The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1863-02-07

oaending, and bsing thereof, legally con
gieted, shall be punished with 6ns and inn-
pRisonment a. aforesaid p lfss Of sstwenty
thensand pounds, p and iRpsispnmeus Tor
Y i've years. Ma F{fa. ggAg ,gaag agttT s1t st4
|-4 Nov. ia Id n question of soRe interest, se
ahe pFsseae time, whak wonld be- tbs fate or
aome men amoug ne.gwege they jim The hanfs
OF the patriots of oldsn timess Have they
not 'sraised sumalts and disoFdeFs in the
States," and dpae oil they dare 30 do 60
ssfavor the 'enemysn ~. -.
Nov it fs undoubtedly true that resoftiug
eto che law oE self. defense, Of y military.
laacessisyy y,iashs Government has, In sosas
instances, and. by the hands Of seme
Of its many agents, acted with ,waht OF dis
crimination and unDecessary sev Gritty; yettiSe
truly loyal who have suffered from this can
readily forgive is foF; the sake Of tho 0enn-
try; and the traitors or the abettors OF Erea-
sen who have gotten of easier than they
would have done bad they bsen in tho hands
Of Washington. Patrick Henry, and others
OF that day, may well be content that they
were not held for s'iSe years." nor fnsd
"twenty Thousand pounds!H = a4,G >, -.t.
But le: % See according 30 the Supreme
Court Of the United States as now consti-.
tuted-who have made themselves obnoxious
to the laws and to punishment, and 70
leave to this community--who knew the
faess--to paint the finger. Here~is from
Judge Catron's celebrated charge to the
Grand Jury at St, Louis, given at the
commencement OF this Outbreak: ita ~ :.
elf a citizen of the United Eiates, do
ring fereign war, adheress to tha enemy,
giving him aid and comforts he violates
bis allegiance and is a traitor; and every
act is done towards carrying on domestic
war, or an insurrection raised BY American
citizens against tbeir own Government,
# done by one owing allegiance' to
the Utiited States, and with the intent TO
further the reasonable object, may fall
within the definition of 'levylDg war;' and,
ther efore, the latteF species Of treason be
broad enough; to cover every such act dH-
ring o rebellion or iusurrection.
Whatever, during q foreign war, would
amount TO fadhering TO the foreign eaemy,'
giving him 'aid and comfprt,' would gen.,
orally, be treason, during an ipsurrection,5
If dons In aid Of the iDsurrecsioDists. Hebes,
II is a rule oK Law that tthe Joining With the
rebellion, or With the nemsis in act OF hos.
tllity, will axe u traitor -, ,....., ..-,t
We have given both the ancient and
modern views Of men In high authority as
to what makes a man . @sftraitor,a and
therefore it may be judicious for those who
would make it appear, now they are terri
bly aggrived by what has happened to
them, and The plain result Of beiBgin comr
plicity with o vile insHrectiou,, TO make
themselves as little conspicuous as possible.
When our city was placed in stage OF
siege, itsfbidgss burned, and the flag OF the
country proseribed; when our best citizens
were subjected to the most brutal threats
by the would be revoIutionists OF the hour,
the latter need not hhster themselves
thatthey did not give thsmselvs on unsu1
Eiable nDtoriety, such 40 may be she cause
of o good deal of discomfort when the ma
tIon has leisure to reckon With these as
saiIan Of its peace. Thus far, the worst
or most notorious Of them have been bot
mildly dealt with, cOnsid eriHg their deserts.
The citizens of C0mmoBwealth which
has been kept ln a fermsnt for so long q.
period bv their treasonhble acts will not
forget them; and as for Ghs Government
yet strong in the affections of the people,
It may we'll seoif at their threats and, dsfy
their maleyoIence, They have Jared better
than they deserved. p : 4
In Tnakipg these remarks we by no
means justify ylthe Government, and especi-
ally the War Department in oil the arrests
it has made. Undoubtedly it has, in many
cases, exercised an unquetiohable, bot yet
extreme e power, agsinss unimpbrt6ut per-
cons ard for triy Int offsnses. IthssaTrest- !
st many too hastily, and released others
too leniently. Ii has also displayed o
want of Judgment in not bringing TO
prompt trial, 10 the States that were entirely
loyal, parties srrestd there for reasonably
practices. A few convictions, such as
could have had easily been obtained year
ago, would have had vastly good effsct
end obviated much OF the necessity for fa.
true arrests. Bnt this abuse of the power
of summary arrests in times of war
and insurreetiou should not be used, under
the influence Of a just sensitivness on the
subject Of personal liberty, TO deuy the Gov
ernment prsrogative which was essentially
necessary 20 its preservation. Nor should
those who were justly arrested and impris-
oned-who, by acts and influence, by both
deeds and words, had shown their treason.
able iutents and Desires be permitted 70
shield themseIvs under the public sympathy
for others who suffered unjustiy or withoGt
sufFi ioient cause. There 10 an evident dis
tiuction 10, cases which the country should
not fail to draw, and which it is necessary
to draw 10 order that public criminals may
rot usurp she ross OF ainnooent martyrs.