The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-12-01
II Treason a Crime p

II Treason q CrimeP
This question may well be asked at this day.
Il has been looked upon In all ages as q crime
the most fragrant aud Abhorrent that could stain
a human soul. II eOmprehends within itself
every other crime-arsOn, robbery, murder. and
all Of their horrid surroundings. Il has always
been punished with the most fearful aud terrible
Punishmen,S, aud none have been so bold as to
deny the justice Of the stern sentence melted out
10 the guilty perpetrators. II has been LEFT for
our age aud country TO make treason honored
aud respected. The terrible rebellion through
which We were made to pass, with all It's horrors,
desolaiion and bloodshed, was brought about by
Parricides, ingrates and political inddes, for
their own personal aggrandiEement. That the
Southern people ever had any cause ofeomplaini
against the government, no one will attempt TO
assert that this nation heaped benefits, honors
and cmoluments with the most lavish profusion
upon the people OF the South, is truth paien,
10 all that the Southern people held most Of the
high places under the Government, at home aud
abroad, cannot be denied, yet for no cause save
personal ambition, these pampered ingra,cs USED
overthrow the government, and 10 destroy our
nation. The crimes that these bold and bad
men committed. for a,rociiy and ligrancy, have
no parallel In the history Of iniquiiy. For four
long years,-years Of heart.brcaking agony. sui.
fcring and death-years that weighed down the
nation with SORROWS unspeskablc and WOES un-
ui,erable-ihis band Of desperadoes carried on
a.. Al. No tf,n
n quarter ola million the flower OF our nation
sleep the sleep that knows no waking, aud hun
drcds Of thousands have been maimed and Grip
Piled for life. The gray -haircd father becom,s
the object Of charity, and the mother has been
reduced TO beggary, while the vail OF the home
less orphan goes up from thousands, all over our
land. The nation crowns beneath the weight
OF mighty debt, aud the toll OF this generation
will not suffice to liqaidAie this Indebtedness
Can the men who have committed all OF these
airocious deeds have any OF that thing called
honor Will any one claim that these men are
possessed Of any patriotism Dare any one So
sialliiy himself and 50 peryert the meaning Vi
language as TO say that these men are SINGER
aud honest Can 1t be urged that they did not
matically planned aud 80 deliberately executed &?
Are there any palliating circumstances which
viii exculpate them 10 the course they have pur
sued II not, why should these miserranis BE-
forgiven Have they ever sincerely rrpented
an eau they produce any evidences Of their sol
ro~ iur the past Are they willing TO adn,i
tia, tue, have Teen guilty even vi indisCreiion .
-. t.rf rutu fnt
,hg,r hcnioGs vdsncrs. they actually attempt h.
jusiii, what they have done. The mere fact OF
SUCH rnrn rs Roueri r. Lee aud Alexander II.
Sirph,us showing their faces in respectable so.
cir,y is an evidence OF their brazcnuess and wan
Of shame.
The cold-blooded Forrest, with the stain o.
the murdered victims Of For, Pillow upon b.,
hands aud SOIL, goes about aud passes himst
oil as d" nan and gentleman. The guei
fllA Mosch, tiauRts his irrason in the face los
al men, aud sports the rebel uniform the street,
Of Alexandria, almost under the shadow Of III,
capital OF the United States Clement c. Clay
SUSPECTED Of bring concerned in the murder
President Line0la Is Suffered TO go At large on hi
parole. Who has been branded as n traitor
el Not single Que OF the chief conspiraiors.-
Tue wrvlehvd WiTz, the tool OF JviT. Davis and
other high officials Of the defunci coniederac,
aud the conspiraioTs who slew Abraham Lincoln
at the bidding OF their masters, have been thu
FAR the only ones TO suffer. And to-day the second
officer VI the ex.COnfederacy is In the city .
Washington, and is daily consulted by promi
neat eoPPerheads, and is granted interview.
with the Prrsiden, aud Secretary Of State. And
this man Stephens has been elected as a Senator
from Georgia.
Is treason a crime II so, let every leading
rebel he consigned to that infamy tina, his crimes
deserve. Let the power and authority Of the
Government be confined TO the hands of loya!
men alone, and let no man share in the honors
Of the Government who cannot show clean re-
cord for loyalty, during all these years Of strife
aud war. Then shall treason and periidy be con.
demned, and loyalty be fostered, encouraged and
rewarded.