, 1863-04-23

We hare occasionally heard from the Gin
cinnau Enquirer that the city Of Dayton is
boasted that it Is Il place in which Democratic
victories arc won, and the beauties Of the De-
mocracy Of the day placed on exhibition. It
Is discovered that the city of Dayton contains
two clasees Of persons who are responsible
for its political character. And first Of these
we reckon the business men who arc SO busy
on election day, and go respectable on tho
nights Of primary meetings, that they neglect
their public duties. The o:her class Is COM
posed of the conservatives from the alleys,
the eticklers for the Constitution who abide
in the stcws, the loafers, who are alarmed
about negro equality, and the patriots who
watch house. but are always mustered in full
force at the polls. And 10 We hear, after
every election, that the home Of Mr. Val1an-
dfgha1n has sustained him. This Is not alto-
gethcr astonishing when VIC consider that the
ing him, the other day. Vallandighamism, Of
course, has free course to be gloTiticd in Day
ton; and it has made It's appearance after the
manner following:
There is In the Dayton HIgh School the son
Of an officer in the rebel army, who glorles III
bis fathers shame, and, some weeks since,
his attachment to the JEFF Davis conspiracy
The Union boys at The school were challenged
By this Incident to show their colors, and dsl
EO, HGlUE ulE plH6 AHEA Ns sAIt 1AIlllllI 10 our
readers. Then butternnt boys mounted but
tcrnuts, md there was spirit abroad in the
school somewhat resembling that abroad in
the country. The School Trustees, majority
Of them being Of the Yallandighaln pcrsua-
sion, were solicitous fol, peace" and "con-
compromised the matter By ordering that no
partisan emblcms should be worn by the
High School boys. The precious bu:ternuts
were discarded, and with them the Stars and
Stripes! 1t was not allowable that a boz
thould wear the aag Of his country IS breast
cay, in the city Of Dayton this concisiatozy
ard compromising measure Of producing peace
was not entirely acceptable to the cniigAten-
cd Inhabitants. The habit Of wearing partisan
badges extended to the common schools, aud
httle boys. whose fathers wcrc in the army,
had the audacity to wear eagle buttons, as
well as flag pins, and little girls wore trico1-
ored roset1es. These were understood to be
partisan badges! They were the badges of
The patty that sympathize5 with the Govern
mcnt as against The rebellion; aud were,
therefore, offensive to the other party that
s5mpa1hixes with The rebellion Us against the
Government And is the latter party is in
power In Dayton, 1.-THE home Of Mr.. Va1lan-
| digha1n," the eagle buttons aud trI colored
roEettcs, and Starsand Stripes were offensive
! The consequence IS, an effort was made to sup.
| press eagle buttons and tri-co1ored rosettes,
and tho Stars and Stripes In tho common
common schools Of thecify Of Dayton! And
| This effort has extended to the cutting of Of
eagle buttons from the caps Of little boys ut
school, and the pulling Of tri i-colored rcsettei
| from The hair Of little girls. 1t is curious to
be sure, but it is a. fact, that some of the
/ parents Of children treated in this manner in
| The city of Day ytoll, tile home Of Mr.. Val.
landigham," liavo resented It. Parents have
even gone SO far as to sew other eagle-buttons
on little boys's caps, in place Of those cut OF
by the teachers under butternnt authority:
The Dayton City Board Of Education held q
meeting on Thursday evening, April l6, the
proceedings of which We find reported in the
Empire. The agltating question was that rel
atiye to tie wearing ot badges: i appears
tlat Mr. Young, n member Of the Board,
Offered resolution that In the
opinion Of the Board, "thcrc is IN
the stars and stripes, the tri.colored
ribbon, red white and blue, or the Amer.
ican eagle, nothing Of o partisan character,
but these are all national emblems, common
70 all pazttes," aud that American youth