Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-06-11
IFron:ihs New Yosk Journal Of Commeros.l
The Person6 10 be Punished.


The Tribune has done q good service at
last in stamping Wendell Phillips as one OF
the lowest sort of demagOgues. Mr..
Greeley Shows him up as seizing the pres
ent opporvunitv OF excitement about eff
erson Davis's release to make personal capi-
tai, while only q year ago he was recbm-
mending the release and ridiculi;g the
ideao7of furnishing him. The Tribune has
Illustrated an old truth that those who are
allied with dishonest men are tolerabiy sure
in7eoqrses sot time to, discover the character
of1their allies, and, if honest themselves,
t0repadiate and expose them. Cs16ji5idzo :.
The present condition OF things among
the Radicals suggests pertinent question.
While they quarrel, about the punishment
of treason. and whether the leaders in the
war OF rebellion shall be hung and their
lanSs, -eonfssated, honest citizens cannot
fafl to indnire who If any are the men who
ought TO Be punished for the terrible deeds
of the past fewsyears.esLetz zitsbe conceded
that if any are to be puni the leaders
in the Southern rebelEon, are among the
namber. no Butts the eieatalogae Of the gull
ty-to stop here YsoAre these alone the men
Responsible for the grand crime? gsal7,iis sI.
We have heard Mr. Wendell Phillips,
standing on a PLATFORM in New York, de-
nouncei thedG Constitution of the United
States, and declare boldly for disuuion. We
have heard him and his allies assert their
American Union and the overthrow OF. the
Constitution, until they, should have accom-
plished that end. Was this no offense 2 Is
Mr.. Davis SO guilty because he directed
tIesEofna, aud Mr.. Phillips so innocent be-
cause he only raised the tempest by his in
cantations? I'VE know that this is'an old
story the Hresponsibifity of the Phillips
class ofrmen for, national sorrows, and we
know, too. that in the overthrow of slay-
cry the original abelitionists imagine that
the memory of their crimes is covered up.
They are mistaken. Their attack on the
Union for the epurpose. of destroying slavery
was as great an ofense as the Southern at
tack on the Union, provoked by them. The
rebels in Boston deserve to be executed
side by side with the rebels in Virginia,
and when the nation comes to review the
history with calmness it will decide to
place them side by side, pardo oned together,
or condemned together. < ss7 - a
le is probably not yet the time for sober
reflection. But when the time comes, the
people of the North will hear the voice Of
the Peaeemaker saying In very thrilling
tones, ssLet him that is without sin among
you cast the first stone.n For let it be
remembered that He who uttered this reI
markabte sentence had no Intent toexease
or palliate the crimeUf the degra fedwOman
who was at the bar of justice. That crime
was accursed Of God and man. So the
crime Oh which Tue OOubiftTHJ tedueTS' nave
been guilty stands uapalliated by any eX-
cuse of provocation or temptation; but lei
not the men who initiated the crime, let not
the men equally guilty, be the men to pre-
scribe punishment or administ, 1t.
The Personal Liberty Law of Massachus-
etts was as grave an act of rebellion as the
Secession act of South Carolina. Justice
would demand that any disfranchisement
of the men who voted for one should include
che men who voted for the other. Both
classes insist that they were devising laws
in the interest of liberty. Massachusetts
and South Carolina alike quoted the Dec
laration of Independence as the justification
of their Deeds Both were defiant of the
Constitution and the supremacys1o
United States law, both lead to blood-shed
both contributed to the war which has
desolated the land. = 30, ~ -5. .fss re
1t is unnecessary tospress these truths
They are plafn'as daylight. Hereafter they
will shine. clearly on the minds, of the peo-
pie. just now they are of value, and may
be received with some degree of attention
because the fact is made so notorious that
the Northern criminals are crying loudly
for the blood of the Southern criminals
Let them hango escape together. That is
Justice. ts F &