Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-04-19
NO. 2O9a
4aitg Gmpire,
Who are tIle TrnLtornI

NNhO ~ - WV
We have at length found out who the real
traitors are Mr. Grinnel, an Iowa Aboli
ZIONIST, in the debate in the House on Tues
day night used these words tN taal
/ would rather Say Thousand times let the
country be divided, tho South 70 their way oil
slave, and the North all free, than 20 see the
country once more under Democratic rule.
We are sure that neither Mr., Long or Mr.
Harris ever said anything worse than this, Or
the following which Mr Greeley wrote In the
Tribune not long since: aia' f'.alf 4
We have repeatedly asked those who dis
sent from our view Of this matter whether
they do or do not assent to Mr. Jefferson b
statement in the Declaration Of ofIndependapce
that governments derive their just powers
from the consent Of the governed and that
whenever any form Of Royefnment becomes
destructive OF those ends, il is the right Of the
people to nlter or abolish it, and to institute
new government, &c, Sc We do heartily
accept this doctrine, believing it intrinsicaly
sound, beuefcent, aud one that, universallY
accepted, is calculated to prevent the she'd
| ding of seas Of human blood, and ifit iush.
| fes kie secsssi6n from the British empire OF
three millions Of colonisis IN l776 be do not
see iohy II mould not jasfity ne Secession Of
fine millions Of Soatherncrs from The FEDERAL
| Union III 1861 II ne are pisfaken on his
ID MT why does not sonic one aitepipt 10 shoio
tchorcR dndt1Ly3 For or opn pari, Whiie
zoe deny The right Of sidUehoi1ers 10 hold
siates against tic ,eiAof the latter, nc can
not see bop hoehy millions OF people cat
| yTghtHiH hold Ten, or epeR five In deiested
lmion Nth them By military force,
Neither has Mr.. Long or Mr.. Harris said
anything worse than Mr.. Conway, the Kansas
Aboliiouist, wrote the other day in his letter
to the Tribune
My attention has Just been called to yoster-
days proceedings ol the National House OF
Representatives, in which il appears that am
charged by don, Mr. Cox, Of Ohio, with hav.
ing offered in the last Congress resolution rec.
ogni2ing the Southern Uontederaoy,
wish to add TO this nnopoement one word
of explanation offered no such resolutions
as the gentleman statesi but did express 10
a speech my preference for such recognition
70 a prosecution Of the war for restorati on
OF the Union, on the old slayeholdipg basis.
expressed deaire that tho South should
be limited TO It's own section, L the alternative
were Us supremacy in tho nation and over the
continent. -..a,s.s ...e
That was not only my positjon then, but II
is my position RoU, aud am ready to stand
by il for all time, .rH. .-.--.. M
We scarcely think thare can be any doubt
as TO who the real traitors are Tho above
utterance Of Mr. Grnnell will not speedily
be forgotten Sustained as he was by his Alb
clifton brethren, il established the fact thai
while they would insolently restrict the free
dom Of debate on the part Of the Democrats
at the same time they intend to give their own
traitorous tongues unbFidled license. I.el
this briei sentence be remembered by the
people When pensioned demagoguep de
claim against the representatives Of the peo
pie for uttering their sentiments, let the
words Of this Iowa Abolitionist, unrebuked by
the Abolition pack who are continually yelp
ing Rt the feet Of honest men, be borne N
mind, and utterly coudemn those who assail
the liberty Of speech in others and yet loudly
clamor for its unrestraiued exercise by their
own destructive andtreAsonAbls organization
Philadelphia Aye