Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-09-23
Octoher siIl. IsO4.

We take great pleasure in announcing
to our Bellefontaine and Logan County
friends, that Mr. VALLANDIGHAM will be
with them, on Saturday October Sth,
without fail !! Get ready, therefore to
give him a rousing reception. .1 ..s..
Heartless 1t is the custom of the aboli
ton stay nt.home heroes, as soon as the tele.
graph informs them that a victory has been
won by the Federal hrms---po matter at what
cost--to get on the rampage, and commence
mnbpg all sorts Of cheap and ostentnlious
displays. Ten cent flags in The greatest pro-
iuaion, are paraded to view, shin pasters Of
small demon nations are contributed for salt
petre and brass bands, and everything goes
as merry rs the marringe bell of n fool. In
science is also u feature of these occasions,
and those who are not disposed 10 participate
in the heartless mockery of the time, are made
the subjects Of taunt and insult The most
ignorant thick headed boor in community,
will take these opportunities to demand Of
gentlemen, their tensions for not hoisting a
flag, or joining in the miserable carnival Of
loolA In tie pitinbln nnrrowness of their
sectional souls, they forget the great nation.
al humiliation inseparable from the character
Of the war they are waging--a civil war n
war OF brOthers a war between the descend.
ants Of q common, and most ilustrions an
cestry; a war, in short, in which AMERICA ia
bleeding nj every pore from dishonorablea
wounds-wounds inflicted By her oion handsi
In Gods name what in there, what can there
be, to re- Oios Mt ia such n cohiiicl2 }"Oh,"
says the loyal ignoramns, these victories
will crush the rebellion, and restore the I'M
iOnl Restore the Union, ndeedl Was ev-
or there n deluslon at once so palpable, so
bloody, aud 80 fatal2 " You might az we'll
babble about establishing the Kingdom Of
Heaven by lOrcs Of arms, as The Union. War
is Destructive Of all the elements of Union
as well as Of all thai makes Union desirable.
1t saerilces the vital spirit of Christianity for
the groyehng principle Of mere political uni |
ty--a unity which at best, involves nothing
higher than the pomp OF power, nothing holi. !
er Than the pride ufmateria prosperity-and \
II unity wilhal which when established by |
the sacrifices Of war, must necessarily be shofn |
Of those elements, without which unity is not |
only not worth striving for, but not worth /
having. We may fight ten years for Union, |
aud lightin WliTI, and our children after hs
may come together in the rational spirit |
which Ictunted our fathers before us. Or, we
may fight ten years for Union, and succeed
in establishing some sort ofa mockery which |
we may dignity by the name OF Union, and |
our children may marvel at our folly, and |
dash it from them as curse Verify, what
shadows we ARE, and what shadows we pur-
sue"
But regarding the matter in narrower
aud more sectional sense, these prompt dem,
Of rejoicing over victories are IN
bad taste. Sherdau's late victory cost him,
as already conceded, Jopf thousand gIea, Ia
killed aud wounded How many of these
were yet lingering in the last agones Of death
how many enduring the physical and mem
tai pangs Of ampntation-how many suffer.
ing unheeded upon the Geld where they fell,
when hesrtless loyalty was kicking up It's
heels in hilarious Rlee ia oar city, iaw hours
after the battle2 Would it not be we'll 10 de.
fer these hollow demonstrations hereafter IN
Ill our dead friends are buried, and our
wounded friendslaro boone in from tho field
mud cared lor2
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Just Pphlishsd.-- Biographical Mem.
Dir ofClsment L. Vallandigham by his