Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-10-17
The PIunderIuK ProEramme.

Under this very appropriate head the Phil
adelphia Age exposes the motives Of svarice
and greed which govern the radical dema-
gOgues who are labOring to keep the country
divided. II says:
There is a certain method 10 the mad fas
naticism Of the Radical Republicans. Their
negro equality projects are not urged solely
with view to the interest OF the negro race,
or entirely without an eye TO the uli'uate
profit. Not the profit that philanthropists
feel after performance Of virtuous actions.
This is entirely too airy and nnsn bstantial 10
satisfy the cravings Oft the politicbl humanita
rians who are desirous that all white men
shall be constrained to embrace Sambo as
man aud brother. g"Virtus is it's own res
ward, isa very abstract sentiment, in which
your thorough faced negro equality advocate
does not entirely concur. He has no objee-
ton that other men shall place the highest
possible value upon the equality OF "virtne,"
but for his part be would prefer to have the
profitB of few full contracts thrown 10 to
balance the account. t....4
The sudden stoppage Of the war has been q
terrible afflietion to the class Of politicians
who have received some portion of their re.
ward, during its continuance, 10 the comfort
ing form of fat contracts 1t was particularly
consoling to this class TO end, that while the
great mass of citizens we're emptyng their
pockets. theirs were growing fat aud pletho'
ric with the accumulatiug rewards of consist
ent patriotism. They thought that affairs
we're moving on as they should move, and
began to fatter themselves that war, If not
the normal condition of the human race, was
certainly the normal condition of that fraction
l ~ tko inhahitin0 tho IInikad
States Bot when the war suddenly came to
an end, and the steady stream of profits
ceased flowing into their pockets, these patri-
ots felt vexed Their sensbilities we're
touched in the most tender place-they cons
sdered the end Of the war as premature, and
as men are prone to disbelieve unpleasant
things, they wonld not credit the disagreea
BILE nsws. So they are nov contending, and
in this position they have The sanction of Sec
retary Stanton, that the war is not over, and
ought not to be over, and cannot possibly be
over.
So we find the contracting gentry who
have tasted the sweets Of public plunder very
much in favor Of the radical programme Of
regarding the Southern States in state of
quasi rebellion, ,necessitatiug the maintenance
Of large armies to keep them in due subjec-
ton to Federal authority. What do they care
for the cost They expect to receive hun-
dred dollars for every dollar they pay in the
shape of taxes, and naturally feel no alarm
4 about the amount of the bill. .4lH .,io
But we, the people, who have to pay the
cost, do regard these proposed lavish expen.
ditures with alarm. The public debt is al.
ready enormous, and will tax all our energies
to pay she interest therof Our military es-
tablishmeut ought to be reduced to the low
est possible standard compatible with the
public safety. This can only be by the i'm
mediate restoration of the Union-delay
must be enormously expensive. The public
interest demands immediate Union -immedi.
ate stoppage of extraordinary expenditure
and while this course might not result in BEN
eft to hungry contractors, might not conGs.
cate every mans property in the South worth
over,ten thousand dollars, might not keep
the Southern States ont OF the Union until
they are ready to acknowledge the right and
duty OF negroes to vote for Sumner or Mr..
Chase for next President, it would neverthe.
less, make us once more ahappy, united and
prosperous people. 4a.