New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-01-30
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LOYALTY Us. TREASON

LOYALTY rs. TREASON
To he Editor Of The Trto"ho, r,.,.
SIR; ! have noticed that HE lhlDoE .'
while al prccating tho 0utrages upon oya i"o" =
ern Rebels insists with yehomence That inc 'o ''o'
c ,hi Il universal amnesty VIII you inform INC pup
lie how This state Of things Is 10 bo romeded " """g
~. ef,i.s orer entirely 10 The control NJ hcss ScySdme
,.yeg You must admit that IN nearly every Southern
stafe under your programme, tho Rebels wouid have
control not only OF the Legislatures and STATE ohcc bat
Of the courts also In that case, how could loyal man
show watover exccDt IN the Federal courts and even
there tine I's would be composed largely, II not Wholly,
Of thrFa .ri,ame amncsticd Rebels. With judges and
Mnr.has aud Jur,cs composed wholly or mainly ~ mon
VINO believed IA tho Pebcon and eth sympetAiLe Win
scon coiae whea ihcy ,c hy ogin tcM better success
It Gogs seem 20 nc ,nat Loyal men would find jordan
mar be wrong. but think that Rebels should be
made IT, t .e back sent >" ad that the loyal mon alone
should govern the country. can't see any more seh.e
IN Your iGea o. fastening t0 restore these Res 70
20 or est they s3uu be 4I',tted " ht5 hviD Uut ~
It, than there would Pc IN turning over te ho'ctIou
Il NcyI York 60 tho rOJ s ara IcNeaciS st no! sbgH
lie offended TT your clors 70 Wtyfht tnelf ir,uQent
voting. You may be all I6n max Iuf One lblI 10 ~
IT, aHd ne"yc ihr-c lJOl o. inI 10y lIeh ~ w
and damagosEos who want tIe votes Of tLe'5 leDes anu
advocate such course; but 1t does NJ s-IEo .G ~
far tie county,. Ny idea b. tla crime ought TO- ne pun
shel and If treason 10 not crime what, IN HeaFeho
make the escape from punishment tine moro you cncou-
age the commission OF crime when man counts
The Rebels ought thanh God and loyal men on ter
bondcG knees daily il they are permitted 10 I'VE IA tha
oI cnidgcy for hcgond Wat thew lave any ght 70 ask
Ever, dollar oi er propeTty ou<nt TO nave been con
cr mem and y T5 M 70 now talJ or + reason ia
TO DO mada thus easy, and instead OF being punished, =
Office Why should not anybody Turn Uutor whenever u
frs his ;in-y or purpose II inc loyal men are 70 De
Rebels it we're it better for tne that thry had been
Ecbe5aI,0 WHAT inIucomspt viii tlere be- Tor i'n 10
a.. hot o. .nf4 n'tN|a A.. Of
utas Jc.n whenever tine OPp'Ii unity occurs - IH',
70 looks lie colnpournius sood "4'h e'IICriaIs Wt'
b!ach aud blact "hite. a LOiAlisl
mas utgt0H, u. e., Jan. ~ 1911
Comments By The Tribune.
Though we have once already printed The
above, we reproduce il a5 the most compact
and forcilhe OF the many Of like tenor which
have reached us, and because We choose to
present ut once It's positions and our objections
to them, with a Wow to their careful c0MpaH
son and consideration.
Cur readers generally understand orr own
fundamental objections 70 the line Of policy
commended ny az Loyaliat." They import
that hanging men does not and VIII not pre-
vent murder, that barbGrism is only to be
overcome BY civilization, that Hate Is TO be
conquered, not by Hate, but by Love. Those
who comprehend and appreciate this can re-
Qure 10 farther argument from or side. But
there is a very large and respectable class 10
whom such considerations seem puerile and
impractical, and, in order to influence these,
we must nee. them or different and Git
seems to us) a lower plane than oars. We
tell a Loyalistn aud his crowd, therefore,
that, in addition to orr reasons for c0Htcmn-
ing the policy they favor, hey would oppose
Il, if they could see as far as the tips of their
noses, because e tcnds directly to put the GoC-
clnment and country into the porer Of the tate
Rebeis and their Northern sympath.;ers.
We ask "a Loyalist" to look about him and
see if he can find one Dcmocrat-barely one
Of al who now vote GgGinSt the Republican
party-who would vote riH it in support OF
the policy he advocates We affirm that he
cannot find the first one--that the Democratic
party in every state world be stimulated to Il
more active, cm'ittcre1, effective hostility TO
Republican rule by our adoption OF the pro-
scripiye policy in question. Now, then, we
know many Republicans who heartily condemn
and would earnestly oppose such a policy
some of whom would probably be alienatcd by
it. On the other hand, large number who
are naturally Democrats, or of 10 decided party
affiliations, but who were driven to act with
us in tie last Presidential election by Frank
Blairs crazy letter to Broadhead, contrasted
with the Republican National Conventions
anti-Prcscliptive resolve and Gen. Grants
LET us have Peace" would certainly vote and
work against us if we were to attempt to carry
out a LOyalist's" programme. The result
would be that we should be speedily hurled
from power, and "A Loyalist" might yainly
onnoo1 IN tho ey -pphnls and thpir triumuhuu.
allies for the moderation and mercy which he
had secuted while he was on the stronger side.
We most respectfully ask a Loyaist' to
ponder the following table:
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