Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-06-20
The Abolition Warfare upon the
Administration and General
sherman.

/ The New York Independent, edited BY
Henry Ward Beeehst, the great organ oi The
Abolition Radicals, thus opens iis batteries
upon the Administration. II SAYS
"a battle is now wsging wherein we must
achieve those victories OF peace that Milton
calls not less renowned than war: victories
over ourselyes--over our preiudiees--over
our passions-over our long accustomed 10.
j1siice-over our ancient pride Of csste--oyer
our srstncrscy OF complexion God summous
Us now to be a nation OF Christian Democrats,
and offers us uu illusirious opportunity 10
achieve our Christian Democracy. Bot the
Government AZ Washington-dou1l with a
large measure uf good intent has proved un-
equal TO the high occasion. Aher proela.
nation Of snnesty, extraordinarily tenn
pering justice with mercy, pardoning the
many and punahiug the iew--immedalely
ELECTED universal admin alton, there followed
the chill aud shadow Of proclamation for
the recoustruction Of North Carolina, in which
, the President Of the United States, remem.
bering h,s prejudices and forgetting his pre-
rogstye, denied The ballot 10 men who have
batt!ed for the Uniou, and granted il to men
who have battled against 1t.
Without unkindly criticising the Govern
ment, without questioning its general good
wishes toward the negro, without seeking to
weaken ts Prestige with anti slavery friends,
we nevertheless grieve 10 say that the Presi-
dents North Carolina measure can not re-
ceiVe the approval OF Abolitionists, does not
deserve the acquiesence Of practical states
men and can not be accepted as the final
method of readjustment
The people OF the United Ststes--not act.
ing upon a more sentiment, not moved with
a newborn zeal for the enfranchised slave
out prompted by proper sense of justice, to
Which is added a wise toFelhought OF se'fin-
terest-imparatively demand that the basis OF
reconstruction shall be negro suffrage.
The Independents Washington correspond
ent also attacks General Sherman and the
Western army under his command. He
says:
General Sherman has left the Capital and
gone Westward toward his new field Of duty,
| am convinced that General Sherman never
bad au anti-slsvery conviction in his life He
was proslavery man, and, to all intents and
purposes, isso to-day Doubtless he acqui-
esces in the overthrow of slavery, as Vallan-
dighem does Butbe believes slavery right
enough 10 itself, aud thinks the North was
greatly TO blame in irritating the Sonth by
the agitation Of this question in past years.
"Shermsn's army is, in many respects, like
hmself-brave, patriotic, but negro.hating.
Most Of the troops under the immediate com
maud of General Sherman seem to hate the
black man. This feeling has exhibited itself
in various ways in this city Sberman's
troops, while here, got into frequent quarrels
with coored men, On one occasion o seri-
Gus fight seemed imminent, but was averted
by getting two or three obnoxious colored
men out OF the W ay It perhapswould be
polite to cover up these facts but as they
naturally grow out OF the opinions of the
world-renowned head Of the armies OF Georgia
and! Tennessee, it is due in truth to state
them