Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-02-11
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Of the re,nomipation Of Mr. Lincoln, has tho
following paragraphs "a statements Of
cont Of the chaos which he found, he has
evoked order and symmetry." H9A fHt
The "chAosn which he found was q sya,
TEN OF government st once the wonder aud
admiration Of the world Artificial and com
plica,ed in the highest degree, yet BY the pre-
servation Of its separate poWeFs the facility
ofils movements, each working harmonioHslyi
together, il preserved TO every one Of the 81,
900, 600 OF happy souls 10 i,s limits, life, prop
erty and the pursuit Of happiness Tho 'sym
rnetry" which "he has evoked" is f,000,0O0
OF thoae vhilom happy sOuls, dead or mangled
mlliops ef crying widows and helpless or.
phAns, helds which before groAhed with the
we'll filled harvest, nov trAmpled OR in human
blood, the burning rooftreo, tho robbor aud
brigAnd loose on society houseless hraiies
hssing hounsleas jaTripg States, oontssls he
tween between Federal and State power, dis
cordant 'nsRhbors, traitors and loyal men,, u
diSorganlEed society, anarchy Of thouRhl, rsyi
olntionary feelinEs, obliterRton of all the old
landmarks Of order-these are tho symmetry
and order "he has evoked 20 H iu i.is
To use the words Of correspondent Of tho
London Times 10 4p1s .4t.Il sob
Gould some power beslow upon President
Lincoln and his advisers the gft of seeing
themselves AZ others see them, what picture
wonld their handiwork, as reah in this once
happy and favorite Continent of America, pre-
sent TO their view. "A broad belt Of devasla.
tion sweeps for rhundteds of miles along the
frontier which separates the exaaperated com
bAtants, and within its precincts IRE aud sword
and havoc and Fapine have done their worst.
In no other words can the desolation OF North
ern Virginia and Tennessee find such forci-'
bic exposition rs in those Of the prophet Joel
That which the palmes-worm bath left hath tho
locust eaten, and that which the locust hath
left hath the canker worm eaton, and that
which the cRnkerworm hath left hath the ca
terpilar eaten, Behind, gloomier vision
ascends. The Whole land groans with dun
geons and basties, in the North $4,000 con
fedsrates, in tho South, nearly 10000 federals,
languish in imprisonment--in both sections
an unknown number Of suspected and other
unofIending civilians and women phy tho pom.
atty Of imputed opinion. In the North, John
sons Island, Forts Warren, Lafayette, Della
ware, and McHenry, Camp Chhse and Camp
Douglas, wotds OF terror, known through
out tho civilized globe; in the Sopth Castle
Thunder Libby Prison, Belle Island, Dan.
Vile and Aherieus, are choking with prison.
era, and there u a cry for increasing prison
accommodation"
Is this "symmetry and ordsrf"
But, says the North american.
"lIe has re.esiablished the national credit
on a basis so extraordinary, aud with resour.
ces and fiscal power SO splendid, thAl the spec.
tAce confounds all Europe"
In 1861 when Mr. Buchanan went ont Of
Office, the debt of the country was not 500.
OO900G snd was rapidly diminishing, Gold
and silver were in every man = hand Twelve
cents bought yard Of muslin, and eight
cents q pound Of sugnn Lines Of iniarcom-
munication were being bullt all over the land;
new fields Of labor were being opened To
day there is probAblyno mau alive who knows
how much we owe Mr. Chase acknowledge
10 over 81 00,000,000 We do know that
we cannot pay tho interest that We have al.
ready begua to repudiate its payment in gold
and silver dollarA Gold and silver have
ceased TO become money, and have become
oomtnodities Thirty cents will not buy tho
same muslin that twelve did tbrse years ago
and sugar is fifteen cents ponnd We ale
paying, by reason OF the deprecated state Of
tho currency q much greater interest than
was ever before paid for our loan, not except
ing tho war loan OF 1914 Mr.. Chase cannot
borrow Sl,0O0,000 to-day at ANY price for
which any former Administration could have
obtained them The North american further
says; nDilAu la9ln4l8hni 90 lA tsf ahYla,.
What the Generals Of this war are, the
Naturalization has made them. II raised up
for them veteran soldiers, BY demanding aud
enioreing action upon every p0saible occAsion,
and i has called forth the great qualities OF
which il was in search, BY driving itE com
mandofs into battles and siegss under eirculn.i
stances calculated to prove their eapAeiiy-r--l
For this Abraham Lincoln deserves the cred
it' He mas beeh held to account for all oar
disasters. He deserves the credit of our vac.
.oFies"
Fredericksburg, haneellorsviIIs and Mine
Run were fought, then, for the mere purpose
II raising up YetnFAn soldiers" 0f uen who
lad been already two years in the sergice2--
This faisehood, forsooth, after the terrible rev
stations aud Mr. Lincoln,s letter 20 General
irant Again;
"He has now entered upon the last year OF
us administration Since his advent at Wash
ngton ho has re-eonquered and subjugated
hs major part Of the rebel States No QUE
AN nov deny that he IA President ia Mary
and West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennaasas,s
Missouri, Arkansas, Tho Indian Territory,
Louisiana and Mississippi; aud IL he Ahond
rot be rc-eisctea, he can hand over 10 his sue
'essos a region which, waa not within hih con,
rol when he took the oath Of office himself"
he has re.cosqsered Maryland, Kentucky,
" 'West Vtrginiaf When was u he ever ccas.'
ID 10 be President in those placas1 Has he
conquered the major part of the rebel StAlesS
Can be carry .nto effect tmgie edict which
: not supported by the bayoaetf u not, In