Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-08-06
Ne them have traitors and adolescent


We then have traitors and adolescent |
rebels right amongst US. They abound |
in the North. In the language of a |
reverend gentlemen who treated on this
subject, amongst others, on Fast-day:
''The land is full Of treason-treason at
the South, treason at the North, treason
at the East, treason at the West" The
body polite is diseased with treason
throughout, and it may be that nothing
but thorough renovation at the hands
Of an outraged God viii cure it. Treas
on is as plenty in the land as we're the
frogs in Egypt
Oh, that the people would lay aside
their old party prejudices, and view this
crime of treason in the correct light
Oh, that they would reflect on its enor-
nifty 1t is the worst crime against man
that can be committed, and is, besides,
a crime against the Most High: Murder
is the taking of life Of the individual,
Treason is the attempt to take the life OF
the Nation and the consequent perpetra-
ton Of murder on large scale. More
especially is treason under our form OF
government a crime of unparalleled
enormity and hidiousness, from the fact
that it may result not only in the de-
struction Of the Nations life, and the
commission of murder on large scale,
and the destruction of social order, and
the blasting Of individual prosperity
aud all the other ordinary evils Of treas
on, but that it may extinguish forever
the light Of liberty in the earth, and
sweep from the globe this only asylum
Of the oppressed and this last hope Of
the presented and dovntrodden Of all
| lands.
In the lurid glare Of Treason, all other
crimes pale their Intellectual fires =
Robbery becomes an innocent pastime,
arson the amusement Of schooLboy,
and murder the diversion Of the sports
man.
Is it nothing but laudable zeal to
sustain a party when citizen joins a
secret order which denounces the con-
stitutional government as an usurpaIion,
advises resistance to It's just authority,
and assists rebels BY all possible means
10 break it down and thus subvert the
National authority, aud destroy the I'm
ion Of the States? Is it indeed Democ-
rscy--that holy yet mueh-abused word
for certain members of that party to ar
ray themselves as an organization against
the constituted authorities, and to give
"aid and comfort" to the enemies Of the
United States7 If so, God protect US
from Democracy, a system which in
it's purity is beautiful and nobles and
save us from the effects Of party zeal,
which, in peaceful times, when rightly
employed, purifes the political elements
and regulates the working Of our insti-
tutions.
Verify, Treason is abroad in the land.
Il is our great, oyershadowing sin. We
have forgotten the sacrifices our fathers
made to establish this benefcent Gov
ernmeut for as. We have lost sight of
the innumerable blessings of Govern
ment which, before the rebellion, never
laid its bend on the law-abiding citizen
except in kindness. Where else in the
world is so much liberty, so much happi-
ness, so much prosperity possible, as I'M
der our Federal systemf And with our
country again united IS it once was,
and as it will be when Treason is
expelled from our Eden, what other Ma
ton is better able to protect its citizens
and secure 70 them all the blessings of
civilization
Let us, then, renew our vows to the
Union. Let us pledge ourselves to stand
by it unconditionally, until it is restored
to its fall integrity, glory, and power,
and until it stands once more amongst
the nations Of the earth, the peer Of the
proudest, and the mightiest of the
mighty.
A proud future is in store for the
United States Of America, if the loyal
people will only remain true to the spirit
of our institutions in these dark days of
the Republic. Cursed be the man who
deserts the Union in its extremity.