Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1866-10-18
For the Delaware Republican,
TREASON ENDORSED,

In the Message OF Governor Salisbury 70 the
,,enersl Assembly of the State of Delaware, on
the 18th day of June, 1865 we h1d the fol
loving endorsement OF treason BY his Acct
derc7 -" The sece ding S'ates are as July, as
rizh,fd ly and as oonstituooually members OF
the Federal Uniou as are the other States, and
possess The rights of independent government,
as amply az If their ordinance Of secession ,
had never been passed; and their citizens be- 4,
ing qualified voters under the laws OF their re- I
spective States, alone can determine the policy !
OF such States in reference 10 every matter
which 10, or ought to be, the subject of State
cognizance." Where will Governor Salisbury
* the crime of Treason The States, he says,
have done no wrong, their citizens are. "qual-
fled voters," conse quently they are not traitors
| D jes he mean TO say that treason is not
crime. or what does he mean Has all this
blood and treasure been spent without causeH
| The firing on our national flag, the robbiug OF
| the minte the seizure OF the Gu tom houses,
forts and arsenals of the United States were all
right according to the logic OF this petIionc
Governor.
Why did their representatives leave the halls
| OF Congress when all these things were being
enacted2 If they are now entitled to seats,-
| qualified to make our law,-they were equally
| 80 all the while that they were killing our cit
izens, without torteiting any right OF citizen
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Gov. Salisbury.
Citizens of Delaware are you prepared to
| endorsc such doctrine as this You who have
! offered up ssI have doss, the child o. your old
I age, the prop OF declining years, ate you pre-
a pared 10 be now iusulted by being .old that GU
:. sous died that treason may not only not II
q punished, but be re Earded2 Go to yonde
q grave on which the grass is not yet green
I. where sits the lonely widow, mourning he
~ slain husband and comfort her by telling he
her husband died not martyr TO liberty, bn
"a a traitor to Southern loyalty. Go tell those or
i, phan children of Philadelphia soldiers, whom
ri the State is proudly nurturiug, that their ia
!. theirs died that treason nigh; be made homer
e able Has it indeed come to this snail dis
n grace and eternal ntamy settle on the heads O
i. our waryorn yeterans2 Shall they go down /
n dishouored graves, while the men who sough
l., to destroy our fair country are held up as parf
CONS of perfection, entitled 10 the right OF sui
i. frsge, to sit in high places In the councils
i. the nation, aad be lauded as patriots
n. Citizens OF Delaware Is this the code {
I'd morals you are to be taught by the highe
oil tuuctionsry OF your State
ar Throw open your prisons, pull down yol
gallows, abolish Your courts OF justice An
n embrace this new family doctrine, that ma
so the more deprsyed he Is, is most entitled
fame. That treason, considered by all natioI
cir the greatest crime is now taught to be virtu
v. Are you prepared to embrace sucn horrte
r dogmas-tnat REQ mounted rebels reeking vii
pg the blood IF your falhtrs, husbands, brothe
OF aud sous, are cot only your equal, but your 5
nd rertoys, entitled to two votes for your one.
bo you are, vote for the mau who endorses tres
ito on. II not, vote for mau whose neart Is rig
,ek befJre God and MAJ, who has no sympathy
see cut throats; who is not willing to bold ofice
ID tie ai9honot OF bis State.
im. Such man is James middle Elect bim 20
tie Governor and Jour State wi NJ more be- d
The grsced by "A temps TO compromise 'rtason
ttel CAxrEapuaY A. f. oSNOND