Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-12-31
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That il the c%aestion just now upper
most in reaDdng minds. What viii Tie
Republinn party do with the Govern
MOI? We all know what they hare done
IN the past. and we can well guess what
they aoould do in the future. providing
they could control circumstances, and
make events subservient 20 their wishes.
But the latter is "aboon the might" even
Of despots. who. whatever power they
may exert upon those beneath them, find
themselves environed by forces which
mock at their commands, and derlde their
puny efforts to dictate or direct. Hitherto,
the party in power have had an easy task.
II required no GENTS, nor even talent, 10
effect what they have accomplished. In
their management Of the magnificent sys-
TEN of Government, which the Democra-
cy so long, so wisely, and so benefcently
administered, their work has been purely
that of d~estroyers. OF the supurb ediiice
| Of constitutional Government. which they
found in uuimpaired grandeur, they have
left hardly one stone upon another. All is
ruin. Thus far, their work has been free
from insuperable difficulty. The future
is not SO easy.
When the Republicans came into power,
a long peace, under Democratic rule, had
thickly peoplea the country with vigorous
men, and an unexampled pecuniary pros
perity had enabled them to accumulate
resources which were all but bouudless.
The bare mention Of the old flag riddled
by the guns of Sumter, and the specious,
most false and fraudulent rallying cy of
"Uniou," brought millions Of gallant
youth to the ranks Of the army, and open
ed to the hand of the Government, all the
opulence of the people, public and private.
To waste all of these lives, and expend all
of this treasure in four years, surpassed
the power even OF an unlimited despOtism,
and the ingenuity of a million of place
holders. But, as Poor Richard said !:
always taking out of the meal tub, and
never putting in, ome to the bottom"
And this is true of nations as of individ-
uals. Graves that no man can number,
filled with brave men, everywhere abound /;
and treasure that none can estimate, has
passed from the Golfers of the people to
those OF the Government, and thence been
%squanGered with a prodigality which finds
no precedent in history. We are coming
to the bottom Of the tub.
And now begins soon, another four years
of Republican rule. The means do not
now exist, as they did when the first four
years begun. They must be created. The
treasury is not full as it was then COM
merce does not whiten every sea as it did
then men do not stand by the wayside,
each holding a bag of gold, and begging
the Government to borrow it, as was the
case four years ago. The Republican par
ty finds itself in the midst of the most
awful war of all time, with the duty on
their hands of administering the Govern
? ment, during a long and most perplexing
term of years. All "What will they
do with it?"
: Messrs. Republicans If you have any
: such thing as a statesman in your party
press him into your service, for you will
need all the resources Of this sort, which
a it is possible for you to command
Especially, it you know of any individual.
(of uAdoubted loyalty who has a geniul
for finance, persuade him to give you hi
. aid You will need this sort of talent, tt
an extent of which your former experienc,
gives you no idea.
K Democrats, stand back, and give thes
gentlemen unrestrained freedom to do a
seemeth best in their eyes. The machin
is in their hands, and let them run it. /
le would be impertinent to make protest
against what they may do, or to Sugges
what they ought to do. Stand back, an,
d stand from under.
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