Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-06-28
from The rhnadslFhis Ass.l
LiVing Issues OGGhe TImea.

General d. S GoodIoe, Of Kentucky, re-.
Gently addressed n letter to Elk Governor
Magofin OF that Conmonwea,h stating that
he had been Informed that the ex Governor
WAS in favor OF the constitutional amendment
abolishiug slavery, congratuating him upon
the tact, ard requesting him to address the
people Of Kentucky on this important ques-
| ton, az such times and places as would suit
his convenience In reply. ex Governor
| Magoln declines to address his fellow oiti--
zens as requested, on account OF press OF
/ private business, but offers the following
words OF advice 10 the people Of his State
/ "The people ought to be deeply interested in
acting upon living issues, and Of saving what
there is left Of the Consiitution-the govern
ment OF our fathers. tried to save it al
Just as il came to us from their hands, and
was expounded by the courts but, as this
cant be done let US preserve all that is left Of
il, outside oil the niger, aud we shall thus
have, if we succeed, the best government on
earth"
This is sound and sensible Let the pas.
bury its dead. The living issues are the ones
which call upon patriotic men for action at
this time. There are unconstitutional mill
tary tribunals TO be broken up, and those who
act under them punished by civil law the
great writ OF hdbeas corpus is to be restored
the tax lava are to be modified and amended;
the tariff question is to be decided; the re-
construction plan TO be put in operation, and
the States once more bound together by the
ties Of concord and equal and exact justice TO
all. These are living issues, and they ate
comprehensive enough to ill the mind ofthe
patriot aud tex his energies TO the utmost,
without searching for other issues among the
the debris of the past.
/ As a political power the negro thould be
dismissed from the minds of the people He
| is still to be cared for ia the broad and ca
tholc spirit of Christian benevoonce But
the action Of wise, patriotic men, in political
sense, and looking 10 the welfare Of the couu-
try at this crisis, should and will be "outside
Of the negro" and directed to saving the
Constitution, and supporting that man or
party which will administer the government
in strict accordance with its teachings The
issues ofthe times are for white men to meet,
they point to wbi mems interests, and are
closely identified with the great problem OF
selEgovernment, not only in this country but
in all parts Of the world We have shown the
nations Of the old world what we can do 10
the way Of destruction; now let us accept as
wise men, the issues that events have forced
upon as, aud exhibit ar ability TO recreate, to
reconstruct on scale Commensurate with
our ability to tear down,
That party will succeed best in republic
which comes the nearest to the wants Of the
masses, and the masses at this time are clam
oriug for wise, patriotic action upon living
issues. They wish the States reunited under
the Constitution in order that the country may
prosper They do not wish the old and de-
ceying carcasses Of negro agitation to be
dragged into the political arena to disgust and
distract the people, Leave the freedman
alone to work out his future, and let white
men save the Constitution and the Union
the government of our fathers 1t may be
battered and defaced, but the duty Of patriots
to save 1t is the same, and must be performed
to the exclusion of mere personal or partisan
aggrandizement