Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-05-05
From The philadelphia Age, AprH 26.
Hemfv VVfneer Davis.

From he philadelphia Age, AprH 26.
Henry vvfnter Davis.
Theindividuai vhose name heads, this ar
tIcls Eeceptly made speech IN Hanilton,
Ohio, from which We make the following ex-
,Afact: n
II want you TO. undorstand that ttis Coz
sfnptsnt tts greater Than the C0hstttutfon
The Constitution was made in three months,
and has given us happiness for four genera.
tons II is glorious Instrument But
leben. ~ fs found iHsH6icient for he PrOtec.
\ fticn Of he people of TIE United STATES, let
10 go1.E Appliance. "A mean 10 have freedom
under the Constitution, IL can; an ths midst
lRsbelious heretofore have gone SO lar, thar
men who talked Of law we're only talking fol-
III We have not reached that point yeb but
the Copperhesds, if they do not take care,
may bring il on.
| I'VE believe that the author Of the above
significant paragraph wasimported into Ohio
! tor the express purpose Of endeavorpg to
eoanteFaet the influence Of Nc. Vsllaudigham
in that State Mr. Davis is well Known in
this community He enjoys the high reputa-
ltioh of having been, Tor several years, the
Representative man Of the plug Uglies' of
Baltimore. While he occupied that. distin.
/ gaished position, and in order to gain IT,
there was no wrong he was not ready TO sane
ton, and no outrage perpetrated that he was
not willing to endorse That he, who sever,
for an instant, regarded the rights OF the peo-
pie, should now be among the foremost in
tpampling upon the Constitution, is not to be
Wondered at But how he can, in any de-
gree, be- able to counteract the infuehce of
of Yallandigham, or amy other man. n the
intelligent public in this section of the coun-
try will be at q loss to imagine, A more
thorough demagouge never crept into place
aud power, His whole political life has been
. delusion and sham. To change like "the
inconstant tide, has been his tulelof action
Ito be consistent, has been the exception
i And yet this trickster and chAngehng has
been employed as a Jacobn missionary, to
teach the people Of Ohio new code of polit-
\ ical morabt ''
Mr.. Davis says that '.this Government is
greater than the Constitution This. is hut
new way OF announcing the infamous doc
Urine of Mr.. Seward that there is "a higher
law than the Constitution" The Jacoblns in
! power boldly assert that the Government and
4 the Administration are one aud the same,
and that allegiance to o. involves adherence
to The other Hence, we must infer that this
lAoNiilOu fSlulOii iihS Iest VI Hls Butlly
coniederates, regards the Administration Of
4 Abraham Lincoln as greater than the Con.
hsttution Of the United States 70 iI aJlf
i But the facie tongue of this plant dema-
1 gogneJ does not falter at the utterance of
rauker treason, He wants freedom-ziree-
dom Tor the negro-eyen. in the midst of the
ruins OF the Constitution. No matter what
happiness for the white man is sacrificed-lno
matter what q ho pes of the futnra are destrov-
ed--no matter what wreck and disaster sur,
round the millions who are gathered under
the protection OF the sacred charter OF, Ameri-
can liberty---the altar and the temple must
erumble into ruins, and the broken fragments
.must be swept away, to make an easy pathway
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