t But while in moray we retneinber jntitice,

in thelangnagn that ,bas been uttered, Leay.,

justhetwurd4 . ho .!?11(19ra, the conscious lend.

ere; but I also say atnnesty i conciliation,

clemency and mercy to -the thousands of

our countrymen whom you and I know have

been deceived or •driven into this infernal'

rebellion. And so ..I returned to where

started from, and , again 'repeated thtit it Is

time our people were taught to know that

treason is a crime, not a mere political - dill­

erence,•not a mere contest between two Jaw s

ties, in which one succeeditdrdind ' the: other

has simply failed. They enlist knoW it is

treason; for if they had succeeded, the life

of the nation wduld have been refs from

it—the Union would have been destroyed.

Surely the Constitutimi sufficiently d tine:

treason. It consist, in levying way

the United States, and in giving ene­

mies aid and comfort. With this del nation

it requires the exercise of no Oren t{ acumen

to acertain who are traitor,. ft ` requires

no/great pet ception to tell' who have levied

war against the United States ; nor does it

requir.- any great. stretch of reasoning toils­

line given aid to the enemies of

the United States; and when the Govern­

ment of Ow United States does aseertain

who are the conscious and intelli g ent

the penalty ant the