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Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-14
PrLncIpIes moi Policy.

Why should SO many of our public
men dread to commit themselves to the
doctrine of peace? War is nearly always
wrong; peace is almost always right. War
may be popular before its evils are felt {;
but peace is always more popular when
the ball has once been set in motion. To-
day a majority of tho people making war
are privately for peace and with consider
able Indifference in some minds as to
terms; publicly, the same majority is ran
corously for war and unconditional sub
mission.
Why is this ? Because of the timidity
of men aspiring to lead. Instead of de-
claring for peace, these political sheep, flor
what else shall we call them?) terrified by
the reign of terror which truculent aboli-
tionism inaugurated for the purpose ofper-
petrating its power, have interpreted dem
ocracy as nearly like unto abolitionism as
was consistent with the decency of a sep
crate organization. The substance of
democracy was sacrificed to fear yet its
shadow was retained to excuse a diversion
for the spoils. By this perpetual caPitu-
lation of our public men, the people them
selves at times became demoralized. They
lose confidence in themselves and every
body else. Thus the great Convention
hat went to Columbus in June last, nine
ty-nine in a hundred the opponents of a
peace sentiment, returned, like so many
%tailless foxes, committed to a compromise
platform which few endorsed in its fullest
extent. The nomination of Mr.. VALLAN-
DIoHAN, and other well known peace men.
saved the party from utter ruin.
But the leaders are not solely to blame
The people do not instruct them. Mont
gomery county has more than five thou
sand peace voters /; yet from which town
ship has gene up to Congress its petition
for peace? Aud when have the peopl
ever held to account those leaders VIII
have bartered away their principles for ex
pediency, or when have they refused t
follow them under a mistaken view Of pc
Icy?
When shall we have done with thes
miserable subterfuges that deceive no on
but ourselves, and assist nobody but til
enemy {? Win the day never come whe
we can go to Columbus or to a Nations
Convention and truly lay down tho priu
ciples which we honestly believe An
t will the people always follow, like 8
many sheep, and leap the fence in a string
} wherever any old ram may choose t
jump into some adjoining pasture
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-14


Wstchmcn on The walls OF Zion.
Tell as what you nsxt will try on.
You We missed the mark In Advertising;
What now is doom'd TO your chastisingl Z
whit BE- the sin Of alavoryi N
or stealing, lying, cheating knayerys
The arst well preached buys tempting ease;
The next ney leave you ON the wallis 70 heezl
Need you your saints to horriy,
Not paid their souls to terrdS2
IT IL quite an autiquated notion,
in tim rs Of war snd great commohon,
That murder, THEFT, ha, fraud or lying
bar aleaguor's holy dJmg.
h Yankee league all heaven has leased;
~ Peter IN the trade they feeced.
The loyal soul goes straight 10 Heaven,
Though black with deadly sins. all seven.
watchmenl raise your sanity voice
'GRiust oopperheAds; they have no choice
There = only left TO rent or sell,
Pui gatory or dismal hell.
And though he be net thief or liar,
Send him headlong to the hottest IRE.
Reyile the Catholic with zeal,
Bu. never TO HE sense appeal. -.
Conversion is not what you re amer.
Why ueed You care for his hereafter,
Watehtnen on the walls Of zioui
These warning words you may relyouyA
Leave cheating, murder, stealing, lust
To them who quarrel with them must.
You re paid six days TO take your ease,
II the seventh you but soothe and please.
Touch not the vices Of your sheep
II you youf parsonage would keep.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-14
WHOOPING-QOUGH-The

4. Observation-Disclosures proofs
of cures of the most distressing eases o
Whooping Cough, by DR.. Stricklands Melli-
iluous Cough Balsam, speak louder than words
10 the merits Of this incompatible remedy.
A grateful patient wntess 81 am happy 10
bear my testimony 10 the wonderful powers Of
your Balsam in curing my children Of the most
Distressing Whooping Cough, alter every other
means had failed, 'a Can any result be- more
gratifying 2 Whata load of suffering was re-
moved by the use of this noble Cough Balsam.
Sold at No. G East Fourth street Cincinnati,
o., and by ell druggists, so cents per bot
tie.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-14
Rsy-Tbe President will accent a slote n

