The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-05-21

srnmsnts s tAsr prsdesnassd opportunity OF organic
oy the resolute inhction Of exemplary
punsnment on the offenders It's neglect involves not
only me genera eontemP incurred BY suspected weak
nees po, NE fatality Of lssson Withheld, when tho
lesson The fierce connagraton OF Southern ambition
drew on e one-thrd OF the federal States into rebellion
sgas. .ne iedess government The torch Of intestine
WAT paAea Ia rebellious hands with dire malgnaney
devastating counties ng neighborhoods dssolatng
homes and accomplishing . dresry waste Of suffer-
psrslleled strife The blood Of fearful battles
stained req the doorposts OF every dwelling In tho
cOnnaous contributions exhausted the substance
Of tne people, barbarous punshments, ferociousy in
icted by rcmoseless rebels upon fathers brothers and
sons, narrowed loyal bosoms, and shed the nations
tears eAch years contingent demanding new sacrhces
year AFTER year scored the names OF dear upon
the nearthstone-a sacrifice 10 country Such were
ths iearfq orgies OF the fell Moloch OF Southern re-
bellion does not import to inquire who were the
instigators, or TO what especial persons these afro
cities should be imputed. Their responsibility was
assumed by the socalled Confederate government
in Richmond Over that government presided Jefferson
Davis The fortune Of arms delivered him to the
government his mad ambition had assaed and straight
way philosophical ngments, projected upon a frag-
mentary pnianfhropy particolored plot 70 extrcate
this colossal criminal OF his time from the painful
pressure OF personal restraint and TO nhib the
legal examination OF his crime II assuredy is not for
US TO deve into noisome mines for the complications Of
human motive IL is enough that considerations sur
ncienty obvious detect the spurious nature OF that
which, under the guse of mercy has been pretenously
invoked to the release OF the prisoner held ward by
the nation. or the agonies Of contc. and its tbroes
OF anguish we make no account; Of the gloom Of
uncertainty the fierce disaster OF treasures
wasted and our buried dead take no heed;
the Widows weeds we drop the VEIL nor
listen longer to the mothers prayer We simply point
70 secuted constitution and country rent and sum-
monng into presence the invaded institutions of
people, in their name we ask II the volaor of Internal
pence shall not be arragned for his violence and the
ruthless invader OF national sancty shall bend be-
fore the laws he hoped overthrow This question ap
peals to the heart will IL be baked by the judgment
OF the people. Chiefly does II concern those whose
victories in the field inscribed treason upon the Con-
federate flag. The soldiers Of the first be con-
WINGED Of their dsloyay before they accord
the traitor whom their arms reduced the mmunes OF
patriot There not lacking the lveried seIvtos OF
conventional teachers masters
In the market places, with broad physcteries perver
ing TO eeem0synary ceeds OF universal forgiveness the
essential principles OF national existence These be
they whose fearful apprehensons EgDaled war the
Of Tho Union rather than the forcble restraint OF the
States that threatened il. These be they who, with
agued hearts hastcad TO The camps OF rebellion with
defiant fearful notes chance diet either filled them
with dspeptc courage or efs them without stomach
for the fight These be they whose counsels in the
tional CONFUSION dwinded from the big, manly voice
Of confident peace to childish trebbe; whose founded
equanimy Of repose the conflict OF dissolved and
whose terr0rs the thunders roll found soace In the
sQneaking Of mouse. such men move their arms in
marching and their legs in fighting. They louder
in bed than they shout in battle But such not the
either to conduct belligerent people successfully
through the huctuating fortunes Of lethal to
advise, at its termination, the ofpeacc Should
they speak from the 0srum-the orator deceves should
they exhort from the pulpitt-he preacher misleads
should they dogmatze from the press-the oracle phi
lippizes. The people alone competent to this ex
gency of peace they only adequate the
gencies OF war. And among these none so trust
worthy and qualified the surviving comrades Of those
whose remains harbo a. the last in that Southern earth
they have consecrated to tho Union. Soldiers OF the
war what say you? Shall Jefferson DAVIS escape with.
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