The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1854-07-12
TERMS, $500
Fruits Of the Coalition.

i"e "ot"N0t 81 Commerce gives sthe ioi-
' loving brief but significant epitome Of the
, dongs OF the Connecticut Legislature-con.
troled by coalition of Wings and Abolition.
lists:
'The Connecticut Legislature are driviuas
n large business this session. either for ooo,t
or evil They have elected one regular-bui.
AbolItlonist to the United States Senat,
passed notification, stringent prohibi
tory liquor law, and done what they could
towards amending the Constitution so as o..
permit negroes to vote, and prohibit I many
whites from voting, Other things they hal
doubtless done, one of which we now rec0l
eet is to authorize the Speaker to invite col
ored preachers to open the sitting House
with prayer, in common with white clergy.
men. In point of fact, we believe the SPEAK
er has not done this; but why not? WHY
this 'ungodly prejudice against color?"
We wonder if the "other steps" which afs
to follow the fusion here in Ohio, referred ii
by the Cincinnati Gazette, include the fore
going pro gramme?
In Michigan, a coalition between the Whie8
and Free Sellers has commenced, by an 4
greement Of the Kalamazoo (F. S. y Con
vention to withdraw their ticket. il iii;
wings will come on their platform which. ii
consideration Of the votes, they will likely
do.
The Whfg papers ofthe south--the Pc
tersburgh, Richmond and Baltimore Whis
papers leading--have formerly dissolved all
connection with the Wings Of the North, Il,
consequence of their union with the aboli
tionlsts. So that, in truth, there is Il
whlg party. 1t is resolved in Fragments
ry Northern faction, whose legislative aets
allow negroes to vote, and whose life con
sIsts IN fussng and fuming over one subject
to the peril OF our most substantial intes-
ests.
In Vermont, the same attempt at fusion
IS being made. A convention, "Wihout
distinction of party' was called for the
Fourth of July, to resist the slave power.
What call. But there is this advantage
"Itis expected that the nominations al Rut-
land will be indorsed at the Fourth of July. II
9onventlon A convention, called ",oitlsom
distinction Of party," to endorse a Whig
ticketp
1t is said by the Vermont Patriot that the
Democrats who have cut their eye.teeth,
are not to be caught in that trap The
''no party convention in Ohio is Of peace
with the foregoing,
From what height has whiggery fallen,
which once rallied to the clarion blast Or
Henry CLAY, when he spoke these memo
rabe words. which are now seriously eofn-
mended to the journal and its erratie andsec
tional followers;
"The Aboltlonists, let me suppose sue
ceed in their present aim Of uniting the in.
habltants of the free States as one man Al
gainst the inhabitants of the slave States
Union on the one side will beget union Oh
the other. And this process Of reciprocal
consolidation will be attended with all the
violent prejudices, embittered passion, and
lmplacable animosities which ever degraded
or deformed human nature. A virtual dis
solution Of the Union will have taken place
while the forms of Its existence remain. The
most valuable element of union, mutual
kindness, the feelings Of sympathy, the fra
ternal bonds which now happily unite us.
will have been extinguished forever. One
section will stand in menacing and hostile
array against the other. The collision Of
opinion will be quickly followed by the clash
ot arms. | will not attempt to describe scenes
which now happily lie concealed from our
view. Abolitonists themselves would sbrinl,
back in dismay and horror at the contems
plation Of desolated fields, conaagratea ei-
les, murdered inhabitants, and The over
hrow of the fairest fabric of human govern
nent that ever rose TO animate the hpres of
civilized man.
"Nor should these Abolitionists aaflar
that, if they can succeed Ii iheif
'blect OF uniting the people Of the free States,
hey will enter the contest with numerical
uperiortory that must assure victory All
history and experience proves tile hazard
md uncertainty of war And we are ad-
nonished by Holy Writ, that the race il hot
Q the swift, nor the battle to the strong
3ut II they were to conquer, whopa would
hey conquer? A foreign foe--one who had
nsulted our flag, invaded our shores and
aid our country waste? No, sir: no, SIR
I would be conquest without laurels. with.
nut glory, self, suicidal conquest &c
'rothers over brothers, achieved by one
ver another portion Of the decendcnts Of
ommon ancestors. who nobly pledging their
ives, their fortunes, and their sacred hon
r, had fought and bled side BY side. III
many q hard battle on land and occon, sew
red Our country from the British crown
nd established our national independence 4
Will some Wing who appears Oh the 18Th
uly uext at the Fusion Convention, open
be business by audibly reading the fore.
ong and moy eng for sackcloth ana ashes2
= o. Statesman.
An Apprehension.