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(Onstitutional ' L dion th:it ,:iv,....olrvnity'pAirvived a dozen nation 11 .c.liatoi , t dud.' changes or. govern 'went ill alitii4 every'. other eptintrY'.. 1 • jllie-,.. will •diral beivalter aSithey are 1 ,,,,.. „I,J e ttpL ;iii human ' wander , and I ) n.—ilig. IL . FBrwmtnl" . , ~ 1 1 1 Uliiva 11 aii6 1' e;! L'Jrzu thie of great=4.tete, tremble: )fetteath: 111;0..0 It , , th ct MEM ME ~ : ".."Fitu7'^'lLle untain 0$ sik i in wkorie MIME Uju.;es trgni li I.; : ttriiiCt he I ual u :bed as Wi bs! EMI li ri l ,c, ii r_l ,I MELEE it a anon at? birth olltrit; tte and Dizez r!jF,r fe, an our 1.1 tn. t 0 that At 11621 c , :rgf.ted• the; be th In could c art abet glory 4 Loric r ••• 1 ' er,unfry 1, I • stir Beg ahalL of etri. i s #oni 1 . • one; corroptiq =ECM ed g t ugh the g'ea^,,in MUM= twits peace clp t i les that ealikka nati heart ralorfe bu . tiiely' „ er-,t ~ ,T " ; 1." in Anc , ;l;,'e 'D I.V ARMY—HYMN. : • • „ 'l,C.Pct I ' -1 1 . aio of 116 , t's ..; Almighty Kiug enerifleewe brihg trtry arm i ll f Thj strewgth impart, 17 '7 irit abed ,through every heart . : • our tfre l eets the livitaglireg, l 17, rolv faithl:.that warmed our sires; Irn.i rnede our .Ntion free; 1".• herkin serving Thee. • • . ; i hrme to ehow zikight tor, re, the silent foe:' ttleten" the s ettle thundeis le at moving cloa I. I ; not one ! ,Sovereign Lord ! a '1.7 ilad Oa l re we drit.w the sword, : • tae st4:rs 11`4; oa witi I:ghtioar liter ny sky., . , , 3*: zrut•aa'S.re.nt; from inyirder's stain Toti tin Pea, r • • : . ---- .- - 1 1 6 fi'rst liratieh • 'Of tke:idefinition been the s ubject 'of jud#,ialter • ation. The phrase war 7. lti to he'someWhat'technicaltin its as bvirroWCd from the statute dwitrd • the.- Third,l caplT 2d, extOined by 'English jOrists, such 1. 1e Coke. Foster and Blackstone. he 7:ttin - of . the' deciSions upon this that theremust be; an assem of u boil ' of men in o.rms, lr in numbers as !thereby.,•.!to;:iintimi ,4o...thiti assembling'.niust be for bile purpOse.-Och as l to Overthrow jovernment, ar to • nhllify its laws their repeall is force not numbers Merely; - Which acteriies the essential Oct of "lev , war," and the public . nature of nteiition, n not 'a private end which les the . .putpcise , of the 'force, in tittilhig the offence of treason. Ihusby the : Settled interpretation Lle ,'Constitution. of the United . es o oiVen by the hishestJeourt, and • pted , as the dOetrinelof the whole lon for fifty • years. and 'more, .any i l nipt i l ito.nullity: the-powers. of the ral government or its taws, when -- oiled hy-force of arm,- the at-- P t. numbers no matter how great, eason, and the only difference be= i. Districts and • Statei'' is, . that treason -of the latter is so much• higher because of its greater mag-, de. I , , omkhe nature of the powers, coin i ed to the federal government; 1 the grant Of this very power de'- ', and 'to the punish treason;: the Ilitifin itself, fidlowed' by k settled i rpretatioa •si). Jong Acquiesced in, he whole nation; there) can be no possible thing as a - fight in a C to retire from the Cc ntederaey, is oWn mere Motion. To'seeede is sly' to withdraw &ols fellowship; s'oeiation; arid . implies a YesumpH ..of: that •portion of the powers h bad been granted to 'the .Feder-1 ' ovOmment_for national or extei-; I v urposes. .But this resumption of • sit ,brings the State into coils-, Ifor to resume them is to use them- 1 ,se thern•is to' deny them to the ' 1 •ral;government, and the denial to', •ffewave must be ,supported by. and this is treason. Constitution II o ' of : the Unitedt is I ssla framed with full powers foi I , . mendment, but none for its dissoln: , or for the separation of a State. expressed purposes are enduring • I 1 7 1. in their-nature and perpetual n their necessity. .ta kolas:ions . were adapt, ed to these parr:lees, and. the faisocial• thin tlibreby forme& was permanent and not temporary. In the light of ti compact, therefore, for parpcisesetidttr; . ing in nature, an 4 - 11 perpetual In neces sity, with a power to perfecttut not to dissolve, it tlellOwe there e n be no k.paration by one without the cansent of all.; I The lbond is inslissolableits links inay , be burnished but hot bro ken. IBevolutioe is all that is,le ft , and depends wholly upon its'sUecess to oX empt t6frora thelpunishment of i trea son. 