The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-03-20
From tho Ladi,s' Repository.
Development Of Treason In the North.

Ffom tho Ladiss' Repository.
Development Of Treason In the North.
We blush 10 record that, 10 q var 90 exc
crabIe In lie origin, purposes and manage.
meut as that now rasaging the country,
sympstbiEers and shelters OF trenuon and
the rebellion are found Ia the North--in
tho .(ree Stafcf Yet why should wc Won
der We're thero not tories during the
Revolutionary war Did they not seek 10
weaken tho power Of the Government, aud
TO betray our cause, when wo wero In the
death-strnggle for liberty? Liberty tri-
nmphed then 10 spite Of treason u will tri-
umpb nov. Their names became byword
Of scorn aud infamy. and their memory is
cxecrated 60 shall coming generations ex-
ecrate those who nov are ready 10 strike
hands with robeis. aud become party 10 re-
bellion. The issue is now fairly made. He
that 70 not for the Government is against is.
No Pretexts, or concealments. OF falso pre-
tensos, will answer. He that docs not sus-
tain the Government does sustain the reboI-
lion. What do these men want in New Jer-
soy. 10 Nov York, in Ohio.iD indiana,ib IIIi-
nois, aad in other places, whose very breath
| Is fetid With treason, aud whose every ef5ort
Is put forth TO embarrass the Government (?
II matters not what they want or what be-
ccmes Of shem, but the people ought not to
be deceived.
]. Tbey cry, "Lst vs. hare peace r But lot
us not be deceived. The peace they would
invoke would DO the downfall of our ma
tionsl libertios, and the enthronement sf
tie Southern oligarchy over all tho land
They would bring back tho traitors, roin.
state them, with enlarged powers and new
Donors, In lhe Govornment they have be-
trayed and weil-nigh ruined. Our very
manhood. the instinct OF nationality, should
spnrn such proposition. A "compromiser
would provo trescherous, and any peace"
short Of crushing out tho rebellion, would
be deceptive il not ruinops.
Then again "the tGxrs--fhe enormous tar.
rs 2 What OF "thc taxes = Is not our
Govcrumcot, the blessed heritage Of our
fathers. worth moro 10 us than any and
every sacrifice We may be called TO make ia
the form of taxes? What would those men
hare us do : yield 20 the South, and then
be taxed, not only fo- the expenses OF the
Government in putting down the rebellion
but also for that Of the rebels in getting Il
up: This cry OF taxes 10 q lying cbeat.--
Let Us fight the rebellion to the end, and
then We shall bave only the legitimate taxei
OF tho GoEernment 20 pay, and We shall have
: the conhscated property of the rebels Il
help us 10 that.
But then sfhe Emancipation Proclamu
: tion = What of that Has not the Gov
n ernment a right to confiscate the propert
+ Of mon found in arms against ID No on
but o traitor will say snGy." The NOR
: servicsable the property is so the rebels, th
Q more aid Il brings 20 thom Ia the prosecutiu
n and proiouging their rebellion, the moro in
Is portant is ID that Il should be confIscated.-
!, Such is the Emancipation Proclamation
7 1t strikes at tho vitals OF tho rebellion.
' was ibe only shaft that could pierce then
. The preaident, waited inne--triad over
y means to avoid tt--beiore he ieveled thi
IS shaft but the twsng OF the bowstring, clei
and snsrp, has been heard Tho death-c'
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