Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-02-27
Aailn. empire. lG.l,,ll


The POmer0y4Chase Circular.
ThSi@uug 81 tie Pomerby Chase circular
seems to have been the signal for the presi.
dental race 10 btgin The commotion ex-
cited among partisan journals by this produo-
ton diselosss the insinterity OF those proles.
sions Of disinterested palonal feeling which
have so long been the theme Of the war press
IL new appears thetu party aAplta6Ons have
only been held in check 10 await their oppor.
tunity, Mud beupath their surface patriotism,
the organs Of the Adminislrhtion have been
silly plotting TO advance the prospects of
their respective iayoriies for the Executive
chair. ~ ttIe.u.I
The Tribune and other journals identified
with the extreme Abolition "ddcttihe, have,
until within = iewdays pasi, been very earnest
IN then deprecation OF any present movement
IN the Presidential campaign. They exhorted
the people TO abstain from contemplation of
partisaR questions until the vail OF uneertain-
~ should be lifted from the military situation
The present task, they urged, was 10 defeat
the rebel armies in the 6eld, and with the sub
lime virtue of. the old rat In the fable, who
preached abstinence and seclusion and retired
TO luxurions privacy in the heart of u Chesh.
ire cheese, they conjured all parties 10. hold tha
Presidential questl0n in allegiance, while uR-
der cloak Of their pretended seifdcnal, they
silently. perfected their own partisan arrange
ments The Pomery-C Chase circular has
brought The rat out Of his hiding place aud
we may nos look for q rapid developmont OF
intrigue and a sueeesson OF desperate ma.
neuvets 4.s1Ha ..H'
The Chase faction have opened the cam
paign with a dash and vigor that betoReh ac.
tivty and confidence Mr LINCOLN, il is true,
has brought his galvanic battery to bear on
Louisiana, ArkRnsas, and Florida, aad will
probably soon play "reconstruction in TEN
nessee aud elsewhere where his soldiers can
hold ground long enough 10 hurry through
lhe form of an election But we cannot think
hat the people will submit 70 so palpabIe
FRAUD, even under lbe meRaeei Of bayohsts.
gHis power TO control The army vote by direct
exercise Of authority is more dangerous Bat
the Chaseites have suddeply revealed IA front
so bold aud imposing thai Mr.. Lincoln pros
poets seem to collapse like pricked bladder
The man Of greenbacks looms like a giant
above the man Of bayonets, aud the Kings
name ceases to be a tower Of sttengthatoF .,s
Through the breach thus formed In the
Radical ranks let tha Peace men press on aud
strike their blow, not forl pasV siriHmpii Int
Tor the Republic redemption, Flnalielsm
becomes pcwerless when dssension dsturbs
it's corrupt essence Those men hays been
q
our tyrants, because they were nnitcd IN their
frenzy and ambition. But when ianlties
quarrel among themselves, their mutual bit.
terness and hatred knows no bounds The
Peace men of the North have now their op-
portnnity they must use Il Neio York
NeIos. 10. e A.a s.l .ts. b. .u'
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DH- The President has declared his intan
tion to,ihsue another Emancipation Procla.
nation in March sometime, freeing the ne
groes in The border States Governor Bran.
lette, of Kentucky, thfeatens the secession Of
Kentucky il such is the case.
Should not Abe hineoln Be'hunt for treason
il he gives aid and comfort TO The enemy by
forcing another State out of The Union -
Union County Democrat a..,..i a'et
7T..ri -lre-r - --T-sA.-A .e
THE CARNEr BREkFrSqsU sUP4rhe glue in
the Cabinet is sunpping aud cracking One
of the Secretaries ia irving wRy, Mr. Chase
cannot remain much longer IN harmnny with
Mr.. Lincoln, Mt Robert j. walksristalked
of US Mr.. Chasos successor, ,-Nelp York
Netos. s-Iaa..a ai 500 ''''-. -utl ..I..t.