Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-09-30
MsJ. Cen. DIX Dennunces tht Chicago
Platform.

The sandusky (Ohio) Rcgi,trr Of the eth
says;
1t soon being noscd abroad las. evening
that Gen. Dix vas in the city, a crowd col
lected at the West House, and on Columbus
avenue, In front Of it. The Union band, of
sandusky, repaired 10 the house and played
several airs, when the crowd, which by this
time was very large, began calliug for Dix
Dix" when he came out upon the balcony of
the hotel, and was introduced to the crowd by
Captain Steiner as the man Who, early In the
war, uttered that noLlC sentiment; "If any
man darcs pull down tho American flag, shoot
him on the spot"
He was received with three loud cheers, and
briefly addressed the people, saying;
FELLOW CITIZENS: ] am very thankful to
you for the honor you have done nc As ar
rived here late tonight, am engaged in public
business, and shall depart at all carly hour in
the morning, know you will excuse me IL
limit what | have 10 say TO simple ackuowl-
edgment Of your kindness and courtesy.
81 will say one word, however, on the sub
jecf which lies nearest the heart of every loyal
mani mean the rebellion. II has been my
conviction from the beginning that we can
have no honorable peace until the insurgent
armies are dispersed and the leaders of tho Ie-
bellion expelled from the country. Loud
cheers. | believe that a cessation of hUstill-
ties would l. ad inevitably and directly to u
recognition Of the insurgeut States; aud when
| say this, need hardly add that / can have
no part In any political movement Of which
the Chicago platform Is the basis. Removed
cheering and applause. No, fellOw-cItizans,
the only hope OF SECURING an honorable peace
peace which shall restore the Union and the
Constitution, lies In steady, persistent, and
unremittlng prosecution of tue war, great np-
plause;l and believe the judgment Of every
right-thnklug man will soon bring hin % this
conviction.
with these few remarks, aud renewing the
expression Of my thanks lUr your kindness, |
bid you all goodnight"
FANNY FERN, In late article entitled visit
to an army hospital, says:
81 was iOrCibly struck with the difference In
the physiognomles of the Union aud tho rebel
soldiers. The toughest OF our men have al.
ways a certain look of intelligence. Ono
knows that man has thought and felt, even
though he may not have read and studied. ThC
rebel face, on the contrary, has a universal look
OF childish, animal vacuity. Its owner evi.
IDENTIFY has ate, drank, slept, and accepted life
on the easiest and --latest possible conditions
and Is content To keep on doing so.
esprit of 20! Think of hurrying up d
| peace with such l"
| IMPORTANT DECISION IN REGARD TO TIN
DRAFT.-Provost Marshal General Fry had de
clded that all those persons who paid the $500
Communication money for the drafts of March
and February, 1864, and subsequent drawings
TO oil deficiencies, are exempt from all drafts
for one year from the time they paid said com.
mutation money, and consequently arc exempt
from the present draft. Those who paid com.
mutation money in 1868 are, OF course, exompte I'd
for three years. Maj. BlumGnberg and Capt.
Cathcart have received orders In accordance
with this decision, and are striking from tho
rolls the names OF all those who have paid the
commutation money.