The Portland daily press., 1865-05-25
"A Mirror for Portland C5ppsrhead Editors.

DtSUHtOH suggested. NJ
"0UR IDEA WOULD BE THIS; . Lei e.
Lincoln say to the Commissioners OF she III IN
federate States, Gentlemen, we gusn.aso vo.r
still are, trust, brethren ara ,rienu 80, a.
States have undertaken to NItn1raw ~.
Union, we think withou... sesq S,asso sbaIl
nevertheless, if the peop,e u ~. tsov cannot
after due deberatoB,s decide tnat tney oannos
and iii : ~ ramaip in association with us, we
shall not attampt 70 dragoon them into submis-
sion. hit shaH BID THEM 60 IN PEACE,
and Shall endsavor to cultivate with them the
,noet k;,dIy relations. III
.bov decide that they cannot and will not remain,
then THEIR GOVERNMENT SHALL BE RECOG-
MED, AND THE PARTITION OF THE PUBLIC DEBT
AND PUBLIC PROPERTY SHALL BE ARRANGED
ON JUST AND EQUITABLE TERMs--in case of differ
ence the matter to be submitted to arbitration. y
IL. W. ADAMS, Editor Argus. Z
Davis.n no Traitor.
'sMany seem to suppose that if acquitted on
the charge Of murder, Davis will be tried for
treason. As he is a prisoner of war under the
laws of civilized warfare, we do not see how TINS
.a can be done. FL J.. M. adams, Editor argus.
.,-.,s Acts like Booths justified.
4 70 ssWhen the Federal Government shall OF Its
own measure, assent to, or aid IN the destruc-
ton of any State Consultation, or o. any SIdIe
institution rightfully existing under such Con-
sttution, as does the Of sIapefy, 1t be-
9 comes itself q party to revolution; and every
citizen is justified in renouncing and opposing
= it, from that instant, as usurpation and o des-
potism. There neither re-
bellion, or treason, or crime, or direliction OF
duty, in fighting such an UssTpdtt0ns BY all the
means that God and nature have put at the COM
mand of the States OR OF INDIyIDUALse"-lF. O.
=, Smith, Editor -fdrertisef.
Military Usurpatfon justified.
4 81 SIN any other. land an army thus misused
= svostLd turn and DEP0SE THE POWERS THAT
HAD so ENDANGERED THEM, and in the
Of fbo,e Too(
IN. future, or take the conduct of the war and
the terms of peace INTO THEIR OWN HANDS -
If o. J. Smith, Editor advertiser. q
No Traitors or Treason. -
sThe high officers Of the government knoW,
and all well read legal and judicial minds ntusf
knoao that neither Jefferson Davis, nor any Con-
federate actor in Office with him isat all or under
any pretext of law whatsoever amenable. to the
civil power on the charge of treason."-[F. o.
J. Smith, Editor advertiser.
.dntislavery and Treason equally criminal.
Flatly and squarely we don't see any differ
ence in the criminality Of q man who talks Sc
cession and one who talks rampant Abolition. y
Ia. G. Tenney, Editor Courier.
'oa The Union lost Suhjuoation impossible.
"We have not the slightest doubt now [sinc
Mr.. Lincoln -election1 that the restoration O
the Union Is an utter impossibiLily, and we So!
this in no temper, no spirit of fault-fnding, o.
reproach-none assuredly with the intention t,
provoke or irritate successful party in the lat
contest. We lay no claim to the gift of prophe
cy;-we are willing to be judged by what w
have put onrecord. None will more certainly
rejoice if the foreboding proves false. Others
may discern the dawn; but the restoration o
the Union is to us shrouded in the gloom o
death. A Union, founded on subjugation may
be attempted but it will fall, if all history re-
peats itself "-[a. G. Tsaney, Editor Courier