The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-04-01
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Il is an old saying that "when thieves taH
ont. honest men get their rights Muir
dor will OUT too. aud If the "Beast Is
nushed too hard by the Bumpers and they
get his blood up, he may turn upon thehl
more fercoly than ever. and . 'aIe unlo'o
that will startlo the American people ana
opcn their eyes as to who Killed LINCOLN
We never did believe that EoorH tool the
life of Mr.. LINCOLN. We ucvcrdid believe,
and do not yet believe. thai Boor' was
shot In the barn, or that MIS-. SuRRArr was
an accomplice Of the parties who dc Nil
IINCoLN: and the accusations made by
BUTLER on the floor Of the House but serve
more fully to confirm us In our belief.
People may laugh at our shcpticismf we
care not, time will develop The truth or
falsity Of our idea as to who killed LINCOLN
sufficient for the present, we do not believe
that JoHN WILKES BooTI: wasthc man who
did the deed. Let the Bumpers and their
subsidized presses, continue to bait the
Beast until he turns still more liercely
upon them, with blood in his eye, if not on
his hands, and charging bone upon them
howl out the names of the guilty parties.
However much we may dcspise the Beast.
we have to admit, and noi only we, but
Others have to admit, that B.N. BUTLER is
one of the most shrewd criminal lawyers in
the country. and when once fairly on the
track of his intended victim, no blood
hound was ever more sure of his game than
he. lie has already given tongue on the
trail, and very able New York cotcm-
porary, the Metropolitan Record, thusspcaks
orthc 'wordy war" between BUTLER and
BINGHAM:
There will be some curious revelations in
Congress during the next session. This
fencing bout between the little busy BIS
gives us a foretastc of what Is coming.
"Coward' on one side. and murderer on
the other, is very good for u beginning.
What next?
SO Mrs. Surratt was murdered! There
we agree with Butler. So Butler was not
a hero, There we agree with Bingham.
In fact, we never felt in such an acqui-
escent frame Of mind rs while reading this
spicy little debate. We agreed heart and
soul with both and had we been there.
and privileged TO speak our mind in that
august assemblagc of all the talent and all
the virtues in the Empire (as it is the
fashion among the lattcr-day Republicans
to call these once United States, we would
have said all that they said in the way of
charge and countcr-charge, and then went
ii better.
Let them handy accusations back and
forth that would disgrace pOthOusc Draw
lers, but which have no more power TO in
iure the shame proof sensibilitieS of our
Radical Lawmakers than duCk-slot has to
penetrate a bOmb-proOf casematc. Let
them throw mud about as they will, they
can no more blackPn each others rcputa-
ton than they could injure It niggcr's com
plcXion by the application of burnt cork.
Let them burst their uoisomc etliuyia, let
the grand battle of the skunks 30 on, and
let them dub each other coward and muir
derer, bears and sneaks, and they will gel
what they are not accustomed to-crc-
dence. The mass of the people will en-
dorse every word they say.
Yes, and then come to believe "a we do
that JOHN WILKES BoorB never killed LIN.
CoLN, and that there are parties yet living
not Il thousand miles from the great RUM
center, who know more about it than die
Mrs. SURRATr. Let men review the files o
newspapers of the date Of ,he death o
LINCOLN, and read the dispatches sent fortl
on the night the deed was done--aud read III,
many different stories HAT were given on.
Immediately thereaner-to be pubiishc,
throughout the length and breadth of tho
land. Note who it was that publicly
thanked God for furnishing an instru.
ment to remove LINCOLN because Of hi
supposed l]eniency to the South" and W,
think they will come to believe, as we Ito
that Ben. BUTLER, if crowded, may u tai,
unfold more startling in its import than
that which set down J. WILKES BoorH a
the assassin.
who was it thanked God for AND
JOHNSON, about that time? Who thanke,
God for the man who they said had tn
''nerve and the backbone. and knew hoy
to deal with rebels and traitors ?" lie
BUTLER speak out. Let him demand, an
insist On seeing the missing eighteen page
from the spoliated diary said to be jon
WILKES BooTh's.