The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-01-13
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in that State a short time ago. Let it be
remembered that Mr.. Julian is a repre-
sentative man of his party that he but
utters their sentiments and that they
sustain him in the utteraneG and then,
let readers consider for themselves if a
restoration of the old Union feelings, Of
fraternity, harmony, unity and affection,
can ever be possible while men like Ju-
liam are maintained in power. Madmen
and 6ends, or wretehes hopelessly savage,
give expression to such diabolieal senti-
ments and desires as this malignant Con-
gresham utters no human being, with
a spark Of manly nature in his bosom,
could or would use such language. He
lsaid
Suppose you were to indict JEFF. Davis
tonight as our fathers indicted old George
I'LL, the indictment might read about in
this way: He has murdered 300, 900 Of
your soldiers mangled and MANNED for
life 100000 more; he has duplicated
these atrocities upon his own half of the
Union and upon his own miserable fol-
lowers; he ps organized great conspira-
cies here prth and in the North
west, to u pine and blood the towns
aud villages, and cities and plantations of
the whole loyal portion of the land he
has sought to introduce into the United
States, and to ~nationalize on this CONT
nent, pestilence in the form Of yellow
fever, an enterprise which. had it sue
ceeded, would have startled Heaven itself
with the agony and sorrow it would have
lavished upon the land he has put to
death by the slow torture of starvation in
the rebel prisons GO, 1000 of your sons and
brothers; he has been a party to the as
sassination of Your martyred President !;
he has poisoned your wells, planted infer
nal machines in the tracks of his army /;
murdered your wounded soldiers boiled
the dead bodies of your boys in ealdrons,
and sawed up their bones into jewelry to
decorate the God-forsaken bodies of the
. first families" of Virginia women he
has Matched into life whole broo1s of vii
lainies that are enough to make the devil
turn pale at the spectacle.
He has done everything that a devil
incarnate could do TO let loose " the whole
eontagion of hcll' and CONVEX the earth
into a grand carnival Of demons.
But, gentlemen, we have caught him.
BY the providence Of God. and through
the vigilance of your soldiers, he is in
your power to-day. Now | would indiet
him, and pay him the compliment of a
decent trial by the forms Of the law. /
would convict HIM and then build a gal
lows, and then hang him in the name of
God. [Applause.1 Aalk about mercy to
JEFF. Davisl Why it iAnot in the diction-
airy. Laughter. 1t isNke the Constitu-
ton in relation to the%bels who have
sinned away their rights uAder it By trea-
son. 1t has ceased to exiN as to them.
When you ask me to exercise mercy at
the expense of justice | decline. know
nothing about mercy when you can only
reach it by t%rampling justice under foot
[ don't ask vengeance. Davis has com
mitted treason, and the Constitution SAYS
the punishment of treason shall be death
In the name of half q million soldiers WHO
have gone to the throne of God. as wit
nesses against the deep damnation OF
their taking off" in the name of your liv-
ing soldiers; in the name of your republic,
whose life has been put in deadly peril
in the name of the great future. whose
fate to-day swings in the balance, depend.
ing on the example you make of treason.
[ demand the execution of JEFF. Davis
And inasmuch as the gallows is the YIN
boil of infamy throughout the civilized
world; I would give him the gallows
which is far too good for his neck. Not
for all the honors. and Offices in this Gov.
ernment, would | spare him, if in M
power. l should expect the ghosts Of
half a million soldiers would haunt ny
poor life to the grave.
And | would not stop with Davis. Why
should L? There is old General Lee, al
hungry for the gallows as Davis. Zap
plause.l He is running at large up ant
down the hills and valleys of Old Yirgini;
as if nothing had happened and lately ]
have heard that he has been offered tht
presidency of a college; going to turr
missionary and sehoofnaster, / suppose
to teach the young idea how to shoot. A
the same time he is to write a history O
the rebellion. Gentlemen. l would no
: have him write that history. / would
have it written by a loyal man, and
would have him put in a chapter giving
an account of the hanging of Lee as /:
traitor. ECheers. What right has Lee t.
be running at large, while the Govern
! ment thus confesses that treason is n,
crime What right has he to be an,
place, without repentance, except in tht
r ninth, or lowest hell, where Dante say
all traitors are found2
What right have you to cheat the Con
stitution out Of his neckY I notice tina
Wirz, some days before he was hung
Tlsent for a copy of Baater's Call to IL,
! Unconuettcd. Toald give Lee a copy
} of the same boz but I would let him b
hung. and leave God to determine wha
should be done with his soul. TApplause.
Nor would / stop with Lee. I woult
) hang literally while I had my hand in. ]
would dispose of a score or two of til,
most conspicuous leaders, not for ven
~geance, but to satisfy justice, and to MAKE
Expensive the enterprise of treason il
!, time to come. I wish we could hang
them to the sky that stretches over us, 81
that all the nations of the earth might SCI
: the spectacle, and learn what it costs t.
(, set FIRE to a free Government like this
eECheers.1 IF these men are not punished
! and you allow the internal poison to sif
itself down into the general mind tina
treason is no crime, in a little while w
shall be shaking hands with our deai
, Southern brethren, the Government vii
, get back to its old rust, and another hor
8 rid war will be the harvest Of our recrean