Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1862-11-28
"The ReactIonary Programme

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"The ReactlOnary Programme"
Under this head the Whitewater Reg
ister, a prominent and influential Republi-
can paper of Wisconsin, comments upon
an article copied from the Chicago Times.
in which success in re-estsblishing our
Government by the triumph Of our armies
alone is despaired Of, and the inference is
drawn from the result Of the late elections
that the people are in favor of trying other
measures, being determined that, accom-
panying every victory in the field, shall
appear their unslterable purpose to close
the war upon terms that will preserve the
honor Of the Government VithoUt branding
with infamy hoss Tho have rsbslled"
The ReoiSter says;
$50 says the leading Democratic paper OF
the northwest, and so say nearly all Demo-
Gratis throughout the country Can any one
fail to see the meaning Of all this2 1t 10
clear as daylight 1t means that the Demo
cratic party having achieved temporary
triumph in the State elections, they are nov
ready to open negotiations with Jefil Davis,
and close the war by treaty. by restoring the
South to their original status; 10 gips sLarery
g a ne,o lease of life by permitting the Slave
Power once more to sway the scepter in our
land Indeed, Fernaado Wood has already
sent his ambassadors TO the confederate court,
to arrange the terms Of this treaty. The
/ b Times knows what this programme is to be;
1t is understood BY the leading Democrats
throughout the north, and they are busily pre-
pairing the public mind for the promslgst
Of the plot The delays of Mcclellan we're
part Of this programme. His removal has
partially disconcsrted their plans, but they
will hatch up something to end the war with
out Sighting, But they will not succeed in
their reasonable undertaking Before they
viii be permitted to end this rebellion ioithout
result there will be civil war in the serth.--
The rebellion was forced upon us it was not
Of our makng; we have volunteered by the
million 20 sars the integrity of the Union,
and have expanded hundreds Of millions of
money for the same purpose That purpose
will be carried out, and II necessary TO its ac-
complishment the north itself will be desolat-
ed By cipI t6dr.
But we think the Chicago Times and Mil
waukes Neios and the New York Herald
oughtto be suppressed, if necessary by the
personal efforts Of ths people Of their respec-
tive cities. What this presupposes we iesil
kRoto but the exigences Of the times de.
mand unusual remedies, and those remedies
should be applied without hesitation. IL is
no time for miucing matters. Stern and de
cislvs measures are required, and at once,
1t Is more--far mOre--in " sorrow thar
in anger" that we read the above, for thu
writer is an old and valued personal friend
one around whom clings a host Of pleas
ant recollections and associations, ont
whose abilities are more than ordinary anC
whose talents fit him for a position ia
above that which he now occupies. Ye
duty requires that we should sink tn,
friend in the citizen, and while we griev
over the extent to which fanRticisTl ma,
lead the best away, we must warn Agains
- aud rebuke the madness which threaten
A to oyerwhelm our country in ruin.
The charges against our generals we d
not deem necessary to notice; the state
ments in regard tothe deputation to Rich
mond has already been proved, since ii
article was printed, to be one of GREELEY'
II lies but we call attention to those passl
ges which we have placed In itGlies, an
TO the aHin'as which pervades the Who'll
sad evidences Of the feelings which an
mates the breasts Of the AbolitiOnists, ar
7., -, fearfully foreshAdowing the dark gulf dpC
whose brink we are standing.
Ia 'Ths North isssv ssiA Be- dssolutsd
civil .oay car =" Were the words ponder
~ { before they were written |. EN- it be til
n man in his senses win pen and print SUI
10 threat. with Kentucky, Missouri. al
y Virgins dssolAted before our eyes, thI
% fields trodden to barrenness by the mar
Of hostile armies-their homesteads hea
of smouldering ruins--thsir sons slain
battle by their brethren, and their dang
ters mourning over or Aeeing from (
horrors which surround them? 1t Aou
seem that the picture is too terrible. I
plain. and too near US ever to pass for
brief moment from our mental visic
But for what are we at the North threl
ened with this most terrible of all scouEe
---ciMl war If we ars permitted e to q
this rebellion without result r. What
suit; The RESTORATION of the Upiol
1t is what the Register says we hs