The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-03-08

] einIs until Congress should have Al
opportunity 70 sct on the whole sub
feet. To your deliberations the rs
storatiop Of this branch Of the civi
authority Of the United States Is ne
cesssrily referred"
And this he recommends, that eivi
trials may be had. When We maxi
laws we must entertain IL we do no
express opinions on tho purpose TO
which they are made. The punish
ment Of treason is q great nationa
question, not 10 bc-measurcd by ordi
nary rules in time Of peace.
The President and almost cyor,
loyal Governor by message, and ma.
ny Of the courts in charges to grsnd
4 juries, have declared that treason has
been committed and should DC pun
ished, and these resolutions declare
tic same. They express no opinion
ns 10 individual guilt save only as to
Jefferson Dayis, and whoever would
affect seruples Of his crime must ig.
mere all history, doubt the existence
Of war, leap over the sublime to the
ridiculous, aud become himself trsi.
tor, or lack the capacity to compre.
heud treason. We only affirm what
Governors and courts aud people and
all history have declared.
Mr.. Bishop says
"In q case like that of Mr.. Davis,
the Government has, during four
whole years, in every variety of form
pronounced, not tat there va, vio.
lent suspicion against him, but that
absolutely, he was guilty; and, on
this declaration, the Government has
pledged its credit TO lenders ofmoncy
10 an enormous extent, and comontcd
he declaration in the blood of thou.
ands slain. - Crimiaoi Lur, sec.
222.
We have right to prescribe terms
# reconstruction, aud make punish.
ncnt one Of them. [3 Howard, Y.
\, $50; l6 Howard, 369; | Black,
3 Elliots Debates, l92,
august 80, 1887
CANCELLATION.
Gentlemen may talk Of cancellation.
F., too, am in favor of speedily inau.
the era of peace on earth
nd good will 60 all men an era of
niversal brotherhood and universal
isticc.
InREvERsIBLE EGUARASTEEs.
When by irrovcrsiblc guarantees
ccssion shall be rcpudiated the su.
'emdcy of national allegiance aud |
'tional adjudication affirmed just
isis of representation in Congrcsa !
I'd the Electoral College secured |
c rebel debt rcpudiated, the impu.
mt claim of compensation for slaves
ade free shall be rejected our ma
nal debt and obligations to Union
ldiers placed beyond rcpudiation
th the personal rights of every citi-
n secured with every State pledged
provide common schools for its
nth, then, with unqualified loyalty
stored, the era Of fraternity will be
cured. | do not say that all these
c indispensable prerequisites Of re.
but unconditional 10y
y is. Each State must be Judged
its own merits, since some may be
epared for reconstruction before
hers. D., .-.
ruE GREAT CRIME OF Rebellion.
And now let us contemplate the
,gnitudc of tho crime which is to
digniiied into responsibility by
from punishment. .
IL was against Government which
lexander III. Stevens, in January,
'6l, declared was
"The best and freest Government,
10 most equal in its rights, the
ost just in its decisions, the most
uient in its measures, and the most
,i.;n, /, ;,a ,,;no;.Io. - IT,.
s :" 10 r".',''' " S'.'"'' c,
'c race VI man. 'h"' 'hes"h oil ne"V-
ever shono upon ''..
And further:
:" That No man oould name oo. ca
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III p"rposoly uohe py 'he uo'erh-
ent of Washington, of which the
'uth has right to complain"
Nor was this rebellion tb, worl
Nv or tho m;s,u;d.J and unnro,end
10 masses over whose err;ng hut rc.
entant steps, tho mantle of ebari,y
entity laid, with amnestyand pardon, I
lessing alike the donor and rccipi,
nts. .f N
But il was the work ofmcn, some
f whom, like Davis and Lee, bad