, 1863-06-19


States, that pap r should be suppressed, aud
the. editor taken in charge by the Govern
mint. There is undoubtedly q: scheme to
tIlg effect brewing -alncn2, disloyal men In the
Vest : The blindness; = tho fully, the suicide
of closing our Eastern. gateway to the out
tween us and the markets Of Europe in that
direction; Is fustu upon men ofthis description.
Their little; malignant; md criminal minds will
Fec rothfuE. and heed nothing but hatred
OF: the, Yabkees;;E. New England Is guilty Of
three. offsl c.s tor which tLey can neyer for
give her, but whicl, -in the estimation Of al
just minded men,. wreath her: brows with
libtlty, anu aAe Il loyal to the Government Of
The country I will say. to these men, end,
Snow. I aIn speaking tile universal loyal senti-
neut Of. the North-tiye- hundred Thousand
ev ords that have never flashed in battle, :are
rea6yto leap from their scabbards aud drink
The blood of the miscreants, though their
name:w ere legion, who may hive the tculcri
t. TO undertake. the accomplishment Of tn,
da1nnlug deed their hea,tE are set upon! 1t
f. no part Of the intention or purpose Of the
trnc men OF 'hfs North lsud, East, West, or
Middle, to surrender. up their ,d.stily,, and
that 0f tllclr country and siosterity forever,
into the Lands Of -knarcs and traltors! This
infamous project, threatening future and con,,
rlicattd danger to the country, should b. met
in its earliest approaches; and when these ap:
proacles manifest themselves alta time like
Ills, they should be struck down ut once bs
the strong hand Of the Goyernm.nt.
--Aga1ni whosTer pours oil upon the flames
OF civil strif: BY appealing to the spirit Of ia-
snrrection Should be Immediately seizeA asli
tflcnccd by tho Government. WAscyer Is en-
saged in weakening thu hands: Of tue Govern
nent by discouraging. ;enllstInents iuto its
service, Should be promptly treated in like
manner WhoeVeE -ls engaged In It secret
combination hostile to the Goyer!.1nent,
Nlat1lcr - Knights Of the Gt31dcn Circle" OF
other, and whether for the purpose Of resist
ing conscsiption, resisting Icycnue laws; Or
forthc formation Of some new coufed::lcy,
thould lc at once arrested and provided for
~ the Goyernmcnt--with the single qnalitl.
cation That be is Of sufficient consequence to
he ot dangerous influence. And whoever is
t7ate III the feet Of rebellion, BY promoting
descr.ions from the army, should be arrested
III every case, and. if necessary, punished
With severity. Thia last otrt,lsp Is pf recu-
liar atr0city, aud should be met with promp.
titude and rigor.- The relation it sus-
tains to: the, Law OF war is thus correctly
stated BY Bynkc1shock, in his excellent book
upon that subjdct; IL know too we'll, that
these who promote desertlon, arc not less
guilty. and do not deserve less punishment
than do Ecscrters themselves; and Indeed
among some. NATIONS, that crime has even
been Construed in:o higher treason.n: = Law
OF War, p Ia. And further, and -enp!,ati~
cally-Nilateser deaag5ogue and. traitor, high
or low, shall takr it on himself to advise fur
tber rebellion among The people, asainst these
most just, most constitutional and necessary
acts for the suppression OF disloyaity, should
he Immediately taught the superiority Of tho
Government overall demasoSues and traitors
whatever! Their game Of beng ''left alonc''
while their deviltry spreads, ripens and ma
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the mcn In authority take tltis stand, to the
extent that public safety may require, or be
responsible for the din consequences which
may resnlt from the nonuEe ,ot powers which
1t is their sacred anu sWotn dury to- employ
on such an occasion. Let them take this
city. giving. as speedy examinations,
and as full a statement Of reasons as
the nature Of the case and the public SAFETY
Hill wa1Eaut-and the whole loyal people will
cone to their support, ns come the waves Of
the. sea when moved by. tie winds Of heren!
The advocates Of treason talk Of liberty OF
speech and the press, without once thinking
tf tie distinction between tie liberty Of u
ilan and 1ht license of O beast; without once
thinking Of that just subordtnAtion to law
:snd social order, without which no liberty and
lo civil rights can be SECURE. Suppose i tnan
sl 1hould 3l cal yo9r 9 ySSg people teSs,tss a1a
proceed to cont1overt the fundamental prin-
cir1es Of right and honesty. Suppose he
should tell them that the principles of the
Decs.1oguc are al boeh; that ones father and
mother are no more to be honored than other
people; that n craven image Is as g3od
. God rs any; and that there Is no plrticu-
ing false witness, whenever. they ap-
pear to be 10 ones ow1 advantage.
