Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-09-19
Yon WON'T, But You Must.

Mr. Republican, this way if you please, sir
We do not mean the candid, independent
man, but be who is under the party lash.
! Ten ysars ago, yon cried out for retrench--
/ ment aud reform. You declared you would
never support men so extravagsnt as the
| Democrats.
Time passed Your party obtained power.
Its corruption and extrsvagsnce surpassed
all precedent
/ Your political masters cracked their lash
over you, and you justified extravagance aud
apologized for corruption.
| You declared the Sonth was bill OF ex-
pense and would be- better without her, aad
paraded your faith by carrying sixteen star
Gags in honor of the sixteen Northern States.
Your masters cried Union, and yon shouted
"it must be preserved"
Your masters nov say that the Union shall
not be restored until the South embraces the
sentiments Of New England.
| You embrace the doctrine aud declare
there is no hurry about restoring the Union
Your masters called the Democrats "UDion
savers
You caught up the sound and hissed it
from your throats
Your masters called the Democrats trait.
ors."
You haloosd it from hilltop and valley.
Your masters declared that slavery shou Id
not be interfered with.
You became as strong pro slavery men as
the Democrats.
| Your masters said slavery should remain
unmoested where it existed, but should not
be carried into the territories
You appauded the doctrine and declared il
just and right.
Your masters said sla 'ery must be abo-
ished
You cried loud against "the accursed in>
stitution
| Your masters said the negroes we're an in
ferior race, and should not be placed on an
equality with the whites.
You adduoed strong arguments to prove
that negroes should never have the right to
vote or hold Office.
! Your masters declare the blacks equal to
the whites.
| You curse all who dare to insinuate that
God created one race inferior to another.
Your: r:masters protested friendship for the
poor man.
You were eloquent against the expressions
Of the rich.
Your masters exempted the bonds held by
rich men from taxation.
You swallowed their opinion and pro-
nounced it good.
Your masters told you that you belonged
to the dscency party.
| You strutted in style and sneered at the
hard-6sted son of toll
| Your masters now say yol are no better
than negroes,
You bow in humble submission to their
decree, wallow in the African mire and de.
clare it good
You are the slave of corrupt men An
instrument used by knsves to promote selfish
ends. You have no principle. No stability:
No minds Of your own. Like the weather.
cock, you turn as the winds Of your masters
blow upon you.
We respect political opponent who dares
to act independently and seeks to do right.
The man who, like an old fiddle can be
made to play any tune we despiss,
Ii you are in favor of the burdens of gov
ernment being equally distributed as its
blessing, say so, and act accordingly.
Ifyou consider yourself better than a mig
ger, speak out and act for the interest oi
white men.
Don't wait for the whip to crack over your
back to drive you into the party traces
Act the man. Act independently. 1t will
beget respect, - Holmes County Farmer