'Revolution. to be right ilmust r : be caused by the ahuse of federal pow ers; fOr[as to. all hesides the States find ample' protection against ea ° h other, in the'Coustitutibn . But as to the fedeitokl !goVerrittient there - la; no allegation of any 'abusellif, ts powers towards the seceding States , eitherhy,positive acts of aggression, or.. by 'withholding Nits protection.-- There i even a pretexe fora the . Subvers4on of federal authority, by rev olution or forcible secession; and as:to peaceable withdrawal, It is anknown to, the the and repugnant ; to to the ,nature of - the compact. The moment ; therefore, that the 'seceding States. Passed frern their' paper writ nances to armies in the fieldo sup- Pert their:secession, the', treason be came complete: war was their levied, and 'the purpose was to overthrow the government.i ' , 1 • .1; 1 1s td who}, they are iVho do :levy . war," Chief Justice }Marshall said in - Milan s } ease : , •It .T not, the intention of } theCourt to say that ;n ~. }individual caiil be - guilty. of tie crime,_- who hasnot app ared in•ernth against his Country. . !in the eontrark. if War be actually liVie ~ that is;lif } i, } bodyl Of Men be} actuallyassembled for the pur r ' pose Of effeliting a treasonable purt pose, all th4e}wl tiperforinat i iy part; however in } 'nitte. or however' remptE from the see '*e o ['action and4lio,are i: ,aotuallY leagued in a genertif}"creanspirs; Istey, aro. to he }corisidered' }} ao traitors. 7 !Thus it} will be seen , thnti tri , asou by } ir‘levvino• wa - r" } isill . t circumscribed by } s' - • , 1 1 the boundares - ofd the seceded States: '} rt he . meaninger the,, second branch iof the. definition of treason, i l W has not', ( been deteilii ned} by judiciabi . ldeconi• but has bee }l:the subject If just .s notch comm ntary 'as to I leafre it un; , , ..,-I • il :1 } ~ , }' , 1 seLtiee. l; - - ~ , [ ~ . . . Ithe seeOnd b 'arch, ;viz: "or in adlierj l ingto}their;n l . ent . l L ;s giving them ai itud eciniffirt 7 ; . r . ..1, 1 r r iThe early interpretation Of 'treason' was made-, I hen Ipatriotitim;} burning } still brilghtl. :had notreaelnid the , re-} 1 I allzing tl,om,ht ''f I r State rbbenion; hut I seemed I bou(led in }its. conceptions; bk } the limits of focal 'insurreetion. Men I had nOtlth n learn 4 n that human',' 1 rights - . Were ut glittering geberalities,;l or the privilege o 'Caste; unit that sla; very was a Christian' virteeGod-giv=' i i en and }hurrianizing. , Intent on 'avoitb: lingLall pretenee for; constructive' , tree-, ilsons, judges were disposed to eyelid latitude of i terpretation, 14 assam- 1 ing the Nvel . -defined', meaning• of the b plirasel‘'.levying,iviti" ti. .4 - nclersteed by English jurists, seemingly unir- • ware that too; strict a dependence On their } authority must etriblirrass the interpretation of ;the term "enemies" in thelseCond 'branch. _}li t the first trial Of:J.)41 1 1 k fries, Ridge I l redell Said' that the.frainers}fof the .Constitution, haviiig; korrbived,tlie act in erms frorn the 13ritish :Itatute alone.4ley at least i Mean tt. That the En'gliall ant herities and definitions uf }tern's, should be ineeli respected. In the r second trial, -how ever, IJugg;e! Chase 'announced that English . boOks were received not , as ibinding authOrities, hut as Opinions of men of gre:it. learning and ability.— But after wa}rds fi the Case Of Bollinan, WhenChiefllusti.e Marshall- referred to the English co . mentaities upon:the . statute} of . EdWili( I principles not lig 4 tlyto be rejected in ). !in.the interretation of the Constitu, ttien,. he ass 1.44 4 rule of exposition, however beneficial in expounding the I first branch i which stern* the open ed mind to the . onseqacrices 'falling i upon the seeend.hranch*"adhering to their ej,Lenlies.l'. 