Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-12-28

young lsvyer In preparing bis first brief. because
Ar. Oven being versed IN all history, ancient
aud modern. sacred and profaue. 10 would De AZ
bis fingers ends. ready for this great emergency
We now come 70 DIR. Owsns {" Historical Pre-
ce3erts." They are three 10 number. First, the
case Of Charles the Second. when preparing 70
ascend the throne Of his cecapstated father after
the deposition of Richard Cromwell: second, the
pardon granted BY George the Second 90 the
Scottish rebels sho had taken up arms in behalf
Of the PreleBcer Tbe fhird case is that Of the
pardon or amnesty grantei by President Wash
ington 10 the men-some fifteen thousand in
namber-who bad been engaged in the Whisky
resurrection in. Western Pennsy Ivania But
neither Of these cases furnishes precedent Tor
the proclamation of amnesty issued by Mr. Lin
coin, In neiiher OF the proclamations issued By
the English Kings is the pardoned rebel required
TO take an oath 20 support the royal edicts that
had bean or might DC issued We quote from The
proclamation Of King Charles. following Mr.
Owen:
I'VE do grant free and general pardon which
we are ready. upon demand. TO pass under our
Great Seal OF England 10 all our subjects of
what degree or quality soeyer, who, within forty
days after the publishing thereof. shall lay hold
upon tins our grace and favor, and shall by any
public act declare their doing so. and that they
return to their loyalty or obedience of good sub
jects, excepting only such persons as shall here
after be accepted by Parliament. ~ Pariiamen-
tary History of England. Vol. ". p. Is.
1t will be seen that the implicated parties were
merely required to show their return To loyalty by
"any public act" All that was necessary was
that they should declare in the presence of the
Mayor OF a town. or Justice of the Peace or ia
the presence OF witness that they owed allegiance
to The King instead of the Commonwealth No
oath was required that they would support all the
edicts that King Charles had Issued or might
| issue on certain subjects.
In the case Of the amnesty granted by George
! III to the insurgents who had fought for the Pre-
tender in l747, full and free pardon gran ted
TO sll except about eighty, who were banished
from the kingdom. but most of whom were sub
sequently pardoned and permitted 20 return. The
only condition 10 this amnesty was tht those
no accepted it should make their public declars.
lion Of the tact within forty days
We should think Mr. Owen would be ashamed
| To cite he proclamation OF amnesty issued by
President Washington TO the Whisky insurrec
tionists as n "precedelt" for Mr. Lincolns Proc
| lamation- What are the facts? Although am
pie powers we're vested ia him to suppress the re
belIiOn by force OF arms, he chose TO adopt
more conciatory policy, and therefore appointed
three commissioners TO treat with the Insurgents
and their leaders. aud by this means. followed b,
"a free pardon he put an end TO the rebellion Mr
Lincoln, acting directly contrary to the example
by the illustrous father of country has uni
formly refused TO have any communicate on viii
the rebels or TO ascertain whether by concliator,
measures. the war cannot be ended and the Unioi
restored. Gen. Washington did not ask the in
surrectionists to that they would ALLURE I'll,
use OF whisky, as MIR Lincoln demands that th'
rebels ol our day shall abjure the possession o
slaves. Aud yet there would have been just a
much logic in Gen. Washington proclaiming that
whisky being the cause of the rebellion of 1895
no more whisky should he made or drank, as il
Mr.. Lincoln declaring that slavery being the caus
of the rebellion of 1861, slavery should no longe
exist-lN. A. Ledger