The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-03-28

remuneration which they have earne'
through long years OF hopeless oppfessioI
how can we hope to escape still further pun
ishment if God is just and omnipotent? l
may come in the shape of plaques, or OF IN
testine wars, race aginst race, the Oppressed
against the oppressor. But once 1t WILL
Seek not to divert our attention from Justlc
BIZ pueriIe cry about fatted calvesl I'm u
fifth section provides that $500 .0OO,ooo shai
| be raised out of the confiscated properly ~
! two purposes; the increase OF the pehaaoa
of our soldiers, and the payment " ~ ;r
despoilcd citizens. Is there any Juslie 10.
this +? We have seen that by the Ill" VI -"
lions they were liable TO pay all the Apse
and damages of the war. Those eA N
cannot be less than 5000. 000, 900, lnciu'' tIe
our debt and what was paid WITH La aHo =, ore
damages were probably S5Oo, ooo,ooU r,ncx-
To exact but one tenth part IS ino''y r. tbe
ampled in national magnanlm''y. mil.
great mutiny in India in when ~ n" III were
lions of the original owners oil Tue so ri,l,t,
engaged. and who held proP' So,.ernment
under well defined titles, the Gov. Cove Ian
declared that their engagements mao pe.n
cancelled bv the Rebellion, and ti'at 'no + n
prietary RIGHT in the soil was conn ,., If
| IN. Government. which would aisPoSo NJ -
that - riobt a. to it might seem hitting. ~,
one ever complained that this exceeded 'ae
mower of the vctors. why so tenu o,,r
= small punishment is to be inflicted on ou.
annny Frhree hundred million dollars pus
| ~ inferest at six per cent wonld JUST "'ou'
donbIe nresent pensions. Eight doliars i"
rnonth to men unable to work IS whoiiy III
adcouate to their necessities. lhaI fHto w." 80
fixed when the pay of soldiers was put 90
per month"; is now SIG. Inc lhcleas1.
price of all the measures OF Nie ,IL" -,
! that necessary. The pensions sho o,I ne ~
creased in the same proportion. !non Pr
cnt allowance is a mere mockeIyi -, "
doubled out of some fund: onail ~ DC N'
the cost of loyal men, or OF those VINO man
e,led and sIew orr noble soldiers You talk
of pity. Pity for whom ? Your tears flow
for nompous traitors ours for MANNED, halt
inc, crippled patriots. know there is cry
for the perfect impunity of the enemy. 1t
is n DANGEROUS and unwholesome doctrine.
Inflict salutary punishment to prevent future
civil wars and to PUNISH the criminals
" their brothers blood cries to us from the
earth, which has opened its mouth to receive
their brothers blood from their hands - all
this blood cannot sink into the ground una
venged the ghosts of these murdered mar
tyrs will not down, but will haunt their muir
derers to the bar of eternal Judgment. Is
there anything in the practice of nations to
condemn this confscation Nothing; but
everything tojustify it. When city or peo-
pie in alliance with Rome conspircd to levy
war against her, on being conquered she was
not unfrequcntly deprived of half her popu-
lation, and their lands taken and given to
Roman colonists. Where all is justly for
feited, including their lives, to leave them
IF ic 7 ,,onl ifn f1,o
amples OF Greece and Macedonia. They were
severer than Rome. Now, 1 would not exact
much personal punishment. have never
believed in bloody penalties. have long
since adopted the mildcr views of Boo
caria and Montesquieu. But when I say
that, it does not mean impunity to Grim
inals. Heavy pecuniary punishments
should take the place of personal in
fictions. Rome at one time decrecd that no
blood should be shed except in hostile con-
1lict. But for making war on the Republic,
aud lesser crimes, she interdictcd to the
" malefactor fire and water" which was the
form of her sentence of Punishment. Such
Punishment involved the forfeiture of all
their estates, real as we'll as personal. While
they allowed the malefactor to depart with
life, they reduced him to poverty. Such was
the fate of Cicero when he went into exile.
1t was from the study of this Roman law, no
doubt, that our learned President took the
idea contained in his speech, traitors must
be impoverished" He will, I hope, pardon
us for not being hard-hcarted enough fully
to carry out his wishes Certain gentlemen
seem hardly to learn either from the writings
publicists, or from the passing and
visible events of the present age. The Ger
man Empire had many features similar to
our own. 1t was composed of 80 States,
each independent in its own municipal GOV
eminent and laws, but each subject to the
general government of the Empire in what
ever came within its jurisdiction. BY its
Constitution all the States were pledged to
perpetual union. This pledge had come
down to them through ages. 1t had Con-
gress of members from each of the States,
which was sitting permanently, whose acts
were to blind each member of the confeder-
acy. War broke out between two of the
powers. The minor States ranged
themselves under the banner of the one or
the other. Prussia triumphed Did the
constituent parts say g We lay down our
arms peace ensues; and we claim our old
rights as they were under the Constitution of
the German Empirei We could not 90 out
InaI Empire, LOT our constitution deClar-
that it should be perpetual" No. None
of the vanquished powers were SO idiotic as
to set up such pretences. No one was fool
ish enough to suggest it to the coneueror.-
Prussia took up these submissive States and
dealt with them according to the universal
ly acknowledged laws of war; She first I'M
posed the expenses of the war upon the con-
quered beligerent according to what she
deemed equitable Austria bore AZ 600 OOO
Saxony 100000 Bavaria 5000 900. and
so on. She refused to let the States partici-
pate in the Government, but Incorporated
several of them into the kingdom of Prussia.
Why do not these injured parties invoke the
Indignation of the civilized world? Be
cause they knew the verdict would be against
them. They knew that the war DESTROYED
the Constitution of the German Empire and
annulled the treaties of 1916; that all must
be subject to the will of the conaueror-
Where is our craftsmanship, that we suffer
the enemy to escape from the payment of the |
costs and damages of the war? Where is |
our patience, that we suffer them to clamor |
about rights under the Constitution Where |
is our courage that we suffer the President |
to head this new rebellion The remaining |
part of the sum levied, to-wit, 5000, 600, 900. |
is to remunerate loyal men in both sections
who, in consequence of their loyalty, have
been plundered and had their property de- |
stroyed by the invading armies and raiders