Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-02-01

ton on the spot. Gen. Burnside is RESPONSE
bic Tor the destruction Of the Journal Office.
He was a fool if no expected that he could
perpelrate so foul mn outrage as he did by tho
midnight artesl Of Mr.. Vallandigham, aud The
burrlnrious entry ofhis house, and that no
outbreak Of violence would be- the result.
Every man who was engaged in 1t, could have
been lawfully shot down ia his tracks, aud
Geucrnl Burnside is to-day liable under the
laws Of this State to a criminal prosecution as
we'll ns a civil action in damages Tor his con.
duet.
Il vas in the gross violation Of our State
laws aud Constitution, the violation Of the
s%anclity Of every mans home, the violation
Of the very rights secured to every one by the
express provisions Of tho Constitution Of the
United States, and for the s%ecnrity OF winch
government itself Is instituted among men
that mob igp was inanguratcd in Dayton
The destruction Of the Journal Office was on
" ia secondary manifestation. Gen. Burn
side organized the first mob, and committed
n far more Infamous act when he broke into
Mr., Vallapdigham's doors with axes aud fence
polis, aud took him thcrelrom by violence
aud without any legal warrant, thar any which
followed.
Tho destruction Of property by mobs is to
DO deprecated, but whilst men aro human il
mny ~ well be understood that nnjustiiiable
outrngcs will bo followed by retaliation. II
tho loyal men and property holders Of this
city, like those Of Chicago, when a public
outrage was about being committed there up
on the press had joined in a remembrance
20 Gen. Burnside or tho President and de
mandcd he release Of Mr.. Vallnndigham and
his return lo.hu family, Ms they ought to have
done, there would have been no further dill
Guilty. It wouldn't have beCn necessary to
have - company or two Of soldiers brought
here 10 protect the inhabitants from mob vio-
lenco.
But Il was not necessary TO have those sol
diers here It was cowardico and guilty CON
sciences TINT required them to he here.-
There in yet a chapter 10 be wrliten Of the
oulragcs lhas wore committed upon this com
munity whilst under the reign Of these mill
tary gentlemen whose expenses hre now ask
cd 10 DO paid out Of the County Treasury.
There were cowardly spies aud infOrmers
in every township of the County, who sneRked
into town under cover of night aud reported
the nnmes Of their Democratic %neighbors TO
drunken Provost MarshaIs, As being d%isloyal.
Upon no bottcr information than this, files Of
mounted soldiers were sent out, also by night,
and houses were broken into, men taken out
Of their beds, with n revolver in the hands Of
a reckless or drunken officer pointed at their
bosom, in the presence Of their wivcs aud
children, ordered to provide themselves with
horses, aud marched of to town and thrown
into our common County jail, there to remain
in utter ignorance Of the .]oiIenses they we're
charged with, until It suited the pleasure o.
the Irorost Marshal to release them. Olhcr
men were arrested rs hostages, to atone for IA
crime that had never been committed, or to
remain in Custody-one Of them in irons
until somebody else that was supposed to have
done something, should be found. Some Of
tho most respectable ,itiauus Of this County
we're thus arrested and thrown into the com
mon jail. Their names can be given, for since
this administration has so utterly COMPOUNDED
virtue and vice, and made innocence the vic
tim of fanaticism, imprisonment for alleged
crime has ceased 10 he n Disgrace. Five hun.
dred thousand dollars, under a fair and i'm.
partial administrator OF the laws Of this
State, aud the judicial remedies secured by
them, would not cover the damages suffered
by tho Democratic citizens Of Montgomery
County at tho hands of Repablicnu officials
since aud including tho arrest of Mr., Vallan-
digham Let rs hear nc more Of board bills
for soldiers, on bills for burnt houses, until re-
p~araiion ia made for the violated houses and
unlawful incarceration Of Democrats. II tho
County is to assume the expenses Of tho sol
diery, let them also be linble in damages for
the o%uirages they we're ordered to commit by
those who Ind faem brought hsre and who
had them in charge,
ny" The special Of tho Cincinnati Eaqui
rer has the following
WAsHtEGroy, Jan. 3l.-The issuance to-
day, OF II proclamation, or notice rather, for
five hundred lhOnsnnd men, additional 10 DO
drafted IN Mnrch n MOI forthcomtng bv vol