The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-07-04
RANDOM THOUGHTS No. s7.s
BY TIE EDITOR.

once pardon all that is paSt--we must never visit
any one with punishment. Hence he desires
JEFF. Davis and all the rebels to be forgiven. In
fact he claims that the rebels did not commit
treason, as the magnitude Of their crimes rem
dcrCd the actions harmless.
In reviewing sermon recently delivered in
Boston, Mr.. Greeley gives this quotations:
THE sword Of Justice is sheathed when il
should be withdrawn We hare pork IN do. The
Rebellion Itself has not been punished by human
power. II hserrrs 10 he punished 1t is our duty
to see that punishment Is meted out here before
| II passes on TO that other tribunal hereafter.
| There Is but ONE way in which this eau be
sent up to that higher Court, and that is from a
scatfold or gaUws. If ever man Should be-
beheadcd, that man is Jefferson DAVIS.
And then he comments thus:
"Wcll, then, suppose we agree that no man
shall he 'bchcNdGd at least not for u political
otfense? Suppose this had al,rHys been the rule
50 that Charles |. Of England, and Walter Raleigh
and Algernon Sidney, and James Duke Of Mon
mouth and Louis XVI, and Vergniaud. and Ro-
land; and the Due d dEnghcm, and Robert Blum
and Macy SandOr, Qnd John Brown, and ever 80
many more victims OF the political hCadsman had
not been put TO dcath-would the world have
been the worse for it?'
Now here Is an editorial from the Tribune, civ
ing the other side .....
"Is the Spanish Government sincere In its pro-
fcssed desire to put down the Transatlantic Save
Trade Some doubt its good faith in the matter.
! while many hold TO the contrary opinion, the lat
| ter quoting among other things. the recent order
Of the Captain-Gencral Of Cuba, bv which no
! save-trader can legally obtain over $500 for each
! slave. Such an order, however excellent the in
! tentiOn with which il has been promulgated Is
almost certain to be imperative. The slaves once
| landed on the shores Of Cuba ingenuity, sharp
! Cned by the thirst Of gain will devise Il hundred
ways of rendering IL nugatoy. There is far
| better way Of putting down the trade increase
! the number Of gun-bOats of the Cuban coast, and
! see to it that the utmost vigilance is used i'm
| hunting up the slave vessels. But the best and
! speedicst mode Of killing the Abuminabe traffic
| Is to declare the trade piracy Why does not the
Spanish Government give this proof Of Its SINGER
| iyf'
Why declare the slave trade piracy? We have
! n constitutional provision against treason, with
acts of Congress, furnishing treason with DEATH
and yet Mr. Greeley declares that this amounts to
nothing, and TINT traitors must not be punished,
and he goes bail for the chief of all the traitors
Here is another editorial from the Tribune:
In the Fecjec Islands WREN great man dies
there is always n notable cutting and slashing of
| live human flesh, pnd n smell Of roast meat. The
women burn their bodies and afflicted friends cut
oil their fingers to lestOOn the grave. There was
something rather worse than this the other day
| in the suburbs of New York. A funeral party
went from this city to Calvary Cemetery, and
stopped on the road TO console themselves drink
Ing at tavern. The merits OF the deceased came
up for discussion, and the result was furious
fight in which whips, knives, stones and blud-
gcons were used with bloody effect, the women
keeping the men supplied with missiles, and
sometimes Joining in the fray themselves One
heroic old lady Is said to have particularly dis
tingushcd herself by jumping on the bodies Of
her PROSTATE foes. A child Is reported to have
| been killed. and fourteen persons we're more or
less injured This is one Of the grossest olltragcs
on public dCCency that we have ever been called
upon to report, and we trust that If any Of the
savages arc caught the law Will serve them with
exemplary severity
Why do You want these poor drunken devils
served with exemplary severity when You deny
thai traitors, and murdercrs Of tens Of thousands
OF innocent men, should receive any punishment
whatever?
