The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-04-24
from the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Gazette and its ThreateningS.

The following is the last para
graph OF an article entitled The
bravery of our Soldiers" which
appeared editorially in the Cincin-
natl Gazette:
'"And what shall we say of the
traitors in our midst who, this
hour, sympathize with the authors
of this rebellion, Notwithstanding
the sacrifices that have already
been made in defense OF the Union
surrounded by scenes Of distress
that have cast u dark shadow over
the hopes of desolated households,
and the wailings of widows and
orphans, whose husbands and ia
theirs have laid their lives upon the
altar Of their country? Is it not
time that the strong hand of the
law should be laid upon the heads
OF those who sympathize with the
rebel leaders? These are again
getting to he IL stencil in the nos
triIs Of loyal people, and the eoun-
try demands severe treatment, not
only for the rebels of the South,
but their allies 1T the North. The
streets over which dead or wound
ed soldiers are carried are to sacred
to be trod by traitors or traitor
sympathizcrs."
1t is reasonably to be supposed
that the Gazette, in celebrating the
foregoing, had in its eye some
person or persons to whom, in its
opinion, they are applicable. If
such is the case, it is the duty of
the GazsH,-a duty which it owes
not only to itself but to the public
aud to humanity-to point them
out and present the evidence in its
possession against them. A charge
SO formidable. couched in language
so vigorous and intense, should not
he permitted to waste its force in
the limbo of irdetiniteness. The
world ought to know who it is
that are unfit to tread the sacred
streets over Will dead and wound.
ell soldiers are carried, and upon
whom should he laid the strong
arm of the law.
1t is not courageous to frame
indictments like. these without in
licating the parties that are in
tended-it is 60 rardly. 1t is no
the part Of u high.minded patriot
but Of II narrow and bigoted mis-
chief maker. The Gazette-or til,
individual writer's for it-may, q
little men are apt to do, hate thos
who happen to disagree with then
in opinion; but when, carrying it
hatred beyond all decent bounds
it turns to dcnounuipg them a
traitors. and holding them up t
the officers Of the law as criminals
one of two things ought to harper
it should either be compelled t
answer who it is that it intend,
t or furnish the proof necessary to
} conviction, or it should be abate
as u nuisance.
We do not know what there
in the Gazette, which entities it
set up its own transitory and ii
3 sustained views as the standard {
7 opinion, and to denounce and col
denim, and invoke legal penaltiC
upon the heads of such as, for til
time being, do not happen to accel
9 them and make them their rulo {
. conduct.
One thing, however, the Gazet
. would do well to remember. Thel
!, is a mysterious fatality whic
3 seems to attach to such as couns
: violence. Poisoned cups return
i the lips of those who mixed them
} mischief haunts the violent, al
:, they who take up the sword peris
by the sword. 1t is Il fearful THU
% to promote acts of popular We
r. geance. In thousands of instanc
they who kindled tie flame ha'
W been consumed by it, and there a
~ changes easy to anticipate in pu
- lie opinion in this city, which,
ID they ever arrive, may cause Il
Gazette to feel troubled at Il
y. countenance it has given to illeg
" violence.