Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-09-19

permit ihis dishonor TO be c0nsumated in their
native State Another effect will be that il
win be an invitation to the rebels in arms to
come up aud take possession of our soil
Now have so often myself been made the
subject OF false statement aud misreport, that
will not hold Mr. Bough responsible for
either the sentiment above expressed, or the
lpresumptuous Stiffness Of referring to the
election by the people Of his opponent, as
bringing 'dishon9i upon the State. Bat
know that the proposition itself is beginning
10 be urged by many Of his friends as
menace 70 the ireemeu OF Ohio aud choose
to meet il fatty
First Tho Invitation to rebels in arms
which my election viii signify, will be to lay
down their arms and return TO the old Union
and TO obedience to and protection under the
Constitution, laws and aag, secure from Abo-
lltion intermedding and agitation, as before
the war, and from conscription, conGscation,
execution, emancipation, Negro equality, and
all exertions ut arbitrary despot;c power since.
Second There will be no "civl war in
| Ohio if | am elected Governor unless Mr.
Brough aud MS party nsugurate il; in which
event we win "crush out the rebellion" in
very much shorter space Of time than they
have employed in putting down the slave
holders rebellion II, however, he means
that they will "secede' from the State by vol
untary exiletO Canada or elsewhere, there
will be no coercion IN that event But the
threat, il intended to intimidate, is as idle as
the wind: if meant seriously, it is time that
the people should know H. that they may aiiix
the mark OF Cain upon the toreheads Of these
new conspraturs against the ballot box. In
any event he whom a majority of the quail
fled electors Of Ohio may choose for their
Governor, WiH be inaugurqted, .Hd the vast
mass of the people, without distinction OF party,
will aid, if need be, in the work Of keeping
the peace OF the State, and carrying out the
fundamental maxim of popular governments,
that "lhe majority must govern. For let Mr
Brough, and all others who would defeat the
will Of the people, take notice that there is a
mighty mass OF men in Ohio, whose nerves
are strung up like steel, who mean that the
man who is the choice Of the people shall be
| the People Governor Should that choice fall
upon me, all the duties of the Office shall be
| faithfully and iearlessly discharged would
myself obey the Constitution and laws, and
see to it that all others obeyed them within
her limits and jurisdiction. The courts should
be open and restored once more to their right
tul authority, justice administered without
denial or delay, and the military in strict sub
ordination to the civil power Habeas cor
puS should Oe respected no citizen arrested
except upon due process OF law, or held ex-
cept for trial by the civil tribunals; and none
kidnapped from the State
| But while the rights Of the State and the
liberties Of her citizens should be thus strictly
enforced, the constitutional and lawful au-
thority and rights Of the Federal Government
should be obeyed and respected with scrupu-
| ous fidelity, 10 matter who administered it,
| Whatever the Administration have right
under the Constitution and laws TO demand
or expect from the State Executive, should
be promptly and exactly rendered. In short
| would adopt aud thoroughly carry out the
two maXims upon this subject laid down by
Mr.. Jefferson in his inaugural in ls0l
First. "Fhe support of the State govern
ments in all their rights, as the most compe-
tent administrations OF our domestic CON
Germs, and the surest bulwarks against anti
republican Tendencies"
Second "rhe preservation of the general
Government IN lis rdole constitutional Uigor,
as the sheet anchor of our peace at home aud
safety abroad
! And in this way would strive,by the quick
and decisive exercise Of will and authority
whenever necessary and proper, and by
cheerful aud ready compliance wherever due
to restore the peace, the quiet, the economy,
the good order and harmony which, in former
years, marked the States both in their rea-
ton to their own citizens and to the Federal
Government, and thus, in better times, made
the Union secure, and the people prosperous
happy and eontented. This aud not "civl
war for my "crime' is that am opposed
to civil wars-is what my election would "in-
augurate' in Ohio. And now, men Of my
native State, are not these just the blessings
which you and your wives and your children
with longing hearts, most earnestly desire2
] Defend then, and hold fast, in every eXtrem-
ty, 10 the BALLOT BOX and labor night and
day, / invoke you, to secure these blessings,
through that, the appointed, potential weapon
Of lreemen.
| G. l. NATT ANDIguAN