Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-07-30

evidence, we care not winch.
Benedict Arnold here Hsraiio Seymour, in
makes eight points Milwaukee, likewise (us-
against the Continental lug his own words) makes
the rir "E f freedom Of
First-That freedom Of speech and of the press
speech and of the press has been denied US"
has been taken away. Seetnd-"It Is your pro-
SeeOnd-That property perty, the property OF
has been appropriated. Northern xpayers,
Thiyd-That Illegal i'm Third-"Men have been
prisonmcnts have been torn from their families,
made. and locked up In prison,
aud women also"
Fourih-That odious I0urih-"AIen are told
CONCEPTIONS have been that they must leave their
imposed humes, and devote them
1eves to war"
Iynh-That peace f!nh-"rhe policy OF
which might have been the Adminis ration has
had, was refused placed hi ORANGES ia the
way of the Union."
Sirth-That the first OBJ Sirh--"The Admins
iects in taking the field tration has entered upon
have been abandoned. settled policy dangerous
to Tie welfare of the coun-
fcpenth-Tha. the coun- Serenth--"In God 8
try has been dcluged with name there no meal Is
blood, and made land OF by which we can the
widows and orphans. liYss Of husbands and
EiJhfh--That II il me- brothers ?"
cassary To join him, In Eiyhfh-''We noninat-
order to close those allie cd Mcclellan that we
tions and return to pros might restore prosperity
pefity. and peace to the people"
Thus are the points made by Horatio Sey-
mour against the Administration in 1861,
Identical, point with point, with those made
by benedict Arnold against Washington and
the Continental Congress in l7S0 We See
precisely what Mr.. Seymour mrutt when,
toward the close of his spec u, ne asserted,
"Our views came from uuI l;llhc.s." They
are the views which the 'tory tathers, through
their executor Benedict Arnold, bequeathed
to their coppeihead offspring
The truth is that Treason, and its twin
brother, Faction, always speak substantially
the same language, only just so much al
tered as TO suit the particular circumstances
of each time. The human heart is ever the
same, and so are the prime elements that
move human affairs. As long as there is
malice in human blood, no Government can
be without its renegades and malcontcnts ;
and these are always ready, Judas-like, to
seize upon every occasion Of offence. No
matter what the conduct Of the Government
may be, or however enforced by necessity,
spite will assail it, aud often too on very
plausible grounds.
Every condition of civil life las its burdens
and evils, and it is always easy for the ma
lignant to turn these 10 their own account.
The state of war especially gives this iacili-
ty. II, of necessity, involves great cxpendi-
lures of treason and blood and is attended
with suffering in almost every variety of
form. Moreover, the Executive head Of the
nation, in order to prosecute it with effect
must be intrusted with uncommon powers,
and these powers must be exercised as well
against the secret foes behind us the armed
enemies before. These have been the con
comtants of every great war since time be-
gan. The fact that the war is Just, instead
Of aiIordng relief from them, only makes
them the more unavoidable, rs it makes the
success of the war Il greater necessity.
NnhpIU I 7,
though he initiates Benedict Arnold SO
closely, deliberately is counting the scorn of
postcnty. Yet The political leaders who do
The work Of faction when the country is in
danger, never have been forgiven, and never
will he forgiven, by the American people.
The Copperhead chiefs of these times, who
draw so lavishly upon the sophisiries and
falacies of 1850 for the furtherance of their
factions designs, cannot toowel understand
that the sequel of all this is endless disgrace.
They must not expect to fight the Govern
ment with the weapons OF the Tories and OF
the blue-light Fedefalsts, without sharing
the same fate. -