How far would he get in this direction
before ydu wunld feel tempted TO interfere
with bis sacred liberty Of spet.ch? Tie fruits
Of such teaching might be . solitary crime or
tu.inoralily here and there. 1neoinparably
worse are the fruits Of the teachIng Of trea-
son against Just and excellent government.
When flat monster once lifts its head openly,
IT lights The torch If the incendisry, In city,
village; and country itsweeps away millions
upon millions of property; and it carries the
red hand Of murder to thousands upon thou
sands Of 1earthstones! If men would reflect
treason, they would all the more readily see
and appreciate the powers Of the Government
over The subject. : -. -. =
individuals who nre noisy In pretended de-
votion to the CONSTITUTION, Ind better make
! their devotion ot;soms account. by7detendf6g
aud unfolding, instead of denying and fdtter-
ing away the particular parts ana powers Of
the Constitution which are most valuable ut
this critical time. Most Of these persons
started ont by Indignantly. denying the
rnwer. Of the. Government to ~coerce
matters u ans; aud By prophesyipg
North, should the Government send SOL
dicrs to the field in defense Of It's life Over
borne By the general patriotic feeling Of the
people, their next cry was, that at all events
tie Government could do nothing with trait
ors not in arms: and upon this they are still
ringing the changes: 1t Is Enot: too nauchto
Z: say-for tue clearness Of The law, together
with. their oun antecedents prove i-that
very E2any Of this class Of men are actuated
b one of two motfFes-sympothy with the
rebellion, or a partisan hostility which blinds
them to the -dntics Of patriotism'., Let The
iIble guiltiness he is mourning before God and
his country, when he yields htusself =: such a
+ lime to the guidance Of snchrnotivess There
nre -others who are actuatcd by neither OF
these pro1nptings, but are honestly mislcd by
demagogues, to whom they have unfortunate
ly given their confidence. These want light,
1hoss repentance, and the h. b!oKipg Of The tn
ye1ted hearts. -
These disloya1:- demagogues aze ! doing
all in their power to 1nislead. the people BY
infamous l,efTefeions-of- the history Of Eng
lish liberty in whicH LA11ericAmB talse@ao just
an interest. Magma Cbarta under King John,
25ttl 25ttl, 22SStt S7th, 38th and 42d Of Edward Ill
BY the stPctition Of Right undrr CHARLES I,
md the I. Bill Of Rights. Under James II, are
The prominent anu, glorious landmarks Of
British freedom, and all are quoted and per
: verified by American traitors; even as; tile doyi1
ed Scripture itself The great fact running
through English history upon this subject Is,
that under King John, under Charles I, under
. Jn1Des Il, and on several other occasions, laws
of the kingdom were suspended, or British
subjects arbitrarily arrested and held, II
= time Of profound peaco, wtlen there was no
.pretence of public danger; when there was 10
threat Of either At such time, and under
snch circumstances, John Hampden, Edmond
Hampden, .pasuel, -Corbet, Earle, and many
others, were tyrannically seized and impris-
oned in violation 3of: the Law: Of Eng
land: for refusing to pay-forced loans.
ttances, James Il arbitrarily suspended seve-
raj statutes Of the kisgdom, besides attempt
+ ing to. apgllcise the Spanish :inauisition, by
erecting tile "court Of high commission -
over the church Of England. It Was for such
acts, perpetfated under such circumstances
Of peace md public *kafety51 that the 'Barons
met King John at Runnymede e-that the Com.
mons Topped of the head Of Charles I, aud
drove James II from his throne. How widely
| do such exercises OF tyraInical power-de.
| etrnctfye ot all liberty in any country, differ
| from that just measure Of authority, lodged
| ih bpil the British aud American COstitutions,
10 puard the public safety on special aud per
! ilous occasions! And who but q demagogue
aud traitor at heart will-citc- the resistance
| which was made to the tone,' asEA' PRECEDENT
jnetitying resistance to the other? -.
Tic power Of which I speak, though take
It not frcm necessity, was yet taken from ne
t ~cessity by those Tho made our Constitution
| It's equivalent has fonud plnce In every es
Established and ,permanentt gogerunent thai
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