The Portland daily press., 1865-05-22
Traitors as well as Belligersnts.

the United States has been contending Tor the
last four years as enemies, in the nerces' auu
grandest civil war-of history, snah now De
held TO account ;udicialiy for the crime OF
treason involved in the war itself, is ques-
: tion, as we have Indicated IN . previous artf
Gle, for the political power in the State, the
I,eoislature and the President to settle. They
viii settle it in Difference to the deliberate
s nublc sentiment of the nation, which will be
70 some extent affected by regard to the APP,
probation Of disinterested foreign nations
]. The lights Of history must guide us to decis-
ions which are fitting to the age and to civ
ilized and free state, and which win be safe
precedents for ourselves and other nations in
similar perils that may come hereafter.
Going back through the history of the ma
ton, from which our own derived its Ian
guage, its religion, its liberty and its law, to
the age when its constitution began to get
settled upon basis of order, we find that,
late In the 18th century, a rebellion broke out
In England which involved the actual levying
of war, the organization of armies and slaugh-
ter Of men on the battlefield. The rebels en-
deavored to establish upon the throne brave
and generous prince, the son OF their late King,
In whose legitimate birth many persons SIN
cereiy uol,oseu, una wneso hDerAf Greco ac-
corded with the cherished faith OF three
fourths OF the people. Bot the English con-
stitution recognizes as its fundamental basis
the principle of hereditary monarchy, and al
. sao1sn sue islsnins Aius was sy.ans anu
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ss1ccession ~ sne nouso y .A@,'o.o., 'ne.
were TWO iormloaDie a''emp's ny INVASION anu
war 20 relnssaue 1ne otnarus upon lne snrone'
one IN lslo ana the otner IN lt4o. multituuss
OF men Of all ranks owing allegiance 70 tne
reignlng King, joined the iorce Of the lnva-
uers' batties were IougnI, toWhs ana cues
TAKEN, ana the repehion, IN both instances,
MADE formidable neaaway toward . success
iui revolution. But AFTER awhile the insur-
genus were defeated, captured, many OF them
executed under martial law, and others tried
TOR hsgh treason In the court, condemned and
eAecuteu. Inc masses OF tne reeeis, nowev-
or, saved their lives under liberal amnesty.
The next considerable rebellion In English
history was that Of the American colonies
The English settlements on this side OF the
ocean never formed part OF the kingdom OF |
Great Britain. The colonists, as the elder
Pitt affirmed, were Englishmen, entitled to all
tne rights OF Englishmen. They had come to
the New World voluntarily and had been left
tnefe 70 form lnsututions congeniai 70 tnem-
saves AND "a THAR situation. Iney had ADOPT
~ nel'ner ING natlona' ecciesias'lcai nor po
n1SaA sys.en' "a. Wele' Hon sno 1ailiess
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were lnusuaiiy Isspecteu, ana prisoners were
exchanged and paroled. But Great Britain |
never. durino the war raiinop;ebad bar sov- /
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those taken In arms against tho sovereign.-l
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oiiemma mat the United States found itselfin
1881. If these prisoners are sent to trial
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