, 1863-06-05

FRIDAY, JUNE i, 1858.
THE REVOCATION.
The order Of General Burnside suppress
ing jeff. Davis organ, the Chicago 7s,nes,
is revoked by the President That action !
was as unexpected us that Of Gen. Burn
side. The public were expecting neither !
order And the anger Of the Copper
heads at the first, scarcely cQualled |
the Indignation Of: the Unionists at |
the last. When Burnsides order No 81 !
was made public, loyal men were by |
surprise, They had ceased to look for any
such action on tie part Of the military
branch of the Government For upwards
Of eighteen months that sheet had poured !
forth one continuous flood Of dis1oyal and |
:nccndia1y sentiments. 1t Ind gone be-
5ond any print, North or South, in its op-
,ositlon to the war and devotion to
l.c interests Of the rebellion. But |
l:,:ing all this time the Government never /
itlcd finger againstit. But On the con-
TarY circulated it through the mails, and !
slrried il On Government boats, trains, |
Ind expresses into all parts Of the army OF |
he Mississippi, and gave MI possible as
'istance TO place it in the hands Of the sol
liers. Thousands Of them deserted in con- |
sequence Of the poison thus distilled into |
heir minds, and other thousands deserted |
through the influence Of letters written to |
llem By its readers who had become in
loctrinatcd by its reasonable teachings
The Times has proceeded upon the as
sumption that nothing can be written or
spoken against the Government that is
unconstitutional; that the right of free
.pecch covers the utmost license, and that
lcre can he no such thing as written or
spoken treason. And therefore it was con-
stitutional and safe to give the rebels all
Lhc aid and comfort that can possibly be
derived from printed langunge. Tie Gov
ernment seemed to acquiesce in this
construction Of the Constitution, andloyal
men lad abandoned all hope Of suppress
fion by legal authority. When, therefore,
Order 81 was read, setting forth that "On
account Of repeated expression Of disloyal
and inccndiary sentiments, the publishing
Of the newspaper known as the Chicago
1imes' Is hereby suppressed" the public
was taken By surprise. But after the first
emotion subsidcd, the loyal mass Of our
citizens settled down to tile work Of sus-
laining the Order. And yesterday, before
the revocation Of the Order was announced,
there was clear majority OF our citizens not
only in fayor Of Orders but resolved that
t should be enforced against any mob op-
ocsition. and this feeling wss spreading
md deepening every hour. The position
aiken By General Burnside in Order No.
%. was unreservedly endorsed
o 41 L. l. MdnE 5s'1 s1 sl gsts T. ssss this
IN. The country requiFs,s no physic4l sacrifice:
lftxdiers in ne He@d, 20 far as to abate somewhat
.fthat freedom Of speech they gire cise Up en-
ir.lx; that freedom Of d se4*sto" ead e,iIdnn
I H. i,:.< Il l~occ 1tcomex rank Treason rhen It
tnds 10 "cafe" ;ht eo4fde*es 9? 5he xo1dier /. 1is
onr T.: ason striking at the very root OF that Mil
:ary Power which il for the time being, the coun-
RS protection. makes its appearance It is the
ounden dn1y Of the Commanding General to cxpel |
rom Ills lines with a heavier hand than b. |
'ould drive from his camp the Villain who wonld
after material poison, that would encS'ate aad
ecinstc bis soldiers"
The order Of revocation was, and IS uni-
crsaI!y felt to be, most unfortunate blum.
er. After loyal and faithful General in
igh command, was impcl1ed By a stern
4nsc Of duty to his country and his Gov
.nmcnt "to cxpel the insidous treason
ON lis 1ines," the net ought not to be re-
udiltcd by the President sthe matter
lands, it is triumph Of treason The
Unions Of JEFF Davis have won victory
(which they will not fail to profit But
; is not just or proper to lay all the blame
Il the President. His advisers must bear
portion qf it, and who they were, the fol-
wing, copied from q handful issued By
4c Tines, will show:
A Petition to the President.
At meeting Of citizens, Irrespective Of
nrty, called at the Circuit Courtroom at
.:-lfrast 12 o'clock yesterday, June 80, Hon.
'rancis c. Sherman was called to the Chalr,
nd II. F. Tuley was appointed Secretary
Remarks were made byJudge Van Higgins,
1on. Lyman lfa"oun: 'saac -s'A1nolo, m'
t,.ts o.n,,n, u 1,,,,,ar 1v;rt n.,-+.r ~
aag'on' eamoe' ~ uAef' WIFI Oe3re'' anu
11 ntse' w. o.,. x.....+oa +,a f,,,ov-
;nr ron. .a.o,nt1ons ~, - ong % netitton.
wnrrzAs. In tue opinion Of this meeting Of
;'atc. If not thc general welfare Of the country il
rip3ing Of tic recent order Of General Burnside
pr tue suppression Of the Chicago 1s"'@'' 'Ae3o-
1:re. 1:re..o,-.a That ncon +be Ground Of e1pedIoncy
ruch Of our citizens as concur In this OPINION
without regard TO party 4.e e;3snt eesnentfn,i1
inr tue suspension Or resembling Of said ordsf
The resolution WIS onanlmously aoopeo.
On notion tue cna'r appo,nu ta,s t,eua4ana. e
lie Of i've 70 c'Fc'''@e '1'A '"|''N
te ihe 1'cu.o. 1:u., ,nro,nted Hessrs Vim. 3.
4Ac ~. 11;cr,rs A.. G.. Coventrs.
ttaou' n;ara- and q B.ckwitn.
On moion, Tue Peieons P4e0~A1' CAV
qsestc'' to sign the pe'atlon'
Senator 1fumoun uo..at3nn @uu ~ +a,sr-s m NJ
Md a"nonaeea asa .s +ha r.so1nt1ons his so.
1hs ii.e nS ,,romnt ~ con.55cratiou,
'" Tnr committee were directed to send The
.>oeo,,tio,s and petition by telegraph to the