, 1863-07-15
wAsHINGToN,s mETHoD.

The people Of America, with the excep-
tiou of genuine Copperheads and down.
right traitors, still venerate the name and
the opinions Of Washington. HIS views
upon the character Of mob violence and
the imperative duty OF all men to sustain
the Government are clear and explicit, and
now while mobs are rife in New York,
and the Times Of this city urges great
and it hopes resisless mob in the State Of
Ohio to secure and to accompany Vallan-
diGham's return, and to protect when
home that convicted and banished t1a1tor,
We earnestly commend the following para
graphs from the letter dated October 81,
1886, Of General Washington to Henry
Lee, then in Congress, on ,the subject Of
Ehay's rebellion in Massachusetts, The
passage Will be found in SpenceTs History
Of the United States, vol. 2, page 213.
Read and ponder well the sentiments Of
the Father Of his Country.
1.-THE combination and temper OF numer-
ous bodies in the Eastern country, present 3
state Of things equally to be la1nented and de-
precated- They exhibit a melancholy verifca.
ton Of what our transatlantic foes have pre-
dicted !; aud Of another thing perhaps, which
is still more to be regretted, md yet more un-
themselves, are unfit Tor their own govern
mcnt. an mortified beyond expression,
when L view the clouds which have spread
Oyer the brightest morn that ever da~ned
upon any country. In q tcora, I an lost in
<iaazanent, sa.em I behold tssat intrigue
s % t"tssa ;cnassnce ees and s ,ssnsz sfss Of e fSs
minor part, are capable Of affecting, IS
ecou1ge on the major part Of our fclluW. citi-
xens Of the Union; for 1t is hardly to be sup
posed, that the great body Of the people,
though they will not act, can be 80 short
sighted, ior ,enyeloped y darkness, as not to 2
Of intudcation and folly. /.
You talk, my good sir. Of employing in
4uence to appease the present tu1nults In
Massachusetts,. know not where that fu-
. Auence Is to be found, nor, if attdnable, that
1t would be proper remedy Tor these dis
orders. Influence is not government Let
critics and properties will be secured or let
us know the worst at once. Under these I'M
preesion6, my humble opinion is TINT there is
call for decision; know preclsefy Whist the
insurgents aim ut If they hare .ral
ss5see 5ss4sss s thSm astet Il oE PE0ssasa sas
and your Inability to do 1t in
the present moment u they have
not ewp1oN The Jorce Of Government against taai
, al paoE- .V ulis is tnede4aate, al srM be con-
4ssced tat Tue s,spc1stfuaurs II bad, or soants
support. To be more exposed in the eyes OF
the void, and more conteuptible, is hardly
possible. To delny one or the other OF these
: e1pedients, is to e1asperate on the one hand,
4. or to give confidence on the other, and will
; add TO their numbers; for, like snowballs,
eucl bodies increase by every movement. uu-
less there is something in the way to obstruct
" and crnnlb1e them before their weight Is too
great and Irresistible. - ;,
These are my sentiments. Precedents are
dangerous things. Let the reins OF Govern
ment, then, be brnced with q STEADY hand, and
every violation If the Constitution be repre-
hended..> II detective, let 1t be amended, but
not suffered to be tr:lmpled upon while it has
An eyfktence