred to. The most of our citizens
remember that it was common remark.
f" What takes Temple to Washington 80
otten!" His explanation was no doubt sat
isfactory to his followers, (who seemed in
mood to be satisfied with anything,) but we
submit that the question has not been an
swered-only adroitly evaded.
lie passed over the statement of Justify
ing the attack on Sumter, and poisoning
the minds of the people against the Admin
lstration (whether knowing he could not de-
ny them or not we are unable to saw and
proceeded to define his position. He said
he was Union man, and opposed to seces-
sion, but at the same time was opposed to the
war, and believed the South had never asked
for anything but her rights, but recovering
himself, he qualified the latter remark bv
saying that he did not believe in the right of
secession, but did believe in the r1qht of rer-
OLutOn, which, in this case, is as broad as it
is lOng-tacitly admitting that they did
right in fighting for their rights () jeff
Davis claims the same with regard to revo-
lutiOn-wherein do they differ Yet, lIr.
Temple says he is Union man, and. ifI
elected, would not vote for an ordinance of
secession; he would give the South her
rights he would Withdraw our armies from
their soil, and they would follow in their
tracks, to use figure, as the hound scents
the warm trail of the fox into the folds of
the Union, &c. If this is the Unionism of
Mr. Temple and his party, Heaven save us
from such Cnionism. 1t is Just the kind of
talk that Breckinridge, Burnett, Buclxner.
and hundreds of others now waging trail
torous war against our Government used
before they found it convenient to step out.
Such talk might have done two years ago. |
but every thinking man knows that jeff
Davis said in his first message to the rebel
Congress, that they would accept no terms
OF compromise to come back and does not |
every Southern paper, speech, message or
prisoner say they never intend again to come
in the old Union-that the issue is indepen-
dence or subjugation! Mr.. Temple must
know this, and yet he says if we lay down
our arms they, like naughty children, will
return to their old home If Mr.. Temple
honestly believes this, then we cannot give
him credit for that discrimination which we
supposed he possessed.
Gov. Temples devotion to the Union is
too sudden, we fear, to be genuine. We
have very little faith in death-bed repen-
tences. Nine cases out of ten of those oc-
curing in what are considered beath-bed
repentences, and afterwards recovering.
turn out to be seven times worse than thew
were before; and if men will try to cheat
the Lord, what more can they expect of
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