Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-10-18


II they we're not such isrs, we would take the
occasion to announce with qualification
greater than We have recently experienced,
tha, one Free State had been found. But
alas, there is no such thing as free State in
America. The shadow Of despotism rests
upon them all
The New York Tribune most puugenlly
asks
"lf afarty that wants TO put down this re-
bellion cant put il down, how soon will par.
ty put it down that.don't want to put il DOWN.
Journal
To query so pungently put, we beg leave
pungently to reply, that party which thus
confesses its inability to put down the rebel
lion, latter having expended so much Of the
blood aud treasure of the cOuntry,) ought in
all conscience TO be voted out Of power, and
a party that has more faith in itself, aud
that believes it can put the rebellion down,
pofed in.
1t is quite COOL we may pungently continue,
for barbarous and ferocious party, after hav-
ing slaughtered million Of our countrymen,
and brought the whole people to grief and
bankruplcy--ws say it is cool, aud pungent,
too, for such q party to assume at this stage
OF affairs, that because they have failed TO put
down the rebellion, that Chris tidn MEANS in
the hands of enlightened men, must also re.
suit in failure. The man Who with the expe
rience OF the Lincoln ADMINISTRATION before
him. is not in favor Of change Of programme
is either not true, or not an intelligent, friend
of bis country or race, II party that wants
to put down the rebellion RcknOwledges the
self evident fact that it can put it down, the
argument is not that other means would fail
but that the means employed by that party
hare tdiied and should therefore be discon-
timed
Ohio Election on shipboard --Oh the
recruiting ship at this port, the so-cslled
Union" ticket received fifty five votes and
the Democratic ticket thirty seven yotes -
Had It not been for the thOughtfulness of Mrs
j. X Cook, Of Bellefontaine, Ohio, the voters
wcnd not have known whose names we're on
the Democratic ticket for the local Offices
band Cairo Democrat
Mrs Cook is the daughter of JARED s.
DAWSON. Esq, Of Belleloutaine, and her hus-
band is an officer upon one OF our Mississippi
gunbonis The Democracy Of the county may
rest assured that Mrs. Cook will never allow
anything to go undone that is within her pow
er to accomplish in behalf of the good cause.
She is always ready to do Whatever may be-
gent and consideraie as she Is vigilant and
ready.
BsS~ Ia a note to The rebel War Depart
ment, Gen. Lee gives the following eptome OF
the guerrilla Moseby's achievements from the
LIST Of March to the lth OF September, 1864
With the loss of little more than twenty
men, he has killed wounded and captured
during the period embraced in this report,
aboat isrlve hundred of the enemy and taken
more than sixteen hundred horses and mules,
two bundled and lhirly beef cattle, and eighty. |
five wagons and ambulances, without count.
ing many smaller operations. The services
rendered by Col Moseby and his command |
IN watching and reporting the enemys move |
menis, have also been OF great value.
The above is interesting as an ilastra
ton of the cost OF the abolition plan of restor.
ing the Union, and Also OF the probabilities OF
the success Of the experiment, Those who
are willing TO continue the business of sacri-
6cing 1900 Union soldiers for the lives Of 20
confederates, win vote for Abraham Lincoln
on the 9Th OF November.
D5-lt is pretty hard toiell, with the histo-
ry Of the battles Of this war before us, wheih
er those who are ia favor of its indefinite con |
tuusnce, are the greater enemies to the Con. |
fedeates or to their own people, However
this may be, il is certain beyond porLdyenturs
that they are the enemies Of both, either
equally or in different degrees, aud also Of
the whole country,
A BRurAL AssAULT by DRUNKEN SoIDiRRs
UPON AN UEoFFESDNG NEGRO AT URBANA =
On our way to this city yesterday, and while
stopping twenty minutes for dinner" at the
Urbana depot, we witnessed 9 most brutal
assault upon an innocent and unoffending
negro, by party Of five or six soldiers, who
appeared to be waiting there for the Columbus
train. They were somewhnt intoxicated, and
were brAwling yociferonsly for LincOln. when