1' -IGuided by 'the' same • mode of inter pretation; Judge I Tucker ,;in his note on treason at the'end of the 4th 'vol. - of l3laeltstone's Commentaries [p: 33] says': . "By enemies we } hero under standthe subjects of' foitign powers, with wlimn we are at open war, and therefore a l }rebel is not. an enemy within this i clauso." This is the pre 'eise language of Blacketone in . his Commentaryonthe Statute of Edward 111. adolit'ecl.thui. by Judge Tueker, and applied to oieFethiral Constitu tibm. The reason . given '• by ..:41ack. atone' is that . iati enemy is alwkts the subject. of a t foreign prince who owes no- allegiance to I.the crown of Eng; lend." I. } f..l ! • • . - .. It isielemi the mind of Judge Tuek• et whO wrote in I 1802; as well as the Iminds of the. *judges ' referred to, liad not realized the stupendous thought of' State treaion; . when; [not only ais} 7 tricts, but whole I States:} }arise in arms against federal authority; establish a new•Cinifederticy j ;. havel , large armies in the I field eqmpped:Air. war !on its grandest scale ;' 'seize - forte areenals, vessels; mints and other federal pro- Iperty, fire upon :the federal troopsidia: mantle the IfOrtress. they are in; cOn `"lrrioi.th 'to Vacuate and- author izepe 1 ~,,. : t.m . : el ~. • the bunting Of letters . of marque . :and reprisal.' , 110 say that adhering to such rebels, : giVing idiom aid and c}omfolit, is tot treason, because tbiey lare not "en Mies;" upon} English-an .' : 1. • .1. i , I} . , I • . } . ' l'} I I- , . . • SB4 . P thority, illo impute to I , lle,fonmkrs, of •the Constitution u ll il narto" ti',. - teehple.an. t,y, subsersive, of a , safe and ireptig limit to reason''' and,; ' potion I pru dence. _.l.fstieh rebe ls are Venemies it *ill be diffieult, i iiiittliPrOien. An), whose hostility is more, difingerous ler implaciable. „I ' l' . ~,, ~_;!°''; ;- ° 1 . 1 ; •- 'Wit out underrating t hereat , value. set•u n the nglish , • • !tion of the stianf of Edward,Lll; :131'614 Mei -4 shall, that bright lunii ° yfederal la ; it is no, too r .lmuc .. ~os,y, dist an • expositiiln of: tho. 1 „ plis.enliMY, nq a w i" . 1 - 140 iiarivl - .o , di ~ „ p1f 3. 8 1 i, B i , 1 1 - . mau pg,.as t r ob' t4eCio, t!4ion of a rotection essential to", i.- •rimerva tio , andlo stainp upoi? itti; . fOlyillOrfil i p a wan of common prtl4o46:an fere sie‘hti is technical ' iiii7klse .- *Ud ltin so nd., While following . ..the light of English jurisPiudence t 46 Jong Ins it shed genial rays upon' Our, pathway; we must i not pursue it ~sto intently,' as to m iss the 'door of pi4iisliment, ito those! .whose complicity 'with rebels, eqUals in corifiequences , anfi guilt - ad herence to'foreignfOes. i '4l , .. 't Without an authoritiveipap6s itio of `tiii6 terre , 'by _the 'highest feder ir al court •I we should holdisif4hadherenti as traitors in . 1 1at , ,,I . tis 'thet f are truly trait 'ors in'deed; giving toflfiti!iplsin English and commo n I son B4 Waning. It wo u ld therefore be .tresjiatl,give 1 intkligenceltO - th6 rebels ;.-!fiend ;them Prdisions ; ! sell t he m alma and muni tiohs.Of war • deliV r np trotheM forte irsenals. 'and veei is of The 'GOverri4- ' 1 . mental build, ; furnish, fiCLOnt,, !leillor t i charter to them Vessels fe•earri on , war ; act as freighters, or eafTy arms or munitions of war ItolthOd; deliver' up prifioners to the •eciii*al secrete,. or *id !the escape , Of tiidiors.; 4.nd i to, do all=' such nets,' as I eigino,,,ailhermiee to them. giving theni aid 4cleoinfort. The punishment c:f treskin against the United States 13 . I dWatb. l ; • ! ! Udder the actic'ongriAs. oft 1700, it is misprision of reasoffiigainst the United States to have a knowledge of such !treason, ; agai nst them ;. and to conceal,. and not as s'pon,saamy' ; be l t,o* disclose, and Make h e same known i to the President, or an Unitod States Judge, or to the vernoroma jUdge, : t, or Juatice of the' State, .-' t 1 ). I The' punishmenli fs'l haprisonment, not , e • xceeding seven ;y: ; ,.wiwi,andlii, , : fin e ! not exceeding one 1i0fi.... dollars:: ! Treason againit. he ; thiited t pates, i ?