The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-04
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Such ia the title OF neat pamphlet which,
comes to us from BostonItho wcll-kno,yn hub Of
Lyssuder sPoonor, ia undoubtedly possessed Of
good montnl resources, and setting aside tho pro.
iad,ces OF his section he has undertaken t. prove
that under our rm Of govornment thero can bc
no such thing as treas0n. wo will endeayor to
gVe brief epitono OF his viows without protend.
ing 70 follow his language or endorsing hfs senti-
Tho question Of treason Is dis ;nct from slayory.
and would hare boen tho same had free States in
stead OF slave Stntcs seeded. ii
Tho North carried on ths war not to liherate tb,
slaves, but to keep them in bondage, but whom il
WAS FOUND that tho Union could not DO preaeryod
Win slavery, thon, and not TIL then, WAS slavery
The principle on which tho North acted in war.
ring against tho 6outhern Slates, was-.'rhat mon
sssannnS s ss dS not want and that re-.
setance on THAR part makos them traitors and
eIlminals. This principle III regarded as selE.eyi-
IDENTIFY false, and fatal to political freedom yot It
trilmphed IN tho field. and II firmly estnbiishod,
as it assumed to be- the number Of slayos 80 far
y increased. for man subjected to govarnmont @ @
that no does not want, is indeed slave. Betweon
political and chattel slavery. thero is no difference
mau's ownership Of himself and the produota OF
his labor. .r'E - =,
Though claiming to rest on consent our govern.
nr men, actually rests ON force says to tho world
sont on tho part OF unwilling States or people s no
longer thought Of; and yot it is pretended that
b Il OF liberty and FREQ government
Tho consent of the strongest party be all that
Is necessary to establish authority over tho VIC ker
party, then the most despotic governments in the
principle, and if il DO the consent OF the most
numerous party, then il may be answered that two
mon havo no N orc natural right to exercise au-
thority over one than one has to exercise similar
authority over two. A mans natural rights arc
his own, aud any infringement Of thom iy equally
: crime whether commi ted by ono man or by mil
lions. Besides, tho most numerous party Ia not
always the strongest party strength not to DO
fesses to be Established by "the people" which em-
braces as well tho minority al tho majority. Our
fathers In 1776 wore but small minority compared
With those who claimed tho right to rule over
hem.
Individual consent Is Indispensable to the itlea
of treason; without II no man rondors hin,snli n
traitor BY simply refusing to support govern
ment. Besides political freedom implies right
Of choice-n change OF opinion and q withdrawal
OF consent once given, after reasonable notice
md an exhibition Of 'doGont respect for tho opin-
ions OF mankind" Thus the Revolution asserted
ana In theory established tho right Of oycry man.
at his own discretion, to release himself from tho
support Of the government under WHICH he lived;
and this not as alone applicable to the British rule
then existing, but as right OF all men, at all times
aud under oil circumstances, George III. calls
our ancestors traitors, but the civilized world
agreed that they only assorted their natural ri9ts
tnat they no moro committed tr. ason by dsso wing
thoy had lived than foreigner does whom he be-
comes citizen Of this country, or O native does
when ho leaves church or any other voluntary as
ISOLATION with which he had been connected.
gumont, We have cnloavorsd ~ preserve It's apir,t
and tone. We commend hs reasonings and oou-
clusions TO tho vindotiyo Radicals VINO atil CRY
aloud Tor punishment and confscaton. Remom-
Dor this is voice from Boston, where liberty was
nursod, and where it's worry cradle is still an object
Of roYorence.