Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-11-16
from the Chicago Times I
THEIR VICTORY.

aksheies n rev ueye Will reveal them, and
disclose also the appropriate schon TO be TAX
en- by your opponents in relation thereto -
suppose, however, that your triumph is .
legitimate one, honestly obtained; that il is
deliberate expression Of q mSiority OF the
people uninhuencod by intimidation, bribsry
the enormous patronage Of the sdminisIra
lich, with IT'S horde Of subordiusirs, aud thai
itaud and iaseHsod have not been chief CON
trlbutorsdo the result--what thea are you 90.
ing to do with your vietory2 What is il in
your possessiou7
You won similar one four Years ago.
Messrs Abolitiousts What did you do with
ilf Ia all csudor, did il not conduct YOU 10
the assets which your triumph cf Yesterday
leave still in your hands for brief period2--
What are thess1 A war which will require
for its prosecution, undsr your mAnage ement,
even for one years continuance, a further
conscription OF ~ least five hundred thousand
men, aud to obtain these the calls must be for
nearly double the amount The calls will be
made, and the conscription ordered aHd en-
forced, aud yourselves in proportion to your
numbers, will be the victims of that eonscrip.
tion. This is one OF the results which will
follow from your victory and your use Of it
DO not tell us you are content, We know,
aud you know, that you do not tell the truth
when you say So The leading pewspappr in
your party, but few weeks ago, tainted you
with taking the cutters for substitutes, hunt
ing Europe for mereeuaries, aud enlisting ig-
uOrant aud degraded negroes to supply your
places in the ranks" these caunot hereaf
Ter be so easily obtained
You have also a national debt, which il va.
rlously estimated at from three to Eve thou
sand millions Of dollars. This debt ID aecu
Inulating al the rate OF three millions OF dol
lars per day. What are YOU going to do
With II? The credit Of the government is
| sinking daily. Are you intending to pay that
debt? How are you going to do it2 WilIyou
add to the taxation which is already imposed
upon every necessary Of life2 Do you know
that the nation is already taxed to the sx.
tent which the people can bear2 Will you
continue TO add three millions of dollars each
day to the debt, aud do you hope TO meet the
addition by proportionats increase Of taxa
tionl II you do not expect thus to meet it,
how will you provide for ilr
You have, as one OF the resolts OF the vic.
tory gained by you four years ago, a paper
currency which has driven gold and silver
from circulation. The latter are no longer
mediums Of exchange, but are, as they ever
were, and ever will be- standards of value -
They stfx the price Of government paper, day
by day, and your currency is now worth forty
cents on the dollar. 1t will speedily sink to
thirty, and from thence to nothing, under the
certainty that the continuance of the war will
compel a further Increase, and will also less
en- the capacity OF the nation 10 redeem. How
are you going to prevent its depreciation p
Can you tellH You know you cannot The
leaders and newspapers of your party know
they dare not themselves contemplate, much
less warn their followers and readers against,
the consequences which must result from the
depreciation OF the currency to worthless
ness
You are now elated, bosstful, aud extrav
agant in your Aush Of triumph. IL is perhaps
somewhat rude and unkind TO awaken you
from the dreaas induced BY yoSr success to
the realities Of your victory; to the ghastly
facts which it presents to you for considers
ton and action You have no "plaas' as to
their adjustment. Your leader says he has
not attempted to control them, and contesses
he has been controlled by them You have
sought To obtain and have achieved RESPONSE
bilities which you cannot comprehend, much
less discharge, and which, consequently, will
sooner or laterssresult in curss to yourselves
aud the nation interested in their proper full
fillment
Messrs. Aboltiouistsj your army contrae.
tors and navy agents, Jour provost mArshals,
assessors and collectors, your treasury ngsnts
and loyal spectators, your spostates for
greed, your aspirants for office lifted from OBJ.
security to prominence by blatant demagog-
ism, these, described by the leader in the con-
| servative wing OF your party as "the scum Of
the land which has gathered about the places
Of power aud de6ed them with its reek and
offensive odor," are most jubilant to-day
They form large portion Of your party, but
back OF them are the people whom they have
| deluded and deceived
| How long, think you, can the deception be
maintsinedr Win not the miserg impending
lead the people TO q closer examination of the
statements and pledges of your party? When
the advance ia prices Of food and clothing
aEd fuel, which will attend the decline in pa.
per, shall bring suffering to their homes, will
they not inquire the cause2 When a sweep
ing aud relvntless eonscription shall again,
within a few months, take them from their
families and friends to offer them IS fresh
sacrifices ia a war which has already made
every house one OF mourning, will they not
look for a redemption of the pledge that there
should not be another conscrip;ioR2 Who oi
your leaders, when that demand is made, will
be able to calculate Through white lips and
chattering teeth, thou eanst not say l did IT.
You have won in your victory full license tc
achieve yonr own ruin in the allembrAeine
one which IS as certain to follow Tie attempt
TO enforce the principles Of your party, al
one season is to succeed another.
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