Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-05-09
Who Is RealIonsIbl.i

Democrats. They make no specific charges
that we have seen, but charge, upon "gen-
eral principles that rIembers of tho
Democratic party, in concert with the Con-
federate leaders, counseled the murder of
Lincoln, The charge is, of course, false.
cowardly, malignant, and leyilish. There
is not the least semblance Of truth in the
accusation. The authors of it know this.
and it is simply made to cover up their
own infamy. Tho truth is, that the only
threats of assassination, and the only jus.
tiGcation Of it. has come from abolition
Sorrces alone.
We published few days ago, an OK
tract from the correspondence of a certain
Deacon Gray, to the Columbus journal,
which appeared in that paper on the 9th
of August, 1894 The Deacon. at the
time. was Qunrtcrmaster in the army.
We reprint what he said as follows;
81 like the spirit OF the Major in command
OF the Goth Ohio When in his presence the
question was presumptIously asked, Shall We
eventually have TO COMPROMISED He turned
with withering look and snid, 4 entered this
campaiPn with over 500 men, to-day | can
muster 1872, and tell you that it the Presi-
dent hints even nj compromise there are
| | 92 dssdsSiHs IN D,y command ready 10 march,
solitary and alone, 10 the White House We
irish our friends at home had this spirit
tis the spirit of the Federal army, who bear
the burden
Here was direct and pnlpable threat of
ASSASSINATION" in case the President
even "hnted" at compromise"
And the Columbus journal, the paper
in which the above threat of assassination
appeared, Immediately after the Presidents
death, contained this significant para
graph;
"While the tragic manner 'of his taking of.
! fills every mind with horror and indignation,
yet had il been left to NJ Lineons most par.
| lia friends to select the time for his laying
down the sceptre of authority and rendering
his IN, 1tal audit, they Day"could scarce have
selected an hour more auspicious for his fame
than that in which he so unexpectedly met his
late, -Sea
This is, to say the least, a tacit endorse
men. OF the crime oil the assassin
But this is not ALL One Charles II.
Drake is n leading member of the Mis-
souri Constitutional Convention, lie is a
radical-an abolitionist. AS will be seen
by the following from the st. Louis An
zeiger, of the 29th of April, he expressed
the opinion that under certain circumstan-
ces the assassination of President Lincoln
was admissible .r,Iii.a aa
ave were not surprised yesterday to sec
,h a nn'Sorns "Se R"o,h j.; " "nor, ~ 1;a C use
stitution. ErE.rs .rfIFf
"But in doing so Mr. Drake bns entered n
6eld containing onito necnIiar dan,ers far
ti,naelf Has he iorpotten his furions snnech
If The 2stb of January. wherein he nrea hoJ
,be assassination of the Prcsident nnder csr.
tain contingencies We have not forgotten
that sneecb nor have the people iorgotlen !,
The nresent day Is not n proper occasion m
aIlnde further to this matter, But Mr.. Drake
may be sure that his speech of the 2slh of
IJnnnary will be submitted to the peonle ot Tho
nroner time The 'Brntus of whom this
reckess demagogue spoke on the 2sth Of
January, in Mercantile Library Hall, has not
been iorgo''e"' T'5mpfN
The "certain contingencies" under
which Drake thought the ASSASSINATION of
the President Justiiiable,were that he would
conclude peace by which the rebels would
|, II Ion;o .l IL.
nave 100 ihuch iehiehcy SHOWN 'neh'