Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-10-29

NY week ago the Empire charged tn"
,l,N,e wore people 10 Dayton who were resuy
A. on,age N iust such movenenA as shet
~ R.own At harpers Ferry u Now
sa,Is to ainelc negro Copeland, Who says
90, rom Davton Cd 10 rebut All thls
,nsrs 4 Marshel 1ohnsoas declaration that
Cone,and was A fugitive from justice from
Ea,the,n Ohio. and Copeland's own deeiara.
Ii, ,h.t bo came from Oberlin; 30 that
&C., havine denied making any impuiat'on
on an. people Of Dayton and retreanng 70
coneland as last resource, i is deprived 9'
49,, ihs tretense that the "colored indiSlo-
vele sent from this city TO harpers ferfy.
--5oarnal
fl0 We charged that We heard citizens
"a, feliowa who boiourn here) expreas strong
evmpathy Cor Brown, who ia ceFinin'y goiisy
~ ,r,sson ana snurder--heaFd them say
that i waa nothing to make such iuss
nbout that Il vas not the fret ipsurrectien'
and would nes Be the last; that il would come
20 opeu and extended rebellion yet that
force would be used to abolish slavery IN she
country; .ha. the sin OF slave'holding was
90 enormous that it would rot much longer
be tolerated; and that, (as Giddings said.)
Tho time Of the general rising Of the slaves,
a, the instigalion Of, and with the aid OF,
tbsir white sympathiaers would DO hailed
as the dawn Of a political millepium" We
heard this and more like IT. and we ask II
such men be not aiders and abettors OF trea-
son--of civil war and murder And these
men are Republicans they act with the Re-
publican party, and claim to be letter he
publicans than such as the Journal mep
Who while they defend this kind Of con
duct, are endeayoring, with CorWin, anC
that ilk, TO crush out the free soil element o
the opposition. [See letter Of Corwiu'S II
another place. In their "ssyle" they ar
-Iaboripg to do what they charge us with do
ing--to render powerless the efforts OF thos
in it's own ranks who are dangerous to tn
peace Of the country; men who, while the
are probably too eowardly to take active pal
IN such "workp as Brown and bis compeel
plan, offer all the sympathy and aid they ca
to the movement What we are doing opel
ly, the journal is attempting covertlSi
the guse Of friendship, il steals around th
Republican camp under cover of darkness
and knowing just where its victims are,
stabs them. Il escapes apprehension (nC
suspicion) by raising the cry of murderl an
diverts attention from its assassinationsi !
directing the fury Of the mob to the Empir
This Is what the Journal does-does f
money.
(2) We said that negro Copeland was Il
only citizen Of Dayton directly implica ed
the Harper's Ferry conspiracy. His nan
only has thus far transpired. The Journ
at first denied that any body from this pa
of the State had anything TO do with
when Copeland was named, if it did not d
fsnd him it did not denounce him. up to Il
hour it has indirectly shielded him. 1t is r
ported that the Journal man, (whose abseu
was yesterday noted in his paperO was aw
on an errand of mercy to Copeland i
sympathies are at present ostensibly direC
ed that way, in order to blind his victir
obscure his plans, and strike more surely a
murderously.
(3) The fact that Marshal Johns
claimed Copeland as fugitive from Cle'
land, and the negro declared he was fr
Oberlin, does not make it impossible that
was ever a resident of Dayton-does
ComlyH There are scores Of people HI
who know he was a resident Of Dayton
editor Of the journal is doubtless aware
the fact, but insinuAtes lie when he
tempts TO show that he Was not.
But the game we are after is not worth
ammunition expended. The course of
Journal at this time is indefensible; its
tieles carry confusion on their face; its p
on has its antidote along with it, The WI
of excusAtory articles in defense of treO
and traitors, gives his readers proper E
tnnLa nf hia nharanlnr