Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1865-07-01

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them, and can pardon tho remainder
THIS doss not relieve the case with me-
The mex. thing is a. to The punishment Of
great crimes such as treason and piracy.
(Applauss
TAT this point Horace Greedy made bis
debut on the stage and the prolonged
cheering brief interruption.
The next thing l was going to say. is
pardon for such crime (applause.) and
when the stigma Of such pardon falls on
great mass Of men the effect upon them
is sad and the effect is sad upon all man.
kind, for it is &. It on the human family
and disgrace - h4man nature. For
one am entirely unwilling that it shall
60 down through all the ages aud over all
the earth that millions Of my countrymen
were prrdoned traitors. Continued ap
plausc.) Another reason why such war
as civil war, and especially such ono as
ours should be carried on under the law
Of war is this: Where great masses of
men take very momentous and very re.
sponsibie step, it is not only charitable,
bat just, to conclude that they had a very
sincere and deep belief in the wisdom and
righttulness Of such steps. Cheering j.
One thing more it is proper also to be-
lieve that they had in fact, 10 little reas.
on for taking such steps (Applsuse.)
Well, . third reason for conducting q
civil war according to the law Of war is
this: Vast numbers Of our best c;:1eus
who refuse. and would persist in refusing
to 60 into war which is . mere savage
strife, are willing to embark in wdr con.
Quoted according to the liberal aud hu.
name provisions Of the law Of war. Now,
do not know how it Is with you but l feel
confident that, had our Government per.
sisted 10 refusing to let this war be car.
ried on by the laws of var, we should
have lost our cause and ouS county
(Applause.) For the people Of the Nor
them States are too civilized to 60 into .
black flag wsr-a war whose motto 10 no
quarter. On the other hand, the lower
decree Of civilization among tho masses
Of the South would have made them far
less reluctant to embark in such war, and
they woulp have been Triumphant in it
Here then we see that We had to let this
war come under tho laws Of war, in order
to save our cause and our county,
| cloud applause
Another reason why civil war should
be conducted according to the rules Of
war is this: Where such great plumbers
Of men carry on war, We may we'll be.
lieve there has been suffering enough 10
it. especially to the damaged party, with
out adding punishment at the close Of it,
for treason. (Applause and hisses-cries
Of "Aut him ou,.') At the close of such
= wsr, the voice Of compassion exclaims
| "Shall the sword devour forever? Put up
thy sword At the close Of such . war,
God speaks to the destroying angel. IS be
spoke to him in behalf Of the decimated
and taembl ing Jews: Il. 10 enough stay
nov Thy hand" (Hisses and applause }
Now, it 10 held in somo quarters, that al.
though the intermediate stages Of civil
war may come very properly under the
law Of war, yet the incipient and ter
miuating stages of it ought not to come
under the law Of war. l have seen some
concessions At this point in newspapers
where least ofall wished to SEQ it-news.
papers substantially right on this subject.
Now, these are groundIess distinctions, as
we can see in the case Of our own was.-
Was It from . con- lecture Of what would
be the future conduct and character Of
our war that We consented to have it
come under the law Of war; No. Ger
tainly j: WAS not 30 much from that Is
from what the war had actually BEEN
The exchange Of prisoners agreed upon,
was It not to act rc,roac.ively Is we'll as
prospectiyeIy Wonld i. allow the pris,
oners taken in the early stays Of the war
to be put to death? Certainly not 1t
contemplated the excbage Of oil prisoners
those taken in the first month or 6rst
week Of the hoatili,ies. a. we'll as those
taken subsequently. So much for the in.
cipisnt stages Of the war
A word here, my friends, although that
may DO . strange word to you: The
proclamatious Of amnesty are in place in
o revolt, in a revolution, but proolama.
lions Of amnesty are not in place 10 an il.
teruational war, or = civil war. (Ap.
plaose.) A proclamation Of amnesty in
the civil war. or international war. il "a
unwarrantable. offensive assn mptiou..-
CHEERS and hisses.) know il may seem
very imnodss< ia me to DO guilty Of this
sinGolasity Of srraying mysslf, it may be
d! alone, agsiust auch high authority !