Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-08-22
A Ren.arkah,r Article.

The truths Of history spoken Of in the fol-
lowing article wOrihy Of emafk by every one
are no less truths aud stern truths, because
spoken in Southern paper As to the
MoUghts--the speculations--the inferences
drawn By the writer, they are subject for
consideration merely, here AS well AS there -
As TO the correct statemeutul what the South
ern editors considerations are based upon
tbeIe can be no doubt anywhere in minds not
totally unbalanced; they are matters of re-
corded history, AS the N Y. Express we'll
remarks;
There is mnch food for reflection in this
article, In spite Of its reiterated protests
! against all thought OF reunion, We think it
IS not difficult to discern under the surface
aud, ut heart, yearhing fOr peace,--a peace
however, which VIZ fear will never come as
long as the Abolition Exterminators hold the
destlnies OF the Nation in their hands. With
some llttle approach to magnuniinity on the
palt ol the Administration, 1T the Admins
tration were capable of mhgnaninty, there
| ls scarcely doubt we infer from the spirit
OF tins artlcle,- II majority OF the people
would require but ittle persnasion tu return
to the old Government aud the old Union.
The misfortune is, that the vast "Shoddy" in-
terest which with the Addition tanaticsm,
has the country by the throat, can never he
persuaded to listen to re-uuiou, short OF (im-
po=sible) sn1lugaiun,- land hence, to all AZ
peafancrs, the war must drag on, until, in due
time, change ot men, viii in obedience ia
the voice of the still sovereign People, CON
pei change 0f measures
from the Riclnnopd Sentinel, July %
To PEAoE DENouRArs---No USIoN--NEvga
NEVER -Uf all the formal expressions of
the United States, we have noticed but one
that has kind word for the people of these
Confederate States True, they all claim
that We are one people with them; that we be-
long to the same country and the same Gov
ernmeni; and 10 short, are their brethren.
But the dominant party breathe out against
us nothing but slaughter and destruction, and
Ienounce rs with us much demoniacal fury
AS all the Gends from Heaven that Tell,
haA peaed the blnaer cry ot HELL"
They intend to have US again by sheer brute
force. They disdaiI the very thought of con-
eedlng so much as u civil word 10 the "piIe
Rebels" They intend to have us, that they
may crush and destroy us. They scout with
Jury any compromise short Of this They are
tilled with rage at the bare mention Of IT,
The rumor basgone out that Seward thinks
the time has come when he may, with some
hope, try upon as his hypocritical bandish-
ments aud his false pretensions--neyer faser
than when he swears-never less secure tpan
when he pledges his sacred word of honor
But the very mention that Seward proposes
10 address rs conciatory words, no mat
ter how hollow and treacherous, has
thrown his followers into paroxysm
OF rage, and they are denouncng him
almost as iurionsy US they denounce US
! The meetings of the Democratic or Pence
1 party have not got 50 far as this They de-.
nonnee The war as wickedy and ineiliclently
conducted and they declare for peace as the
/ best means OF securing reunion War thsy
consider as hopeless TO effect that object.
Bat they have nor in any other instance that
we remember, spoken as the New Hampshire
Democratic Convention, presided over by
eX-Fresldent Pierce, and doubtless animated
| by his sentiments
| The New Hampshire Democrats. address
| ing the citizens OF the CunfederAcf. pled.s
us that II We will come back into Ihe Onion
they will do all IN their power tu pnin tor IA
such guarantees as will SECURE our salety
THIS proposition We believe TO be ns frankly
/ made ms II Is courleuusly expressed We be-
lleVe It TO be AN honest propo .iIion; for
Franklin Pierce aud Millard Fillmore aud a
lew others, have pursued course that com
mands confidence IN their sincerity. We
credit the simple word Of one of them sooner
than We wonld as many oalhs as could be
sworn IN week by the men who promised
that the peace should be preserved al Fort
SUMTER and the existing status maintained
at the very time that they we're sending thith
er the material OF war.
we respond, therefore, to the New Hamp.
shlre Democrats with courtesy and respect
Bat we tell them what they must know, when
we say To them that they are powerless 20 se
cure Tor us those guarantees Of which they
admit the necessity Less than three wears
ago when the late Union Was in the very
throes OF dissolution, the States which now
iorm the Confederacy sought, in the spirit of