The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-01-15

from the editor Of the La Crosse Democrat,
possesses not only local but general inter-
est.
DAYTON, ONO, January 3, 1867.
NJ. NJ. PoMERoY, ESQ.,
La Crosse, VS..
Dear Sir-.Yours Of the 3Ist ult, with
the card enclosed, have just received, and
viii answer Il lmpromptu.
As TO your first inquiry Congress, i'm my
opinion, has no more Constitutional power
10 "territorializen the "seceded States"
(so-called) than 20 make territories
of Ohio or Wisconsin. Neither has any
other department OF the Federal Govern
ment nor all departments combined The
states made the Federal Government, In
the beginning; but now the fable of Saturn
is reversed and the child devours the
parent.
As to your second mquiry-the probable
result IL the radical scheme be carried out
or attempted"-pardon me a little Latin
'de Cdrthdghe sdtius est silere QVdm pdrtm
deere" Only general results, at the most,
can be foreseen by the wisest of mortals.
and In these dark times, when every lesson
OF history and every law of God, of man,
LOT political economy and Of finance, seem
70 be broken with impunity. and when
either folly or treachery, or cowardice, or
all three together. thwart the wisest, most
honest most patriotic plans for the public
good have ceased even to speculate rs to
the future much do venture to proph-
esy. Yet I think that had the pro-
gramme for the political campaign of 1866,
as agreed upon, formally, at Washington
In April and May last. been honestly, cour-
ageously and vigorously carried out, in
stead of being set aside, for that cOmbina-
! ton Of procured abortion and accidental
miscarriage, the Philadelphia Conventional
August 18th, we should have had as great n
victory in the fall elections, as we suffered
decisive defeat. As it is, | fear that the
last hope of THE REACTION persisted then.
and that the "Great American Revolution of
1867 must now 90 on unchecked, till
either it shall have overturned totally i'm
form, as already substantially in fact. that
grand old FEDERAL REPUBLIC which our
fathers set up; substituting in its stead,
'imperialistic despotism, under the shadow
of the name and form and the cant of free
institutions; or have preclpitated a couu-
ter-revolution, through which, by the ex-
piation Of fire and blood, and suffering it
may be, the American people shall recover
that light, free, cheap system of govern
ment which they so eagerly and reck-
lessly have thrown away. All this, in
deed, was implied by the late civil war
for the Union'-when 1t commenced; and
for one, have no neto quarrel with radi-
to attain the natural, legitimate, and in /
evitable results of changing our system
from q government of consent to a govern |
ment of coercion or force. At the same |
time am not prepared to compete with |
them in the race of radicalism and If |
were, | should aim at that which alone |
could command success; to "Out-herod |
Herod and 90 at one bound. so far |
beyond its present demands. that even Re- /
publican radicalsm would stand aghast. | :
should 'cut undern so deep that no clover
deep could be found or fathomed. For. in |
good sooth. am not one of those who de-
lude themselves with the vain notion, that |
by yielding one-half the other can be made
secure. Such "sops to Cerberus' never
silence the triple headed dog of fanaticism.
And there Is but one way to deal with a
revolution either 20 go with it totally. and
ahead OF it, ortight it every inch and crush
it. We hitherto have not so fought the |
battle, and by consequence, we have gone |
down before the bold, dashing charge of
the Black knight with his visor up. And 1
so it has ever been; and so it will ever be,
world without end. can not add. Amen.
it "sticks In my throat" For still would
remember the sublime old Roman max
i'm, and never despair of the Republic; for
even now, with more than eight hundred
millions of paper money, having no other
basis than credit upon credit, four ply, and
a taxation, State and Federal, (or ImperiaD l
quite equal in amount, am not sure that
''blessed stranding" in the way of finance,
might not, at any moment, prove the very
of the ship in her last lurch. For,
as NJ. Guizot in his History of Cromwell,
observes: "ltis by exhaustion
and necessity that God imposes justice and
good sense upon nations"
Meantime. however, deriving such salts
iaetion-and 1t is both great and sweet-as
springs from the recent decisions of the
Supreme Court of the United States. con-
victig Abraham Lincoln aud his Admins
istration, of high crime against che Consti-
tuition and public and private liberty, con- ,
fine myself chiefly-having no cabbage
garden to cultivate, especially during the /
present cold snap-to the studies and labors 5
of my profession, and am content Just now
to look on in politicsand awaitwith faithand Q
patience, the work of Time, the Corrector l
and Avenger.' Two suggestions, Only,
would make, most respectfully:
lst. Ought we not forthwith to begin to
agitate for a CONVENTION OF ALL THE STATES,
to meet and adjust upon the basis of
the fundamen al principles of the old Con-
stitution and Union, the new and mOmen-
tous questions. and the altered condition of
things. arising out of the late war? and If ,
the bargain" which our fathers made for I
the sake of securing Union and Federal 4
Government at all, is to be set aside under
pretence of establishing exact Justice and
equity, and States are to be dealt with as
the mere creatures of the Federal will and
pleasure, and divided, consolidated and
moulded to suit the fashion of the hourand 1
the interests of those who can secure and !
hold the power, is it not good time now, to
demand that the gross inequityofthe present ,
senatorial representation should give way
to equality before the law" and that in |
re-settling the great question of suffrage ]
upon the theory of ''impartiality," three
millions of Yankees shall no longer be :
permitted 10 vote twelve Senators, while d,
three millions of Buckeyes are graciousIy 1
allowed TO vote but two Would New {
England. think you. see the point? y
I'd. Without single representative man, J
to whom all defer, in any department of /
the Federal Government, or anv State !
Government N the North or West. and /
without even general committee ALWAYS ! !
In session, and having the confidence of /
the party, and therefore without any means l
10 give uniformity. concert and prompti- s
Jude to the opinions and actions of the !
Democratic party, upon the sudden and /
very grave questions, which, in the midst {
Df revolution. every day brings forth to !
perpleX and divide, what that party needs !
most now, is it not tirst-class daily news I
paper, say at Washington-like the old |
Washington GlObe-secure on its pecuni-
lry foundation, totolly Democratic in its