Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1862-10-01

constitutonal and unjust By this acf fhe
rebels have no property--not ev4n theit own
ligt5A-and they own no slaves Bot q thel
astoniehmert and disgusl Of those who believe
in tho policy Of statues and proclamations,
these rebsls still live and fight and hold their
slaves. These measures seem to have reani-
mated them. They have careless and reck-,
less way Of sppropdating their lives and pro.
perty, which BY the setaof Congress belong 10
ns, in support Of their cause.
But these fanaticaI men have ,learned that
Il is necessary 10 win victory before they
divide the spoils and what do they now proc
pose2 As they can not take the property of
rebels beyond their reach, they will take the
property Of loyal men Of the border States,-
The violent men Of this party, as you know
from experience, my conservative Republican
friends, in the end have1their lway They
nov demand that the President shall issue
PROCLAMATION of immediate and universal
emancipation. Against whom is this to be
directed Not against those in rebellion,
for they come within the scope Of the act Of
| Congress. 1t can only be applied 10 those
who have been true TO our Union and our flag
They are to be punished for th9ir loyalty
When wa consider their sufferings aud their
cruel wrongs at the hands of the secessonists,
their reliance upon our faith, is not this proy
posal black with ingratitude2
The scheme for an Immediate enancipa
ton and general arming Of the slaves through
out the South is proposal for the hatchery
Of women and children, for scenes OF lust aud
and rapne of arson and murder unparallel-
ed in the history Of the world The horrors
Of the French Revolution would become tame
in comparison. It's effect would not be con
6ned to the walls Of cities, bntthere would be
wide spread scene of horror over the vast
expanse of great States, involving alike the
loyal and seditious. Such malignity and
cowardice would invoke the interference Of
civilized Europe History tells of the fires
kinded in the name of religion. OF atrocities
committed under pretext OF order or liberty /;
but it is now urged that scenes bloodier than
the world has yet seen shall be enacted in the
name of philanthropy. uJ
| A proclamation of general and armed
emancipation at this time would be cruel
wrong to the African. 1t is now officially de-
clared in the Presidential addresses, which are
fortified by Congressional action, that the ne
gro can not live in the enjoyment of the full
privileges Of life among the white race II
| is now admitted after our loss oflinfnite
blood and treasure, that the great problem
we have to settle is not the slavery, but the
negro question. A terrible question, not
sprnging from statutes or usages but growing
out Of the unchangeable distinction of race
1t is discovered at this late day, in Illinois, that
| it is right to drive him from his soil 1t is
discovered by a Republican Congress- after
convulsing our country with declarations in
! favor Of his equal rights, and asserting that
he was merely the victim of unjust laws, that
lhe should be sent away from our land. The
issue is now changed. The South holds that
the African is 6t to live here as a slave.
Our Republican Government denies that he is
fit to live here at oil.
The Republican party can not save the
country, because through its powerful press it
teaches contempt for the laws, constitution
and constituted authoritiesl They are not
only destroying the Union but they are shak
ing and weakening the whole structures of
State as well as OF the National Government,
by denunciRtions of every law, and of all au-
lthority that stand in the way of their passions
or their purposes. They have not only car
ried discord into our churches and legislative
halls, but into our armies Every General,
who agrees with them upon the subject of
slavery is upheld in every act Of insubordina.
ton and sustained against the clearest proofs
of incompetence, if Aot of corruption. On
the other hand, every commander who differs
from their views upon the single point Of
slavery, is denounced, not only for incompe-
ltency, but constantly deprecated in every
act No man is allowed to be Christian
no man is regarded as statesman no man
is suffered unmolested to do his duty as
lsoldier unless he supports measures which
no one dared to urge eighteen months since,
They insist that martial law is superior to
constitutional lsw that the wills of Generals
in the field are above all restraints; but they
demand for themselves the right to direct and
control these Generals. They claim an in
Huence higher than that they will allow to the
laws Of the land Are these displays of in.
subordnatioh abd violence safe at this time
The weight of annual taxation will test
severely The loyalty of the people Of the
North Repudation of our financial obliga-
tons would cause disorder and endless moral
evils Reputation Of the Consultation in.
wolves rsbudlation of National debts, Of its
, guarantees bf right Of property of person,
, he world thst we do nothold the Constitution to
I, be sacred compact, we not only destroy all
, sense Of security, but we turn away from our
shores the vast tide OF foreign immigration
, It comes here now not because there are not
other skies as bright and other lands as pro-
ductive As ours.
tI II seeks here security for freedom-for
rights Of conscience--for immunity from ty.
/ raInica interferences, and from meddhng inn
, pettinense. The home. and 6reside rights
] h,retofofe enjoyed by the American people
} enjoyed under The protection Of written Con-
titutiots-have made us great and prosper
BUS bnireat you again, touch them not with
Isasrlekious handsl We are threatened with
, the trssking up Of our social system, with the
| overthrow Of State and National Governments