The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-02-02

Is cxen lption from taxation. and make
,rtain Il e interest accruing TO him on the
onds rel presenting the enormous debt CON
-acted { the past few years, and which
eneratio ns yet unborn will never see paid.
, debt { bat Is sapping the life and soul of
he prod icing classes and rapidly consiqn-
ng them to a serflom, from which a bloody
cyolutio n only can ever free them. And
{ does s, ,cm strange TO us that the Ameri-
IAN peol ,le, with the bitter experience Of
he past. five years, remain so apathetlc
whilst t1cir enemies are adjusting the fet-
ters that are TO make them slaves for life
Have we, indeed, so soon forgotten the
preccpts and examples OF the patriot faith
crs--thc proud eminencc to which we at
taiued as a people under Democratic rule
the love of liberty that was wont TO Are the
American heart, and become so lost Ia opr
own interest aud the future interest oua
well being Of those who are TO come aSter
us, and suffered ourselves to become me, i.
puppets in the hands Of designing, ap.hi-
tious demagogues, that they may rule over
us with lordly air, and wax fat at t'ne ex-
pense Of our liberties aud our subst once oh
tanned, or to be obtained, In sweat and an
gush! Out upon the cowar,2 who fears To
avow himself anpnl Away with the slug
gard who sits and folds his hands and bids
us to walt! Wait! for what, that the
chains may be more securely riveted ?
Wait for what, that we may be made to
groan and writhe In fettcrs of steel. aud be
continually haunted by an army of merci-
less tax-gatherers, snatChing the very crust
from the hand of the furnishing wife and
child? Who will bid us walt for this? Is
thcroa Democrat in all the land so base as to
bid us wait until this all shall have been ac-
lcomplished? We trust he may not be
found in Montgomery county.
No, no, brother Democrats, there must
be no more waiting. There must be action
prompt and decisive action, and we trust
we shall have It, and that county meeting
will be called, say for the 22d of February,
or rs soon thereafter as possible that action
for organization may be had without delay.
We suggest the 22d because of the hallowed
memories that cluster around it rs the
y
his Countrywide noble, the just, the good,
the patriotic WAsHINGToN, who so freely
offered his life that this people mi ght be
free.
Democrats, what say you. shall We have |
a meeting, and make preparations for a
vigorous campaign under the time-honored
old banner of Democracy? We have gal |
! liant standard bearers in the field who |
will boldly and fearlcSsly unfirl that old |
banner and march direct into the camp of
the enemy, if we but stand by them. Let
us have a meeting and prepare for action.
National Democratic Convention.
| contemporary informs us that the Ma
tional Democratic Committee, so-called,
held a meeting and passed a series of reso-
lutions, among which was one recommend
! ing the holding of National Convention
| in New York; and our contemporary seems
to be very much pleased at the idea, but we
are not. We prefer to have the National
! Democratic Convention held ut some point
where Western Democrats can have Il
chance being present, and therefore we
prefer Louisville, Ky, to New York City,
and particularly so because the so-called
Democratic National Executive Committee.
with AUGUST BgLMoNr rs its Chairman, de-
sire to hold it in New York. We have
no desire to see the Democratic party
placed As puppet upon the stage
to be manipulated by such men as
might there gather In the interest of the
lbond-holders. No, no; no more of that
Philadelphia was more than we could
stomach, and we have no desire to repeat
the dose. We want convention. but we
want it to be thoroughly Democratic. If
that committee assumes to call conven-
ton. let il be called TO meet at some point
in the great Valley of the West. But
whether that committee call convention
or not, We are in favor of convention of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, mind you--repre-
senting every State, knowing mo North,
no South, no East, no West" but represent
ing the Democracy Of the entire Union.
The Impeachment Speculation.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Express, alluding to the $4,000
contribution lately made up, in Wall street,
TO induce the infamous ASHLEY to intro
lduce and press his impeachment resolution,
says, the intention is purely speculative
one. Ii is quite possible, as reported, that
there are creatures here ready TO speculate
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