_ is punishable' onl ' im!,...ttio. E dena courtSl • alai can be tried in the State ;land di trio wliirlalithe • Ott of treason is committed ;',limidkiiii ,nVie tied can take place, ' auseation j t 4 o tOs timon of two witneitioi,*,io ,s ame overt ict, or on! eolliwcip 1 Oen, vou i rt,l , ' 1 I W' l ..• '" ' , , ir - k.i , Ip is to he rpgre tine: ft pro-I 4 aa visiOn.as tc., the place ,oT trial i cOn atitiiti•inial, and ca not, nil any emer gency,,' ' be, altered by,l.Congressl . byr a j change of venne.; In• general histir-• rection, involving whele State s l and distrias, and l imp re gnating the 'entire population with t , e Araitoroni.l4,Ofiti inept ;it is' impossi ble to convict the leaders -of rebellie , AhroUgh he ill b st r One nt al ityl i of it ', jury. drawl ; from such a! population! Even Ithe , ench 1 fees it's intlnence. The lexperience oftheGovernmen in . relation to , the stal l ° tiviun lawful and expeditions S fitted out, againstther powers. Prove thig' 'T , ! - ! . i ?, • ..r. • I such I.4utithe, alders and abettors of such I traitors, in the loYal 1 Statia, niay;be convicited; where law - and . solemn II have undiminished I- force,. and limiest consciences respcMcl. !I And i there 'also, they may bp convicted, ac- , cc,rdino• to the ()Pinion of C. 31. Mar rt , II . 4 • I , ) shall, I who are in league wi th tnecon 4,pixaters, and wifeltomrnit ' •acts in f,ur thermce of itl, ii natter- how pantie or ho w renuiti'.. This shoUld h !lk', conk l idered b-1 t o l lie, if any there . be among us, who may have joinedse cre t societies or , associations; designed to , pro to secession, for secession slip ! porie by arms, lls treason as 'befOre 1 I ~ ~ 3hot,Wll. ' 1 1 1 1 I I , I Besides treason ;a 'nst the F ederal GoVernment,this state has, defined and prohibited under severe 'penalties ;Cer tain treasonable acts,, as high Imisde meihiers, which reache* - the cases et aiders',, and abettors here; whomay-not he "proved to be in league with Ake tra'tors, . yet I are !engaged in 'giving the l aid and l eornfort. , ! 'L s I 1 1 ,1 tifici i h d c il l to t tn °f e___Tli ; y thli t A h P e D il' OP, l l l 6 r i tm ' l o ; n ' t ,C , e co . r f - ; State !reads as follows 1 . I .11.* N cox 1 Supplementary tolAn Act, entitled OAn 1 1 l Revise ' amen 'i ' a i d to: consolidate n and .1 1 , rhe Penal Latbe of this . eimin on-, :1 , w i ealth,"qpp ro red 21iirchtl,', O. 1 . 1 ' —Be I I I ' I SEc•nos 1, 1 e t enacted iby the &n=' ate and Rouse of ' ; . presetntahve. oflthe Coninionicealtli of I.rennsylvania iin Gi.en eral Assembly inet and it is herebY enact ed,6y t he au th orit y of the saine,'.llia, if any person or perons,belonging to or residing withing, t its State! and; under: Il the; o.otectioi of ;is fawn..shalVtake a' commission or eminnisaion's fr,:prdany person,-,,State l bri tatio, or other one-, emies .of this State or . the United Suites of AmeriCal, or:who shall levy; war against tins,Sote or Gove r nment thereof, ornowingly o r willingly shill aid or as sist any enemies, i open war sgainst his State or the rifted States by joiningitliph armies or by enlisting, or proen.ping' f. or persuading others to enliat, foi l that purpose,or, by furniihing such inefnies with , arias or aininUnition,. Or any qther articles fox their paid and comfort; or by carrying cnnt 'traitorous ;cbrresPoneence with th4n! or she'll for m , 'or be in si Y*isp 1 i • 1" , ' 6 " ' 1 -' t• 1 1 ' , 1 . •. ~~~ . •~~: .. N. lIIMM , I 5 , 1861 uNip concerned' in foriningany conibinatiOn Or plot or , leonspirac7, l , i for betray ing this ;State or L ' the Unted , Sta s of America into the, hands 'or tiowftr ',of any foreign enemy, or any orga l iaid or pretiended government engag In resisting the laws of th United S tO, - • or shall,give , , , or send a intelli enee to the'lenemies of this, tate,b l p ' oil the United((Stafes Of -AM rice I, or halt with intent to oppose, revent or 'sub vert the goverment of this; State or of the Finted States, endeavor piper suede any person or persons