Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-01-22

torney General, first Of all men, proclaimed in
the United States the maxim OF Roman servil
ity. Whdteoer pieases The President, that
is iaioi PrlFopegssof State nete theu Rrsl
heard Of here. Afldaikht and hfbitrary arrests
commenced travel was inisrdicted sfade em-
bargoed passports dethen1ed Basliles were
introduced, sttange oathA invented, secret
police organized; piping" began, informers
multiplied spies now FIRST appeared in Ameri-
ca. The Fight.iO declare war 10 raise aud
support armies, and to provide and maintain
a aayy vas nsurped by the Executive; and 10
a little more than two months naval and
land lorce OF over three hundred thousand
meii Was ~ the Geld OF npon thelsen An ar
! my ofS public bldhderefs followed, and corfhp-
ton struggled with power in friendly strife for
the mastery at home.
| On the 4th of July Congress met, not to
seek peace, nor TO rebuke usurpation nor to
restrain power not certainly to deliberate not
even to legislate, but to regi ter and ratify the
edicts and acts Of the Executive; and in your
language, sir, upon the FIRST day of the session,
to invoke universal baptism Of Ere and blood
amid the roar 0f cpnnob and the din of battle
Free speech was had only at the risk Of pri-
SON. possibly of life. Opposition was silenced
by the fierce clamor Of "disloyaty." All bus
mess not of war was voted out of order. Five
hundred thousand men, an immense navy, and
two hundred and fifty millions OF money were
speedily granted, In twenty, at most in sixty
days, the rebellion was to be crushed out. To
1ount u was treason Aolect Submission vas
demanded Lay down your arms, sue Tor
peace surrender your leaders-iorteiture,
death-thls was the only language heard on
tniS nour; Inc gaHeries responded, the cor
ata.l 4
r'uors echoed ana contractors ana placemen
ana other Vehal patriots everywhere gnnshed
upon lne IrienuS oil peace as they passed by.
In nVe weeks seVenty-elght puonc ana private
acts ana JOINT resolutions, wth declaratory
resoiuuous' III me oehate ana house, qulte
as numerous an Iu'l OF slaughter, were hurrl-
eu tnrough "'tnout ueiay ana almost without
uena'e'
mus was CIVIL WAR lnaugurated IN Amer
'ca, Sah any man to-uay see the END OF u
ANA now pardon me, SIR, II pause here a
moment 10 uehne my own position at this time
upon this great question.
olr' l am one oil mat number that have Up.
posed Aoontionism, or the political Develop
ment OF the anhslavery sentiment OF the
North ana west, from the beginning ln
sGhooI, at eoHege, at the bar, IN pnolIc assem-,
D''es' IN tne legislature, IN congress, hoy and
man. as private citlzen ana IN pubic iiie, IN
tune OF peace ana IN Tune OF war, at all times
ana al every sacrince, nave iought against
II ~ cost me Ten years excursion IRON Of
nee ana hohor' at the period oil lrie when hon
OTIS are sweetest mo matter learned early
10 90 right and 10 walt Sir, 1t Is but the de-
Ve'oPment OF the spirit Oh intermeddhng,
whose chlIdren are STRIFE and murder. Cam
Fono,eu n'mseli aoont the sacrlhces OF Abel
ana slew MN Most OF the wars and eonten'
uons ana htiganon, ana oloodshed, from the
neginhlng oil hme' nave been ITS fruits. Ibe
spirit oi non-lntervenilon ls the very spirit on
peace ana concord do not believe that If
slavery mad never existed here we would have
had no secuonai controversies. This very
e'vll war might have happened hily, perhaps
ahuhured years later olher ana stronger
causes oi d!scontent ana OF disunion 1t may
De- nave existed between other States and sec
nohs' ana are now oelng developed every day
INTO maturity The spirit OF intervention as
snmed the form OF Abolitonismi because
slavery was odons IN name and by assoca-
uon TO Tue Northern mind, and because 1t Was
tnat "hlcn most OBVIOUSLY marks the different.
ciVlhIauons-oi the TWO sections, The South
herself, IN her early and later efforts to rid
herself OF It, had exposed the weak aud otfen'
slNe parts OF slavery TO the world Abolition
lnlermeddlng taught her at last to search for
and defend the assumed social, economic and
political merit and value OF the institution.
But there never was an hour from the he,
ginning when 1t did not seem to me as clear
as the sun at broad noon, that the agitation in
any form IN the North and West of the slave
ry question must sooner or later end in dis
union and civil war This was the opinion
and prediction Tor years of Wing and Demo
erane statesmen alike and after the unfor-