The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-07-17
The Assassination of President
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The Assassination of President
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A Yankee men,bcr Of Conptcss, from
Mass, writes from Washington tohls paper,
the Worcester SPY thata movement is now
on foot at the Capital to provide a new
Prcsidene Of the Scnatc--that contin-
genoy may arise 10 demand II, the ''deofh, -
the "insanityt" OF the removal by i'm
peachment, - othcrqotse, Of the present
Presldentr' He says:
eThe President pro tom. of the senate
becomes the acting President until a new
QUE can be chosen, Mr. Poster, the prer
cent inctimlent, II an admirable preAilihg
officer. He Is verv deficient In a quality
essential 10 these times, aud such cOntin-
gency-l mean courage. lie has shown this
Enthusiastically"
misinterpreted it poiuts, uamistAkably, to
the Radical dlsruptionists, attempting the
displacement Of the PresidehtLby SIN
parchment, Il they can effect II, by his In
sanity, if they can establish it; by "or
othertoise'--death, by whatever means, eif
another BooTr can be fo0hd!
And, 70 provide for such desperate and
hazardous exigcncy, courage" must be Sc
curcd--courage IN the ruling ofileDf Of the
Senate who viii nfllteriuglyse execute the
tyranical edicts Of the conspiratorsl
IL needed not q letter bum the Ncw1gng-
land member 10 adm0nish the country that
the desperate partizans, who are now conv
spring TO perpetuate Black Republican
rule, We're not only anticipating but have
long been preparing FOR this new phase of
violence. II was broadly limited at, several
weeks since, and during that period all the
movcmcutsIof the leaders but pointed more
cmphaiically TO this one conclusion--tle
President must be Disposed Qf-"rEAcEAnLY,
II THEY CAN, FoRCIBLY ~ rHEN MUsrlp
Let the friends of the ,chole Union be on
the watch. such a desperate disease rs
this rampant Radicalism. needs desperate
remedies : in tracing rapidly the history
of the two leading parties In the bloody
French Revoutlon-the Glrondins and
Jacobins--and contrasting the internal do
ings OF the latter party with the charac-
ter of American Radicalsm, the Cincin-
natl Enquirer runs this parallel:
The Jacobin spirit Is fully Infused into
the Radicals who are now seeking 10 gain
all power In the United States. They Ike
the Jacobins, delight IN blood and confis-
cation Like the Jacobns, their political
system is based upon cruelty and blood
Like them, they have but one principle OF
action, and that is their individual and fac
tlon interest, which, 70 gain, they will sac
rifce every earthly consideration. With
them, as with the Jacobins, difference Of
opinion is crime TO be expiated by the
severest penalties. Their leaders like the
Jacobins, prate Of Liberty aud Equality,
while they are really establishing the most
bloody and atroeiOus despOtlsm. Charles
Summer, in his pedantry, in his a1lectatlon
In his political malice and enyenOmed Bit
terness--even in his .cOwardiee and per
sonal habits-may not be inaptly
compared 10 IsObespierre. Wendell Phil
lips, in his savage ferOcity Of frankness,
and in the enormity of his demands, has
taken pattern after Marat, who demanded
two hundred thousand heads for the French
guillotine. II was the custom of the Jaco
bins TO obtain majorites In the Assembly by
excluding their colleagues from its benches
and by raids OF violence upon the chamber.
Our Jacobins have pursued the same policy
ofexclusion, and by its means are doini-
nant In the National councils to-day.
They are now Matching dark conspiracies
against the executive branch of the Gov
ernment aud are considering means by
which they can depose him from authority,
and then commence another reign OF terror.
Their motto is that of Danton, and can be
expressed in one word, audacity! There
have been those who have ever doubted
Whether they would take this or that step
but they have never hesitated, but have
moved straightforward in their career of
usurpation and violence. They do not in-
tend now to stop midway, and will not, by
any appeals to argument and reason. They
have passed far beyond that. Within the
last four or five years they have fully do
velOped their policy, and we know what It
Is The Conservatives In meeting them
must not play the part of the Girondins.
They must act as well as talk. They must
meet organization with organization, and,
If there is 10 be revolution, they must take
the initiative In II. II is better to have
just revolution than an unjust one.