BSy-Ths President will accept a State or
ganizatinn made by one tenth ola State, who
agree TO take his conditions, That is he will
put the power OF a state into the hands Of, n
political sect, numbering one tenth Of the pop
%ulatior. How would it make constitutions
and laws aud execute them without a standing
army4 What sort Of republican government
would that be, when all power is held BY a
sect over nine tenths Of the people 2-Loias-
.piAe Democrat
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-14

RrWe notice in Republican paper,
an article he aded' "What becomes of dead
horses ?" We submit that, under exist
ing circumstances, the inquiry. "what be-
comes Of dead mem" would be far more
pertinent.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-14

1919" 49,.
distress aner eating, torpid liver, constipation, A F.,
deserve to sunsr II they will notify the celebrated
BITTERS
which are now recommended b the highest medical
authorities, and warranted 70 poduce an immediate
beneficial effect. They are exceedingly agreeable, per-
iectiy pure, and must superceaell other tonics where
a healthy, gentle shmulant is required.
They purify, strengthen and hugoratei
They create a healthy sppeuE
They are An anudote 10 chang Of water and dieti
They overcome effects OF d~isspation and late hours
They strengthen The system Gd enliven the mind
They prevent miasmRti and htermittent feverHi
They purify the breath aud acity of the stomach;
They cure dyspepsia and conapationi
They cure diarrhea, cholera AL cholera morbus;
They cure liver complaint andnervous headache;
They make the weak strong, be languid brilliant,
and are exhausted natures grearestorer. They arc
composed OF the celebrated claaya bark, winter.
green, s~assafras, roots and herbshl preserved in per-
iectly pure St Croix rum.
a. . / have given tho PlantaDn Bitters to humid
reds Of our disabled soldiers wiz the most astonish-
ing effect. CIV. ANDREWS,
Supt. Soldiers lome, Cincinnati
{" 6 The Plantation Bitlers 1--we cured me oliver
fNnlplNhlN u WHICH I WIS iAlu w li'Hf'"NVi hh Hhu
10 abandon my business.
H.B. Observation-Disclosures, OHIO"
%" " I owe much to you, f%orIvertly believe the
Plantation nitters have saved myile
Rev. W. H. wkGGoRR, Madrid, N. y"
= Thou wilt send me two bttles more Of thy
Plantation Bltters. My wife has ven greatly benefit
ted by their use. Thy friend,
ASA oURRlN, Philadelphia, Pa"
e | have been a great suffer from dyspepsia,
and had 10 abandon preaching. ~ The Plantation
Bitter- have cured me.
Rev. !. $ CATHoRN, bchester, NJ. y"
|" q Send us twenty-four don more Of your
Plantation Ditters, the popularity which are daily
Increasing with the guests of oursuse.
SYKES, cHDwICK \ CO.,
Projectors wllard's,Hotel, Washington, y. O."
Such are one in thousands Of cdi6cates daily re-
celyed They are immensely bendcial TO weak per.
sons and delicate females.
BE cautious of ro-hlled bottles. go our signature
on n fine steI plate label. They te not sold by the
gallon, They are only sold N oupatent log cabin
bottles, by respectable druggists, ,ocers, hotels, sa-
ICONS, steamboats, and country stcs.
P.H II. RAKE 4 &C.,
se22dawGm 909iroadway, NY
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-14
lag-The colored people ofthe Dlstricl hnye

Berthe colored people ofthe District have
recently been holding meeting OF consultation
as to whether they shall, during the present
year, allow clergymen of the white race to of.
ficiate in their churches, or 70 restrictall min
isteriAl duties to men of their own class, and
the conclusion arrived at was to keep entirely
aloof from their white brethren. They will
probably be willing to employ white physi-
clans, but their dead will be buried and mar
risges performed by eolored minister's
Wash Cor. Jour. Com. . s.
"The course of true love never did run
smooth What a rebuff of abolition affection
for its colored brethren. What a repulse of
abolition anxiety for negro compapionship.
Il is a case Of remarkable instinct-more re-
markSble, We confess, than we have ever cred
tied to American citizens Of African descent
instinct which teaches the avoidance ofdAn-
ger-which leads American citizens OF Afri-
can descent to keep entirely aloof' from
those of their white brethren who insist upon
degrading themselves to their level. Their is
hope for the negro yet
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-14

E1DThe draft is probably postponed
until the LIST OF March. Let our Repub-
lican friends show their superiority over
copperheads, by enlisting, and being
the frsf 10 March.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-14

