, 1863-05-01
IUt)ifaqo QriI>une.



The quick, prompt, necessary and erni-
nently praisewo1thy action Of Gen. Burn
side, in suppressing manifestations of trea-
son IN his important Department, is suf-
ticient guaranty that tho war is entering
upon new phase, and that the earnest
ness with which it is waged will take cog
nizancc Of blatant and 1nischievons enc
mics at home IS well as Of armed enemies
in the field, The new order Of things il
mt iuaueurated moment too soon. The
impunitv with which disloyalty has talked
md written, has taught it that it may az
safely act; and the affair in Union county,
in our Own state, that outbreak in Indiana,
The plotting in Kentucky and Missouri,
and the bold attempts to foment discord
and opposition everywhere, are the
first fruits Of the tesching. Trea-
son has gone from words to
deeds; and the Governments has now
no opton-it must crush or be crushed
Good men, not accustomed to wnit the
tardy motions Of the authorities, began to
fear that the resolution to defend itself
would not be formed until too late, that
the Government would be wrecked, and
tl.at anarchy would ensue. They believed,
rs we and every other man Of sense and
reading believes, that the authority was
not lacking; that the Constitutional war-
rant for action was sufficient, that the mill
sary power was ample, and TINT the neces-
sity was imminent; but beho1ding what
the traitors cared not to conceal, they
trembled lest the golden moment should
be let slip, and prompt and energetic
measures deferred until resort to them
would be nothing but the precursor OF
blood Happily they are relieved. The
Just policy has been adopted at last; and
now if only followed up by series OF
energetic blows which will not only alarm
but hurt those against whom they are
directed, the victory Will be complete; and
loyal men and patriots may 60 on with
their work Of putting this Infamous re-
bellion down, without the fear that what
they do to-day will be undone
BIZ treason tomorrow; that their appeals
for unity, that their country and freedom
may lie saved, will be silenced by the clam
or Of their neighbors for discord, that re-
bc1lion and slavery may triumph; and that
the sacrifices money, the tears and the
blood-that war brings in its train, may go
for naught, because few are disloyal, and
the government hesitating and timid
We are coming back to the ground from
which the Administration ought never to
have been driven; and wo be unto ou1
rulers, il, having dared to exercise the
power which tie Constitution and the un-
written but universally acknowledged rules
of war rcpose in their hands, they look
back or turn aside in the path upon which
they have entered. Their way is now on.
ward, over cve1y obstacle, except those
that the Constitution has set up in theii
way. Their field is not only in the Border
States, but everywhere that treason has
made a lodgmeat, and the subjects Of theil
justice arc not only the carriers Of rcbel
mails, the spies resident among us who
make these mails up, and the recruiting
scrgeants whose labor it is to swell the
rebel ranks, but that whole tribe Of scoun
drels, who, garnishing their conversation
and their deeds with empty professions Q
loyalty, make treason and its SUCCESS tn
objects Of their incessant lnbor. There
hardly village in Illinois in which sui
jccts for Burnside may not be found. Til:
be will, while showing bold front to tb
enemy before him, have al eye upon tt
ueaner and more cowardly foe that keel
up the fire in the rear, is necessity, atte
ton to which he cannot forcgol