The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-02-23
THE DAILY EMPIRE.
IA. H. ROBINSON,
PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR.
A Warming.


their watchword--are forging chains fo,
the frcomen of the North. -
The undoubted evidence of n project 70,
| virtually subvcrting free government i'm
the United States under the pretence o
periecting h-a project for stripping all
popular franchise of every thing but the
name, under pretense of extending II Ia
| negroes--admonishes all Of us to hasten tc
| hear whatever may expose the secret mo-
| tives, and thus Illustrate the abomnablr
designs of tyrannical few who, i'm the
intoXicatlon of power, dare to compass the
lannihilation of the sovereignty of the peo-
| pie.
There IS such purpose on foot. There
Is no doubt of 1t. The scheme Is to add ia
their respective support, at their Northern
homes the support of the whole South.
through the negrOes--ths is to be effected
| by treating as disloyal all who withhold
their applause. They count upon all the
jsympathies of modern civilization, for all
would be done in the great names of free
dom, phllanthrophy, protection and pro-
| gress. The system once established no
human power could stand before it, until,
| III the course of ages, it should yield to
some popular frenzy like the French revo-
| luton.
! such political monopoly would back
its Intolerance of party opposition by the
military arm, and TO prevent all disaflection
there, the soldiery would be negroes. The
doctrine at the bottom of all this is delib-
crate reputation by the class of usurpers
i IN question of the dogma of the soyer-
eighty of the people, and their habitual
and contemptuous declaration in private
/ conversation that self-goUanment is a fda-
ufe, and popular suffrage hHD,b1tg Said
one the other night, THE strongest wills
must govern, and il is only q question
whose are the strongest" Soldiers of the
Union! Is this what you have fought for |?
The general plan, as we have said, of this
high-handed faction, is to enthrone them
selves like the Thirty Tyrants of Athens,
aud keep up perpetual majority in all the
branches of the Government, by proscrib-
ing all opposition as disloyal and enforcing
the discrimination with n negro army.
Once fairly established, only a successful
revolution could overthrow It. But to In
itiate involves certain practical steps, and,
we alHloqsly hope, an insuperable obstacle.
Bgt this depends apon thepeople. s.<
In the first place, no action is to be
aken on the claims of individual members
elect TO Congress from the South, but
that whole section Is excluded simply
by non-action. This is to continue. But
the rights of negroes and refugees of the
south are alleged to be the principal busi-
ness of the session. Therefore this Con-
gress may be said TO profess to compromise
HI.
indeed to he little else than II legislature
for the South, though no negro and refiI-
gee elections have been yet carried on, IL
is obvious that the fact makes no practical
difference. But it Is very necessary 10 the
scheme that the formality should hereafter
be regularly gone through with. and that
there should he means Of cOercing the
hSecuttue to enforce the requisite proScrip-
ton from time to time. lloncc the reyo-
lutionary bills, gotten up under pretence of
meeting the obvious occasion for some pro-
ylsional and temporary regulative ma
chlncry whereby TO conserve the freedom of
the negro until the normal relations of soci-
ETY. and of States to the Federal Government
shall have had time TO settle; but containing,
w elaborate antiquities and novel and
alarming provisions, q virtual repeal Of the
Constitution Of the United States
Without amendments which cut of these
odious features the people have In his rec
ord sufficient assurance that the President
viii not approve such bills. VIII then force |
This revolutionary iegisldtiOnp The answer
depends on the people. The appropriation
bills are yet to act on. The financial legis-
lation, so urgently necessary, has scarcely |
been begun. A hundred forms in which |
the corporation of Congress is necessary Ia
the Executive are yet in the control Of the |
former. The immense stake of the North |
in the commercial and financial legislation |
OF this session is totally neglected. The
North, aching under the public debt and an
unsettled revenue system, Is practically
tctthout representation IN Congress, Southern
negroes are seemingly the only constitu-
encY.
We have said we solemnly warn the peo-
plo. We tell them that a crisis Is coming |
which can be forfendcd by their simply |
taking heed and lifting their mighty voice /
of command in support Of the Uuion.
Let meetings, therefore be held all over
the North and West, with an indignant
disregard of party and party names, TO
shout into the ears of recreant Representa-
tives and proclaim to the world their sense
Of the inestimable sanetity of civil suprenl- (
acy, their loyalty TO the grand old Union |
for which they have suffered so much, and q
their readiness to sustain the Chief Magis- ,
trate in firmly and faithfully fulfilling the
lofty trust TO which the people have sworn
him, against the Internal plot of revolu-
tiOnary cabal