The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-06-28

not the theories OF our own Government.
not tue theories according to which crimes
have been punished ia this land. F,r
capital crimes have boon the custom of the
American people to administer Capitnl puii-
ishmcut, and how shall We account to his.
tory it, having administered capital punish.
mont for various crimes, high VI low, now,
at last, when thcre comes the arch Crmi.
nails, that havo committed the arch crimes of
all timc, We let thcm gog | say that these
men should Toe triud tor treason. and should
abide the ISSUE of that trial. Why boy
from the Green Mountains goes down to
The Peninsula, with the uniform upon him
aud musket in his hand, aud lac goes
through seven fights, and ono night, after II
toiSonc day, he is Sent out ON picket duty,
aud from over fatigue his eyes close IN
sleep, for which he suffers death. Now.
how, having put that man TO death because,
under palIatug circumstances, he was u
little lacking in his duty, shall We lot the
very arch criminal, whose great CRIME calls
FOR the sovcrest ot rctributiou, go without
touching hair Of his hcadg You know
10y the newspapers, that we are trying Mrs.
Pcrriuo and MIR. Harris for treason; and
say that il will bo farce if we do not try
Jefferson Davis and General Lee Tor trca.
son. believe, with my lrieud, Brigadier.
Gcnsrd Fisk, OF 81, EauiS, that the Chris
tian duty of this country toward General
Lee is 10 pray for him ON tho way to the
gallows! have some good news, You
know that certain delegates of tho Christian
Commission went to the house Of General
Lee, the man whose hands were dripping
with more blood than those of any other
mau--to pay TO him thoir prospects," Ah.
LOT bn al, ,,,ttl tI 4.
telegram which will readi
L. S. CuNtsrINN COMMISSIONS
PmIAnGtruA, May 9, 1868.
10 hs Editor ot tie iadsp.ad,it;
Please state in your paper that the delegates
who visited General Ice in Richmond So widely
noticed aud justly condcmncd- have been recalled,
LEMUEL MOSS, Secretary.
by all the horrible guilt of this hdcous
and ghastly rohcllon--by the dcsolation it
has wrought of fire and sword by its half
million slain victims buried in their own
blood-hy its mutterahe barbaritics upon
tho sick and woundcd--by the accusing
! ghosts of siXty.toW thousand prisoners
starvCd-hy the holy memory of our assas.
sinated President stand by the side of his
! fresh opened grave, and unrol to this ma
ton the scroll of its own law, which has de.
clarcd TO him from tho beginning of the re.
be death. Then, when, with one hand. we
have granted Justice to the oppressed;
whom, with tho other, wo have executed
! justice upon tho oppressor; when, botl,
hands thus mado clean wo shall lift them
up to Gcd fer his blessing, then ho shall
give TO us country chosen out of all the
earth to be the most favored Of heaven. Who
shall then dare to lift the veil of tho future
and predict the coming greatness of this peo,
| pie? The great Republic! Chief among the
nations! They who stand on tho mountain
TOP, looking at the rising sun, shade their
eyes lest they should bo da22lcd by the
| brightness; and so lbcy who look forward
to tho grcatening glories Of this Union
stand bcwildcred ut the panorama. 4 do
| mann 80 great that the sun, to cross it from
east TO west, prulongs tho day with his
! journey; and from north to soutl the m
| grating swallow finds two climates in one
| empire! And everywhere one flag, ont
Allegiance, ono peCple-no slavery to ve1
| the Land more, no rebellion to roud il asnn
der--abroad, commerce on every sea-a
homo, harvests on every lield--and Chris
tian civilization keeping pace with our ma
tional prosperity, until church bells shal
answer each other from hill to vale through
| out the land Christian hrothcrn, when we
look at this grand prospect in the future 49,
remembering that the seed which the Pill
grims planted is only in tho green stalk to
| day, and what therefore shall be tho full
blown rose when time shall bring the gold
en- year when we think how illnstrious
is TO be the inheritance of our chldren's
children, what is our duty in this hour o
our festival but to say, =" Blessed be the
Lord God of Israel, from everlasting tc
everlasting, aud let all the people So,
| Amen -