, 1866-08-21

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T1-ESDAY. AuGUsT q. 1sGR.
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THE CRIME OF TREASON.
1ftactlcs could supply the place of princi-
plc, or flour I,cople were like those oriental
tribes who, it is said, are terrified l,y inrad-
ing armies in rroportion to the noise that is
made in the assault, then the Jol.usonitcs
might hope for some decree of eucccss in the |
present c1mpaiyn. They have got up Sc
rice of musical, dramatic. tragic, and SPEC
tacular performances, With innumcral1e side |
shows, to engage the attention Of the people !
and divert public interest from the really iru-
mort ant matters at stake. They hold ppb-
lie meetings and national conventions ;
they decare PRINCIPLES and issue
flaming addresses to the people
they talk largely of the danger
Of legislative dcspo1ism. and Of the purify
ind integrity of the Executive: they orate
and resolve hugely about the Fundamental
right Of representation, and ask with stun
nin= emphasis, how the people Of Illinois or
Ohio, or any other State would like to be un-
represented III Con.7css9 They print and
they speak tn q frightfu1 length upon the
blessings of restored Union, of tho Divine
g7sce Of peace, and OF the desolation that
would follow another wnr- On all these top
les they asc prolific, eloquent, imposing and
grand, but they hare never word to say
upon the historical fact that We hare had
rebellion. They forget that 1Fe have had
armies and narics they forget that VIC arc
now staggering under IN unprecedented tag
alton ncccssitated by the war against rebel
lion and above all things they have forgot
ten that armed&7caeon hns wrought all the
evils which now oY.{arcss and cmbarrnss the
land.
In former times. and it n,ay be
60 now, it Was evidence Of i'll
breeding for one mnu in Texas to iu-
qu,re into the anteccdcnts of another,
and conversation about horse thieves, swim,
dlcss, cut -throats OF dciaultcrs, was pcremp.
tosily forbidden in I'll the refined eocial cir.
clcs of that State. The same punctilious
regard for politcnc.s, tue same careful, aroi
dance Of possibly lclicatc relntlons, seem:
to have governed in the Philadelphia Con.
ventio1i. As in Texas, in the time VIC speak
OF, no man, from anything he could hear il
ordinary conversation, could discover thai
the people generally had ever known Of sucl
IN offence as horse stealing, or dreamed tla
men had ever proved dishonest; so the yisi
tor to the Philadelphia Convention woul,
never discover from what he heard there
that the delegates had ever heard OF such Al
cIsncc rs treason, or had ever dreamed ttla
men had proved Themselves base, maliunar
traiiors. Indeed, one Of the most patheti
performances in the Convention, was intend
cd to repc1 any such thought. afassachti
Ectts delegates, men protesting to represen
the families of those murdered b
traitors in the streets Of Baltimore
On their way TO rescue the bcieagucre
capital,-1est men should think tllt
Massachusetts people cherished an
recollection OF such trihins circun
stancc-cntercd the Convention arm and ar1
with the de,esutes who represented I'll
traitors that first devised hostile flag, fir:
raised an armed hand, aud first fired trc:
Fcoable shot against the United Stntes NJ
their gallant defenders or cuursc had the
been treason in the land, MassacluscttsD Der
oc1uts would have scented it ont, and III
= there bcen traitors at large, their preseu
would have been detected, and their cor
rauy rcpudiated. Men who for quarter
century had scorncd John Quincy Adam
who have for many years been daily wurni1
the country against the vet unAcvelop
treason Of Banks and Sumner, who have Il
compelled time and again, in order
eire timely notice Of treason, to assal
and detame stsour-mipdcd women. won
ccrtainly have recognized q traitor had
heen rrcsent. and would have euufred treas
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