Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-04-25
any one.
lFrom the Metropolitan Kccord.l
Some Plain Talk.

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ed aud we are to-day further than ever from
the attainment OF ths object which tho I'D
uinistratiou is said TO have 10 yisw--the re.
storatiVp OF the Union Armies, numbering |
IA tbs aggregate fourteen or hiteen hundred |
houssDd men, aud money to the amount OF
about fifteen hundred millions Of dollars, |
nave been placed Gt the disposal Of the Presi- !
tent, and yet, With all our boosted superiority
10 population and material resources, ne have
less cnance to-day Of reducing the SouGh 70
submissi0p than We had when the 6rst gun
was fred at Fort Sumter.
We ask any CANDID man il this u not fair,
though briyt statement Of the relative post
tlons occupied at present BY the North aud
! The south Sill we are told this war must
10 on; W. are ia tor II now, aud we cannot
| 1t We would, make peace short Of nadosal
disgrace aud humllstion" WHAT says
su enthusiastic Loyal Lacquer, "shsll We
submitto JED Dagis2 Snail 80 sus to the
rebel South for pesce2 No, Sir this war
must 70 or, even if We we're to shed the last
drop OF our blood and spend our last dollar.
| Now, let US remark that the nan who talks
10 this inflated strain is the very last to think
vt shedding the hrst drop Of his own blood,
OF to spend the FIRST dollar Of his own money,
uuless, indeed, he be compelled to do 50 by
the un!uesy chances Of the subscription
lottery. Ia fact, we are inclined TO think that
# he could ssve The expense through the
favoritism Of the War Department, he would
be most happy TO place himself upon the list
| OF exempts,
So much then, for the sincerity of those
who camor tor the continuance of this
melancholy, this frstricidsl Wnr--R war not
for the restoration OF the country, but for the
continued power and domination Of faction
But how is It with the great body Of the peo.
ple2 Are they still in favor OF n perpetus.
tion OF q conflict which threatens the establish.
ment of pet mRnent military despotism, and
which is already pressing with terrible weight
upon the luboring classes Of the country
We sincerely believe that they are not, aud
that il they we're presented with the opportu.
niiy OF giving their decision it would be in
favor Of an hrmistice with view to peace.
lu settlement Of the armed controversy now
waging between the tWo sections. We be-
lisvs, moreover, that they have lost al con.
fdenCe in the Administration, and that the
last hope OF q restoration OF the Union through
war has departed from the great popular
heart
IL is true that the so.esllsd leaders OF the
people ore opposed 10 the suspension Of hos.
tlitiss--but let US SAX do they really speak
for the people Have they been commission.
ed ss their moutbpieces TO give expression TO
such visws2 For our own part we must say,
that they DO not express the feelings OF the
great majority Of ths Northern masses in re.
gard to prolongation Of the war Many ol
them have not the maDliness nor the courage
to say what they really believe, that the longer
continuance Of this war will render the re.
storation Of the Union hereafter an impossi
Z, az C. Il.
! We have had enough Of temporigInG sud
political hyJ ocrisy, au1 1t is full time TO lock
the question squarely in the face without 1inch
ing, no matter what the tmid or nervous may
say.
This is no longer war II is slaughter; il
is rapine, and the acts that have come to
light lately show vandalism that reflect:
he deepest disgrace 90 a nation which pro
iesses TO be Christian. We have had enough
Of eHpediency enough Of time serving, enough
VI bypoertesl professions Of loyalty, and VIZ
must Of last deal with the hard facts Of ths
. case. Ia the trst place, the past Two year.
; should satisfy us Of TWO things--thAt the mil
itsry subiugaton Of the South is an impossi
: pilityi aud IN the second, that the present dis
unlon Administration cannot restore th,
=. union These are thetwo leading facts pre-
) ssnted by = consideration Of the case bu
n there are acme others which we propose 4
review before dismissing the subjeet for th,
present, aud We shall submit them 10 the FOL
. lowing brief but We trust, Suthlisptly eonPrs
nersivs and tnlslhgbls msnusr - ...
The people Of the South are st the prsssh
q time more hostile 10 the old Union than the
% we're two ysaTs, or even one year ago.
This result has been brought about By th
Abolition and ssetiousl policy Of the Admin
) alraliOr.
!, This restoration Of The Union By war was
departure from the wsllkuowh policy Of cor
cliation and compromise, and was calculate
g. to render division permanent
81 The invasion Of the South was the msddei
lie project ever devised By me1 protesting 30
Of stalespeu, inevitably leading, IS it bst don,
e to the consolidation Of the so1thsTo STAT,
Q, lnto q unit for the purpose OF determined 40
ID aggressive resistance
o. The people OF the North have lost all trH
q. and Oou6deneo 10 the Adnl uiatretion--a iai
be which rs attributable 10 It's uneonsutuuonl
i. course aDd its utter incomPetency
III Tbs unpopulArity Of an unjust, 9 one side
IN and oppressive Conseription Act which di
nd eliminates between the rich and the poOF,
iayor Of the former aud against the lstter.
"A The repulsS sustained at Frederieksbur
at Port Hudson, at Vicksburg, CharleSto
ID and other places aa e,t
ho Tbs msd aud wicked policy Of sapposiI
nd that 'Amshca1a could sonqger AmsficAns,
- that the fresmOu Of the South could Be eubd
ID By an AbsliIisn fassisB, sE woald SVsr ~