Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1866-05-30


do believe, that the spirit of rebellion
still exists in the hearts and purposee OF
the hearts that fomented it. l believe if
we give them another opportunity; let
them see again the banner of treason
rearing with fair prospect of success,
and they would rally to it by thousands,
if not by hundreds of thousands. My
countrymen, the nation is not safe; you
and are not safe; our wives and children
are not safe until treason. is effectually
crushed out in the hearts of its advocates
and Votaries, as it was on the field ofarms.
WHAT SHALL BE DONE TO TRAITORS.
Certainly there has been blood enough
she'd Aye, and there was blood enough
shed in the city of Philadelphia the 9TH
er day, when the whole family of poor
Deering, he and his wife and children
were hurried to their deaths by the axe
of the assassin. But IS that any reason
why the. assassin should not be punished
Do you say there is blood enough shed
and stop there? Not in vengeance, but
justice. A violated law to be vindieated
demands that the assassin himself be ad-
ded to the bloody sacrifice that he has
made. would do nothing for vengeance
nothing in a spirit of reVenge-nothing
that was not required to Vindicate the
majesty and the dignity of the law.
Leading, intelligent, conscious traitors
must be punished; the fact must be ju-
dicially declared that treason is crime.
Let the highest Judicial tribunal in our
land declare by unanimous will that trea-
son is a crime, and let it be demonstrated
that the American Government is power
full enough to determine it and to punish
it, even to the utmost extremity. When
that is done and declared and made
known, then am willing to unite with
my friend who has just retired in saying
to the race of them, as the kind hearted
uncle Toby said to the troublesome fly,
''Get you gone, poor devil, the world is
wide enough for us all" ~ ''.-- ~ %
THE TRUE POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT.
In the year 1862 Congress passed a law
providing, in effect, BY establishing an Off
cial oath, that no person who had COM
mitted treason against the Government
by voluntarily bearing arms against it, or
giving aid and comfort to those who did,
should hold office under the Government
of the United States. Several States who
had rebels within their borders, in reor-
ganizing their Governments, adopted the
same principle. Maryland has adopted
that principle, and West Virginia, Ken
lucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, and
Tennessee. Where that principle has
been adopted and adhered to and obser-
we'd, there has been no trouble, but peace
and order, and quietness have been OBJ
tanned. Peace, / mean, and order, and
quietness, in comparison with those parts
of the country where this policy has not
been carried into effect. Now, gentle
men, is this policy right? Is it treating
fairly and justly that portion of the COM
munity to whom it is made to applyF
Because if it is not, however desirable it
may be, or however expedient it may
seem to be, we cannot afford to continue
it. Let US look at the beginning of this
trouble. Those men who joined the re-
bellion expressed a full determination
and purpose that they would not adhere
to the Government of the United States
that they would not observe their allegi-
ance as citizens of the United States;
that they would have no part or lot In
the Government, its protection or its du-
ties. need not say that no man can be
a citizen of Maryland unless he is a citi-
zen of the United States. take Mary
land to illustrate my position. These
men not only declared that they would
not be citizens of the United States, that
they would throw up their allegiance to
the Government, but took up arms, and
by every means in their power attempted
to make that declaration good by destroy
ing the Government of the United States.
You understand that very well. You
have seen it, and but state facts within
your own knowledge when refer to it.
Now, ask you, whether there is any.
thing wrong or unjust in taking these
men at their word, and declaring to them
that henceforth they shall not, as citizens
of the United States, take part or lot in
conducting its Government or managing
its public affairs? 1 submit, was there
ever a nation who dealt so kindly, so mer-
cifully with men who for years or even for
four months had been in arms seeking to
overthrow and destroy it? You have
adopted that policy in Maryland. Ad-
here to it. Carry it out. What will be
the result? Your rebels will disappear.
In very few years they will be gone
They are more numerous and clamerous
just now, and more troublesome than
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they ever will be. 45i
Why, we are sometimes asked, is not
this a free country-has not every body
theright to vote, with the privilege ofhold-
ing Office? If you had asked me that
question in 1860 l would have said Eyes"
And if you had adhered to that policy
it would have been unanswerable now
But that is exactly what you did not do.
You threw off the protection of the Con-
stitution and the laws of your country
take you at your word. If you choose
to remain here you will have the benefit
of equal laws-the same laws that these
Union men make for themselves-and
they will be administered for you and
your children; but having thrown off the
character of citizens of the United States,
you must take the consequences of it,
and it is with very bad grace that you
come here and complain. The thous-
ands who resisted the rebellion even unto
the death, men who went into the field
under your flag, the men who were
known by every expression thata deVot-
ed patriot could make, the men who are
with you now and who will be with you
unto the end--it is in behalf of them and as
their advocate that urge what l regard
as this great and fundamental policy Of
keeping the Government of your coun-
try, the political power, whether .exercis-
ed at the ballot box or elsewhere, keep
ing it in the hands of men who, in the
language of the President, have been a
loyalty that will abide every existing le-
gal test. 4a.-t .as .as q.
New Version.
We copy from Southern Exchange,
the following new version of Scripture