Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1862-10-07
MT. EllIott's Reply TO the Dayton
.7L ahad2 Journal. 7aFe raHff

For the Dayton Journal .l-da = nd
/ In the JoavadJ Of last Friday mosning ap-
peared a very malignant and 7ungenerous
criticism Of what the writer was pleased 70
consider my political shortcomings, The in
tended severity Of theafticle, only tends more
clearly to show the writer's evident disap-
pointment at his utter failure to dragoon de
mocrats and other loyal men into theisupport
Pof the abolition schemes Of his party.0 1t is
we'll known that never agreed to follow his
party or any part Of TO the extremes of
madness and folly, whittier they are rapidly
driving. did everything 1 could in my linn
tied sphere, to avert the awful calamity, now,
upon us, a civil war, which every candid man
knew must bring uS to the verge Of ruin. /
believed the matter in dispute might be, and
therefore shopla) bs compromised, and exert
ed myself in, that direction, and consequently
opposed all coercivs measures, which might
\ serve to kindie the flames of strife and pre-,
| vent an amieable adj pstment of our difficult
ties. When, however, the strife came and
the President, whose election l had opposed,
called for men 70 defend the Capitol, fePossess
l the public property and maintain the, e,Consti-
4 tuition, and ypTeserye the Union, with all the
\ dignity and equality of the several States
unimpared, n sxerted myself to seeare pnanr
4 Unity amongst the people, that the demands Of
the President might be promptly and patriot
ically responded to, And, Notwithstanding
the Chicago platiorm,- which Lineoln had pro-
missed to keep and Of his oft repeated decla-
ration that this Union could mot endure
half slave and half free, but must be,
come all one or all the other, and not
withstapding some of the people feared the
war would be made the Instrument n ;oi
! carrying out these anti.slavery and reVolu,
tionary sentiments, the Presidenta demands
were more thHn supplied. Events passed on.
The democratic party of Montgomery county
did not take that high ground, which some
of US stheughtitsbopldhA have dons-they lacked
faith in the republican adminstrati0n--and
we protected, took the Crittspdpn5 resolution
as the platform upon, which We we're willing
to stand, and IS smbodying the priacipleG
J upon which the war ought TO be carried on
and we invited alllmsn who might agree with
u.s. The republicans, gladly came into the
arrangement and adopted our platform, but, al
i the sequel will show soon left us, in quest o.
their lost abolition platforms.
Nov in view Of the republican party's pro
LESSONS Of cohssfvatism, aud in view Of theiI
adoption, almost adhanimouslyf at the extti
session OF Congress, Of the Crittenden tesolu
tion defining their pretended purposes Ia tht
: prosecutio1 6fi hs war, we as honest demo
Gratis had 40 ighttc believe them dishonest
Their ptofssAidps, Of high and honorable pur
pose, were, apparently so earnest, SO fair, sJ
solemn and 6aeqdivoeal, that II seemed mad
ness TO dispute them In August 1856 laeAl
for County Eonyention, was isseed, signed
: by men Of al parties in the following tefms
UHIoH Tbpl ~ true Union cititsns bi Mont
Romery eolinty reisrencea 10 political 5S
soeiatlons, analEhe E5 70 fever oI hs Yns9pditi0Hs
Of handing down V hostefisy unimpaired our DenS
cratic instituhYaakha ieFtr Of GoveFnment and NllI
unalteraoly Opposed 70 seceAsion epeAqnabls
separation, or disunioh u MY forn ahd Who afg L
: favor Of vieoloa1 ptosaniGion Of the upon ths
prncpl9s apd tor tha purpose set forth m The follow
ing resolution Or the Hon, John ]. Orittenden which
rOSslted the every un6h nlha IN onn
!. gresS o. ail peIuels glygl A, -, EalLl laasaL
eed upon thj c6dny BY the disuniohsts Of M South