Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-10-24
Iron the New Haven Regasbl
The Late Elections.

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scrupulous manner in which that power Il
exercised, we're against them, aud that power
and mercenary interest would be likely 10 tri.
umph over II cause in which the public good
was the highest incentive to effort. Ifa part,
bad right to expect and claim the united
aud earnest support of all who desire to pre-.
serve our republican institutions-constitu
iional government and public ana private
rights--it was the Democratic party, in the
recent canvass in Pennsylvania, aud the west.
The Administration has proved itself false to
republieanism II has disregarded, in the
most shameless manner, hesolemn provisions
of the Consultation and the established policy
Of the government; it has usutped and ex.
ercised powers dangerous to the liberty of the
people, and in hundreds and thousands of
instances violated the most sacred rights of
the citizen in n manner so wantoh and uuleel-
ing that it would seem absolutely incredible
that the defendants of the men who rebelled
against George III for comparatively trivial
causes of complaint could quietly submit to,
much less applaud, such betrayal of Ameri-
can repubicsnism. But so it is and il is
well that we should look seriously ut the causes
which produce this extraordinary and lament
able state of things.
/. We have the glitter and glare of the
almost regal power which has been set up at
Washington, and mems minds are not only at
tracted by tho dazzling of the sword that
lmpends over them, but awed by its keen edge
and the mercless way in which it is welded
Add to this the force Of interruptions and
incessant slander Many who wholly dsap-
prove Of the acts OF the Administration, detest
its policy, and abhor its corruption, have not
the moral courage to stand up for consttu-
tional rights and rebuke tyranny and corrup-
ton with their votes, lest some paid scrbhler
or fawning sycophant Of the Administration
impugn their motives, and hnrl "copperhead"
or some other terrible epthet at them.
z. The Administration has foisted upon the
country an army of e-hoders-increasin
the patronage Of the government in this d.
rection to such an extent that it seems as if
most oil their supporters were directly or indi.
recty under government pay The influence
exercisedby previous Administrations through
these agencies, though loudly denounced by
the party in power, was not to be mentioned
IN the same day with the state of things now
existing Every man whose influence is at all
worth purchasing, is provided for out of the
public treasury. II there can be found no
place in the civil list sinecure is readily
found in the army or navy. Men sport the
eagles and stars who not only never "set a
squadron in the field, but have not the first
rudiments Of a soldiers education. Their
highest duty consists in Supporting the gov
ernment,' as it is called; that is upholding the
acts OF the Administration They are loyal
in proportion to their uselessness in the SER
vice and the amount of their salaries.
3. We have to contend with the power Of
public plumber, so lavishly distributed among
prominent Republican politicians those who
have friends at court, and Democrats who
are willing to sell their birthright for a mess
OF greenbacks Thousands of men who moved
unnoticed amid 'the vulgar hero" three years
ago, now starte their neighbors with sudden
wealth, dazzle the eyes of the thoughtless with
their gay equil ages and fine houses, and ex-
cite the derlsion of all who entertain whole
some contempt for shoddy, by the aristocratic
airs they affect. To be sure, all this wealth
has been lilched from the pockets of the peo.
Pile, or stands charged against them for future
reckoning But the carcass draws the flies.
and these parUenueS, who owe everything to
the Administration, cannot aud do not refuse
to pay literally for the Support of the gov.
ernment They are oe,y "loyal," and in pro-
portion to the hulk oftheir piles of greenbacks,
is their abhorrence of "copperheads"
4. Another and most discouraging charac.
terstic of the times, is the seeming indiffer-
ence OF the people TO the tendency of the pres.
ent course of policy. Every man familiar
with the history of republics and with the
principles of our own government, must see
that a revolution is going on---a revolution ofl
a startling nature The character Of the gov
'rnment is being changed from the beneG.
cent system founded upon ''the consent of the
governed, IN which the voice Of the people
was potent in which private rights and public |
aith were secure; TO an aristocratic system, in
which immense aud dangerous power is lodg. |
ed In or assumed by the central government,
and IN which wealth and place-holders will !
rule without regard to tae interests of the
people at large Yet there is a lack Of spirit
10 resent this gross usurpation, which must
surprise those who remember that this is the
sane country in which Washington and his
,ompatrlots lived. II may be that this lethar- |
" is but seeming, and that the old republi- !
'an spirit will yet arise and make itself heard
and respected Nous Us,T0ns. At least. after
That we have seen during the Last three years,
here need no longer be any difficulty in com
pretending how the French people were led |
o the eXcesses that horrifed the civilized |
World and have for half a century seemed in-
We have the Jneobins and Gi.
'ond'Sts with us bastiles flourish, and tits on
y needed Paris TO have completed the par
o. Finally, and including all the rest, the
ee6le tone OF public virtue, 1t is this that
makes all the other evil influences possible,
ana gives them power. Time was, when a
llthe OF corruption that now stalks unrebuked
-hrough the land, would have been crushed
lnder the virtuous Indignation OF the people.
twenty-five years ago, an Administration
winch dared to advance one step in the di.