Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-05-06

to drinking-saioons aud bacchanaiiaE
feasts. Many who had been respeeteC
for their morality and religion, wers
seen induigiug in intemperapce, anC
staggering upon the slreetsy Il theI
said. o my Godl what shalt the end o
these things be2 felt that the insult
ing of a mercifuI Being, who had grant
ed us such signal victories, would Ger
tainly be followed by some calamity
At last the silence of night had Q1i
eted to repose the excited masses os hs
man beings sfMaak 81
/ The sound 81 rsveiry, not Of prayer
and thanksgiving, had hardly died away
when the nation rose up TO wall and
mourn. EFO Il E&A
Treason is crime Of the deepest dye
has always been so considered, and ths
only just penalty for it is death.
There was the treason Of Zimri, who
conspired against Asa, King of judah
and went into the house of ARA, and
assassinated him. God in His provi-
dence would not suffer the traitor to z O
unpanished his army besieged the
city, and Zimri finding no way for bis
escape, shut himself up in the palace
and was consnmed BY FIRE
We should not wonder If Wilkes
Booth, like Zimri, puts an end to his
own life, seeing that it's lmpossible sor
him 10 escape the penalty due to his
| great transgresgion.
Athaliah destroyed the seed royal
when she saw that her son was dead
But Jehosheba took Jeash the son of
Ahsziah and bid him in the bed cham
Der. Ia the seventh year be was brought
out in the temple, and tbe crown put
upon him; then the people ciapped their
hands and said, 4God save the King !"
Then Athaliah heard the people rejoicing
and blowing the trumpets, and ran in
and rent her clothes and cried, "Treas
on, treasonl But Athaliah herself was
the traitor. Her punishment was dealh
by the sword
The Jews desired to,fnd some fault in
Jesus worthy of death = they therefore
tried to involve him in the sin Of treason
by asking him, Tell US what thinkest
thou2 Is it lawful 10 give tribute unto
CRsarf But Jesus answered. Render
unto Caesar the things that are e@saPs
and unto God the things that are God g.
Again they said, "We hase'a law, and
By our law he ought 70 die, , '.4 80. st'.i'7 &c
Jesus infused spirit Of loyalty into
those he instructed, teaching them to be
subject to the powers that be.
With all civilized nations, treason has
always been punishable with death, and
with some nations, with the most horri.
BILE and ignomiuious death. ~ga7 aiie
We have winked at this great sin.
The results are, 1t has not only shown
itself in q formidable array OF rebels,
battling to destroy the Government, but
IL has been seen and fell thfoughout the
northern States Ii has been talked
upon our streets and highways; sung in
our parlors sympathized with ia onr
social circles; the health Of its leaders
drank in our midst; while at midnight
have been planned TO burn our cities,
destroy our vessels, TO release rebel pris-
oners, and to assasssinate the officers Of
the Government. A few of these plans
have been carried into effect; some Of
our vessels have been burned; some Of
our cities were set on FIRE, but fortunate
ly the flames were soon extingaished;
n number Of our citizens and civil off.
GERS have been assassinated, and yet
many have all the time contended that
there was no treason in our eountFy, save
iu the seeded States. Is II not almost
a wonder that they. acknowledged that
there was any, even there2 2s,15 S saHs.
| have no time nor heart TO eHumer-
ate the sickening crimes growing out Of
slavery. Suffice il to say, with Mr..
Wesley, SIT is the sum of all villainies.
3, 2Ae servant icGs troHbled, and cried
Alas, Master. q
We are punished, troubled upon every
hand, but not destroyed
In what does our punishment consist7
In bereavement Husbands and wives,
brothers and sisters, who had never been
separated bus for few days, have NOT
seen each others faces for more than.
three years Many q lad who had never
spent three months from under the paren.
tai root, has been absent since the com.
mencemeDtof the war How many have
suffered the seyerest longings for home,
and woald have given all they possessed,
save their country, to spend one short
week amid the scenes of their child
hood. And how many in the cold, pelt-
ing rain, surrounded BY their wounded
and dying comrades, have felt qil-ssa gssqs
An ther desr, your boy 10 woundsd, y " NJ
And the night Is drear with pain, s7A
Shall lever, ever see you
And the dear old home again
1--WE are also gnilty of the ain Of
slavery" Tis true, many of our
people have been anti,slavery from
the beginning, but the majority have
not, and in the support of that
most wicked and inhuman of all
institutions, we have said that it is right
that four millions of human beings
should be bought and sold, the relation
Of husbands and wives. parents aud
children, brothers and sisters, entirely
disregarded. A. large proportion of
them shall be deprived Of the privilege
Of reading the Holy Scriptures, and they
shall be treated as cattle Of the field.
We have lost through this war, direct
ly and indirectly perhaps million of
lives Every family in this land has
been made sad by the loss of friends.
ain Rama is there q voice heard,
lamentation, and weeping, and great
mourning. Rachel weeping, for her
children and win not be comfoFted, be-.
cause they are not.
We have witnessed the destruction of
our property and the waste of our wealth.
Thousands Of millions have been re-
quired to carry on the war; while BY It's
ravages many who never knew want be-
fore, are turned out homeless beggars=
Aud in those States where slavery and
treason were most extensive and hide
ons, the inhabitants suffered most In
the border States, where these sins as
sumed milder form, the people suffered
less. And in the. free States we have
suffered comparatively little. e adsa