Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-21

husband and her helpless condition. to
help him in his, infamous design. Yet
this is fact if the family tradition is
true. And being Indignantly repelled,
he treasured up his revenge, aud left
story behind him. worthy Of his false and
heart, to blast this amiable 1
lady's fame when there might be NO one
to disprove or deny it,
Gen. Arnold's biographer goes on to
argue further that the conduct of Mrs.
Arnold on tho discovery OF her husbands
treason is utterly inconsistent with guilt
"That woman of her years, still almost
u child, should have been capable Of i'm
posing upon Washington and his aids is
Incredible. If guilty, when Arnold an
nounced to her his flight all papers indi-
eating guilt would have been destroyed;
and when Washington gave her permits
sion to go to her father in Philadelphia,
or join her husband in New York, if con
sclous of guilt what would she have doneg
Guilt is ever fearful; it flies when none
pursue. If guilty her punishment would
have been death. in the intense excite
ment then existing, neither her youth and
beauty nor all her domestic virtues could
have saved her from the fury of her en-
ragged country. If conscious of guilt she
would have seized the opportunity to
have found safety by the side of her nus
band. whom she dearly loved within
the British lines in New York. Instead
OF this, she tearlessly goes to Philadel-
phla, where Congress was in session, and
where an enraged people were clam
oring for victim. Nothing but
a CONSCIOUSNESS of entire innocence
could have induced her to remain within
the power of the American government.
when Washington offered her an escort to
her husband and place of safety. It is
Incredible, that if she were guilty, that
she would have voluntarially confron ted
Congress at moment of such exaspera-
ton, and when the people were e,ger for
victim. No one who reads her letters
contained in this volume will believe her
capable of acting the double part with
which she has been charged. On the
contrary, if Arnold had disclosed his
plans to hel, she would be much more
likely, prompted alike by her love and
her clear perceptions of right, to have
tried to save him from the commission of
a fearful crime and a terrible blunder.
Whatever might nave been Mrs. Arnold s
final decision as to whether she should
remain with her father and friends in
Philadelphia, or join her husband in New
York, the choice was not left her by the
council of Pennsylvania. On the Goth of
October the council Of that state adopted
a resolution compelling her to leave the
state and forbidding her return during
the war. Mrs. Arnold followed her hus-
band to New York, and shared his fate
in evil as in good report. Her letters to
her fathers family, full of respect and
tenderness, 4 bear abundant testimony
that, whatever may have been her nus
bands faults, he was ever most devoted,
faithful and affectionate husband"
THE JUSTICE OF MAJOR ANDRES FATE.
The remainder of the chapter in Mr.
Arnold's book is devoted to an argument
on the much-disputed question of tile
propriety of Wash;ngton's action in or
dering the execution Of Maj. Andre. In
answer to the question, "Was Andre q
spy, and was his death in accordance
with the laws of war, as practlced and
settled by the civilized nations Of the
earth?' the writer rehearses the admitted
facts of the case, and then quotes a num-
Der of authorities to show that the youth
full English officer was spy in the mean
ing OF the law of war, and deserved the
usual penalty of his act. The soph,stry
OF the argument that Andre was pro-
tected by pass issued by Arnold is thus
exposed: ''The idea that conspirator's
pass Will protect co-conspirat tor is po-
sition which is scarcely debatable. An
officer, when acting clearly beyond the
scope of his authority, does not bind his
principal any more than any ordinary
agent. When an officer acts in collision
with the enemy to betray his trust, the
act has no color Of validity, legal or
moral, as against the principal who is to
be injured. Again, the pass was sham
on the face of it. 1t was given to John
Anderson, not to Maj. Andre. 1t is per-
fectly well settled that pass is not trans
ferable. and pass to a man under false
or fictitious name is void. The person
ii"Acu IA VIC SGJe COHttuCt CannOC transfer
his privilege to another"
The closing words of the chapter show
the considerations which doubtless influ-
enced Washington in regarding the plea
that, in spite of Andres crime, his life
might have been spared without preju-
dice to the cause Of the country. Look
ers-on might have said; Washington
fears the result of the war; he himself
may be tried as a rebel, and he dare not
execute Andre; because he tears that, in
event of failure, it might add to his own
personal danger!' It was, therefore, nee
essary that Andre should die. 1t was
felt by Washington to be necessary to
show the world that mo greater IMMUNITY
would attend the acts of him who, as a
spy, sought the obstruction Of the young
republic, than would have attended the
act if committed against tie oldest and
strongest government in the world This
act of national sovereignty was executed
with q dignity, a humanity, yet with an
int1exible firmness, that showed how
strong was the hand OF Washington at
the helm"
Il Can Swim, SIR
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