Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-07-09
rae Cholera ThrsateninS 20
Scourge Us.

HNOaNkG 80
A Washington correspondent OF the
Bvllefontsine R,gu6liean "a clerk we
believe 4 one of the GovernmeRt De-
psrtments>Ilsaks oot the following start.
ling. spa probably cOn,raband inielIi.
gence
The weather for few days back has been
remarkably bot, and begibs to deveiope sum.
mer diseases. Dysentery very PrevNlentAnd
hard 10 bring under medical control, and
several cases Of cholera ave reported
II is also sSid that several cases Of
cholera have been reported at Toledo,
Ohio, a II these reports are correct she
almost certain probability is that the
scourge will spread with unexampled
rapidity. The contending armies cannot
escape it. 1t will scatter them like chaff
before the wind. and sweep them to the
grave by thousands. Vengeance is
mins. saith the Lord. = and ii may be that
this terrible fraicidal crime Of the Ameri-
can psOple--this wholesale. relentless and
wanton destruction Of each other, on the
land and on the sea, has determined a
fcrbeariug bot outraged God. whose best
and kindest blessings We have met with
ingrstitude and insult, to visit US in his
anger with this dread Snd. devastating
scourge Ft
Ifit be true that single case of chole-
ra has occurred in Washington, we re-
gard it Is the most alarming annornee-
ment that has been made since the com
meucement Of the war QAE
THE lives Sacrificed by the King OF
Great Britain, in his attempt to subjugate
the colonies. were sacrificed in vain. This
humsnly speaking, is sell-evideRt PROPOSE
ton. But this is not all. If the govern
, meut established by the successful resist
: auce Of our fathers to the armies of Grea
Britain, is now to be overthrown-ther
it would seem to follow that the revolution
Ary war and the war of 1872, were no
: only vain expenditures Of blood ant
treasure on the part Of Great Britain. bu
also on the part Of the colonists, AM
Z States Of America. We may regard i
therefore as true, as the case stands at pre-
sent, that if the men who fought our wa
r of independence-who endured its Ion,
q hardships and incessant perils,-coul'
have foreseen the events Of the past thre
3 years, their strong hearts would haveIsunI
within than, and they would have aban
y, doned The contest. Human affairs are to
!. uncertain, to warrant in any case th
Il sscrificss and evils of war. and no one ca
assure the men who are. now falling s
fast for the Union that they are not fallin
in vain, or worse than in vain. VIII
can lift the veil of the future. and assul
- the man who is asked to foreGo all II
" happiness Of home--to give his life ava
20 in its ,noon--maks his wife widow an
- his children orphans the sacri6C
" will not be lost, or even worse than los
II upon the future? Suppose the Union
T. restored by the sacrifices of this war, VII
70 can demonstrate, that the result of NJ
r broken peace--would not have been mo
] desirable! 1t is easy to conceive IA
- psaeeabls friendly republics, existing 81,
= by side upon this continent-and bo
prosperous their peoples happy. fratern
J" "" and contented. Why not ? And it
: easy to conceive, too, an intolerable Uni,
> of wrangling and discordant States. he
together by fear upon the one-hand, al
!. force upon the other Such governme
ed while it wonld necessarily soon peris
in could only cultivate, in the individr
rot people composing it. the very worst a
ae, most diabolical passions Of our nature
Of hate, blood-thitst, and revenge go
aAt ernment in short which men should rstf
Eas die to avert than to establish. n
62 g. Let us have peace then, and instead
of enltiyating spa in individuals, let
LID cultivate good. The war is wsged /
'ill simply against. rebellion, but agail
err humanity and religion--nOt simply