Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-08-24

with the threat; III you set lOot on thls
ground you are dead man" WAsmSo-
TON calmly turned to his servant and
said "JoHS, do you hear that threat 2
The land is mine. and I'm going to main
tain my right, aud if he shoots ne for so
doing, then you shoot him" The conse-
quence was, no shooting was done, Now,
said Mr. WooD, if the hand of despotism
is again laid upon Mr.. VALLAEDioHAM,
let the people strike back This was
greeted with long continued cheering.
Mr.. WooD proceeded to comment upon the
passion Of man for war. He believed that
of all beiligerent animals, man was the
most so. He gave brief historical so-
count Of the settlement of America.
Maryland was settled by English and
Scotch Catholics; Delaware blythe Swedes;
Pennsylvania by the Quakers New York
by the Dutch, and New England by the
Puritaus. As was once said by an elo-
quent speaker, two curses had been visited
upon our race, The first was the fall of
ADAM in the garden, and the next was the
safe arrival OF the MayAower at Plymouth.
Continuing, he spoke Of the Revolutionary
war, and of the treaty of peace, by which
independence was recognized. In the
treaty Of peace, no mention was made Of
any national government by any name,
but each Of the States was carefully enumer-
ated. For certain purposes Union Of
the States was desirable-fsr protect. u
against the Indians, and for commercial
and foreign intercourse. A constitution
was made by convention in which the
States were represented, and in which they
voted as States. When the Constitution
" as to be ratified, it was to the States that
it was subittemd for adoption, Little Rhode
Island, so jealous Of her sovereignty, re-
fused for years to give her adhesion. But
no attempt was made to coerce heg.
Rebellion he said was not new thing.
He spoke of Shay's rebellion in Massa-
chusetts, which was suppressed without
bloOdshed, by conciIiation--by the yield
ing of the Legislature to the demand of
the NAL contents, and the repeal of the law
which caused the revolt. The whisky in
surrection was suppressed in the same
mode. Let no one suppose that this was
small affair 1t extended through Wes-
tern Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virgil
MIA Not less than $4,000 men were un-
der arms. Gen. WAsHINGToN was then
President, and accompanied by MI HAML-
TON, his Secretary of the Treasury, he
proceeded to Harrisburg and Carlisle, near
to the Head Quarters of the rebel leaders.
By his frmness and kindness, he succeed
ed, without bloodshed, in inducing the
rebels to lay down their arms.
But how is it with LINCOLN, and those
who now have control of the Government?
Not one kind word has been spoken. Not
one attempt at conciliation. Three several
times have the conrederates made or sought
to make overtures Of peace but no
ambassador for this purpose could be ad-
mitted to LScoLN's grand presence.
Mr.. WooD drew vivid contrast be-
tween the condition of the country now
and what it was few years ago, when the
people were at peace, when the arts, and
everything connected with progress, were
tiourishing, when we were out of debt,
and when the name of Americans was a
passport of honor in every part Of
the globe Now. engaged in horrible war,
an audited debt of two thousand millions
and an unaudited debt of as much more
a conscription impending over the people
a million OF American citizens, the pro
ductive power of the country, buried
under the sod, and the American nam,
scohed al in every country under heaven
And all this sacrifice was vain. H,
meant no disparagement to our brave sol
dierl when he said that the South was no
conquered and could never be, History
did not furnish precedent for such con
quest as was now sought to be made.
could never be achieved, for it was impos
sible
lie exhorted the Democracy to be peace
ful, to be obedient to law and order, tc
trust to the ballot. If any attempt wa