Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-07-18
The JournaIand General Crook.

ing contains a verYl lskenlPered article, AZ
reply to odf reinStss the other day. in
reference to thS benqpet 70 General Crook.
1t professestO regard as "cool impudence"
our professions Of friendship and admira-
ton for that gentleman, and indulges in
the usual yituperaion against the "cop-
perheads" and'"N6rthern traitors" whose
'sympathies are with the rebels" &c.
We know of no Individual application
Of these terms, and we are quite certain
that neither the, editor ofythe Dayton
journal, nor any Of hisfriends, will ven
ture to make any, There has been great
deal ofsuch abuse in the Abolition news
papers for the last four years, but we have
yet to hear of the first instance, in which
either the term "Northern traitor" or
copporhead, has been applied face TO face
by an Abolitionist to a Democrat in
this continuity. Now, we have to re-
pent our expressions lof respect. and adj
miration for the course and character of
General Crook, We leave all patronising
adulation to the journal and his banquet
friends We hsvu nothing to say of Cen
ersl Crook as having followed the plOw",
"poor boy" dow degree" &c. General
Crook derives no honor from the contrast
of his present reputation with the condition
of his early life. He was in as honorable
an occupation when he followed the plow,
as he has been since. He was no ''poor
lboy''-no boy of "low degree, and if he
had been, ii would have been neither to
his honor NOS his shRme@ He belongs to
that class Of opr, people to whom belong
virtue, intelligence and indepeRdsnee--sthe
agricultural class Our estimate of Gen
era1 Crook has nothingto do. with these
considerations. He is one ,ofthat large
class Of American officers who entered
upon 1hsicohtest from a'sense Of duty and
obligation, to put down by the power Of
arms, an armed rebellion to the lawful au-
Ithority of the government, and he dis
charged his duty throughout as a patriot,
soldier and gentleman. u"
lie neither eutered into it as a political
adventurer,y an abolition fanatic, or o
starveling vagabond--the first desiring Of
l.fcial. advancement, the second negro
equality -and-t the third q msrs- living. He
IIrought the Southern armies wherever he
Icould meet them, and neither insulted the
,rpaunsd nor nsed bis power to oppress
tl@n.. He respected the opinions ofthose
who differed with him, and in turn enjoyed
their respect He refused to retaliate upon
| tha ihndcent fSr the crimes Of the guilty
he was an enlightened, courageous and
conservative soldier, and made no con-
realment of his disgust at the atrocities
practised by Hunter, whose conduct was
npplauded by all the abolition newspapers
and stay-at-home patriots in the country
| For these reasons there is therefore neither
impudence nor insincerity in our expires.
sions of respect for General Crook. If the
motives which impelled him had been the
motives that controlled the prosecution o.
4 the recent war, the rebellion would have
been overcome in single campaign and I
million of men and thousand million o
dollars would have been saved to tn,
\ country. ~ "a II ~ g.
There is upon the other hand an inor
4 dinate degree of impudence in a persoI
! coming hut recently into this community
I and assuming to sit in judgment upon tn
\ motives lAnd character of men he neve
knew, and denouncing them by implica
/ ton as unfaithful to their. country, becaus
they choose to express their respect for
man who has served honorably in the re
4 cent war la85 ..r.t. &C. ..l1 $3.50. .......a
We are not aware of any extraordinar,
sacrifices made by the editor of the Daytol
journal or any imminent personal DANCE
encountered by him, that entities him t
the monopoly ofhonoring General Crool
I or any body else. The Democrats of thi
community have behaved themselves
since the breaking out Of the rebellion, a
good citizens and law abiding men. The
4 have submitted to a vast amount OF vitu
4 nepation and abuse, always made, howeye