Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-01-12


serve peace and restore tho Union; while
every disunioniAt whether secretly or openly
plotting IL destruction, IL en- advocate Of
secession or Of war, as the surest means Of
rendering reunion and re-oonstruction impoest
bic; | have too much respect for bis i~nteilect
to believe, for one moment, that there is not
a man for war who is not adisppionist per Sc.
Hence, / do not mean, il | car prevent it.
that the enemies of tho Union-men plotting
to destroy it-shall drag this country into
war under pretext Of protecting the public
property, and enforcing the laws, and collect
ing the revenue, when their object is disunion
and war, the means Of accomplishing a cher
ished purpose. d
The disunionisis, therefore, are divided into
two classes the one open, the other secret
disunionists. The one in favor Of peaceful
secession and a recognition Of independence;
the other in favor Of war, as the surest means
OF accomplishing the object, and OF making
the separation final, eternal. | am a Union
man. and hence against the war. But we
are, told, and we hear il repeated everywhere,
that we must find out if we have got a Gov
ernment "Have we G~overnmeutT p is the
question and we are told we must test that
question by using the military power to put
down all discontinued spirits. Sir, this ques-
ton, ihave we q Government y has been pro-
nounced by every tyrant who has tried to
keep his feet on the necks Of the people
since the world began.
When the Barons demanded Magma Charta
from King John at R~unnymede, he exclaim-
ed, "Have we q Government ?, and called for
his army TO put down the discontented Barons.
When Charles ! attempted to collect the ship
money in violation Of the Constitution Of
neonle. he exelaimeI rHave we q Govern.
ment9 We can moi treat with rebels nnt
downatbe ~traitors we must show Thai. we
Ssye ! Goysrnmsnt II When .Jamss III vas
dr;van FROM tho ,brona Of Enniand for ,auror
- - I1e1p ~ ~" !,
ing with the liberties OF the people, he called
Tor his army and exclaimed Let us show
we have a Government when George
M called upon h's army to put down the
rebellion IN America, LORD North cried lush-
y, NO compromise with traitors; let us
demonstrate mat we have a Government =
"hen, IN 1913, the people rose upon their
tyrSnts all over Europe, and demanded guar.
antees TOT their rights, every crowned head
exclsln ~ have we q Government and
appeaied 70 the army TO indicate their au'
thorlty and 20 enforce the laws,
or, tne history Oh the world does not TAI
10 conoemn the iouy, weakness and wicked.
ness that government which drew its sword
upon ITS " people ween they demanded
guarantees Tor their rights, This cry, that
we must have a Government, "a merely fol
loving the example OF the besotte5 Bourbons
who never learned anything by misfortune,
never forgaye an injury, never forgot an af
front Must we demonstrate that we have
got a Government and coerce obedience with
out reference 70 tue justice or injustice OF the
Complaints SIR, whenever ten million oil
people proclaim to you, with one unanimous
voice that they apprehend their rights, then
hresldes and their family affairs are in dan
ger, 1t becomes a wise Government to listen
sion HIs,orv doas not rscord on "SsTHsSSheE
wbsra anv human Governmant has haer
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