from en feringl the serviee of this State : in. Of the U n ited States or from joininsfanY volunteer, cotiqian.ylor -astiociation of this State about being musteredlintO service,: or shall use any threats or Persuasions or offer any 'bribe, or .hold eta any . hope of ' reivarip' a with like.in tnt teiduce any per n or, persona to abandon said 'service, or witlidraNV from any volanteer company; or nsse- Ciation already _organised ' under the plnws of this commonwenith, for that ; urpose ; every person, so Offending and being legally 'convicted:thereof, shall be guilty,,of a high misdemeanor, and shall be sentenced to undergo sol itary imprisonment in thpenitentiarY at hard labor, . for a ,term not exc eed) ing ten 'years4 and; e fined d' in a spin ' not exceeding five thousand dollars or both, at the d escretion of the court:: Provided, Th at this act, shall not; pro hibit any citizen . fro m taking; or, re ceiving civil commissions for •the.ae-, knowlegement of deeds and' other' in- i struments of. : writing : 1 • l' • ;"I SEG-4os' 2. That if 'any Iperscrilor persona • within this CommOnwcalth', shall sell, build, - furniSh, construct ; al-1, ter or *flout, or' Shalt aid or, assist , in selling; : building, constructing,' `alter-! ing or fitting ;out. any vtiF s2l er.vesiefs' 1 for the 'purpose of making. war or pri i -1 ';‘, ateering, or other ptirpose.te he used' in the service of anyperson or parties Whatever, to make war on the Unite:Cl iStates Il or America, or ,to I resist 'by i , • force oi...otherwise -the execution of the laws' of United; Siates ' • Such per 7 Son or : persons shallbo gplltYcif a mis demeanor; and on 'conviction thereof shall be,•senteneed to tinderge solitary' , impilsonment, *the Penitentiary, at hard labor, not exceeding i3n years, and be fined' in a sum ' not exce e ding ten thousand dollars, .13r both;:sit,the discretion of the 'court ' ,1J ' I` ,4, 1 . [l. he court here commented I verbal ly on the proVisionslof lie la*. I j , , Aliens, .thengh not . citizens,' nor hound :to perpetual Ali glance, ' Owe a feniporery or local allegianee,l l ares• idents,lSO long ' they. sojourn ,a mong es,-in return fo the protection given intlion by ,the laws. They are there fore" liable : I to punishment. fer 'tree ii. son. 1 - : --, '• , : I; I, Thu Grand . pry. will ' nndeHand. t that their oa t , ;requiring. 'them to present'all elle bes which' have 'come to their knowle dge and which I they ' know to ' be pre s entable here,' 'obliges them to presen ! F all such, treasonable practices as th t State 'law just ;read 'i pkohibits., • i ' ' ll' 1 Lte .1 We rejoice t !think hoWever,l that, we have no -traitors in our midot.— The late eVents l bring:hp? i tObold re -4 I . ? '-'' 1: ' . n • lief, the duties of good, citizens doubt less hiiVe: cleared up the minds ofiliany, who had not before seen, fully, the .dis— thictien ever to be kept in sight, ~be tweet), loyal allegiance to the: I(ievern- Ment. which proteyts u l s ; andltbsiti ad- , mitted right, to dialer with; it in niiin2 i ion, as t o the mode; and pulley 1 upon 1 ikinch ' its•affairs shOul ' bead Minister- il I l' I - ed in a timeof peace. ' I The' ,ditTerenee ' hotw i een the right, l of a Government to exist, and its Mere; 'Measures and policy, is palpable ; when as tiouT itl4,brought directly to tie W, i by the! capture of its forts by an arm-.I i ed foree ' and (by' the prCsence Of . urge; Urmie4; a cting under ;the commaud of ; 4,g,elf ronstitutt4; confederaeY 'claim- I big to ,[inipplant,it. T e minds •Of all intelligent•eitizenc at nee i,iritsil : the Ithought, and they no 1 nger , !Stand off' as partizans, but enter the ranks •of i t!ie loYal, deterinined AO maintain its , existence, and uphold its autherib-.