The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-02-23

as plain as any one a Of + the ten
commandments there is not a
sentence in tile lords Prayer
more simple; not a a moral pre-
cept can be found in the child's
primer that is more easily I'M
derstood. Yet the. court is. viii
pended, and abused, and SLAM
dered for saying it. The or
gans of disunion and anarchy
publicly proclaim their deter
mination to disregard the de-
cision, not because it is errone-
GUS, but because it confines
their power by limits inconye-
nientIy narrow. They declare
that they will 10. in defiance Of
It. whatever gratifies their own own
passions and promotes their
own interests and they impu-
IDENTIFY use this very language: !:
~ FL the lhjc stands ile our acay,
so MATCH the at0fS6 for the h15llct.' !
Ne" Ihaddeus Stevens, tie;
leader and driver of the present
CONGRESS-, de6ounees this de-
cision on the lfo6rof the House.
Toimy certain knowledge he
Knows it to be perfectly. right
The senseless twaddle about
hanging American citizens by
the laW'of nations, on criminal
accusations'of of their own gov
ernment, could not fora a single
instant impose ON an tindGr-
Estanding like his But he SLAM
ders THE judges for deciding
what he knows and wl1at5they
know tobe tFUe,for no conceiv-
liable reason except his desire
Ilthat his particular friends may
continue to enioW the delight
lIftll luxury OF shedding ifnlo-
IIcent blood.l tiv ssata ada b55ant
/ 5Thejudges, and allwhoi think
IIWith them, are called traitors,
because they declare the Con
IIstitution to mean just what it
IIsays, and because they will not
violate it themselves. or permit
Tits violation by, Others, when
they can preVentit. If this con-
fiict for and against the Consti-
tuition implies treason on either
side, the guilt does not lie at
our door. 1t is not the man
who siu1stains and loves and be
/ lieyes ID the laws Of his coun,
try. that 5.'s can be Justly called !
traitor But. if there be an
American citizen ! anywhere
IWho, with an oath upon. his con
science. to. support the Consti
tuition, would make war upor
lit, snbvert it BY brute force, AMI
/ take away the defences j
/ affords to life, liberty, anl
1 property, leaving them to th'
J. mercy of mobs, murderers, kid
il nappefs, military commissions
{, and Bureaus of military Justice
4 such q man is thoroughly
j traitor, r'@' 1aD . aa'
j AYE, from the EXTREMIST upward Of Ills hea
-i TO the descent anttdusb beneath his feet,
81 a most toad spotted traitor. la So.
3 These aff6Ws wliiefl they cas
4 against Us, barbed and poison
ii ed With viii | The accusation bil | Of trea
! son, rebound from our ftnpenr
etrable ar1or, and fall harm
! less at BUR feet for We ar
!. shielded and helmed, and Wear
oned with the truth; but If W
J choose to take them up am
] send them back at our adVe1
II safies,, we would leave theI
Fl quivefing in their very Hearts
Il A great truth, on which th
Il safety Of society and the secu
s rity' of Individual rights miuIs;
!, depend, is iii its Mature indt
Il sfriictfBTe. You may crush ]
j. to-day ,but it win reappear All
! yfnglicate itself Tomorrow I @
|, the other hand, noffiing'is :
1 eYanescent, oP. 50 feklebas h
t passions shat spring fnom til
d Interests and3the pEeiadiees I
p the, hour d,Let the lessons
t history DE heeded.i Titus Titus { Date
81 Bedloe, and Dangerfield enj0,,
MED a far greater measure |
elDgDuIaT0 confidence than eve
e8 was bestowed upon Mrd HOl
taI Mrib Gonover; Mf.sG GHnfpbel
u alias sHoaIT or ilpohlalla I'll
= officers, agents, spies, flelatol