No Treason in Civil War (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from No Treason in Civil War Subject: Neither legal nor moral right to try the rebels for treason. The way to a sure and enduring Peace lies not through perfidy and vengeance, but through justice and love. The South, by plunging the nation into this horrid War, committed the great crime of the age. The North, under the persistent urgency of press and pulpit to punish the South for treason, is in danger of committing the mean crime of the age. Lips and pen so uninfluential as mine, can do but little to avert it. What, however, they can do to this end they must do. And, then, if this mean crime shall be committed, I shall, at least, have the consolation of knowing that I am free from all responsibility for it. Moreover, the little that I and the much that you can do to avert this danger must be done quickly - for the work of trying prisoners of war for treason is already begun. All over the North there is clamor for the blood of the leading rebels, whom we have captured, and whom we may yet capture. For one, I have no sympathy with this clamor. When the South finally and fully submits, let that be the end of all bloodshed, and indeed of all punishment. In saying this I, of course, have no reference to the assassination of our beloved President, nor to the starvation and murder of prisoners. Let all merited punishment fall upon those, who are guilty of these infamous and infernal crimes. The law of war affords them no protection. My position is simply, that there shall be no punishment of the South for the Rebellion - or, to use another word, no punishment of her for treason. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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