- 1 7 -1 Henceithe sudden outb r iirst of military enthusiasm from the, nks,;pi• all par-, ties, front Maide ,to kinnesota, and front Xieleware to KanSas. I :' The confused ,thoughts ; centering around the term "coercion," so inten used and :abused ; are dissipated at Once by such plain facts, as the eitpkri , lion of rebels cannon, and the m rch- Mg of itheir armies into ;the < fie d. '; 2 SO long as secession Was confined _46 taper , resolies the spirit;-,of ;fraternal indness pleaded forbearanees ;1 and coercion by the 'Strong arin of; force bras ;deprecated. ,' But, , - when ;a nen governinent is fully or ganized, , C aim ingi. jurisdiction and supplanting, fed-I ;rat authority ; in Seven', States, ;ailing, rinierrintothe field, and bfithe 'Can non's ':mouth; proclainiing thati, tAts Federal Government no longer "cixists in those States ; coercion, it," is peen, ineans, l nothing more than the texer,- 4se offederalautharity, to put down , id;bellion in lits I highest and 'plait ' ;Li:inning' form: I Forbearance is -no longerla virtue, but is 4implyaeouiee pence' in the usurpation and su mis , SSion; tO the loss !of authority, and. of existence itself in the rebell State-- s. The claim ;of such' rebels _lto lt let alone, as desiring only peaCe is 'sim ply absurd;; and; ust means ;that re bellion ask the '4utherity, ;it Nis. si lence tolbe quiet, and to let it TiVe up on gold terms with; the government it has robbed of Some of its ;members and its ;property, and to Suffer !_t, to establish'as a precedent the :rig ht 'of any ;State, to disobey as" it chOoses; the laisful authority it had fully trans -, ; ' ,• '' IL ' lIMEM -?; feared: [The intellig ent andthe pa triotict at once recoi l' from each u con- . elusion, So unsound; ,and destructiVe. Then, let tS tl fotfsln be eherished.- 1 tot it be folded to the heart{ as dear er than life itself But while it. thus has, full ‘Nray, there is onel.plirectiorr it sometimes takes,- leading fatal errors, against Which it is my duty.to I raise a warning voice. Death to traie, ors is the law of the land . ; bat itxbe-' comes a sentiment, so overwhelming at timeEi amonir, the masses, await s not the forms of trial,ar*the ilegal'ex- ccution of the sentence Tbe - halter !won the lanip-pOst may ! will'symhol-1 ize 'the fate which - !treaSoni deserves bat 'should never become 4.hemeans of its iorecipitation or the ' signal of mob violence.' The spirit .or= law lessness, no matter how patriotic its s ource, is I ever to be repressed, as -the l.'n-orst, of all forms of tyranny. - Whet* it runs up the halter ; swings - the applies - the torch, or empties the tar" bucket, it is to be discontena#ced and! s'appress ed. • It is often erring and unjust ; confounding innocence with gulit; mistaking the degree, of crime, and in+. 'Meting disproportionate.; pnnishment. Let the Ifire of Patriotisni, kin dle - -up on the aitar of liberty, burn Ibrightly . and steadily ; but let itf net ,fitfully shoot-out tongue!, of ;strange flame, consuming where it shonld ipreserve, and firing the.temple itself, in which it is lighi • . .I" - ' 57- - . Ai l , -,0LOOT: ' A finaEwlottrisos ) oT Tz 1 hiliO THE REilms.— The_{ -quEssia DE- he I Washington 1 National Rtzu4lican , says ;‘, "We have heard. reliably from Sen ator Johnson as late as the 14th ult., when he - was sixty miles I west of Knoxville; on his canvass . of *the - State Which Votes on the Bth' of 'June upon the question of secession, Mr.. 'John son and his friends were, at [that date hopeful: .1 The - passage rorCt he w Ordi. Fiance of secession by the; Legislature proves nbthing, as that body Dias been In session from the Start: At 'Knox ville the , Union men *ere firiti as ov er. The nomination of a , Union can didate for governor, Mr. Ca m p bell, by Ale eonV4ntion•presided over, IV Wil liam H. golk, 'brother of thel late Pres - plent, ha s given animation' to that cause.. 1 ri he , election of 'Governor it) ,m'es I III a t. I - "The s• vle bk. ),.tr. Johriso'n canvass ing mad l;'e judged of frbni ;the coin- of his speech 'at Cleveland`,Cleveland`, ennessee, where threats dgainst him tid‘ been largely 'indulged in. He Id ,the 'crowd that he "did not come erdlo l:re shot but to sho4," that if here was to' be' a fight, helAnd his Ii ) friends W,ere ready for it, and that he preferred fo'finish up the fighting be -1 bre making his speech. Nob, ody com ng forward to fight, the intrepid Sen tor,proeeeded to speak, and by the iine he had finished, Inineteen-twen ths oll he f i lie m au:d a ie m n o c n e g * v er t e he n i lt t h hi h n i g m s . i ie etold that, Je ff. Davis and the Governor of the State. ought -to 'be hanged, and Would be hanged at thatcnot far 'dis tant period when thejudicial power Of the government could, be brought 10 heart Upon them." " I A Noii,E SPIRIT' .