Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-01-15

States, Confirming the predictions Of The
Southern disunionists as to the supremacy
and rapaeiy Of Northern Abolfipuists and
by these means crushing The Union men OF
tho slave States. and thereby producing ubani1
nifty IN the suush in the calse Of the rebel
lion. ~ WNN@AV|
is. The prosecution of tha waraznot int
that redeeming spirit and concalslory dispo-
sition reqniredb by the nature of the Federal
cOmpaet-but with menaoes Of s~ubiugation
and exlermihaaon, besides Gliding aud lfacilis.
tatinE the escape Of fugitive slaves, and en-.
c6ufa9ing servile insufrectfons.
isI6 Theattswpted emancipation Af ofrot
three 10 four millions Of slayes-slayes Of loyal
Union men, as well as those OF the rebsls+'
By the simple edict OF the President.
IN. An attempt TO turn loose hordes of me-
gro slaves upon the free States, TO- compete.
with the whits laborer, and to wrangle for sbr
cial aud political equality with the white racb.
Is. Thousands of good and loyal Citizens
without legal warrant, dragged from
their homes, taken beyond the limits oflthelr
States, and confined in political Bastilesy With
out h~godpportunity of atrial, and even with
out being permitted to know the name Of the
~aOOussr, or What charge, if AM, has been pres
ferred against them. y
psI Loyal and patriotic citizens who are
ready and willing to sacrifice all they hold
most dear, to, maintain the Constitution as it
is, and restore the Unioh as II was, denounc-
cd as traitors and disloyal persons, by a politi.
cslppNy whose motsQ y, "a Union without
4AvetS 10y 10 UAioR III oil. .
20. The freedom and sovereignty Of the
States grossly incroached upon, and their
- "a .Ll.-x-.. Lx1ll, Absoto.oI .... ..HH o.
2l.t The freedom of speech and freedom Of
the press, two of the essential buiwarks Of
civil liberty, 'Inestimsb1e TO freemen and for
midable TO iyrants only trampled down aud
crushed TO earth. ..
20. The writ Of hdbeds corpus and the
right of trial by jury, great essential
safeguards of freedom, and which have cost
mankind so many centuries of toll, bloodshed
and treasure, Suspended or abolished blythe
mere edict Of the Presidenti .,s,sia q
23. The edicts and DEGREES of arbitrary
power substituted for the Constitution and
laws Of the land and the creation of q new
criminal code by an Executive proclamation.
.IAC Martial laW' declared ~thf6p9Bont lthe
United States not limited to the sphere of
the OPERATIONS Of the armies in the field, but
extending all over the loyal States, where
the civil tribunals are in the unquestioned
loyal execution of their powers. d
rs. A new and extensive department of
the Government, consisting of a Provost Mar;
shal General, and special or subordinate Pro
vost Marshals and Military Committees in all
the cities and counties throughout the several
States with duties, powers and salaries of
ofiee-sll created instituted and prescribed,
not by hw,l but BY the mere edicts Of the
President and Republican State Governors. u
26. Leading and influential organs of the
Republican party proposing the suspension
of the elective franchise the postponenent
of elections, and a prohibition Of political
meetings among the people, Il
q. The military made supreme over the
civil power, even in the loyal States, entirely
removed from the operations Of the armies in
the field. .
%. The President interposipg the Federal
power to aid N re~volntioniking State Govern
msnts, and even assumingtO appoint Cover
nors to administer State Governments for the
people of the State. ~
29. The admission Of Senators and Repre-.
Isentatives In Congress, TO fepresent the. State
LOT Virginia, elected bYa new and revolution,
ary government, created BY a small fragment
fofl that State. \
80, The interposition of the military power
and authority Of the Federal Government tc
thldehee, and absolutely inlsome States to
control, the people at the elections.
81. The actual mntilAtion and dismember
ment OF the State Of Virginia by the admis
sion of a mere fragment Of that State into
the Union as a new State, thus creating, il
defiance of the Constitution, an insuperabl,
barrier to the restoration of the Union as i
was.
80. The ihhterposition of the arbitrary