Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-05-03


" upon iS true platform, or 1t will fnd the
PEOPLE missing, An attempt TO commit
the Democratic party to the farther posecu
ion Of the war, either by direct or i'd rect
means, will result dissstrously TO the country
The people arc for PEACE, and will have an
exp esaion upoa that point. We can all agree
upon a compromise where principle 10 not
! nyo we'd But honest men cannot eomprom-
lie their principles.
The above paragraph appeared in the
Empirs a short time ago, and was copied
and commended by the Cincinnati Enqui
rr. From the latter it was transferred to
the Columbus SIoGesm0n, where it was &C
compsnicd with comments honestly in
tended to destroy its force, initiate against
its general usefulness, and Squelch it as an
exposition Of Democratic sentiment. This
it attempts to do by reasoning from
very contemplate "particulsr." to a very
huge and gigantic genera" "to-wit; The
Peace delegates withdrew from the DEM
ocrAtic City Convention of Columbus, and
nominated a Peace candidate for City
Marshal, The argument Of the Statesman,
now, is predicsted upon the fact, that out
of about 1000 votes polled, the Peace can
didate only received l05. Hence it must
follow, concludes the StafssNan, that the
Peace men Of Ohio, and of the sdhering
States, as against the War Democracy,
are only 100 to 1900, and therefore "the
Ebber of the Empire and Enquirer is ri
dicrlous." Just SO.
Now, il there can be anything more ri-
diculous than the position Of the iStatespan
in claiming that a vote, coniued to the
corporate limits Of the city Of Columbus,
governed greatly, of course, by local and
personal considerations, and givea for a
functionary SO largely entrusted with the
destinies of the nation as a one-horse Guy
AarshGI, is to be taken as q criterion OF
what the Democracy Of the whole country
will do in the coming Presidential canvass
If there can lie any position we say,
more "ridiculous' than this, we should
like to know what il is. so sto compare II
with Liucoln's views on birds and animals
as observed through fog.
The St0tesmon does not reflect that the
Democracy OF the entire State are not SO
much under the lead and influence Of po-
litical trimmers and time.servers as that
little fraction o them who recently voted
for the City Marshal OF Columbus, and to
whomthe Salesman so dogmatically re.
iers. II they we've, its argument would
be Of some importance in demonstrating
the posOsr Of de1sogoSHss over Ms votsS Of
Us people. when used without scruple or
COLI science. But the question Of "availa-
bilty" in the Presidential canvass, must
be a subordinate one the democracy will
not consent to anything else. We have
Rome knowledge Of their sentiments in
this qurrter Of the State, and we kno,c
that three-fourths Of them are for PEACE.
and will not carry any other ticket to the
polls. They will frown indignantly upon
every argument, and every effort OF dem
agogism to persuade them to purchase suc-
cess at the price Of principle. They will
not turn their backs upon heaven and hu.
5manity for the mere qualification and per-
Sonsl emolument which partisan success
will bring to the horde Of ofice-beggars,
who measure all things by their own aspi-
rations. and who would as soon be eleva-
to to plaza and power over heaps of their
slain countrymen, as by q triumph OF prin-
eiPls and right. The people are for peace
as the only hope Of the country; they are
for peace as the paramount obiect--the in
disPensaOle blessing. without which there
i no foundation for a single hope that is
worth christian mans SndGAvOr.