—The' Philadelphia l' f I ispatlvnirrates this i 1 , - ... 1 1 "A. ,-4Po• man in one of he coin : --i 11 , l t i lies in I.the interior of the Statewas instrumental in formingj a. Cpmpany, which I Was accepted ..: On being in ispected, at Harrishurg.this young man ',Was refilled, a commission; on account I of acdefect In one of his eye. When his flite !Was made_ known to him he burst into tears, in, which the compa -1 ny Pietty generally jeined, fur- he was 'd univ - ...rsal favdrite with all of thena. r.gtit fist leuten'ant; with Via: mm he the t does'him credit; stepped for-' ward and Iresig,ned:h is coannission,and ? ti nt s i e n i Li e t e t d d h i i i s n l a r n i ;d ou r:T y t , h 4 I:l t o h s e t . s l p v o h t o he lieutenant pow carries 'a musket; at t heHfacts were 'made known to' SecretasTlClttneron,who lt , io no doubt ,s6e that sack-:a spirit is in it's proper sher 4." !•. ' ' ' I i i, 1 ~ 1 - • _ 1 4111.' I'*4 at 'the present time Cairo occupying a prominent Ssition in,, e patlieirnind. ' This war may make.; met 'mg of it.:—nothing else. ever.' ' . he troops at 'present there are aving a busy time of it. I\ in :addition i IT. ;watching the Southerners, they awe to'keep their eyes skinned for a igifreShet, which is now . raging in thelltiiisiisipp4 The freShetl will pro hablyil6.4 some weeks,- ns the "June Wash'! h.as yetTito'eorne. 1 With a first class ;freshet , the Southerners would have !their` hands full all fdong the *issii,ippi, without tryfingl to pay much; i attention to lighting. ; It might ,) also su merge Cairo,,afid the' Federal troops `i-oald _have to 'beat;; la retreat , , i or def nd themselves from the house - t ps a the,water rises' It' the place i . ever to be held as l a. permanent mil -1 ry imst, - as !t, dOubtless Should - be, i,over i nniiint w!li have to do with it as they ;do `with ,I, blocks of buildings: in Chicago;=jack lit. up.--Chicado' ea. ,1 nes..HeinrS - Winter Davis, while .h as dkkliering his great-Union speech i nnedlately alter his I noninution for I , ongTeSS, on the 25thiutt., in the city cif, Ballinore, AVas interrupted by a little iiirl, .Ivhco held irk her; hand a (slue Orfigicerir, decorated by a min i ture flag. She approached him and aid, ;‘ Sir, accept, this ;`'h wish, you ind tl e r 'i.rnion to blossom ferever, as ihi4 b qUel is[ here." - ' , The 1 incident ii lieitei t ent. I -1 , if 1 he wil dent shoats and excite SS E.5TA8...4 - .s.ii Fp: 1g01: Making History, 1 Atditever may be the result of out present struggle, the future hi s torian- will have to record these - fiiCts 4 . .1. • That: o 'rebellion - was ever fOie inaugurated wherein the 00 - 424Piz. ratora. could dot even pretend that one of them had been damaged in er son or estate by i the GovernMent they' sought to overthrow. • 2.• That , then - was never before I it. rebellion whereof the main impulse was devotion I t? Iltiinan Agavery.L., .I . feb have conspired and rebelled for every kind of libefty. but the liber of enslaiing their felloW men: 3. That never before, id a str g Governmentale a rebellion to .p o f ceed for months,' T a edrdtif of i ste 1; , ing money, ais, munitions, arqed it; . armories, &c.,proceeding: from iinv s: ting to bombarding its most imp re taut' fhrtreoses,l and us urping the .01F, lea t ing orevepue nver,one-third _of • it's ,country, before raising a' regiment ~ or tiring-a gun in the defenSe :of its rights : 1 ' - I- ' - --- 4. That Tic% er before did Twen y Millions lof peOple. so long absor in the arts of peace that they h‘d filz most forgotton that of War, spring Ito' 'arms with,sd general . dn . ' alacrity, !so heartyll enthusiasm, as did those I; of," . ,our pa tri ot ic 'Staies upon receiving news of ithe duptire of Snmtfir and - the President's ' Pfeclamatidn ItheM : . upon, 1i , 4 i 5: That neL r er till. now was a GoV min ' eent' emb assed, perplexed, hy: the duty tif Acepting some an 4 reject-. 