Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-11-25
3ULA O., ATURDA Y MORNINGS NOVEMBER. 1855
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Tie hpnsu fend, yho;, lie VA, a, d bloch
on fair natures, face. and whose career
,wps . Disgrace 10 our race, has paid The
unequal end inspffeent penalty Of his
s,rocious crimes. Wirz was hung last
\ Friday. n With a stubbornuess not upu
sual among criminals, be asser eryoraied lis
Innocence to tho last hour. Possibly be
consdefed binseIf q v;cstipus sufferer for
the sins ofsnpcr or. At least be hoped
his wonld be "lhe last blood Of -thes con
fede,acy shed" possibly believing that JUS
tice demanded that Of some others '"o'''-
This foul ilistrument ,of relentless and
cruel cause Is now beyond The r.ach OF
human justice or the circumstances Of retri.
button. Instiiictively the, foyer Of bis
country snd the approver of Justice tnrns
MOTTO 'esh victims, but 10 the real head
of effspse.,o Foryit is ee,tain that although
the censprators against. The life of the
heads Of The nation, and such Instruments
Of the Davis tyranny IS Champ Fe,gnson,
Henry c.. .Magrpder, aud Henry WIZ may
sdffer fors their Atrocities. the sense Of
Justice inherent in every man is not met by
these acts CT retribuiion. If Ferguson
'fou dered uuarmed prisoners and massacred
sick men;f Magrude hung shot aud toe
tnred UaieD ciiizensi Il sWirz starred. and
toruiented helpless csptiyes BY the tisou.
wand something, impersonated BY saIne.
body. directed or allowed these crimes
These should moi be spared while chose. pay
the penalty. :, = g a s..,sT
Il! Jefferson Davis, the sckno~ lcdg gsd and
legal hssdlof tbs ret,sllien, ID 10 be tri.i.---
Robfrt Z Lee, who cgo,srssd the mAserisi
force Of abe ssbsllion. lie prssisisht II .
college and will soou APPEAR ., 40 suthos,
hut theirs' ools, ous after aaOther, nee,
the doom They deserve. None Of these hare
suffered for tteasoh, = The crimes for
(which they were tried and for which they
~ere executed did mt reach ibst height OF
moral tarpiiude Treason is more than
inufder Rebellion Is moro than per secu
dou Of U.,ion 'men,A Violation, of the. sa,
csed oah Of citizenship 10 more than
r.fgsal o, perform the dnties Of the citizen.
JEFF Dssis not only broke, bis. oatb as .
citizen aud violated his honor as au. , ficer
Eof this government. but be urged aud
stimnlsted rebellion aud fomented and
waged a'war upon the government The
ASA ,sins Of fothe President, The !mnrderers
|of peaepabIe citizens and the tortares Of
unfortunate dprisoners we're hut u part oi
bis means snd1wolk, 9, result, Of his delib
crate, villainy. -, ,.l. ,,-,. .;tt.
Ought such a man to escape the punish
ment Of his crimesi Shall The blacklist
record Of treason no; receive f. appropri
ate acknowledgement ~ While We punish
the accesso y, or rather tbe tool, shall We
no, visit jnstiee on ibe' principal and the
assassirll II murder 10 an outrage on the
race 10 not treason bthA, incites. ID and
authorizes, and .s commands The INN. der
| worthy Of punishmenif We believe it is
Aud JEFF. Davis. iftried and fouud guilty
pfs treason. 81 he undsubledly,J will be,
should suffer just and righteous penaty.
IL were better, far 10, have released the
tooisy Of bis, craeIty. 4 han having punished
them to release him lwithoat whom sthei'
crimes could not have been committed os
| Robert y 6 Lee ID, ,probably. beyond the
reach OF ours pepsl Istatutcs. i. is y pity
that il is so. but H. appears to be so con-
sdered. e. He is almost IS guilty as is JEFF
Davis, or Henry Wirza OF cruelty TO opr
soldiersno Al any time O. demonstrates
fsom him would have put 81 stop TO ,the
flemish toftu ess7of our poor fellows on
Belle Isle aud 10 Libby, He was o. the
spot aud could have interfered eifectuslly.
liz dad not; and 10 oil succeeding 8 o re-
lions his name will be accursed i,iuo ssH
JEFF. Dasis is n proper subject for trial
end the people of this country will de
mand that in Ills casa the crime Of treason
aud its penalty shaalabe de6ned and llustrs-
ted The fu,are, welfare of this nation de-
mands, 1t. i'rhex widows end orphaDs of
the land made 70 by his ireasoo, ,demsnd it,
The crippled remnspts sofCmen who hubble
about .oEr streets demsnd sit.ss The tolls of
debt laden people demand it aDda Gods
eternal justice demands IL. let him be
made a o sn 81 marked 10 ,ss forbidIua for'
| eyer hereafter sBy sttempt to- oEerthrow
anlegpst government To- gratify % faction
which insists on srulog by the ,opPeession
Of grosning nillionss Let jaslios beldo0e,
tboughihe heavens talLsg gs ssN 10 Ia'oH
q PonrIcAL PasAoaiSe MT h. not easy
to misunderstood Henry Ward Beecher.
This is certainly true 10 what he says 10
sns n his fscsst .ser@ons about political
IL not only defend politics in. the pulpit,
but lombard any ,palpit that. has, noI
political ethics 10 it-o,I declare ihat, ir
our time, aud ,in our land, the pulpit thai
pegiects TO teach ,citizeps how Christsinly
10, perform their civil public duties, l.
false 10 The demands Of Tie age 6poh Il =
Defend my right 10 preach what are the
ethics or politics i.a1 should be obliged TO
defend myseifM Ifftd not do n. - Dcfead
the preaching of b hisaio rules ,fof1tbes COO.
duct! !of scitlssns 10 aaisnd whsseeFsry mao
iscslied upon toisis ID judgmest oa'aesery
law. every policy nssscy '6sgistrsteS and
every question that belongs 10 society " from
seP " b0,iopl oRkouId be !esrssn1 70
lhs mission Imposed upon ms y = did not
do IT,. For !. pulpit that proposes 70 DC =
torch III, by fhe hand Of. God, TO teach
social duties s6d boa,ehold morsls, but TO
pegiect 10 teach nso bow 10 ,fuift theIf'
oblgstiop ia public civil mstters. is as u
4 iigbt house we're built iulspd where there
is no Necessity for IL, and not on. the ocean
shore. where. Of all places iua The world, u
~ most needed. You have little light
houssss stbst light the family ,Ssud that light
men TO church on Sunday yoas hsss minis