The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-01-28
"Congress. Not n Congress-. .

Under the above caption we find most
excellent article in the Ola Guard, relative
TO the powers Of Congress and the jurisdic-
tion OF the Supreme Court OF the United
States, and so pointedly expressive Of our
own views is it upon that subject, that we
feel IL would be almost criminal In us not
to present at lcastits concluding paragraph
for the consideration aud earnest thought
of the Democracy Of this section.
The question particularly referred to by
the writer in the conclusion of his article
is the .bill to supercedc some of the State
governments by act Of Congress, aud hel
says:
.Suppose Congress should pass bill toI
take ali the white girls, between the age OF
sixteen and twenty. and give them. by
force TO upurOes tor wives mot entirely an
unsupposablc thing, We fear). and the Su-
preme Court should declare It constltu-
tional. would IL be ldtC? just as much So
as a bill to supercede some ofthe state Gov
ments by act of Congress. A people VINO
would allow Congress to pass such
an act aud afterwards permit those who
voted for IL TO walk about the streets with
their heads on their shoulders, would sub
init to the other bill, and would deserve 10
have their daughters torn from them ana
HlNRn TO negroes. 10 lllt DfbhAb VI hiAho
country propose to submit II 10 the Su-.
preme Court. or to any other body under
heaven, to saw whether The free Institutions
established by our fathers shall all be
thrown down. and whole states OF white
men and women reduced To condition OF
vassalage, under the domination of ne
groes? In Gods name, we say no; at
least. not without struggle, such as the
world never saw beforel If the American
people are such dogs that they would pa
tently submit TO the revolutionary and
abomnable acts proposed by Congress,
then, TOR one, we have no country
and acknowledge no countrymen. we
know how to despise, but God forbid that
we should ever learn to live cOntentedly,
among such a people. Nor would we for
give the blood that flows in our veins. If it
did not burn like fire to see the people sit
so patiently and so stupidity still, while
such a liberty--dC rroying resolutions Is
going on 1t is with relentless and a
terrible revolution that we have TO deal
now. And we are counseled to wait, to see
what the Supreme Court has to say about
it! In the meantime the rope is being ad-
justed around the neck OF the Republic =!
Wait! The assassin is at your door his
hand is on your shoulder! Wait! On,
sluggard, and coward. and degenerate ot-
spring of a once honorcd, but now disgraced
ancestry! Wait. until tits too late to proclaim
to the world that you are a freeman Wait
until your poor country, mongrelized. Is
seen sinking out of existence through the
back door of miscegenation! Do we hear
a sluggard's voice, creeping feebly up,
through the loud bombast of revolution,
and timdly asking Johut shall zoe do? There
is one thing which the most fearful and
irresolute can do, and. that is to organize!
Organize, in every school district. in every
assembly district, i'm every county, in every
State OF the Union. 1t is thus that the revo-
lutionary LOYAL League is organized, and
to this organization are the revolutionists
indebted largely for their success. -
The elements of greatest strength arc on
our side; but they are scattered, morgan
lied, and therefore not available. Organ
iZe these elements.n
Yes, organize! Let the word be passeC
along the line. \ prompt, thorough anC
effective organization may save our coun
try much misery and woe. Pass the word
organize. Prompt action will serve to con
vince the consprators in Congress that tn
people are girding themselves for tn
struggle that is to hurl the STEvENsEs, tn
BUTLERs, the AsHLEYs, and their co-work
ers, from the places they have so FOUL
polluted, and it may check them in thei
devilish work of destruction and preven
the necessity of resort to other mean
than the ballot box to preserve for pos
terity that form of government secured a
the cost of so much blood and treasure, an
entrusted to our keeping as an inheritanc
for those who are to come upon the stag
of action after we have passed from eartt
Organize, organize, and pass the wor
along.