The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-06-01
What is thought in Great Britain
OF the Long EXpulsiOn--FFOni
the Edin5Wrg Scotsman, April

the EdinbUrg Scotsman, April
81.
Another painful proof that in the United
States the principles Of political liberty are
not understood, and that its spirit is dead,
has been supplied by the fact Of large ma
,iority Of the House Of Representatives hav-
ing voted the expulsion Of member for ex-
pressing an opinion that there is IL necessity
for making peace between North and South
by means of separation, The Americans can
now, it appears, respect nothing and toler
ate nothing but what serves the purpose Or
ministers to the passion of the hour The
Constitution, the laws, the judiciary have all
in turn been kicked aside to suit some mo
mentary convenience and now, freedom of
speech, even in Congress, is to be treated as
an otfense. The majority have voted that it
is treason to express any opinion but
theirs on the topic which, above all topics,
it is the duty Of the Congress to discuss
There is nothing like this in history Of rep
resentatives-the history Of our own Parlia-
ment, even in its worst days, furnishes only
contoasts. Britain never had a war, foreign
or domestic, on the policy, the management,
and the proper or best attainable settlement
Of which any member of Parliament was not
a parallel to what we are seeing at Washing
ton, it would be necessary to suppose that
the Speaker Of the House of Commons, in
the debates Of eighty years ago, had moved
the expulsion of MI Burke for his declara-
ton (made often and vehemently) that the
American ''rebels" of his day had Just
cause, and that it was the duty of the British
Government to yield and make peace.
ay,,, tb,+ would bo ,-a boo, ,,o naval
ell to this. for the American Congressman
did not, like Burke and Chcatham say that
the rebels had just cause-his remarks
were not directed to the principles, but only
to the practical portion OF the contest-he
did not speak of what was just Or constitu-
tional, but of only what was expedient OF
necessary. These are the precise words, the
use e0f which majority of the House Of Rep
resentatives hold to be deserving Of expul-
sion: Il now believe there are but two al
South as an Independent nation, or their
people. OF these alternatives | prefer tee
former " If the Representatives are to
say anything abont the war at all, except
ly be permitted to say this, or the like. 1t
that the Coniederates had Constitutional
right Of secession, though such an interpre-
tation of the Constitution has been held and
ayowed by multitudes Of American poiti-
clans, including some Of the most eminent
statesmen, He did not even say that the
Confederates had any justification in reason
or justice, though that is an opinion not III
consistent with sanity. He only said that,
,NF, a. Il
prospects were such as to leave only the
choice between exterGinating and sepala-
ting from some millions Of his countrymen,
and that he preferred separating to eXterni-
mating.
OF course, it was open to any other per-
son to reply that the North is not reduced
to that alternative, or that, though she had
the choice Of only two things, the proper
choice is determination and not separation.
But what the majority Of the House resol-
we'd was that to express such an opinion is
an act Of treason Perhaps it was easier
to do that than to show that the facts were
otherwise than the offender represented
them, or that there is any sounder OF even
any other possible conclusion but that to
which he came Even i'll the course of this
very debate, and chiefly by the persons who
were denounclng peace as Synonymous with
treason such facts as these were stated
that since the war began, IA quarter of
a million OF the best and brayest men i'll the
land had been sent to their grave" that the
North is resuming the war with 600, 900
men, and 200, 900 more to follow; that 'the
Treasury receipts are less than onc-tenth Of
the expenses and that the South is less
than ever disposed to submit.
From such facts admitted, it does not
seem irrational to draw the inference that
the North, if she will not be content to be as
she is, cas- much hard and cruel work to do.
Further, the same opinion has been uttccr-
ed frequently since the commencement Of
the war even by some Of the very men who
have now voted it treason, The former
Commander-in-C Chief indicated pretty plain
ly at the beginning, that there We're only
two choices, and that the one which he tho
the better was to let the wayward sisters
90 in peace" But it is argued, that what
might quite properly be said at the Begin
ming, it is treason to say at any time after
wards. One resolution said" What might
be said with propriety and loyalty three
years ago, could not be said to-day. 1t de-
pended on the circumstances of the times
lie might vote against the declaration Of war;
bnt when the country has decided on war,
he must look upon those against whom it
was declared as his enemies. What is this
but saying, that ifonce you go to war, you
must never talk of peace? According to
this doctrine. it was not only treason for
Chatham and Burke te oppose the war,
against the American rebels of their day,
but it was still'blacker treason for Shelburne
and Portland to propose to accept terms for