Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-18


chip Of tho two periods. Upou the one side
will stand the institution II slavery "prucrus.
linntsd' 10y the compromises of the Conslitu
ton 1T the United Ststos, and Tho oomproni.
s6s o fthe past fifty yeanq-wiib ~ tRAt can
be jssdy said for u and ngAinstit. Upon the
other Great God what a tecordl A mil
lion OF men slain or MANNED in hattie Thou
sands upon thousands OF homes made deso-
latc-cities burnod-vaat countries laid waste
- whole districts depopulated - countloss
widoWsa and orphans cast upon poo cold chsFi,
W Of tho world-the people, deEroraliHda BY
corruption, peonlatiOn and extsavagenee--ths
religion Of Christ perverted from the literal
definition gifts holy purpose, peace on earh
and good viii 20 men, inextjnguishRble hate
substituted for mutuAt esteem between tho peo-
pie Of the different sections, and to crown all
q national Indebtedness, countsdhy MeHsgqRs
1 Of DiikiionS OF dollars 10 enslaye tho prodnc
tive industry Of unborn gonerat.onsl Such
ore tho irst fripits OF the statesmanship thaS
dehobnees "the compromises OF tht past ffg
ycarsl Such arc tho results Of thai tcisdom
which can see but two wAye Ia vhioh tho res.
toratioh Of Peace and The Onion is to DO 90.
complished and those are tho ways mention
cd in the inaugural OF Governor Btouehi
II this spirit isto be perpetnHtod, no torn
whatever can bn ASSIGNED to tho calamitAs
shat now Rilict ne. 1t ia a consolation, how.
ever, to know that IL ia against the ordinap-
ses ct Nature, for il would lend 10 the oxtA-
minntion Of all animal existence II IN also
against ibe teaching of history. In INA,
Wnep George III, OF England, wss compella1
to change his ministry, he expressed hts VII
lingness 60 admit into hiH service and conf
dence any men Of public Spirit and talents,
prOUidcd 10 he understood hat eptyy means
are 10 be- employed 10 keep the Empire entire,
10 prosecute The present Just and approached
gar in al us brdpthes Nth the utmost Cigor
and that His MDestys past measures be
treated With proper respect This sounds
very much like the language Of Governor
Brougb and Mr.. Lincoln. Yet, on tho ODD.
day Of February, 1882, General Conway
moved an address in the House Of Commons
deprecating the continuance Of the wnr, which
was defeated by n minority OF but oncl lie
repeated the effort on tho 27th, and il carried.
When the Klng's answer was received, the
same member offered a resolution that "he
House WiH consider as cnsmies 10 the King
and country I'LL scho shalt ditise, Dr. IN ami
nedRs attempt Che further prosecution ofoG
fetlsiUe mar far he purpose Of redbcing the
rerOited CDLOHieG 10 obedience by force -
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ness to give effect TO tho instructions of tho
House, WINS driven rom the post OF Primo
Minister, and George III, who mad threatened
20 abandon the English throne and rotire 10
Hanover rather than abandon tho Continued
progross and conqnests of his arns' 10 the
suppression Of the rebellion, was at last forced
TO yield to that great law Of compromise,
which a higher law Of all material md moral
existence presents az the condition of hatnt
ny, development and progress.
IL is impossible for any government 70 exist
permanently-nay il il impossible for aociety
itself to eXlst, without compromises. 1t ia hut
another name for tho "spirit of unity and of
mutual Difference aud concession 10 which
General Washington faid the Constitution IL
self Owed in existence. No considerable
number Of people can ever live harmoniousIy
under one organization without II. Tho msr.
riage relation itself, FGid to be Of divine orr
pin, and certainly tho most sacred, intimate
and important of all human relations, Would
be a perpetual state Of strife without the spirit
OF mutual Difference and concession. II 10
idle, therefore, as II is unnatural and inhu.
man, to talk of absolute subjugaiion and un.
conditional submission. The great contto.
~versies which arise between %contending MASSES
of men ought never to DO settled, nor can
they ever be, finally settled By force. The
people Of England have been saved from at
least one, il not two, fearful revolutions with
in the last forty years, by tho wisdom OF her
statesmen, in making concessions before II
} became too late
The success Of a parry in the North ds
tinctly opposed to compromise upon tho cues.
ton of slavery, and opposed to the somprom.
ises Of tho last Fl Iy years, sounded tho fret
note of alarm and the death knell of the
Union, So long as an incorporating spirit
North and South continues, VIC have no hope.
Lot tho spirit of smity, Of mutual Difference
and concession which first warmed into lifo
n Constitution that was for moro thar. seventy
years tho source of n national prosperity and
} individual happiness unoxRnpled in tho his.
! tory Of mankind, even now return again to
} the Federal Councils, and this fearful present
now reeking with blood aud WOO, viii, GRO
long, be remembered az bat q horrjd dream,
} bat its Gears will remain for centuries.
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