EarThe clergy, by their participation
in politics. have not only lost the esteem
T white men. 1t win be seen, by an ex-
tract in another column, that even the ne
groes of Washington City will no longer
allow them to o~ficiate in their churches.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-14
Important to all ItereSted,

j. II. LENTA q On,
Successors to LentE & NkelO
IL AVE Just received from the Eiern market. At
II cash purchases, n large a%ssortnut Of mems, la
dies, boys, youths, misses, and tldren's Boots.
Shoes and Gaitera, Of the first q%talitnd latest atyle,
and at prices that defy competition Also, a good as.
sortment Of Hats and Caps fol- inland boys. An
kinds of work made to order, Of the,st material md
workmanship. A tit is warranted.
FRED. +. WECKEb, foreman, Il surely please
you IL you give them q trial.
Call and examine their stock beforsurchasing else
where. j. +. LEN 4 SON, II,
aul9 lOi Main, between Thi and Market.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-14
ng-We learn that Michigan is abou

to abolish the inhuman penalty
Of solitary confinement, for the reason that
almost all subjected to it, become insane.
1t is Just adopted in Ohio. When shall
we have done "supping the horrors of
Repnblicanism
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-14

B6~The health Of Chief Justice fancy has
somewhat improved, and the JAeobins who
were anxious TO hear Of his death, in order
that one OF their number might take his place,
are gloriously disappointed-M PerloR
Banner.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-14

Berthe war between the State and Nation.
al Banks is gradually ripenings The Ameri.
can Exchange Bank, of this city, has opened
the ball, and instructed its Tellers to refuse
the circulating notes of the First National
Bank, of Washington, which have made their
appearance in small amounts. -NeW York
paper, f-
One Of the grand designs of the National
Bank system'is to grasp in the hands of the
Fedora Government the whole money power
of the country, as il was formerly held by the
United States Bank system. 1t isessential to
the success Of this system that the State banks
should be crushed, aud the State banks under
stand that the crushing process is to be at
tempted upon themG hence the action of tho
American Exchange Bank in New \ ork. We
shall see directly that resistance to this pro.
cess by the State banks will be prononRced
'di~sloyalty" Indeed, an emissary of the
Treasury Department, OF recent public oc-
casiop in New York, did pronounce such re
s~istance "disloyAlty." Nevertheless, thetState
banks will resist, and, il they be properly sup
ported by the people, will triumph; and the
triumph will be a triumph ofState rights over
Federal centralsm aud usurpation.- Chicago
Times.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-14

thank God, be supreme once more. Then
comos f~avolabon-sueh revolution as was
contemplated by our fathers. Law aud order
enforced BY the courts and strengthened by
the legislatures. The sovereignty Of law is,
of everything else, most dreaded by ueurpers
and despotS. When the courts are ireest from
the rule Of tyrants, and terror has given way
TO reason, then will such tyrants as Lincoln,
Burnside and others, who have arrested men
without authority OF law, answer in their per
son and property %o0ioious neighbors, who
secrete themselves IN cellars, OF, furnish the
axe to batter downthe door Of their neighbors,
to procure the arrest of the pure and the no
bic, who defended those villains under the
Constellation, forgetting that they that take
the sword viii perish BY. the sword But all
these ohtrages have been inflicted upon that
man, whose name has become a household
word with all who love the country Of their
fathers, and whose name will live in history,
as the noble and the true yes, nations yet
unborn win be taught 10 love and cherish the
name ofC. i. YalIan5ighAm, the faithful SEN
tinel on the watch tower of Constitution and
Liberty. W. S PuRTLEpAuGH.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-14
Alpat taaarkrt.
NoteIs.
NITEDSTATESHOTE

BEACH STREET, BOSTON.
Directly opposite the Boston and Worcester Railroad
Depot)
TIME undersigned, who has been connected with the
American House, In this city, for over nine year,
has leased this weli-ltnown and popular Hotel for
term Of years, and pledges himself 10 his friends nd
the public 10 use his utmost efforts TO sustain the rep
utetfOn OF the UNITED STATES HO1EL, ~ a hrsi-
class house The public may rely upon finding, at
this house, all the appliances and comforts OF frat
GLASS hotel.
Priea, as heretofore, Two Dollars per day.
oc3d6m FRANK NJ. pPATT.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-14

