Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-08-09
seThe Duty OF the Hour.v

prosperity rdctOus OPpohtiVh w hie
government and the exhibition Of partisan
malice in enforcing such opposition is un-
patriotic, and can only result in protract-
4 ing the settlement of the difficulties which
are now presented to the South. 1t is the
interest, no less than the duty, of every
man to give his vote and influence in favor
Of reducing the causes of destruction which
now stand in the way of complete unity
and lasting peace. The "Lo, Here l' and
the "Lo, There l' Of demagogues and
time-servers, who would use the people
for their own selfish purposes, should be
utterly disregarded.
The deception and fraud which for the
last four years have worked against a re-
union of the States and in aid of the re-
bellion, should open the eyes of all true
men to the real issue now presented. The
reckless disregard of human life, the
sqandering of millions upon millions of
the peoples money on political favorites
the sghs of the widow and the tears Of
the orphan, should warn all true men not
to trust any longer the party who brought
these calamities on the country. They
should understand that, but for the dis
honesty and falsehood of ofunprincipled men
in the Republican party, abolition agi-
tators, place-hunters, contractors, and the
motley crew of stay yat-home patriots, who
wanted to batten on the life.blood of the
nation, the rebellion would never have
taken place or even after its inception, it
would have been put down in less than
year.
The hostility of the leaders Of the Abo-
lition party to all measures of conciliation
encouraged the rebel leaders to persist in
their designs, aud their oit-repeated de-
clarations that the negro slaves were to be
put in possession of the estates of their
former masters and placed on a perfect
equality with them. enraged the Southern
people to such degree that they held out
long after all hope of success had vanished'
deeming even death preferable to such de-
graduation. No wonder that the South
was goaded to desperation by the course
of the abolition fanatics of the North.
The people can now take a calm and
dispassionate retrospect of the causes which
brought on the war and the reasons of its
continuance fer four long, bloody years ;
and that at last the conciliatory measures
inaugurated by President Lincoln and the
brave and wise Generals of our army had
the desired effect. The South was con-
quered, and our gallant armies dispersed
to their homes.
The war is over and the negroes are
free, but these same pestilent ngitstors are
still at work. 1t would be only reason
able to suppose that the terrible evils they
have already wrought would suffice to
make them ashamed of their own infamy
and drive them into retirement if not OBJ
scurity. But it is not so. They are still
laboring to obstruct the efforts of the
patriotic people of the country to bring
.'order out of chaos !" still throwing OBJ
stacles in the way OF complete paci6cation;
and their great leader---the embodiment OF
all their principles-Chief Justice Chase,
is perambulating the country at an ex-
pense to the treasury Of tsOentyofve kindred
dollars a day, making speeches to South
ern negroes, encouraging them to resist the
reconstruction policy of President John
son and refuse their assent to the measures
pprsued by the government in this parti-
cular. 1t is this plan Of pacihcation and
re-adjustment that the people are now
called upon to sustain in opposition to the
insane behests of Chase, Beecher, Phil
lips, Parker, Pillsbury, Schenck and
Oberlin. 1t is the duty of all true men
and true patriots to unite in putting down
these disturbers of the public peace.
This is one of the reasons why our call
for County Convention embraces all
who are willing to unite with the Demo-
cratic party in its efforts to sustain and
support all measures which have for their
object the restoration of the country to a
condition of permanent peace and concord,