Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1862-12-22

these walters on Providence should heed the
voice of the people speaking from the poliit-
cal Sinai. AEaid the thunders and ightnings
and thick cloud and the quaking of the noun
tain, the trumpet has sounded and yet ye,
unlike Israel, 'have not ssncti6ed yourselves
lest the Lord break forth upon ye. The trum-
pet voice has spoken:
We are the people who have set you in high
places.
Thou shalt have no other source Of power
before you.
Thou shalt not make unto thee any craven
image Of ebony, before which to bow myself,
nor TO serve it. Laughter
Thon shalt not take the name of liberty in
vain for thou shalt not be held g~niltless for
such sacrilege upon personal and c%onstitu-
tional freedom.
Remember the days of October and No
yember, to keep them holy. Laughter
Homo the Constitution and the Union, "
you would have your days long in the land.
Thou shalt not KILN vengeance and in
vain.
Thou shalt not degrade the white race by
such intermixtures as emancipation will bring.
Thou shalt not steal, nor suffer the money
Of the people TO be stolen by the army Of job
bers and contractors.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against
thy ~neighbors, charging them falsely with dis
loyalty.
Thou shalt not covet thy neigh0or's serv-
ants, neither his man %servent, nor his maid
servant, nor any thing which is thy neighbours,
nor tax the people for their deliverance.
Will these commandments be heeded2 |
fear not Too many Of the other side have
lost there sense of responsibility on losing
their Offices.
Among all my colleagues of the last Con-
gress, upon the other side, but one remains
but one-the member from the Northwest,
Mr.. Ashley and he was elected by the divi-
sions Of the conservative force Of the district
As with the children Of Israel, the sea divided
and his virtues enabled him to go over dry
shod. Laughter My colleague, (Mr.
Hutchens,) who was so kind as to write my
epitaph at the last session, picturing me as
going down in a colored sun set, had not
even the appreciation Of his own party by n
nomination. He will allow me, with tender
regret, to borrow the apostrophe OF the poet
Wilberforce, as suitable to his case
"ohi shade Of the lallen oh genius sublime
Great friend Of the Negro from African cline;
Alas how low he.ies lLaughter.l
Night suddenly came, and his day was run,
Bis sun was set snd an ,ther sun
lllumes the dusky skies" Laughter
| doubt not, his speech at the last session in
favor of the blacks settling where they pleased,
was the reason of his premature setting and
settling. he should not complain. He was
q bright light Of Republication in the dark
places Of Ohio; but he must remember that
all that bright must fade" His demise was
a civil necessity, The people have said to
him and his friends-all defeated, l believe,
but about a acknowledgement sisters, depart
in peace" Laughter. Let them return to
private life. It their destiny. Their politi-
cal graves are dug. Their winding shests are
prepared. Their gravestones are ready
Methinks ] hear the clods fall upon their collins
at noon on the coming It'll Of March. They
should not complain. The earth itself must
at last pass away, and be rolled up like D scroll.
Nature, trembling and in flames, will one day
give WY. Let them not complain, but bow
to the decree of dissolution. None knew
them but to curse them; none named them
but to damn, Properly and philoIogioally |
speaking, they are here as the Representatives
Of perdition; for they are lost to us. Laugh
ter Their loss will, however, be our gain.
Their calling and election not having been
made sure, they now seek, in the little span
allotted them, TO continue those political trans
g~ressions for which they are condemned
already. My colleague Mr.. Hutchins1 has,
however, it seems, turned practical humani-
tartan since the elections. l commend him
for it. He is no longer q political Mrs. Jellaby,
manufacturing here moral pocket handker-
chiefs for the piekaninnies of Hilton Head
but he has been there, observing how the
young African learns to shoot in a.b-abs, and
how the black brigade learns to shoot in pla-
toons. He has no doubt observed what the
President told the preachers, 'tllet they eat,
and that was ALL Perhaps he might tell us
how many thousands, under this humanitari.
an regime, we have already living at our ma
tional festive board, and singing the song
sold I'm lie Sans the landlord-we eat and drink our
FIJI
And the wisdom Of the measure is-there's nothing
for the bill"
The House refused us this information last
session and aince then they have increased
aud scattered over the land, until they num-
her hundreds of thousands. We hear of four
hundred wagon loads in Mississippi, several
thousand in the district Of my friend from
Illinois, Mr.. Allen, thousands here in the
District; and Tor their sustenance and eleva-
ton, the oyerburdened people are to be taxed.
while the families Of white soldiers clamor
for food in our cities, The House this after
noon voted down the resolution of inquiry of
my friend from Maryland, [Mr. Calvert, as
to the cost of the contraband business in
Carolina. assert here that the report of the
q~uRrtermaster at Beaufort, South Carolina,
will show that for the month of September
four general superintendent received $3.50
per month, and sixty-fonr other superinten-
dents received $50 per month, for taking care
Of n~inetythree negroes This report shows
$500 per month, being at the rate of $45,-
600 per Annum for the care Of ninety-three,
big and little, male end female, "iree Ameri.
cans of African descent A thousand dol
iaro "a vaar monld aafnniah n uTauta., c..raa.
for such a service. Bat we are refused all in
u Ennnanlinn M 10 Ihia and -ainnilar inlnnonn