Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-11-07

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Bat We are in the midst Of the war thus
brought about and the present material and
practical question ID sole issue in this cam.
paign, is how we are to eet out Of il, and who
is to accomplish the work. Mr.. Lincoln says
only by war; the Democratic party says by
peacsable means, and through Convention
OF ths States Lincoln promites you restored
UNITY through four years or one year more, il
you please, OF war But this is only the
repetition OF hs promises for nearly four
years past He bas fulfilled ncua of tlIcm,
and why trust him again lie has not main
tanned the constitution, be has not secured
public or private liberty he has mot restored
the union. But il was not for want OF money
il was not for want Of men. No one voted to
withhold one or the other from him Yet he
has not brought back a single state The
federal authority is respected in the seceeded
states to day, rs from tho beginning, iust where
the federal army encamps and no where else.
ct he began the war wben the country was
without public debt save seventy millions
and without federal taxation, except by vol.
untarY revenue tariff. No people ever we're
more liberal none over gAvo OF endured
so much. You gavo mp even your lib
erties Most fatal mistake And yet the de.
sire OF your hearts, liberty aud union, have not
confidence again Why shall you give IL Z No,
fie has failed, utterly failed in the recent
language Gen Fremont, his administration is
"a failure, financially, politically, aud mill
tarily.' But he did not fail, repeat, for want
OF the support of the people, or Oitha means
necessary Tor themost gigantic warfare. Ev-
en- who have been 30 denounced and ma
liuged, never voted 10 withhold a dollar or "A
man, never lie had the power he was ro-
solved to try the experiment Was power
less For the pay Of the soldiers, for pensions,
for ell that concerned theu | voted / nsv-
er held them responsible for the war They
went forth at lirst, when it was proclaimed
war for the union, without bounty.--ye4, even
without pay secured by law Yet never SUP.
ported this war. My judgement and con.
science condemned il from the beginning /
believed with Douglas that "Wsr was disunion;
war was hnal, eternal separation" Great
and enthusiastic cheering am not respon
sble for The war al 6rst, nor for its oontin-
uance now. Applause Not a soldier has
fallen in battle or peri4hed ia your hospitals
whose voice eau come echong back from the
spirit land saying TO me, Thou didst it" Not
MANNED or mangled veteran who walks yobr
Streets as he lifts up his crulch not widow
or orphan, in tho anguish Of her heart can cry
aloud against me as the author of her calami.
ties Great cheering, and voice, "Thaue
God for that"
But the war has not been ended II is fur
ther from the end to day, upon the present
policy, than in the beginning Tho policy OF
this administration has united the south and
divided the north In the beginning the south
was divided and the north united Outside
of South Carolina there W IN an immense min
GRITTY even in every gulf state that seeded in
favor OF old union; while virginia, Tennessee,
North Carolina, De aware. Mar Hand, Kentucky
and Missouri all voted down the ordinance OF
secession by overwhelming msorities, How
is 1t today Ask your officers, ask the men
from your armies how the people stand. Thsy
will tell you that they are unanimous What
has done i'll The aceursed policy of this ad-
minlstration. This it IL which has made every
man, woman aud child in the south ready 10
give up property aye-even life itsalf-rather
than yield. What are the alternatives bresen,
ted TO themf Conhscation, emancipation
conscription, execution. Why, even the am.
nesty proclamation, that was withheld for two
years aud a half, excluded at least 100000 Of
the southern people from lis provisions.
Think OF it, men Of flllinoisl A scaffoid Tor $50,
900 menl Why tue gullotine of Robesporre
could not have done the work though it were
wrought by steam With such alternatives
they will fight, and fight forever
SThe problem to be solved | grant, is the
breaking down of the rebelliOn. Lincoln has
tried his experiment All the men and mon.
ey, all the vast RESOURCES OF the country, have
been poured out like water before him, aud he
has failed. How shall It, then, ba aeaou.-
plished2 will toll you my way to "crush
out this rebellion" Tho only way, in your
day or mine, in which this can be accomplish
ed is TO divide the south. Applause Take
away the hearts of the people from Davis.
Renewed applause, Appeal to their rea-
son. appeal to their hearts appeal TO the I'M
derstandlngs of tho men aud the women OF
the south They are bone of our bone and
tesh of our flesh; they speak the same Ian.
guage, and they long fought under that Same
glorious flag. Their interests ara ours, and
ours are theirs. Look at the country Be-
hold this great Father Of Waters near YOU.
bringing down the riches of the great north.
west, and, as | have said elsewhere every
drop Of rain that fertilizes your soil, finding
its way into The Gulf of Mexico. We must be
united, and we wilLH H[Great applause
This is the promise which the Democratic
party makes to you through peaceable instru-l
mentalites. Give us four Years-not the
eight years that Lincoln asks but four years
yet TO come, prior to the 4th day Of March,
1869; and without shedding another '.op OF
blood; without another ,a"hl'ment without
another conse, ipuon without taking one more |
sou from ynnr households; without more of
debt without more Of taxation; without more
of signing and sadness and sorrow in the
land, we will perpetuate your liberties and
reconstruct the union on the basis upon
which our fathers made it, [Great applause |
Does any man dare deny that nearly four
years ago you were promised that this war
should be ended in three monlhs2 The great
majority Of the Democratic party even had