The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-05-14

The 1t. louis Democrat (Ridica), in
speaking Of the Kentucky election and the
opinions Of Kentucky Democratic papers
relative TO the Southern people aud the
military dcspotlsm under which they have
been placed by the Bumpers, says;
1.-THE Kentucky rebels can elect such a
Governor and congressman as they please
they enjoy constitutional rights aud repre-
seutati0u, and rave no military command
ors To make them behave. The Southern
States do not happen to enjoy these luxu-
ries. They have elected Governors, but
they do not stay elected. They have sent
Congressman 10 Washington, hut they came
back again without waiting for the close Of
the session. They long for some coustitu-
tioual rights Of their own, but having
thrown away all they had by secession.
they find hat they rave no constitutional
right whatever, except 10 be governed by
military commanders
And the Louisville Courier responds:
Can IL be possible that any man who
can write so loosely Of the total oNtiuguish-
mcnt Of the liberties of eight millions Of
free born white men and women, ever had
or has now the slightest respect for rcpub-
lican institutionsY
The things the kentucky Democrats
can do, the people Of the other States have
the same right TO do. They are entitled to
the same constitutional rights, and are only
dcblrrcd from their enjoyment by military
force. The military commanders put over
them " 20 make them behave have no more
authority, under the Constitution which
made this 70 government, To be there than
would an Empe. ~ or Grand Duke. The
Governors elected by the people of the
Southern States, IL Is true, do not stay
elected" but that is not because they have
II ...sgEts ---I .4.g.lA -. .e..v ,1aaN
ed.n Our form OF government recognizes
the right Of the people to elect them, and
their right to serve out their terms, and
nothing but glazing usurpatiou, based upon
the most pllpablc violation Of the letter rs
well Is the spirit Of our institutions, could
prevent them from It..
Tho doctrine announced by the editor,
that the Southern people have thrown
away all they had by secession and that
they have no right whatever except to be
governed by military commanders" is
mouSlrouS, and finds no warrant anywhere,
except i'm the Usurpcd power to impose IL
upOu n PROSTATE and helpless people. 1t is
rcpuguaut TO every theory of liberty and
ut war with those principles of republican
ism upon which our institutions are based.
10 is the argument of dcspotism, and will
not long be tolerated in either section OF
our Government, for our people have been
accustomed to liberty, and they will have
It., Even those Who now look with indit-
ference upon the frequent encroachmcnt'
upon our institutions will ultimately tax,
the alarm, and then n long farewell to sucl
doctrines as those upon which we are com
mcnting and the dangerous practices whisl
have grown out of them
The remarks of the Courier are well
timed and to the point. The editor of tn,
Democrat, to whom the Courier alludcs
like many others of the same elias
Of demagogueS and mountcbanks, hat
his price, as is evidenced by the Ian
guugc Of that journal now, and that which
il made use Of before and mt the beginning
OF the late civil war. Tho doctrine an
nouuced by the Democrat that the South
ern people had Thrown away all they ha
by secession is moustrOus, indeed, and /
the face of resolutions passed by the Rum
Congress, to the effect that they were t
be restored to 'all the dignity and equalit
OF the other States Il direct, downrigl
lie, either on the part of the Democrat or o
the part of the Rump Congress, 1t matter
not which, for both have lied time and tin
again, relative to the rights, privileges an
condition Of the Southern States and ii
Southern people. In fact, the Radios
Rump party itself has been from the b,
ginning, and is yet, u great lie, and a frau
upon the American people.