Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-01-11
From the Newark N. ) Journal
The PROGRESS oT RHeHDOttetn

The Government" weds a two edged
/ sword, and wields il dexterously With ev.
cry successful blow dealt at the Southern ar
mics With one edge, - successfu blow s dealt
| ut Notthe'n liberties With the other edge.
/ With the increasing insOlenee of victory one
dlsguisa sfer another is cast of, and more
and more the "Government' reveals its pur
/ pose Of governing Tor ITSELF not for the peo-
/ pie
When those things begun, the "Govern-
ment secured the aequiescence Of the major.
4 ity by seeming TO act solely for party purpos-
es, and 10 use arbitrary measures with politj.
cal enemies alone The blind end selfish
/ pack Of tools and knaves who controlled that
mFjority applauded loudly, confident that they
| themselves we're secure, nd that they did not
need AN invlolate Constitution for protection,
80 long ss they we're npon the same side witt
! the Government" We opine they think
somewhat differently nov, but Row--t is too
late The Government" has made such use
OF their base connivsnce that it is indepen-
dent o. them, aud it means to govern for it.
self Neither msjori,y nor minority will have
much more to say in regard TO sffalrs excep;
as the Government shall permit.
The progress OF despoiism in the United
Saies has indeed been rapid HdbeaS Cor
pms has given place to martial law the righ 8
oi States have been submerged; the rights OF
individuals have been disregarded, the decis-
ions Of the bench have been set aside; the
tenure of property has been shaken; and,
finally, the rights and privileges of Congress
have been deliberately eneroached on-aye,
even the puny rights which that degenerate
aud seryle rump Of Congress has ventured,
hat in hand and on bended knee, trembngly
TO assert This picture is not overdrawn;
these facts matters of record; the know-
edge of them has made patriots shed tears of
despair and agony and shame; and they have
been published abroad in Europe amid the
sghs Of every friend Of freedom, and the de-
rsiye shouts Of the tyrsnt's hordes
Mr. Seward, when in his letter to Minister
Dayton he deliberately and contemptuousiy
set at naught the resolutions of the House Of
Representatives in regard to the Mexican
Empire, could not go back to the majority
and soothe them with the whisper to never
mind--t was COpperhead House, and a
fouls its own nest," says the proyerb' but that
is just what Mr. Seward has done, and what
he will continue to do no matter how much
Winter Davis howls, or how fiercely the ma-
jorty resolves
mination TO manage his election bis own
way" referred TO much more than the simple
fact that General Mcclellan was running
against him 1t conveyed plain hRt to Gen
Fremont that he and his friends must '1nind
their own business II moreover conveyed
au unmistakable announcement to the entire
Republican party that, as he had managed"
the convention, aud secured the nomination
10 opposition to their wishes, so he would
manage" the election in such way as to give
them no choice but to vote for him. In his
message TO Congress the other day, with the
truculent spirit Of an Oliver Cromwell, be de-
libsrately declared that no matter how uch
popular sentiment might change, no matter
what popular policy might require, he would
not recede from his position ofthe Emancipa-
ton Proclamation--in word, he would not
administer the law, it the people were 10
make it What does this mean, If it be not
practical illustration Of the working OF
that "Higher Law" which must ALWAYS over
ride the Constitution, because always in op-
position to it
| Ours has been supposed to be eminently a
| popular goVernment-one in which all action
| originates with and emanates directly from
the people, and cannot proceed except with
| their knowledge and appreciation. Yet, Mr.
! Fessenden; with an assurance almost sublime
gives us to know that it IS fortunate we have
| been kept in Ignorance of the immense in
debtedneSs we have had to incur because, il
we had been permitted TO guess IT, we should
have been unwilling to undertake the glorious
and magnificent war which is being waged to
destroy the negio and ensave the white man
1t has come TO this already we see; we are in
capable OF choosing what IS hest for US; hence
we are to be blindfoded until the time fol
choosing has gone by
But the iron has entered deeper even thar
this Did our readers, in welcoming the n
telligeuoe of the capture of Savannah. pause
to consider the terms in which that brilliant
feat of arms was annonnced2 Did they re-
fleet upon the import OF the words used2 Die
they read this dispatch 10 which, in the yeal
Of our Lord 1864, general commanding one
Of the armies Of the United States, announo
ed to the President of the United States, tha
he, the said general, having captured city
presented the same. with ita Notifications, III
property, and its 10000 inhabitants, TO him
the said President, as Christmas Gift
, Did yon read it2 Did you think what it sig
nifed, good reader2 Sherman makes Al,
Lincoln n present. Christmas gilt, of tn,
city Of Savannah, with its 20, 600 men, wo
men and children Gioes il to himl Give
it to Abe Lincoln Gives him city, pro
pied by 20 600 Americans and fellow .ctizen
, the inhabitants of sovereign State-oui
hndred--our brethren