Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-11-17
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credulity Of the public He has proceeded
moon the assumption, aud his career has trov-
ed il to be correct that the people, unlike
Hamlet, could be fooled up TO the top OF
their bent" As nation we are fond Of par.
sdoNe. and Inconsistencies, because these
partake Of the strange and marvellous, and
we are eminently n sensational people The
masses are honest aud coB6diug. They can.
not conceive it possible that gentlemen who
have acquired regulations as phianthrepists,
aud are reputed 10 be the possessOrs OF the
larger portion OF the christian virtues, would
descend to Misrepresentation and slander for
the accomplishment OF partisan purposes 49,
What is stated in the New York Independent
It's readers believe to be- true, because It is n
religious newspaper, aud its editors are cler-
gymen. Its statements may be Improbable,
contradictory and absurd, but no disciple OF
Beecher wonld for these reasons dream OF
questioning their accuracy. The professions
OF the abolition press and its cant csneern-
ing liberty, humanity and the relations exist
ing between its political principles and chris
tsnity, have imposed themselves upon the
credulity Of the people, and are accepted with
out challenge, rs the wife Of Tony Weller con
6ded in the demonslralive christianity OF RI
der Stggins
The speeches Of General Oglesby in his
canvass through the State were arrange
mixture Of cant, malevolenoe, vulgarity, pro
| family, professions of patriotism aud bravado.
| The "loyal heard, aud were moved to III.
dignation agaus: the wicked "cOpperheads,
whose reasonable designs had aroused 80
| good man to the employment Of such a
medley. His exhibitions failed 10 suggest to
them that the piety, pstbos andi patriotism
| OF his discourse we're fictitious and simulated,
and that its indecences were revelations OF
the man himself They believed it was cot
fee which he drank from glass on the stand.
They believed that his nervousness and thick
uttaranee we're the results OF over work and
excitement, and believing this, commlsserated
the sufferings aud lauded the virtues OF the
patriot,
Kalluch, the adulterous, one or two Sab
baths since, spoke to crowded audience IN
the largest hall in our city, aud his listeners
with open ears and mouths, drank in his ut
| terances relative to the duties OF the hour.
They regarded him as prosecuted christian
| because he said he was one, and Boston sald
he was one and he was known ia Kansas a.
a saint What was the evidence OF quit
though complete and conclusive, against such
testimony, IN conjunction with the fact thai
be was "engaged in the interests OF God and
humanity
Nne-tenths of the abolition party believe
Ben Butler is an honest man They POM
to his administration in New Orleans as 6
proof of his patriotism as well as his dignity
and administrative skill. They imagine thai
!, his cOnhscation Of the statue OF Nydia, the
blind girl, was to enrich northern city with
A work Of art that his levies upon the bank'
of that city, aad punder OF ths inhabitants
were for the benefit OF the government anC
that his exRctions from Bewsboys and taxei
on dogs 10 Norfolk, we're faithfully returned
, to the treasury.
We say they believe this They believe Og
lssby and Kalloch and Butler to be pare ant
honest men, and extend the same degree o
confidence to Cameron, Callicott and Hen
: derson. The wisest knaye convicted OF thieV
iag from the treasury, on evidence which pre-
eludes all question Of his guilt, is trusted b.
them, and hailed as q leader, il he but adopt
the cant of ths party The aVermsnts o
senators and representatives in Congress
a members OF their party, dlsclosing the cor
, ruption in the administration, are passed b
unnoticed The statements OF Hale and Da
= Wis, and the revelations OF Van Wyck an
Blair, excite no comment and obtain no ere
denee among them.
l. There are but two reasons which can b
e given for this blind credulousnesa Their fat
atioism has induced belief that HbolitiOnisr
and christianity arc identical, and from th
s belief is easily deduOible the inference th'
A none but men aetusted by puro motives an
an enlarged philanthropy would ally then
selves with their party. The assumption an
/, inference is strengthened each Sabbath by Ii
: ministrations of the churches 1t is not siI
10 gular that the psopls should be slow to belie'
o that professed ministers OF Jesus should b
d come panderers to partisan passion and pros
tuition, and allies of blackguards, like Ogls
70 by, or beasts, like Butler. The cure for th
al iniatuation is to connect political priests wi
m the debauchment they sustain They a
echoes of Oglesby's obscenity, and the Fagi
r. who shield from punishment the artful dod
q. Ars who plunder the treasury, and find in Il
:. cant and support of the pulpit ready and
10 fsetual agency for impressing the public wi
at a belief in their honesty = Chicago Time