Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-01-29

their opinions with the most perfect free
dom, as they have done heretofore, whether
it be distastefuI to their ndversaries or
not. They win resist tyranny to blood,
and to their last drop Of it. II they should
passivoly submit to the loss of their dear
est rights, they would be slaves and deserve
the chains.
But" say you, 1--WE are trying to save
the Government. and put down the re-
bellion and you ought therefore to submit
to any measures our rulers may deem nec-
essary." If you cannot put down the re-
bellion without destroying constitutional
freedom, in Gods name then let the re-
bellion succeed. If you cannot free the
negroes, but by enslaving the whites, let
them remain under the yoke forever
But we will have civil war here in
our midst" Not by our choice. We are
loyal men, devoted to the principles of re-
publican government We are ldtO-aJid-
ing men, clinging to the Constitution and
laws made in pursuance thereof, as our
first, last, and only hope. If civil war
comes at all, it will be brought upon us
by the tyranny of those who were selected
by the people to administer the Govern
ment as their servants, according to their
will, expressed in the Constitution, who,
forgetting their stations, are assuming to
be our masters and sovereigns. Freedom
is our brthright, and we viii be free.
"But, you Democrats claim to be peace
men," We ought, perhaps, be sorry to
say it, but we are not peace men to the ex-
tent of turning our other cheek, when one
is smitten, but we are always for peace
when war win do us more harm than good,
or when war can honorably be avoided.
VATTEL says that "war is so dreadful u
scourge, that nothing less than manifest
justice, joined to necessity, can authorize
it or exempt it from reproach." We be-
lieve that this war could have been honor
ably avoided by the North, that there was
no necessity" to authorize it, and that
there is no possibility of its resulting in
anything but evil, and therefore we cry
"peace." But when usurper or coun-
Gil of madmen, shall attempt to enforce
by the bsyonet tyrannical laws, to which
40 people can submit and still be free, We
will recognize, in such case, the justice
and necessity OF war, and will meet thu
i emergency like men who "know thei
2 rights, and, knowing, dare maintain"
d Were it not that this Administration
h has shown that there is no project tot
s hare-brained and ridiculous for its seriou
o consideration, we might consider tn
Is threat to bring the army back to subjugat
IT Democrats, as akin to the proposition t
Y build railroad to the moon. How woul
a the army like the work ? You are foolisl
S, enough, probably, to think the soldiers ar
y with you, unanimously, You disgrac
J. officers who attempt to get out of the SCI
vice because this has been made an Abo
y lition war, and you would shoot private
s. for the same reason; and you regard tn
d submission you obtain by such means a
in these, as unanimity. Dare to bring ths
" army home for such purpose, and yo
s. would sec that if it fought at all, it woul
ii not be for you. When your armies al
L. withdrawn from the South, how far wi
n Brace and PEMBERToN and LEE be benin
r them? Are you succeeding so we'll j
b. subiugating the States already in rebellio
p. that you desire to add New York, Ne
n Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Ill
or nois, Wisconsin, Kentucky and Marylau
is to the number =?
ly The ideas upon which you are trying
ch conduct the affairs of the nation are ute
Sc ly impracticable. The old Ship of Sta
49, is in the wrong channel; Jagged rocl
ID, have already pierced her sides, and unle
ch she be speedily rescued, and her cour
at changed, her destruction is sure. Dem
Gratis think the only hope is in bringir
or her back into the old channel, and for So
nd ing SO you think they should be enslave
th But they will not be, and woe unto tho
rs. who attempt it HAMPDEN.