settlement of this question than

that ydur encouragement and kindness are pc- that, I intend to dmchanie my dMty, and in thut

0tiu be daVith the assassin what

should be lh penalty, tfao forfeit exacted ? I

know what response dwell in everr Inborn. It

i s, that h should pay the forfeit with.his life.'

! And-hence we se there are timea when Wrcr

and elemency, without justice, become a crime.

jThe one should temper the oiher, and I lrinc

jabaut that propermeah. i And if we would sa?

.this when the case was the imph rcurdr of

one man by hts fellow man, wlial should ws Wr

jwhen akrd what shall be dono wih him or

them or those who bare raised ?im;v.oa jbnnds

to -take a ay the life f a, mtioh' cotj p-ii if

sthirty millions of-people ? What wcahj be the

reply to that question t lint while in marcv we

remember justice, in thfl language that hs been

Uttered I say, justice towards the leaders, the

jconsciotts leaders j but I nlso sy amnesty, cet­

ciliation, clemCBcy and mercy to it e thourand

of our countrymen whom you and I know have

been deceived or driven intoihis infernal re­

bellion. ' v ,

And so l return to where I started from. a:d

! again repeat- that it is time our non!

taughl to know that treis.m is & crime n -.: a

jmer political difTerence, not h mere cc r.-. -s

between,, two parties,; in which cn--cet ai

i and the other has eiinpty failed.- 71 cj must

know it is treason; f or if they had succc ded

the life of the nation wu id hatr bw'i irft

from it toe Union would hutc bten dntrr-

ed. Surely the constitution sufficient iy ilcS c tt

treason. It consists in levvinir ar strains' 'h'

United States, and in giving theit enemies ai

anu couj;ori. vritn tn.s anmtin it requ::cs

the exercise of no great acumen t asceruin

who are traitors. It requires i.o gre-'tpercep

tion to tell us'who have lev-u-d w r hga.nst the

United. State. ; nor ?oes it reqii;r at(y g:eat

stretch of reasoning t ascrfain w:ho ha" piven

aid to the enemies of the United St;:esr aati

when the government of the United fitat-s ci;s

i ascertain who are the conscious and hi eii- ei.'

ltrattor, the penalty and the f r lei t y:.ou.l he

paid. (Applause ) I kiwwiw to appreciate-'.

tne conaition ci be ng ariven'lin, os5-:r.h."ie.

I Qan sympathise with him M h o ali ki t h c::

taken"- from him uiih him who han lit- i. oe

iniecl the place that c-ie m thir