An persons who entered the military service alter
March Z, 1871, and are disabled by wounds or disease
are Rnhtled 10 pensions. HFrf oisp r8I
ID Widows OF spiders who arc Allied, or die befo e OF
after their dlscf rom wounds received, or dis
ease contract d while in service, are entitled to pen
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-14

name ofC. L. Vallan5ighAm, the faithful sen
tinel On the watch tower of Constitution and
Liberty. W.. S PuRrLEnAudH.
Bay-lf there be in the cant of Abolitionism
ona feature more disgusting than another, it
is found 10 the loose manner in which are
made constant illusions 10 Deity. The Abo-
lition editors, orators and pulpiteers seem to
regard Jehovah as an intimate acquaintance
- one whom they address as familiarly and
with the same want of reverence which Mr.,
Jones exhibits when he addresses bis partic-
ular friend Mr.. Smith as "Old Boy" sold
Chap" or "Old Fellow" Besides this eN-
IRENE intimacy with Deity on all occasions,
they are in the habit OF assigning Him as their
inspiration in all their schemes of reform. nc
gro equality, and the like; and, when any of
them fail, Of placing the responsibility upon
the same Divine Being.
Thus, after the. Freedmen's Association, in
a letter to President Lincoln, have stated that
in emancipating the slave and endeavoring
to educate him, they meet with constant aud
notifying failures, they add;
with all the misery that attends and must
attend the sudden liberation of millions of
slaves, God shows that he prefers that misery,
with its glorious cause and consequences, to
all the ease, comfort, or content which ever
accompanied a firmly established and pros
porous slave society"
In Abolition logic God is responsible for
the whole affair. He induced them 10 attempt
the liberation and education of the slaves,
and now, when they are obeying His inspira-
ton, lie kills the negroes of by thousands,
and starves them, and wont let them learn
nil because He prefers that misery" to all
n j. L.. a. ~ 81 . a.. 1t . "a
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S. T.--1aeo--x.

Persons Of sedentary habits iTubled with weakness,
i%assitude, palpiluton of the hart, lack Of appetite,
distress aner eating, torpid liver, constipation, a e,
deserve TO suner II they will noitry tho celebrated
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-01-23
The Government Of JEFF. Davis.

When the rebellion was inaugurated it
vas said by Southern leaders and Journals
hat more liberal and humane Government
kould be established in lieu of the dcspotism
bf the United States Governments What
bid the South get in exchange? They de-
Haired martial law in the eleven seeded
Etates imprisoned good citizens in loath-
lone dungeons for their Union sentiments /:
anctioned the giving of good and orderly
|litizcns notices to leave the C0nfedcracy in
|hirty-six hours, forcing them to leave their
property behind ordered the taking of the
ives of peaceful and respected citizens of
Die States enacted an odious conscription
Inv. forcing every able bodied man TO fight
b war thousands of them despiscd i'm
Ioscd taxes that bankruptcd the whole
south; suppressed the publication of every
nion paper, and put II stop to free speech;
losed the doors of churches. and deprived
itizens Of the right to serve God according
b the dictates of their conscience, and their
understanding of the teachings of ths
bible; introduced and tolerated a system
4 highway robbery, practices of drunken
css and proi;lnc swearing. which have had
lc effect to dcmoralze the whole country
cstroy its schools, and dispense with its
Durts of justice! Let the finger of scorn
brewer br pOintpl at the Ic1dirts mon of ia o.
puth. who have done all this and more. for
once grca; and prosperous country; and
the people everywhere dcspisc and con-
hmm such acts such men and the hell born
hotiycs that Influenced their acis Let
| Icir names be held in Infamous remember.
zee. and Let generations vet to be born he
.ught to abuse them, and to speak of them
hly as the enemies of good government, of
". Of God and of man
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-01-23
Southern MrthodlSt DlSlOyaItI.

