North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-04-22


GENERAL lIALLEcKs MEANING The New
York Hmtd, n1tnIns General II ,Iicck', I'M
pd>>i"rrd declaration rtar after II I>hrng the
REBEL o al the South our ar nirS Will - 'ulac,.
their ID, els upon .he nls vi >ilcakl;g irar-
tons in The Nur'h," SAYS:
/" Acc0rd.n3 t0It tis most s;qn fcnni GroC
at hdrti0i MU and Tie telI0rs 0f mHtlarg
executions ar toprerad IL tie ..oth ATE;
THE CLOSE "F THE WAR;"
D.cs the HotM bei4re thai General HI
irck lnlc"'icd ~ threaten martial law an
military cX,cu ion bv the language To wiuci,
u thus rci' r. IL II a. Cs HoI iniirvc IhI>
Incredible abSurlI:v, why docs II l,h r tn r>.
tahlI-h such II in.hrr Ia ;he minis IL its read
rr> ?-Bosi n ddreytispr.
The uiiIicnliy when The 44drpiH-er iiu,lS
in believing that General III ,IItck me mt what
he said cAnnot arise from any Ambiguity IN
his lansnasr, but only from The ln>"lrnt ab
duy # Tie tfrca', The Drmoci a ic parry
at whom this air"cIuuS threat Is directed. are
an uadrnbte1 mi .rtl II the northern Ie
J., and If llaIIcck, who ailixes in his menace
his tliclal signature as Gtncr,Lin c!.iri,'
"'''A'' ''ANN ~ I'''' II ii NtChbh'n It
would find he had m"rc f"rni Lathe ID on
his bands than ven tho crushing OF the re
bei.' D 'cS the 4drerfiser mra5 to sns.
.rsI that General IlAlcck nl " intended 10
hu lr the ID, m9c"at> lay an lille menace which
he would never dare tXrcn'c? \ vlp,r
irg lully is more cnntrnptlhIe than an ~
tlrdsrd ',raut. The la',cunsc OF Gen, raj
ilIll' OK Is free from any amblo uity which
can relieve his reputation;
We have alrea ly ma lc great procress IN
thls visa grta'.r lrn.rc>S thai was ever
h''t''rr made nniirr similar c'rcum>ta.crS-
Our armies are >tIil advancing, AMI, if sus
tanned hy tue voices If The irrrrni,c mlhrn,
N home. hpg wW, ere long crash fhp IrJ,i
lien iH he SIHft, AND THEN j,incp Mpir hreLs
apo ne h us 0f saelkiHJ hditors ia he
N"rh Very .esrecllu.I!, Your ubcdlcnl
SrIv mt,
II. w. 1lALLEcE, General in Chief
On which we { fer the ST nh,l,rls remarks
]. This placing The heels of the army" nn
the heads of sneaking trairors"-Il .llcci's
cautions designation Of Democrats-is an
nounccd to take place after the rebellion is
crushed, the war ended, and the return tf
the army 70 the North.
Q Tie army, after its rctarn t. tho Nnr:h,
is tn he u>el for the cxtrrmnitIon f the
men whom General IIaIl,ck calls sneaking
traitors.
). II necessarily follows that these so-ca1
ed "traitor." whose crime is that they Il fer
from the men in 'wer are mol tu he lr cce l.
cd against in the civil Courts bv due process
Of law for in that Gaze there wnull he no
use f"r an army to Place ITS heels VI on their
beads.
4. The very millest meth II Of military
pr, ceeding in such cases would be bv courts
martial ascending tn our Interpretation of
Genera, Halicck', language t. which the
Adreri'Ser takes exception. A trial bv a
Court martial and a regular military cxccu.
tlon world certainly .be Preferable To shoot
ing down n"rthcrn cltiz,ns ike Digs on mere
suspicion, without any Grrm of trial at all
5. We d. not wonder hat humane and
sensible ,urnal is reluctant t" hrcv, that
raj II,llrck'S a"Gua.e will ala,t nf was
meant by him Bnr who, two wears AGO, v..'l
not Lave rrnai led with stuhh, rn i,crcdul,ty
n prediction that Ih'S administration would
pc. reinafc tie hi"h-har'lcl onIrtcp< an ,er
s"na' liberty, private rights, anil the freed, IN
al di-cns>i"n, which we have wrtrrs. cd nm.
der color "f martial lag aud pretended mil,
| tarv auth"rIIy2 With our tx,errence ,(
this administration. II won'd not IL, ranI,r
hut 81 nrhciiy Ia di.crcdt the DESIGNS i,
av0ws merely on the ground that ttry orr il
legal aud wicked Tha, it VIII nerer su csaJ
in carrying ont such n threat as iha, mado
bv General IL lllrck is an ASSURANCE. that rcst. j..
not IN the character e tie adm nl>,ratinr.
hut nn the manly and rrS"lue d, Dance will
which II wi he met by the people II iS +,
singing insult Ia the whole counrrv ihat ,b,s
atrnc'nus threat should he made upjcr bis
official signature by the highest officer in the
army, wha, " dressed in little brief authori
tv," and, swollen with the insolpnce If q. ice
thus signs hlmselfin letter aldresseJ ia n
popular meeting. - H'orid.