The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-03-08

of Northern labor. This hill totally ig-
nores the Southern States a. being In the
Union. and the Southern people as having
any rights under the Constitution with
this bill rs law and In operation, and fol-
lowed up by the constitutional amendments
proposed, the work of dlsunion would be
complete and permanent.
IL would have prostratcd the whole ag-
riculturnl system OF the South destroyed
ia commerce aud the revenue OF the Gov
ernment and Increased the public debt,
pcrhnps one hundred millions OF dollars
yearly. By the veto Of this bill the plans
Of the disuniOnists are, for the time being
broken up. The work of the whole session
has come to naught, and their motives are
exposed 10 she public view fresidentJohh-
son has denounced these workers OF disun-
ion In the following language; ~ have
fought traitors and treason In the South.
| opposed the Davlscs and TOOnbscs, the
Sndells aud a long list of others whose
names need not repeat; and now when |
turn round, at the other end Of the line |
find men, care not by what name you call
them in voice call them traitors1 who still
stand opposed to the restoration OF tho
Union Of the States. Aud | am free 10 say
TO you, that am still for the preservation
of this compact; ! am still In favor uf this
great Government Of ours going on and
following out Its own destiny. "A voice,
give us the namcs.'l A gentleman calls
for their names; well suppose should
give them. A voice, we know thcm'J l
look upou them, | repeat II, rs President or
citizen, as much opposed TO the fundamental
principles of this Government, and believe
they are as much lahoring to prevent or
destroy them, as were the men who fought
against us. A voice, what are their
namcsYl | say Thaddeus Stevens Of
Pennsylvania, tremendous applnusel; |
= .I.ss aH.1,
say Wendell Phillips and others of the same
stripe all among them
That their leaders brought on the war
that while one danger TO the Union has
been thwnrtcd, another equally great IL
threatening from the Abolltionists of the
North. must excite the reflection Of every
lover Of his country. If tho Hartford Com
vcntion has merited the odlum Of three
generations, may not this Congress merit,
aud will Il not receive, at the hauds Of the
people an immortality of inMmy. Free
dom. Union. peace and prosperity are be-
ing sacrificed on the altar Of negro fanati-
cism.
Both our interests and common patriot.
IN demand that the people shall oppose
Tie scheme Of their leaders. To destroy
eleven States, aud hold them In vassalage
to make "A negro pauper-lnilrmary out of
the South, aud poor ilind out ofthc Treas
ury Of the United States 10 place the ne
gro on an equality with the white man; TO
give TO reasonable faction the negro
race ~ AN immense engine of fraud; TO
pcrpetunte in power those who have fat
Dcncd on the public msfOrtunes TO Increase
the public debt; TO foster Eastern monopoly
and oppression; to destroy the means OF
revenue IN one half of the Union; 10
change the Constitution for the purposes In
view, can not but degrade, impoverish,
cnslave aud ruin the whole people, but like
sectional ianaticism, and ambition and Of
lcial extravaganza, be hurled from power
let the Union be preserved intact let the
southern States revive their industry and
restore their wealth. and lot each State pro-
vide for Its own poor and control its own
system of labor; let this Government for
ever remain Government OF white pco-
pie; let the public debt be placed upon the
whole pcople-rich as we'll rs poor--accor-
ding 10 valuation Of property; let labor
aud production be untrammeled, and the
ruins of the war will sOon disapper, and
the people again be prosperous and happy.
It can not be possible that n people who
rave sacrificed 80 much 10 save the Union
are nj last TO see II overtbrown In the name