That there has existed in eleven South
crn States n wicked and armed rebellion
against the lawfully constituted authorities
of the United States for more than two
years past and that the great body Of the
Methodist preachers and membership have
aided largely in carrying on this work OF
rebellion, no one will doubt who is at all
posted. The twenty-thrd article of rci-
zion in the Southern Methodist Discipline
recognizes the authority of the United
States MS binding upon all the citizens OF
the United States; the teachings Of which
are from the Bible, which enjoins submis-
sion to the powers that be- The Bishops
and clergy of the Southern church took an
oath to observe the obligations of these doc
trincs, under circumstances Of peculiar sol
tmnity, and the large share that they have
taken in promoting this rebellion, Justlfcs
an impeachment Of their loyalty to the
Government Of our country and the eharg-
ing of them with want Of honor and in
tcgrity as ministers of the Gospel, We beg
| leave to remind these clerical rebels who
have been daubng the southern Church
with "untompcred mortar Of Il quotation
from the words Of the immortal Pollock;
lie Mas & wolf in the clothing Of lamb
THAT stole into the fold of God, and ON
The blood Of souls, which he did sell to DEATH
Prizes, of God but knew that dv h. was
The Devils priest nontcd by the hands Of
Mn and Death, and set peculiarly apart to ILL.,
The twcnty-third article orthc Discipline
|IreQuiring supreme obedience to the govern
mcnt, was placed there by the venerable
Bishop AsBRy, and the fathers of The
Church associated with him in the work OF
founding American Ncthodism, And the
Methodist Conference was the first religious
body in America to congratulate General
WAsnIHGToN on his election as President
'rhe venerable Bishop led the way in this
eScriptural work Of recognizing the powers
that be, The Southern Mcthodiss who
have gone into this most abominable rcbel-
pion and especially the clergy, are false to
the principles Of their church, to the teach
ings of the Holy Scriptures, TO their coun-
try, themselves postcrity, &nd their God
And truly loyal man, desiring to flee from
the wrath TO come and be saved from his
sins, cannot consent to have any fellowship
with them. We should feel more honored to
pc associated with gcntIemanly pack OF
PROFESSIONAL GAMBLERS, than with a Con-
Ference Of Methodist rebel preachers And
fcrtainly it would be as cdiiying to listen
o the harrangues Of a NOTED LIAR, rs to sit
in church and listen to one OF these rascals
httempt to preach
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-01-23
From a Speech of Reyerdy johnson

/ The following passage froma speech ofl'cv-
crdy Johnson made in his place in the Sen
ate the other day, is something worthy Of
note, being from man Of high legal attain
mcnts, and all his life citizen Of Slave
State, Maryland;
ut might be admitted, he thought, that
in the eye Of The Constitution slaves are
/ property in these States where they are
held; but they are persons also. Ryprcscn-
tation in Congress is based on the fact that
they are persons. Though slaves they are
men They owe allegiance by birth, and
though the Supreme Court has decided that
under the clause defining jurisdiction ofthat
Court, they are not citizens, in relation to
other CLAUSES Of the Constitution. it may be
far different. They have the protection of
the Government TO certain extent at least.
and why should they not contribute to its
defense? As property, they may be taken
for the public use on compensation to their
owners being made. As to the compcnsa-
ton, some complaints had been made and
justly perhaps, as the Senator thought in
regard to the manner in which the law had
been executed by some of the agents of the
Governm. This. however. should not
induce the Senator to lift his voice in the
Senate or his arm out oft to weaken or en-
barraSS the Government in It's efforts TO sup
press the rebellion. When the authority
of the Government is restored to it> full cX-
tent, then inquiry might and would he made
in all such matters As TO the slave him
self, compensation diycstcd Che owner Of all
his rights, and conveyed them to the pub
lie. lie (lohnson) had never doubted that
the employment Of the slaves in themilitury
service Of the country jyS9 t:sto cmancipa-
ted him. Il would be disgracclu if, after
the employment Of colorcd men to defend
its existence, this Government should permit
them to return to slavery llcthanlcd God
they never could be rc-cnsavcd 1t gave
him pleasure TO remember that when he
formerly had the honor Of occupying a seat
on this floor. in l,l1, he declared. in a de
bate upon the subject of slavery that it was
wrong ~ a system morally and politically.
and especially economically was indcitnsi-
bic. The people Of this country We're rap
idly becoming wiser on the subject
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-01-23
Popularity Of the Grecnbacks.

a Washington correspondent of the New
York Dd'ty Times narrates, as though il
were matter-of curiosity the following
fact .. ....
eminent politician, just returned from
the recent Pennsylvania canvass, states that
in all the rural districts of that State the
grcenhacks arc immensely popular Thev
are hoaricd by the farmers, mechanics and
laborer-. lie was assured by collectors of
the internal revenue tax that it was the
common practice of this yeomanry to pay
their assessments in the local bank note
currency, and to hang on to the United
States promises to pay. To such nh extent
is this preference the habit of tho people.
that the collectors embarrassed with the
quantity of local paper they receive, are
compelled To lose from onocight to one
quarter of one per cent. to get Government
notes with which to make their payments
into the TfoaeuIy.'