American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1867-06-26

| rOr hV seek inr m defend nnr nnlicV lpon
,nteSable oro,,nds. Wide reaehino all
| embracing clamancv must he piven as /,
boon-as an act of simnle erace-to the
conouere God foreiyes man for his
| ain. out Of his love Where he MIGHT
sostrag be sin,nlv n,rdobsl h IfChrist;;.
an;,y = to he carried into, ,our nalicv let
The Divine DEALINGS be;mit,ted on this
Liob cIo,r ,ronpJ of Nv ,i,o,s 9 70,
vcnoes are certain and decade Of v.ar,
| wffie,.,yert our -ph iH.,;o i,,, azi5nd. sf
nr,,misa Bnt we-d. osiva oursalees .,,e
ba,etbe act an onv orkcr gr,nnd. ma
Editor of the T,.,Bpuc wbdss ironn IS,
led him b9von3 INA 5FA ~ h. 3 n
shaking b,nsts wi,ht 4 blaoaus ,af,sai nm
rersnf.nt tr,it,r .I,,s hs,, ariven. "a .hts
defeoee bv the in.ig,ncot ,f tbe nati,n
HAVING erred in u.prnino the priyileoe
of 7, traitor fell,v r, J4F D,vis in 81
licitino 70 becnn,e his bond man and
transgre ssed in elasniny. in the eve Of
he nation hand which CONSIGNED fhou,
sands co,llv t, de,th. he is tuno by re,
proaches to Justification. His hi temper
poured out on the New York LeaGue ins
dicates a mind cahable Of vinaicdink il,
self by rudeness and t, take sh tier in
so,fhlstry. In the Y,iJyne of Monday
June 3i. the warplng. OF which we cIm,
planned in the beg inning of this article
is sadly shown. Mr.. Greeley is led to
multiply the points Of resemblance be-
scen the POINTS of the American Revo.
luton and the Rebellion They were
ike he says, first, in that b 4 were
formidable instructions against local.
paramount national authority secondly,
both speedily obtained such magnitude
that, quoting from Mr.. Webster. there
could now no longer be question Of pro,
ceeding agllust individuals as guilty Of
treason and rebellion" And ia advucats
ing universal amnesty in 1867, toward,
ther bels, he implicitly relies ON our sup,
posed belief that tieeorge lid should
not have hung Washington had he crush>
ed the rebellion and upJu the authority
of Mr.. Webster's assumed declaration
that he. also. thought 50. But. as it is
ninety wears since the revolt of our faith,
ers. and we have fought oiher wars and
seen another great man appear and dis.
appear from our sight, we are omancipa
ted as well from .ihe Lending strings Of
tradition as rom solitary hero worship
Oar Revolution appears as it was-a re-
vol against thority and law Justified
indeed by grievances he redHe sed only
By force ana W r1rlntcd bythe eventwith
most. but vet revolt punishable by law.
aud 50 understood ly those who began it.
In Lin DIN we have equaled Washington;
but while Heaven spared our Founder to
his people, it was the Eand Of y rebel
who berelt us We do not believe. at
bottom, that George lid would have vi
olated law or,right in punishing our an,
cestors for their treason a, law and right
were understood by him Aud who else
shall interpret then /? Shalthe culbrit?
Nor does MF. Webster gmp!jed,y- sIy so
m his Bunker Ill, sgcech He say, IL
could now 10 longer be % que.tJuo Of pro
ceediug against indiviiu,j, ne auiIty 5t
treas IA ar re eilioa. When NV. .in
rllg the strife whil6 BATTLES were lost
aud won on either side. AMI prisoners in
ethers hands, Why? Because of re
taliali lion. For no other reason. Had
Howe hung Continental, a re etat
would have swung for him. Expc1iencY
aJo6k he axe and the csfl from kin
Georges h6nj The rebellion useirtla
musketaud the cananp4 Regiments aad
batteries alone could overcome rbc men
VINO used them But is deferiing
equivalent to a rcuauucng aDo we eve
execute criminal before We catch hi,r {?
Even sirs. Glass prs5eFed5 n r rabbit in
ha0d uefJre making her soup
La prosecuting a war made necessary
by the number ol opponents, it does
speedily becJnia a question not oflindis
viduais, but Of b mechanics--g ven so
much resistance ta be overcoms what
means shall it be surm Iunel +? But the
disposition OF the dlsiecta membra. the
treatment Of the inert fragments. the
problem f fraction once solved. is anoth>
er question 1t is the same as if, in an,
tclpation of injury Gun emplated by an
outbreak, the Supreme power were socks
ing to prevent its arising; save that the
two questions Of vengeance for wrong
and reparation Of hurt ircurred are adds
cd Security for the future is the chief
consideration in iemnity for the past ac-
cedeS -ieF. atal r..-lI.