Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-03-28

was erecte 4, and upon that II pTOspered, and
now that by force by coercion, the fraternity,
the goodwill, without which there can be no
Union, shoald be sought 70 be perpetuated,
viii seem 10 future ages, to men undistnrbed
By the passions and prejpdiees Of tho day al
most Incredible u VIII be set down among
the fsbuloua portidns of history, aud some fu-
ture HerodOius will relate il as be does all his
other fables, withthe preface 0thsy. sayit was
So Russia rs at this moment engaged in
suppressing an insurrection in Poland, and it
is singular coincidence that that ihsurrec
ton among people trodden under the heel
Of despotism for seventy years without form
of government, without ballot, free speech,
without free.press, without the liberty TO as.
semble, governed BY satraps aud deputies .ap.
pointed By the antocrat OF Russia, lin resist
ance to a conscription act. But they are II peo.
pie, in whose ashes seemyetgto slumber the
fires Of liberty that once butned Abfight M
the heart Of every Polander (Three cheers
for the Poles and the ballot box Now,
upon the theory Of the Russian Empire,
the autoorat OF Russia hasa right and is per.
lectly consistent in sending his armies to sup
press that rebellion, but TO expect to accom-
plish such result in this country seems, a.
| have SAID an absurdity beyond conception.
But | do understand the theory OF our gov
ernment, ] do believe that all governments
derive their Just powers from the consent of
the governed, and l know that that consent
is brought about only by the application of
reason or by appeals to the better passions of
men. | want now to resort to these appeals.
| desire to reason this case with the men oil
the South, whenwe have got through reason-
/ ing it with the men OF the North and West
When we have accomplished that work and
re-established all our own liberties, freedom
of speech, of the press and OF elections, here
then ! desire that an appeal shall be made to
the South, and that by their consent now as
| in 787 this Union shall be restored | have
that faith in their intelligence, their patriot
ism, their wisdom and their statesmanship to
believe that this result will be accomplished
and ! feel confident that either the men now
in power will be obliged to yield to the popu
1 lar demand, or, failing to yield, they will be
obliged to do what we propose TO compel Lin
coin and his party to do on the 4th of March,
| 1865 to give place to other men. (Cheers.)
! Without entering into detail, these are my
reasons for the faith that is in me for the res
toraton of the Union of these States, and
my conyictiun is as earnest as ever penetrated
the heart oil man. | believe it, Ispeak it
thus because believe it. Now what spec
tace has this Congress presented We went
before the people at the October aud Novem.
ber elections, and so lar as was possible
through the press, trammelled as it was, and
Of speech, trodden down as it was, made our
appeal The people heard it, and they an
swered. They rendered judgment of con
demnation against the Northumberland
yet, alter having chosen four Senators, as
many as the elections that had taken place
permitted us, having changed the political
complexion of the House OF Representatives,
] l(applause,) having converted that body into
It vast charnel house, a political sepplchre--
the men who had been beaten at home spent
the last expiring hours Of that infamous Con
gress in attempting to perpetuate their power
by force. BY legislation seeking 10 reverse
the Judgment of the people, they placed
themselves in condition TO maintain their
power after constitutional limitation should
have expired, or to control the elections.
That can be but the purpose Of all this. Why
should the hdbeds corpus be suspended in the
loyal States of this Union Why shall the
President undertake for single moment to
arrest citizen for the expression of his opin.
ion, or for the assembling together as we are
tonight, to discuss his policy What
is the purpose OF all this ? TO suppress the
rebellion in the South They can not ar.
rest anybody there. 1t is precisely the same
miserable policy that Was exhibited in the pro
clamatOn of ireedomto to all the slaves inside
the Confederate lines, with an exemption OF
slaves within our military lines, where alone
the President has the power to set them free
I(Applause) Instead Of arresting traitors who
are within the limits of the Confederate States,
he proposes to arrest men IN The North and
West, whose only crime Is that they choose in
the exercise of their rights as, afreemen, to
/ condemn his policy who demand through the
ballot-box that another party and other men,
representing other principles and another pol
icy, shall be pat in power y(Cheers II
cannot be done in the United States yet We
have borne enough, but We cannot endure ey-
erything There is a limit where patience
ceases to be virtue il has not come yet-I
think 1t will not come, know will not come
if spirit of freedom is exhibited by those
who have descended from the ancestors who
. gave us our liberties in this country | know
well, indeed that we are in the midst of pc
riod Of profound darkness, that clouds lower
heavily in the horizon above us----aIiother ol
those tinetnatiHg crises which mark every rev,
olution is at this moment upon us. II s
blind, indeed, who does not see, deaf, indeed
who does not hear the mutterings of the storm
lAt this moment the whole power OF the Ad-
mnistration, all its agencies secret and pub.
lci are being employed TO ascertain whether
this people is seryila enough to snbmit to a
loss of their liberties; aud then wilma nowar-
dice which marks all tyrants, II il be found, by
the shrinking away of the people aud their
covering before their threats, the threats will
be executed Yes, Of that let there be no
doubt; but i the report from the spies aud in
formers who infest al your places, public and