Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-05-09

Rll threatened invasion. The rebels are not
going to come here 10 fght you on YOUR own
sroundi yoa cannot select tas place, you can.
not invite them here TO whip them. you must
approach sud meet them on their own soil,
aud give them something to attend to at home
and this they well know, and thsy will not
molest you here. They must not eross the
river, aud you must cross over and meet
them The best place to defend the State is
TO draw Gordon around it away out along
the rebel lines, and resist any attempt to 10.
vade il"
After stating that the rebels are not 20.
ing to come here to fight US, and that We
cannot even invite them to come up here
and meet US on our own ground, be says
tho best way TO prevent them from coming
is to go down there and whip them on
their ow soil, aud that we thus resist an
invasion by our Gordon around the rebel
lious States. We doubt whether q Gov
ernor was ever more lucid upon any occa-
sion. There is difficulty which even Mr..
BRoUoH could not get over He has no
power to order the militia out of the State
and be knows it. He has not even the
pretext that we are MreateHsd with inva-
sion, to justify his tyrannical conduct.
The South has its own hands full. If it
can defend it is we'll enough pleased. But
the secret is just here. AS the Governor
said, the interests of the country demand
speedy peace. A speedy peace could
only DO had by vigorous war Here was
a body of Thirty thousand men armed and
equipped, and we are only surprised that
they were not long since in the field help
ing to crush the rebellion. 1t was deter
mined to make one great effort. and the
National Guard, though composed Of his
friends almost exclusively, has been called
upon to have hand in the struggle. Mark
our prediction, They will see heavy SER
vice and many bljody battles Many will
go, but few will return.
We will conclude our review Of the
Governors address with some sllusion to
his threats against the DemOcracy-"Cop-
perheads," as he calls them in one place.
and "rebels North" as be designates us
elsewhere. He knew the weak point Of
the National Guard. His object was to
pacify and content them with their lot.
Accordingly he speaks glibly of "msking
war on rebels North as well as South"
and of making Copperheads pay the Ma
tional' Guard, if they wouldn't help to
fight. This was good "baif' for the
Guard. But its Stiffness is only equalsd
by its malignancy. Does Governor BRouGa
imagine that any "Copperhead'' or "rebel
North" has any fear of him or his threats9
Let him not deceive himself. We have
long since measured the leaders and the
rank and file Of the Republican party, and
when the day comes when the Democratic
party really believes itself in danger of
assault it will rise in such force and num-
bers and act with such spirit and courage
as will sweep thousand fat BRouaHs and
gaseous MoRToNs from the earth. We
pass by all such threats as the idle wind,
and attach no other importance to them
than as indications of the cowardly, blood
thirsty and brutal feelings which the Jaco-
bin leaders of Abolitionism cherish in
their own bosoms and would instil into
the hearts Of others. The Democracy do
not fear or stand in awe of their opponents.
Let them understand and appreciate this
fact. Let them act upon it--for if the
evil day ever comes when either Democrat
or AbOlitionist must be exterminated, look
over the land and see where the brave and
reckless men are, where the stout laborer
casts his lot, and the hardy farmer, and
then say what chance there will be for
Psalm-siLging. church-goiug PhAriSsss and
whining Yankees.
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