Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1866-03-03

SATURDAY. MARCH 8. 1866


SATURDAY. MARCH 3. 1866
WHO Ansrn. TaxIroas now
Dural - sndssey q - .la.s rebel
lion i. - ~ niafosssns . ses.ertain
views = vafiascs with Mos of the ldmin.
i.tration. On qssssions in,olving the man
ner Of ~ conduct Of u var, AID the
policy >fsAS assunsd sDsas6 the people
Of tho revoked states: w did. act. stop
here. .bu. IS OCCASION, in eyropinis4, ius-
tilted, Wa gesa expression to those views,
and if in so doing We CHANGED to pass I'M
favorable criticisms upon the administra-
tios, charging that it performed some act
in eon<rot ea.ipn If law And the constitu-
ton and saleslaiedio ptO'ong the xaraad
delay reconstraesion, We were at once at
tackled BY The, Rress Of the party 10 power,
charging US with being disloyaI traitors to
to our county, with lissi ninsting doctrine
freighted with danger and Obstruction to
the country, that We were > pest and q
nuisance, rebel at heart, that We should
be suppressed, anuihilsted, aud 6naIly-
as we thought, rrfecting upon the feslty of
the good people Of this city By saying that
no loyal community would tolerate our
presence. We thought \, the time that all
this was rather severe, and 81 far as we in
our political blindness could see. entirely
uncalled for : we even took tho trouble to
enquire what it was all about, and to in
sist that our active and vehement acees-.
saries should inform US wherein we had
offended, but the only response that We
could elicit was, reite,ation Of the
charges, we then maintained that we had
broken no law, inilinged upon no provi-
sion Of the constitution, tha, it was not
only our right but our duty to protest
the infraction Of the one or the trampling
upon the other.
That was our position then and We do
n"tpropose to s,ultify ourselves now by de-
nying its correctness, though by so doing
we might re'ort upon our accusers in
prefer the same charges asains. them
which they then preferred agains. US, and
With how much nj re force and proprie,y
we could make and sustain the allegation.
In the on, case we were charged with
dill ,ya',y because We deuo ,nced the c'm-
mission Of unlawful and unconstitutional
acts by the administration in the other
the acts denounced are not only cen IL
tu,ional but performed for the purpose Of
maintaining the constitution.
Who then, We ask. are the traitors now,
and We address the inquiry particularly to
that extremely loyal class who but few
short months ago, were 50 fart to advise,
bu: slow to act 10 the matter Of our sup
preston. Is it Us, hhe sun Of whose
<fense is the having opposed The unlawful
acts ,of,a Presiden,, whom We had no
band in esecains, and over whom We
could exercise no i.hlenc.. or is it t! ose
who then denounced US for vur. eif.rts i"
support OF the constitution, and now de-
nounce their own presiden, for his rersis-
tan. resistance Of every encroachment
upon the rights guaranteed by tina, sacred
charter Of our liberties. -. ~,
BE li.,le consistent gentlemen, con
fsss you are ali wrong then or hold your
selves in readiness now to be inundated
upon the pages of your own Wild shs orie
We do not propose to discuss the &C
RICHNESS Of that radical theory, that the
administration WAS the government, if it
was true when We offended by unfavo-A-
BILE criticisms upon the administration, it
is no less true now when oar accusers are
perpetratiny the same offense. The party
in power is pledged to its soundness, and
whether it be true or false, it is altogether
too late for them to interpose the plea Of
= distinction between the two. and thai
when they attack the president they only
attack an officer of the government and
not the government Itself. You see foolish
men where your fanaticism has brought
you. Either turn from your wickedness
and repent, or plead guilty to the crime
oftreason and declare yourselves sntens.
ble to the punishment affixed 70 its per-
petration. s - s.7 st.@.sae%z"~&s sa@e
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