The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-08-10
A llinntin thn FinIh--Wise monI-

A Giant In the Field-Wise mOni-
tiOns from Hon. ThOs. Ewing.
The lengthy letter, addressed by Hon.
Tuos. EwINa, of Ohio, toiIon. Mr.. BRows-
ISo, Of III. which was road Mt the JOHNSON
state ConyontIon, At Columbus, may very
properly be regarded as most significant
sign Of the times. The Ohio Statesman says
Of the writer and the letter;
"Thomas Ewing Is one of the really great
men Of this cOuntry-is so recognized ev-
erywherc. He was great In the United
States Senate, and his power as lawyer Of
pre-eminent ability is acknowledged In the
Supreme Court of the United States. There
is no lawyer who towers above him. In
the Wing party he was always looked upon
with pride, and his spoken words com
manded respect and carried conviction. To
the Democratic party organization be never
gave support. BY public speech, and other
wise. he urged the election of Mr. Lincoln
TO the Presidency In 1850, and throughout
the Presidency Of Mr.. Lincoln he was In
the enjoyment Of confidential relations
with him. To fiji the depleted army, he
made recruiting speeches. We doubt much
whether at any period in his life, Mr.. Ew-
ing was ever friendly to the Democratic
party. Early education, early association,
and whatever prejudice resulted from that
education and ASSOCIATION, caused him con-
tinually to dlverge from the Democratic
party.
TO the world Mr.. Ewing no longer looks
for honors. His apirations tend upward TO
that brighter and better sphere, where the
godly find lasting inheritance. For his
country, however, ne has love-love that
would transmit to those who shall come
after him the blessing of q constitutional
and Republican form Of Government. The
words of such grand old man, in a crisis
| like the one that is now upon the country,
should arrest universal attention. There
is no rant In his letter; there is no levity
in it; but il Is a forcible and masterly ex-
hibition of affairs as they exist. and 1t
points out, with plain dlrectness, the path
In which the American people should
tread. Clearly does he show, by logic the
most powerful. backed up by authority
from the Constitution, that the present
Congress is an Illegal body; that its Civil
Rights bill. its last Freedmen's Bureau bill
and its Constitutional amendment Will not
stand the constitutional test applied
in the Supreme Court of the United
States; that in consideration of this,
and to promote good feeling through
out the country, each and all of
them should be repealed ut the earliest mo-
ment possible. Furthermore he says, 1t Is
his wish that ''the Republican party" '1nay
return to the path of Constitutional recti-
tude." No man can doubt his sincerity in
that wish. Party association would prompt
it, II no other consideration did; but he
can not consent to wish it success, if 1t shall
continue in its reckless disregard "of Con-
stitutional rectitude." Above party success
he puts "the Constitution and the Union"
These he holds to be all important; to their
success he holds every other consideration
subordinate. If, then, the Republican
party and 1.-The Constitution and the Union
can not exist together THAT is, fone or the
other must be Ovcrthrown-he earnestly
desires that the Republican party shall be
overth-own.
'He commends the Philadelphia move
ment heartily, and expects great good to
grow out of it to the country"