Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-05-01
From the a. Y Joatna 81 Commerce
treason IL HIassa IN usetts.

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+ 1t is incredible that the, people, Of Boston
allow in their city the weekly publication Of
such infamous utterances as the following,
from toe Hbsrgtor Of April a.. .t
bm"No act of ours do we regard with more
eonscientipus approval or higher satisfaction,
none do we.submit more confidently 10 the
tribunal of Heaven and The moral verdict Of
mankindp than when several years ago, on the
4Lh of July, in the presence 6 q great assem-
IbDy, we committed to The flames The CpDstil
tulion of the United States, because (in the
Language of John Quincy sAdams) Fthe bart
gam between Freedom and Slavery contained
In it was morally and politically vicious, .ipt
consistent with The principles on which alone
our Revolution can be justified and cruel
and oppressive by riyeihug the chains Of the
oppressed, and pledginRr the faith of freedom
to maintain and perprtuate The Tyranny OF
the master" And should the present Bloody
struggle end in any CON promise with the
South, or in recognizing any constitutional OBJ.
Iigations t6 slageHolders or slateshuniersin in the
tbordsr States, we shall again give that instru-
ment to the consuming fire. and renew our pro-
test against it as "a covenant with death and
an agreement with hell 8's'' rta''"
t1gud#1ug ~. Bdl n iuIga So ..II#aiI
Inc @In the court of conscience and before
God, it matters nothing what slayeholding
agreements or compromises may be found ia
the Constitution or out Of it. they are all III
human, unjust and immoral and therefore
null and void; ahd0if5a man can retau otice,
or be a voter under the ,gpgernmepL only non
condition Of ispstaiDingd such compromised
then il is certain, il he would not jlo evil That
good may come, he must relinq 6ish Office
holding, and refuse to cast vote stained
with human blood His motto is, aud must
be, as one loyal to right anddgty ''NO Union
viii Slave Hold rsf '7''' '''t' "'+
"Man is more than Constitutions rot beneath
the sod, r#H.HH .'a I'D ... u.Ia.f ..... o
Then be true to Church and state whilst We are doub
l., false 10 God I"
Perhaps we err in saying that it is ineredi
BILE Within the past two years Loyalty
has become a word of purely arbitrary signif
cation in the mouths Of men who, use it fol
the time. The New York. radical papers
which denounre their politica1 opponents aG
hdisloyal have no word Of 'censufe for this
Boston paper but on the contrary they de-
light in honoring Mr.. Wendell Phillips, whose
name is printed conspic6upsly at the head q
the Liberat0r as one Of the managers Of III
finances p 'iA .H @a3t hia dood-1q1sd
In the Middle and Western. Sieles we hsal
daily Of the seizure of newspapers and the
arrest OF editors for alleged tfeasonahle sym
pathies We have never seen in a papel
published out Of Massachusetts q more attro
cious article than this, and yet it will pass un
noticed by the loyal leaguers, nnnoiiced b,
radical newspapers, who would mob the Office
Of the Boston Courier or Post to-day il eithe
| of them should express a sentiment remotely
in favor Of the destruction Of the Union.
! While the men whom these disunion aboli
! ltionists call disloyai have been The unwayer
I ing defenders OF Union and Constitution
} their maligners are permitted 70 preach treas
/ on 10 the pulpit, publish treason in their news
Z papers, and are received with diAtIngpsheC
! atteptjop on the floor Of Congress and in tbs
mansions of highest government officers.
I The Tribune devoted column YESTERDAY
/ to the fierce deuneiation Of certain suspected
} traitors. If.they were indeed guilty they de
p, serye hanging as high As Haman. Bot wha
! has the Tribune to say about the above eX
b, tract from the Liberdtor : Here IS a boll
} confession Of crime, an nnbhnking challehg'
I to loyal men to confront and, il they dare, Il
, punish them. What say you, gentlemen o
: the loyal Leagues Do you Wish more pa
/ pers Of the LibsFatOr .stamp2 Is this th
3 kind Of liteFature you approve Ra If not, dar
/ Eyou express your minds aud denounee thes
men as they deserve, or are you afraid
/ might cost you a few abolitiohists votes il
. I the next elections ol 1a'iEm ofHa 90 W.
b7i IL isaBhock TO the moral sense of the Worl
+sbPl ap officer WAS dismissed the service Q ie,
days ago for voting Q Democratic ticket h
>. New Hampshire, but no word Of caution 0
rebuke comes from the selfstyled 'loyal
i. party for ibis pntspoken treason In MaSsdshu
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