Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-10-27

| VIII the hepublicana OF Dayton sustain BY
their petronage, paper which stigmatlKea ihefl
Hsrper's Ferry : II is time ,ha, gun was
spiked
The above characteristics moroccan 10 from ths
Dayton journal, the organ Of The Broisn Re
publicans hereaBoats, and Is directed against
the Empire. A baser lie was never insinuated
than is contained 10 the above paragraph. We
have never slgmatised tAis city as being cons
cerned in the conspiracy at Harper's Ferry
The assertion that we have done no is mon.
Atrous; no one knowing US would believe us
capable Of altering such chsrgej any one At
all cognizant ilhe lsets in the ease will fesl.
on reading the language given above, that Il IL
malicious falsehood; 30 utterly destitute Of
truth aud decency as 10 demand no denial. The
ruan who will utter such language, knowing it
to be destitute Of truth. IL truly to be pised his
cup Of iniquiiy is about full
The only person, directly implicated In the
Harper's Perry conspiracy. that Is or even was
4 resident Of Dayton, is negro named OoPsS'
Ian, We hardly believe our mention Of him
will be construed by the Republicans as ''im
plieating theircisy r. Theideh Is too ridieusi
lous for mention more than oncsl Citizen Cope
Ian, We are Informed, was quite dashing chAtll
acter while here, and was the seducsr Of atOhits
girl in our city, If the Journal is disposed 10
defend hina, and call down the prescription Of
this community. upon Us for denouncipg "low
lived uigger, and "his likes" we viii oot Ob.
iect, but leave the matter with the public to
whom be appeals. Ifthe course of ths Journal
on this thing indicates any thing, il is the de
rection in which It's sympathies are directed.
Finally We have not, Rany s0ay, implicated
persons here or elsewhere In the Hlrper's Ferry
conspiracy, who have not, by their words and
conduct In some way implicated themselves.
We have had the warrant Of all such for every
word We have written about them--every thing
we have insinusted. No man who does not
with Brown aud his cause, here OF
has been "implieatsd" by US in
Browns work" aad the journal cannot make
sny man Of half sense believe it,
G-I7 We do not propose "a. denounee any par
ty for the bad acts Of sosne Of its leaders and
Journalists especially do we abstain from this
when we have reason to believe that the rank
aud file do not approve their dangerous dog.
mas. We reasonably expect, however, that the
patriotic men in every party will,
when they see the bAseness Of would-be leads
srs and oracles, they will discard them, and
compel return to correct principles and prac.
tice We remind our readers Of the murdrrous
scenes recently enacted at Harper's Ferry by
men who are avowed Republicans, and who
claim to have seriously attempted to carry out
the 'irrepressible doctrine" Of seward, Cid.
dings d 90, This affair was a legitimate result
Of belief in the fanstical, intensified repub~
lieanism, as taught by the great leaders Of the
party. There is no way to evade this conclu>
sion. All the twisting, turning, screwing aud
writhing Of the fanat!cal press of the country
will not be able to ignore this lamentable fact
We sail upon theeonssrvatiye people Of all secs
tions Of the country to reflect on the doctrines
Of the Republican party, as now expOunded by
its leaders, and to observe the fruit they are
bringing forth. We ask them whether they
are willing to see The country kept in 6 con.
tinual state Of agitation, its laws violated, its
citizens murdered and robbed Of their property,
10 subserve the interests Of political parties and
pol itical demagOguesa This dangerous trifiing
must be stopped, or we arc lost. Let every |
right minded man In the country purge himself
from this BRowN Republicsnism.