The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-11-21

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The Chicago RepublicQn seems 90 have
lhc penehaHt to read but one Mind Of news
paper reports Of elections. aud, necessarily
but one Kind Of newspaper reports OF tie
peculiar characters, antecedents. Sc, OF the
eject. The other day that liehly moral-rc-
form Inflated organ of radicaism suggest
ed that "Whcthcr under the clause which I.
allows Congress 70 judge ot ihc qualiiica- /
tions' OF rs owa members hcy lave not
the powerto adjudge that either muir ,
derer, horse thief professional Samhler'
prize fighter. n pickpockct or FARO
dealer Is not morally qualified TO represent
any District In Congress
CA this suggcstiou the indianapolis Har-
dd comes hacl--and We suggest whether
lis tone Is IN an absolutely "loyaln spirit
for IL says;
This censorship, we presume, is only TO
be exercised over Democratic members.
Chandler rmay be a drunken set along with
Sprague and Yates; Stevens a confirmed
! gambler and the paramour of negro
1 Wcneh; Orth. a successful spocuRtor IN
! whisky, enhanced In price after purchase
| BY iudiciouS legislation; while hordes OF
]
and plundcr the Government by corrupt
| Iiobbhg. Itsall right, so long as they are
Iloyal. The doctrine of the republican
amounts To simply this; That Congress
Imay exclude any member whose political
opinions are distastelul
! This Is cruel enough, in all moral form
conscience. but. when there is no certainty
that q universal amnesty Proclamation
may be issued upon tile National ESeeu-
tive; where habels co,pas may still be not
issued; where Dry Tormgas is still surf
bound and the christian gentleman of the
War Office holds the keys TO that "lnterno,
what Judgment, or fate should be visited on
the doubly-distilled "Coppcrhead' Of the
Hartford Times for such cruelty as this
lFrom the Hartford lCt.) rimes.l
Two Facts and an Inference.
! 1t IS the opinion of the Ioupoi ~ Com
| Dierce that the nomination Ofsuch a charac-
ter rs John Morrisscy for Congress, defeat
cd the Democracy of New York. Says that
paper:
! "Democrats may rest assured that Tam
| many Iall defeated Holman. The nom-
nation of one man for Congress here chang
cd more then ten thousand votes IN the
| State
This may be true. We do not know. II
it. Is true, il cannot be denied that il is a le-
| Ultimate result. Such II nomination is 10
| be condemned ut any timp-beiOre or after
an election; and it does not in any respect
change or mclOratc The character of the
| proceeding that such nominee IS elected.
I But what we wish to call attention TO. In
| this matter is the fact that while q dis
| graceful nomination for Congress costs the
| Democracy thousands OF votes la the state
| Of New York, n still more disgracctul one
in Massachusetts,. by the Republicans, does
not seem to cause that party to lose sim
gle vote!
Morrissey is said to be- In his persoal re-
LltiOns nuddemeauor, a gentleman. He is,
or has been, gambler; and once he was "a
pugilist. But he is not q Mief Nor does
he get drunk Moreover, If placed in COM
mand of conquered people. he would
S'orn to seize and appropriate the funds of
business houses, the agricultural prOduc-
tiunS of estates. or the silVCr-wHrc of the
women. to his own use and benefit. He
wOuld not, for Instance steal the silver
caudlcsticks from church affairs. We doubt
If he would even open the tombs (ior he is
not enough of hyena for that Of COnfcd-
crate soldiers in Il vain search for hidden
treasure; nor, indeed, could we expect him
to insult and delame the whole female pop
ulation, by II public libel and an
= outrageous military orGer--nor even
| 10 mike u pUDllC boiN>J llldl 1T
ihad succecdedf In making woman
, go down upon her knees before him. Yet
While Morrissey is said to bear himself like
gentleman, and is known to scorn n thief
his nomination loses to the Democrats some
) thousands ofvotes. But in neighboring
State the public see the Republican party
electlng to Congress, By their JiW cote, {
man who Is known to be more disreput
able character than Morrisscy ever WAS
one who has become millionaire by shame
1, less and notorious robbery and who TO-
3 day stands convicted by the officially -givel
testimony, in Congress, of one of his col
: leagues. Of having been engaged in plots o
/ wholes4e robbery Of the Government il
whose hiltary service he was acting. Thi
mau, thus convicted, gets the full vote 0
fhis party.
. What Il the inference to be drawn frou
1 two such facts as these? And what bear
. ing has it upon the character of the tw
parties Does IL bear ont the libelous as
r sertiou of the i,adical press, that the Demo
: cratic party is chiefly made up Of thievo
aud loatcrs? or the pharisaical claim tina
, their Radical opponents possess sail the in
! telligence and all the morality" ?"
= PcLTTTCAg. EeIGHAM.