Weekly Trinity journal., 1863-01-03
n uIllbOr 51.

LOYAL to the Union and its republican Institutions.
There is but one course to be pursued. The
rtJeloR must be crashed bg the strong hand Of the
GoeeynmeRt-is us ruling spirits hiNed or captured or
dripea out Of the continent. Go to the oppressed
with power to strike down those who oppress
them, and they will rush to you with tears of joy.
You need no olive branch for them, and to re-
cover the South there is no other course TO pur-
sue
What Indications hare you seen that cay terms
,cOHld be accepted by these tpHoys, wbjch the free
spirit of the North coHid t0lerGteP Do you have
iany in their desperate prosecution of the war,
h The doings of their Congress, in the Geclara.
tioas of their Foreign Representatives, in the
words of their Military Commanders? Mol
Ihey tell you again aud again that there can be
no termsN-that under no condition will they ever
consent toUve with you again. They mean il, and
there IS 6Ht one 0HcFnatire before as. We must con-
qwr hem or JAcoaqaered by them.
The only traitovs are not in the South. There
will never be Government so abounding in
blessings that there Will not be some traitor who
would pull it down to elevate himself
Men here are making platform of the phrase
- the Constitution as ii, and the Union as it
was,' What do HeP mean by IL? We are all sat
hfed WM the Constitution as is. lam satisfied
,cHh Il. IL blessed me as long as traitors permitted
me 10 enjoy it, We GH dccepta. II guarantees
rjgb@ and / ,cdm them respected want loyal
slaveholders to have their rights, and want,
with still more earnest desire, the traitor slave
holders to have their rights. What are they .
[Crics of the rope.
| do not object to the Constitution because it
tolerates slavery, nor do object to il because it
is so framed, thank God, that il tolerates the
non existence Of slavery. Yoa hiah, probably,
that am fast becoming an AboiiiioR1. BriciB,
/ am. Three years ago | should have been
ashamed to be called an Abolitionist, because it
would have been unjust AS n slave holder
was conscious of no wrong for which feel it
necessary to ask forgiveness to-day But don't
occupy the position towards slavery now which |
did then. VhHe II 'cds sHboTdtAdie to o"r Gooern-
neat and dc9HieSceat t0iCards The institutions Of De-
mocrdcy, Re0er w0Hid haze attacked H But when
| found it in the haads of desperate men, an ele
ment of despotism and IN agent of hostility to
free government, became not q sentimental H6o-
Hioaist, bm Ace, earnest, Practieat A6otHonist
Some, | presume, may suspect that do not
think the Presidents Proclamation so very bad
thing The suspicion is correct. ! haHhe Proc
Iam1tion as The haibiRger Of a brighter ddy for my
co"aty. / knov that is masiag eoe,y froitorous
Belshogcr in tie South LeBIbie. 1t is the hand
writing on the wall TO them, which ioretells their
DOOM
A couserva tive man may ask me If think the
TresiueuG mas right 10 take my few slaves, L
being loyal to the Government. AS u lawyer,
| should surely answer honestly, don't believe
he has the right. But | do know that the Presi-
dent Of the United States Commander in-chef
Of its armies, aud clothed in the powers con fcrred
upon him by the acts of Congress-he has the
poWer-the war power-to take away from rebels
all the property they own, including negroes
II he uses that power he can suppress rebellion,
certainly and SURELY know it. When he has
done that, am willing to forfeit my reputation
for truth if the loyal Shareholders of tho South
do not ask the Government to help them to get
rid of their slaves.
No po,oer Hm does not strife at daUcry can
crash Tie reJctlion. It's She0ghh, its motipe It's hIe
as IN that. There are men now who talk OF the
constitutional rights of the rebel slaveholder-
What are II traitors rights under the Constitution!
1ad Whn Of the righte Of The pOor do'ca rOdden,
non siagrhoi9ing people Of The Sowh who ncper
comphGaM of Heir GouerHmeab nor coaPired
0gaHaH Has anything been said of the rights
of these by those who talk of the rights Of their
oppressors? II you are concerned about any
rights and sympahzc with any class in the South,
let i, in Ha0eas Hame, be the rights and the suffer-
iags Of those ,0ho are g"Hiess Of wrOag.
This talk finds ready listeners among the lead
ers of the rebellion They talk there, too, about
Lincoln's violations OF the Constitution, aud ex'
press deep horror in consequence. Now, any
thing that brings throb of JOY to Davis, or his
officers or his orgons l respectfully decline to
approve"
Col. Hamilton proceeded to urge again most
earnestly the great conviction, that in this great
struggle with the rebelious slave power we must
whip or be whipped that we must use bayonets
and cannon, strong arms and sturdy hearts. and
if they are inadequate to the task we are already
conquered.
lie then addressed himself to those who draw
n subtle distinction between the Government aud
the Administration, protesting to support the
one while opposing the other. He de clared it to
be a piece of sophistry which no intelligent citi-
zer ought to impose upon another. The Admin
istration is the Government. The Government
is Government Of the people, and the admins
traitors its representatives. 1t has clothed them
with delegated authority. The men who argue
such distinction, are attempting to delude the
people with treacherous sophistries