The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-01-24
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and the man whom God app1inted as his
deputy Ito be the first among his country
men, aud inspired with an unconquerable
longing to fCilAll his mission" ,...t
The time has come 20 us in the grand and
final struggle with the cohorts of ianaticism
when, IL We would conquer, the Democ-
racy must assume the offensive. III we
would take Richmond, we must throw away
our baggage and march 70 the sea. Let us
change oif tactics; letiis go back to the old
Jaeksohan strategy let us speak It out in
right names; let us charge the enemy, in
front IN flank, IN rear; and, like the great
Frederick, fight every Where aud fight all the
time. The pulpit, the tract, the society, the
lecture, the fair, the banquet, the magazine
the pictorial art, science, poetry, literature,
and all the other appliances which instruct,
amuse or move mankind, we must no longer
surrender up to our enemies. And above
all, let them now learn that IL Is their turn
to receive blOws--ours to give; and hence
forth let us move forward To the battle cry,
charge, Chester, charge on, stanley, ,onl"
Then shall we again triumph as in the
time When Ohio spoke in tile Senate and
was heard, in the voice and person of her
adopted but honorcd son, William Al
len. loud cheers There were no ty-
rants then, though there were giants IN
the earth in those days; but they were
giants who fought neither with plucked mp
trees and mountains, nor with the sword,
but with weapons forged in the armOry of
| truth, of reason, of peace aud of love and
their eonquests catised not sigh nor u
| tear, not one saddenCl heart. not one desc
lated home, not one drop Of blood. Theirs
| were the victories of peace, won with the
angels weapon. Sir, it was my good for
/ tune the other night, In my own beautiful
city, in that spleiIdid temple just dedicated,
/ by a iitting priest and with becoming cerc-
| monies, to the drama, 10 hear Edwin For
| rest, that grand Interpreter Of the Tragic
Muse, who. reading between the lines and
penetrating the secret thoughts and in
| tents of the poet summons them forth in
| flesh and blood, instinct with life, till even
| the cold statue brcathes and burns. exclaim
In the great character of Richclieu
| 'rhe pen IS mightior tinn the swordr'
Letrus remember this noble sentiment,
and 50 write and speak and act that our
enemies may crouch and cover before us
as did the conspirators before tile great
statesman of France. Give us back the
good old days of Democratic vig0r and
Democratic triumph the olden time when
| that great party, which bas outlived every
| older anu every younger organization, and
survived even tile shock of revolution and
Iciyil war;. stood then audacious, defiant,
bolligerent and struck as with a herOs
II
went down before IL. Cheers
'supo 80, for the swords Of former days, a't
brrf,.D. for the men who bore them. f.....r
1 ''' Who armed for right, sthllIuey stood,
IL hnr AndtygInts oruuched bGtore them" no
Auspieious omens cheer U.S. mid the grow
i ing ylgQrimd pHgnacity Of, our D9mQcratc
press and d'public Speakers, smack Of coming
| triumph Sparkling In every eye speak
ing from every tongue, beaniing from every
cOuntenanGe, II has the very ring Of assured
I i H.aH leW
us be paticut aud calm of soul, and the
future is ours, The recent past is fill of
Encouragement. Look at the late election in
i Ohio, where, with u sound, bold platform,
and n gallant candidatc-one in whose veins
flows the blood of the earliest of American
martyrs to the liberty of the press, more
/ than sixty years agO-one hundred and
Innety-three thousand fiTemen renewed
their solemn VOWS to Liberty, to the Con-
stitution and to the Union forever. And
to-day the ensign Of Democracy stands flll
4 high advanced, with the augury OF victory
smiling from every fold. alGHa f
4 From another quarter, too. We have hope.
/, Providence, for wise purposes and ehoos-
4 ing fit instrument, commissions the great
enemy of Democmts-antl of souls too, rs
welearn from Holy Writ--tO SOW the tarcs
of discard among our foes. and a bounuiul
harvest will soon be ripe and ready for the
/, reaper. Political artiiice rave us 2 SOUTH
ron, Democrat born and bred,for Vice
! President. "Men propose 3 God dispose
! Providence, in an auspieiOus mOmeuLmade
, him President; for so the loyal prophets
l told us, and does not Providence speak to
and through them y--lnd although we may
a not m3Orse all; though Andrew johnson
q has done or omitted some things for which
; Ihc deserves our most severe and Just con-
:, demnation vet through him, The future is
! full of PROMISE and though some may
5 ccRsure me hero to-night, yet ~ for Inys If
, believing verify that his aim and purpose
= are the Immediate and complete restoration
2 of the lately Conlcderatcd States 70 the
2 exercise of NIL their rights Under the CQn-
! stituti0n, within the Inion,l representation
q included, !. as a member OF the Democratic
party, am ready 10 give him cordial and
o determined support. loud eheers.l
To the exact extent 10 which he shall ad-
II here to the Constitution, restoring the old
n UniOn--I mean the Union founded upon the
|, Federal idea; State lines, state rights. State
4 Sovereignty, the supremacy Of the General
!, IGOvernment within its delegated powers
s and supremacy Of the State Governments
Z within the limits Of their reserved rights
5 he has claim To our support which as
g patriots, we can not deny. Applause !
r However much, and however justly We
q may ut times have trembled aud doubted
: whether lac had nerve enough 10 meet IA,
!, shock of hnaticism rushing like the angry
g surges of the ocean against him, viii no
: question il now---yet woulG that coult
Y whisper in his ear, Change your Cabinet
d aud at once, ii you would not he betrayed
. and would be sayed.' Said he the othel
J day tO u distinguished citizen of Ohio, u,
z longer n resident here, speaking Of the grea
y question Of Reconstruction. and of his pol
] icy in regard 10 il, .My baggage is
T. checked through on that line God grant
4 II, and that he may lose neither his checks
y nor his baggage. Loud cries of Amen, aud