Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-04-15

EDS. ENPIRE--" DAmphool," of the Jour
nal, is at bis old tricks again, Casting pearls
before swine" In his Issue of the 9th instant
he casts the following choice pearl for the
amusement Of the Abolition swineherds:
The material value to the city of Dayton
of the late victory may be reekoned By thous.
aRds of dollars. People will hereafter have
some security for persons and property, and
the city will prosper, 7sui ,sla.0 r
"Du tell ~ Let the people stand still aud
see the salvation Of Dayton Abolitionism.-
The above from the pen Of the individual who
last fall advised tho bullies Of his party to arm
themselves and strike down Democrats, d Don
the public streets, forthe purpose of learning
Mayor Gillespie his duty, is choice pearl Of
the irst water. "Ths material value to the
city of Dayton of the late victory" Brilliant
idesl Daniel has surely come to judgment.
viii "Mr Damphool" please tell the people Of
Dayton how the "late victory" was accom-
plishedf Was it by the usual honest Demo
cratic manner of polling majority Of the
legal resident voters Of the city Of Dayton, or
was it BY little, very little, fraud, and
through the operations of the "loyal Leaguers. +"
Come sir, be honest for once ia your life, and
tell the people how this ''late victory" was &C.
complished. Were not two companies of
the Forty fourth Regiment brought here on
the Saturday before the election, from Camp
Dennison, for the purpose of defeating the
Copperhead ticket portion Of whom few
weeks ago mobbed the Empire ofice--some
Of the Badger boy" "--or was it by the intro.
duetion here cf voters from the townships, or
from Greene, Miami and Darks counties7--
| We all know you 20 be q re-lie-able public
Journalist, aud fully capable of casting pearls
before swine" Or has this material value
to the city of Dayton" of the "laie victory"
which you "reekon by thousands Of dollars"
been brought about by th illegal votes Of
John DRYDEN, who moved TO Dayton five
DAYS before the election, and voted in the
] Third Ward; or John Pagan, whose family re-
sides in Tippeeanoe, Miami county, who voted
in the Second Ward or Oscar Kenney, a boy
Il Of eighteen summers, of the Eighth Ohio
Cavalry, who. voted in the Thi.d Ward; or W.
A. Harshmsn, boy nineteeR years of age,
; another soldier, who voted in the ThirdWard
or Mr. DER, a soldier from Osborn, Greene
county, who voted in the Second Ward; or
Mr. -, a citizen from Greenville, Darke
county who came TO Dayton on election dsv,
dressed in soldiers clothes, and voted in the
First Ward; or the four soldiers who came in
) on the Lebanon hack, enquired for the Third
! Ward polls, went there and voted; or the four
soldiers who came here from Pyrmopt Perry
township, and voted in the Third Ward, and
! 90 on to an almost inde6Dite number Of Others
whose names are in the possession Of certain
citizens Of Dsytopi Don't you know, cir, as
Loyal Lacquer, that this has been the way
. that you gained the "late victoryT' that your
model candidate for Mayor, Captain E, @ Ellis,
vas elected BY fraUdi that that gallant gen.
; tieman whose executive ability is Of such a
, high order" that when he had charge Of the
southeastern public school, so convinced we're
the citizens Of that part Of the city Of his ca
, pacity as an executive officer, aud so desirous
we're they to relieve him Of his arduous duties
: connected with that establishmI that they
> got up petition, aud it was unanimously
? signed, for the School Board TO relieve him
z The sequel is well known. -tr..
Aud finally, Mr.. "Dampheol," | don't think
that either you or the people Of Dayton Sau
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