Here is lengthy editorial which copy from
tue Tribune Cntire
TEXAN BRiGANDAGE.
"The Infamous Quantrell, we observe. is still
raging In unhappy Texas. 1t may or may not be
an argument In support Of the natural deprayIty
OF man that no civilization. however high can
totally eradicate the trnces Of our original barbni-
lty. In the tumultuous violence Of great cities,
in the cruel snpGrsttlOns Of remote provinces in
codes Of spurious honor, in the grasping selfish.
ness of ungnllghtened commerce. in the onnguin-
nry license OF war and in the constant recurrence
10 private revenge, We may sill read our conncc.
tiOn with the infants of our race and find the
heart or the hand Of the proto.murdercr still bnck
with plotting, or crimson with execution. Under
the best Of circumstances, u great country has
always disrcputable frontiers which defy both iu-
dcnl and military authority, government
stretching over many degrees Of latitude W IN he
disregardcd In one corner and cheated In another |
until stcndv and prosperous pOpulat ion comes |
10 the aid Of the law and violence Is no longer
the rule but the exception. II Is true. indeed, |
that when the best has been done. crimes and |
even great crimes do not altogether cease; but !
they remain Os recognized obliqultcs to be |
promptly, certainly, and condlgnly punished, |
not by extra, judicial tribunals, but by the dlspas.
sionate and mcthodcal process of law.
'rhe excesscs of Quantrell and his red-handcd |
gnng upon the Texan border recall the stories of |
travellers and nOvcllsts, the traditions of italy,
and of Spain, These bnndtti, who still profess |
10 be fighting fot the Confcderacy, make rob.
berry their business aud murder their recreation.
while they kill They take possession of this
plantation or that and amuse their involuntary
entCglalners by telling stories Of YESTERDAY inur
der or of the arsons and burgnriCs Of last week.
They eXtort hidden money by threatening DEATH
a1d, when the place of c0nceolmcnt has been dis
covered, they make short work of their druded
and conhding victim. They have II seems re-
fnements Of dlabolical delight, and inventions Of
enthusiastic inlqnity. i hate, said the chiynl-
rous QnanlrUll, 10 kill . man thnt Is stubborn
and shows fight, or says nothing, or tells inc TO
KIN him and he done with II. Bat do like tO
get Nt;er u Dulclmnn and hear him pray for
God to spare him. always make them get on
their knees and look ne In the fhcc, and, while
they pray, blow their iaces to pieces This Is
the lastldious gentleman who y wvagmg CON
siderable extent of territory with fire mud sword,
and recalling 10 mnny poor German cmlgrant
the stories which he heard In hls boNhoOd Of
Schlnderhannes or of some other noted RohbCr Of
the Rhine. To pastoral and lnolfenslvG people,
the downfall Of the 'COnfedeacy' has brought no
peace; and they Oro still looking to the Govern
ncnt TO which, at the peril Of their lives they re-
mulned loyal aud devoted, for efficient suecOr and
protection. . .. ...
"Tlmo w we know adjust these rude dis
fractions In the course OF few months the
lacetious QunntrC will be shot or hung, and his
hand of cutthrOats dispersed This unfortu.
nately, will not recall the murdered TO life, nor
restore their property to The rlundered aud Inn
poyerlfhCd. The longer the delay, tlie greater
viii he the misery the closer the struggle, the
more cruel will these outlaws become, and The
more reckless of their own lives, ninety aud nno ,
times forfeited. Falling into tile hands of those
whom they have 90 cruelty porserutod, tie dan.
GER "a that we shall be treated to fresh eXamples
Of rude border Justice, and the substitutoh of one
form of violence for another M doubt T,yns
would be well rid OF Qunntrell and liza lDilowers
under any conceivable circumstances OF cnntnrc
and execution but the benefit TO be permnnent
must come through the forms and prOcesses ~
las ,yp knnty Ia t,,tl |