'ting other o the - rec , iments I rds d, equipped and tendered7for its dOfen e, eager Co serve lon. its ONVII terms fill t e' end of the war.' _ ' : i , .• I . U, , That no Adirlinisfriticiii; s e -1,. needing to an empty treasury an in adeqiiateasegenue, a demoralized pill lie seryva. 'demoralized throng,* tr&i.: • son at ilobbeiy , perpetrated ek'y the late Cabinet itiiiisters—never till nOw found the people'pressing millions I(4 dollirs upon di, on its own terms, --- iind insisting that t`should takd"innout and never borrow trouble, wit4-Mg ci. to its finanees l = .' "', I I `—So muchiat .. least' is seeure.L— -' Whatever Mai hapen, this cannot liet iaitisayed.And now, if 'the Repub.- ' lic is allowed to go down,, : it Will not be, th? fault of the peofile.,--N. ,Y. Tribune. , 1 • . , z . e . in itnerviAdt "' A Hero' A gentleman just arrived in tits city . 1 from linexvil 6. l Tennessee: , brings in , Ctelligence pc ffairs in that city. .Ife ; informs us t at 2,5009 Seces4idniSts 1 are stationed there, , for the •Ixprnss' . parpose of ov rawing the - Union tt413.: lit is a part ofltheir bosiness ttiengalges• in quarrels in saloons i and iic street I fights,with alll who are not frieredlyfta 1 secession. Two men were slot Init. week for no other offence than' spenk ing words of oyalty to the !F'edtital 4ovottiment.F The house pf the celebrand i bolld- I hearted and out-spoken nirsonßrotin , IoW, is the only one in Knoxville. off` er which the Stars and. Stripes titteffdat-7 I ing. A few• days ago! two armed Se: I . eessioniSts w nti at 6 o'clock) lb the morning, to aul dbwn the Stars_; find IStripes. Ifi BrOwnlow, a !brilliant 1 them on Indy of twenty-three, saw them on the )iaiza, nd Stepped out find 4e mantledthen.' usiness. They replied 1 that.they ha 'come to "take _d0,3711 them d—n Stars and Stripes:" She • instantly dreW 'a revolver _from her „ ' side, and presenting it, said, I . 1 "Go on,!'rin' good for one of you ; and I think fo i ; both :" , 1.• ''.By the 10 . ks of that . erre eyes ,she'll shoot," one remarked? ,II think we'd better not, try it; we'll go-back and get more men, ' said the clher. ‘rGo and, get more men," spid 1i , .. noble lady; -g l et_ more men and cithe' and take it down, if you dare !". ' 'They returned with •n• con4nn3 of ninety armed men, and deznanded teat the flag should' be hauled down. 1.3 ut on discovering that the house was fill ed ,With "gallat t men, armed' to the teeth who would rather die tWdetAi•ly • as ,tossibla thalf•-• see 'their' equntrY t ; tla:I di• , holicred, the Sece.ssionistsc 2 , c . 1 : 1 •C h 01l intl r in "Ormant lefilinoxvi le; 11:- ` c s' cud Stripes still Boated• to' • tice I;recze -or. r .Parson Brownitrff't hi)ll.4e. , Long May they wave.--PClca, f p, Ti•thune,. .I - • 1 : 1 . tar From a rivate letter front he Hon. P. P. B 1 ir , Jr of St. Lotri-.411)6 ""expect t I be in Washingtoulat the meeting o Congress I do‘ttot,be lieve it Will is eins long to put down the' Secessionl.,ts 'of Missonri. , 4 II :Ley - ere-very boisterous and brave till.re struck, them a blow; on the 10,th ult., since which they have cooled dtrith-to zero. I expect them to . make .cOni plete sUbmission. in a - month at -far thest. ;I shall then go wherevei• nll , i regiment s, ordered,. but expect tq obtain leavei of absence for the extra session of COngress, which I pretnipne will not last beyond two Weeks, and afterward join )the regiment." 1 l• , , 1 ;;DEFENCES OF NEW ORLEANS.-X 1 y. , Or Monroe, of Now Orleine, has •d. dressed a special message to the Corn mon Council of,that eitY, urging ilia importance of taking immediate meas• ures-to protee New Orleans 1 1 - fripm'in undation by, t e construction of VON' levees. 1 Ho apprehends that the dy •ic's may be opened and LouiSiatut &low reed out before this war is over. • i,' r II 111 MIN 1211 U U El 111 t