Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-03-24
9aiIg Gmplre.
''ChtckenS COMe Home 90
ROOst."--III-Treatment Of ABB
OlttLOnIsts by Soldiers.


that the soldiers would one day come home,
and then certain old scores would he paid of,
meaning, you democrats will be handled
Without gloves by the soldiers Of the Union
when they come home Undoubtedly many
| republicans whish it msy be so, aud the house
| cf some democrat burnt, or bis person beaten
or bis store piliaged, would be Ms good as
| feast TO them
But it must be remembered that the danger
| is that q habit of violence and contempt Of
Aw will not always be descrlmin 4ting. Re
pnblicans may be the victims of it., as well ~
democrats, aud thus their own "Uhckens
come home to roost 1t must be remember
ed, too, that the soldiers OF the army are not
all republicans aud abohtOnists There nre
thousands OF democrats among them, who
detest a republican to-day as thoroughly as
they ever did in their lives
! By the way OF illustration Of what | have
said it may be stated that on last Friday
some soldiers OF regiment, whose number |
refrain from giving, but simply stat that they
come through from Freeport on the Illinois
Central Railroad, when they stopped at Yaa
dalia commenced general ioray through
the town. maIlreating citizens, entering stores
and appropriating property, entering houses
aRd insulting the inmates, until the town Wss
a scene of cOmmotion and fear Republi
cans tasted the bitterness Of the thing well
| as democrats, and some OF the most radical
OF them have expressed the wish that the man
ayers OF the Illinois Central Railroad
would never again allow a soldier train to
stop at VAndalia station.
The night after these acts we're committed,
the principal railroad bridge near Vsndalia
was burned aud trans were stopped for
time The only motive assigned for this de.
strueton OF railrond properly is the
wish that soldiers may be sent some other
route
But have more marked illustration yet
Dur ing the past week a regiment has been in
this (Slarion) county, wbo,e number l sup
press, whose original Colonel has often been
mentioned with honor n the columns Of the
Republican, and whose members have dIstin.
Ruished themselves in the field as among the
bravest of the soldiers OF Illinois This regi-
ment has now left for the seat Of war ] learn
is mostly democratic regiment But the
evil examples encouraged by republicans in
other soldiers /. seems TO have corrupted
some OF the members Of the regiment now
speak Of hey have been disordery, turbu.
lent, violent, quarrelsome, and have filed the
country with fear. But they have seemed 10
have a special spite at black republicans, and
to have delighted in abusing them Republi-
cans will Of course keep mum and utter no
reproaches, for these soldiers we're but fulfill
ling black republican lessons. At 0din they
cut their "shindies," to the terror of all resl-
dents at the junction
Mr.. Torrey, keeper of the eating house, a
mcst orthodox black republican, was shot st
aud run out OF bis house by n squad of the
rowdieS aud finally, being in fear Of his
lie, clandestiney left in a buggy for Salem
The soldiers went on hunt round the town
nquiring for black republicans, to whom they
wished to pay their rough compliments
AT Centraia, Mr.. Storer, the black repub
can Mayor Of the tcwn found that returned
soldiers were not more dangerous to republi.
cans than TO democrats. They took possess-
ION of his store and robbed him of sixty dol
lars The genuine black republican Recorder
of the town came in for his share OF abuse,
and had an opportunity to learn how sweet a
thing it is for the soldiers TO come home aRd
pay Off old scores
But the most signal instance Of outrage OF
the persons Of citizsns of Centralia was that
of Nc Oxley, Chief Superintendent OF the ma.
chine shops, an EnghshmRn, and a rAbid
black republican. A squad of the soldiers OF
the regiment in question spied him the
street with "A basket OF eggs. At him they
went, seized his basket OF eggs, beat him over
the head with it, egged him, took FunAing
Jumps al him and kicked him, and gave him
full taste OF the onlrages republicans have
taught soldiers TO visit upon democrats
A Lieutenant Colonel, who was aware Of
what had trauspred, and heard the howls
aud indignant protests of Oxley against such
barbarous treatment, remarked, yet, If il
had been q democrat who was so abused
Oxley would have laughed aud ApplRuded
The clerk of the eating house At Cenirala
was stabbed and severely cut by one Of a
squad of the soldier.
Republicans, OF course, will be submissive
and patient and not complain. They have
taught the soldiers how to do these things, and
the occurrences az CentFala and 0din show
that, when the soldiers do come home, it may
be a day Of reckoning for black republicans
as we'll as democrats. Republicans May nOl
] believe IT, but It is true that the coIanR hom'
of The veteraas, officers and men, 10 Illinois
has been the means OF opening their eyes
They had learned from the columns ofrepubli
can papers 70 doubt the democracy ct home
aud really believed they had all turned cop
perheads in the most opprobrious sense o
the term They tad that thousands whom
republicans call cOpperheads are, m the ma
Ijority Ofesses, true loyal men, though ire'
from "nigger on the brain And thousand
have gone back 20 the war very well sads6r,
with Illinois eopperheads, since they havt
found out what il means in the mouth OF
n. mendaeious republican. And when thos
a. Illinois soldiers finally come home, there
o2 danger that the lessons Ol violence iuenlcate,
Tni by republicans will he brought home in pain
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