Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-04-17

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thinks that treason 10 the worst OF crimes /
.-~the sum of all other crimes. That 10 /
only true when treason fails If it sue |
ceeds. then Il is no crime at al but q |
virtue, and il is usually held in the high |
ast veneration. Washington and bis |
cosnpeers were traitors; but their deeds
have come down as among the noblest
that men In any age have performed.
The traitors Of Mexico aud Central
and South America appear ia history,
mot as tFaiscrs, bat o. patriots. Indeed,
X nearly all tAe governments now in the
world are founded on treason. England 1
owes her constitutional government TO
traitors Itia folly for MS to bold mp our
hands aad roll mp onr eyes at treason.
We act out BY declaring the right of
people, any people. 70 SET aside their gov
ernment and institute another Of their
discretion, and We successfully maintain
"a the right by the sword, and nobody
donbfa il, and until lately nobody has
disputed il.
II IL too late 10 tell us about the crime
or treason being the sum Of oil villain
lies That would 40 n few hundred years
ago. when governments existed BIZ dir
ne vine right, and The world, Iearned and
aa unlearned, were humbnage red with theidea.
No government exists now BY diFine APP
pointment Nobody rules By the grace
Of God, aa men used 10 do Any people
have right to 0verset an old gov
srlment and set up q new one to snit
them better, and they are the exclusive
judges Of the necessity AlIthey must
make sure of is the power, because the
old government has also right 10 give
them tbrashinR, and tie The exclusives
Judge of the necessity. A blunder here
Is crime. He that tries revolution
puts at hazard the lives liberties and
fortunes Of millions, and If be fails, the
world will set him down as reckless
digturber Of civil government
But it 10 ridiculous for the friends Of
our Government, born of treason and
-, rebellion, and which began with q sol-
emn declaration justifying 1t, to put on
extra airs about the sin of rebellion.
In the late rebellion millions were as
honest and earnest as men ever were.
Bcores Of thousands were exempt from
oil loyelty to Government that did not
Or conld not protect them in their 10y
atty.
We readily admit that there may be
gree. moral guilt in getting up rebels
lion but when II involves large oommu-
nitiea, trying TO set up o new political
and civil government, no human tribu-
nal is authorized to punish the guilt or
- ayen competent TO ascertain 1t. "Let
ua net judge them" said even Abraham
Lincoln. eg4 IA
end ravoInt;orarv an s,,,s "a ,hs rJov.
eminent are going far 10 Justify the late
rebellion, and give i responsibility in
history u never would nave nad on IT'S
This ss,, sa,,;,,sr, t.,,raa.o, i H.
greatest Of crimes. which Is condemned
byour own history and the history Of sll
iree governments an the world, shows
s;o~. - d;.;n s;, ~ s ss Ky pyse ~
civil qoTernment "a for freshmen Il an.
titled to- Louisville Democrat. e.
rs The above bold advocacy Of tbs inno-
~. cencg Of treason is a little startling TO
esa those who have not watched closely the
editorials OF the crgans Of the Confeder-
NJ, ate Democracy. The placing Of Wash.
nkson ahu ~ u0.-.-".-a ma . A---7a ss-'.a-
- ssn laws Aaa ny feoei aasoc'aIes--
f-'ne comparing the righteousness q the
sa.'e .of vn'on our .svoluuOpary
ia'ns.s iougns ana tr'umpneo with an
a'rocious reDen'on' as unJustinaDie IN
"s ineeP'ion @a y was ns,hsh ~ JUS pros
o'.''on-'srn s"suis " sne "oseSsmehs
nu 'n0 p7opis' 2 Psop'e may reso'u-
Aou.As' ~ sns sevOiu'lon must % oased
On .ne s'etnAl principles o. rignt ana
lusues - BIS crime, whe.her u %
SUCCESSFUL o. ialiuFe ~ tue causes
snas Dllhs ABOUT an appear 70 arms IS
iounu sn7 5usunoAslon OF CONSERVATION
" sucn taas resor@ NiviA@en natlons
al over the GLOBE have recognized snd
declared me lnsuinciency q The cause
lot Wnich tne south plunged our people
into war 10 fhas fact alone may be at
trIouted the unwillingness ofthose na-
nonsto Interfere IN their behalf Revo-i
ntlonF never go backward is proverb
eisbased On the well established historical.
fact that revolutions are almoat invaria-
bly, the offspring Of an odious and OPP
pressive tyranny, The annals of nations
will be searched ia vain for the counter
part Of srebelion so uDjustifabls In he
origin, s6 cruel in its prosecution, 50
vast i'm itS proportions, and yet so utter
ly and completely failure in it's concln-
sion, as the stakeholder rebellion in
America. The great failure ia attribu-
table alone to the inherent viciousness
OF the undertaking It was the right
eousness of the Governments cause that
cemented The loyal people Of the United
States, and made them q unit in the
struggle Had the Southern States
been mAnifeaty mistrsated and tyrau-
ICED over BY the Government, and APP
pealsd 70 the sword as . last resort for
protection and freedom, they Wons--
had the synpashies not only OF other
nations but OF 90 large portion o. our !
cwn people that their suplugation would
have been an impossaoillsy.
AZ eoniounding oil revolutions 40
are successful Or failures, is confoundr