The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1856-08-20
Communicate.


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Patriotism of New Athens.
Great excitement is prevailing at present in
this vicinity among the Fremonters, on every
corner the same grand and glorious theme is
the subject of constant conversation; to hear
them talk any one would suppose before anoth-
er year has rolled its round, the CALLING yoke of
oppression shall be torn from the neck of every
slave, and the bible shall be made the constitu-
ton, even though it should sunder the Union in
pieces; that the south with all her kindred in
the north will soon repent in sackcloth and ash
es, for the wrongs they have committed and per.
petrated upon the poor, innocent nigger wor-
shippers in the northern states, and that the
negro shall be elevated far above the inferior
white man las they would have us. Such shreks
for freedom never before was heard they say
they want to preserve and promulgate these
glorious principles for which our ancestors
fought, those principles for which they shed
their blood on the plains of Camden, and for
which they dyed their garments, ON the heights
of Bunkers.
Aud what were these principles? They were
these: that they should not be governed by
those oppressive laws which they had no voice
in making; these were the principles for which
they contended, and these are the great princi-
pies for which our freesoil brethren of this
town say they contend, and how do they adj
vocatc them? Why they just say we will make
laws for the people Of Kansas, they should have
no voice, they arc poor ignorant creatures, they
don't know anything, they don't know what in
stitutions they need, and therefore we intelli-
gent people will make laws for them, and dictate
to them what they shall do, we will Just do
what Great Britain done, and this is the way
they will uphold these principles for which our
proSentors fought. 0 consistency, thou art
Jewel! Not long since at an emancipation meet
ing in this place, as they termed it, but it was
nothing more nor less than kind of election
eering scheme for Fremont, and they succeeded
most beautifully. In one of the old time-worn
harangues for liberty, once of the colored gem
tlemen uttered the following majestic schtment
II assert it fearless of successful contradiction,
that the negroes are not only equal, but superb
or to any orher race on God Almighty's foot
stool" Now all we ask is for the people to
look for themselves and ask themselves the
question, what they think of such declarations
coming from the lips of those gentlemen, and
the same gentlemen, in the same harangre, says
'givc us the chance and if we don't prove the
foregoing declaration, then let Us sink back
where we naturally belong" Strange indeed,
take man from where he naturally belongs if
as he says he naturally belongs there if the
God of nature has placed him there, would it
not be unjust unrighteous, and unlawful to
take him from that position which he claims for
himself Eve do not say he belongs thcre,) but
he says SO himself and if he is man of truth
and ycracity, he will tell the truth And the
fifth speaker upon that day, with hair all over
his meagrc face, and who pretends to be min
ister of the cveslasting gospel but rather of ev-
erlasting politics, proclaimed the succeeding
magnificent statement, in advocating the cause
| allude to- 81 am on the side of christianity and
the bible, and the remainder of you can go to
the devil if you choose" Is this the way for
ministers of the gospel to talk? Must they be
permitted to stand in a civilized community,
with all the pomposity of the pope of Rome,
and tell the people to go to the regions Cresus
such be the fact, it is high time there should
be a reformation in the ministers Of the gospel
in our town.
We were not a little surprised last evening,
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the sophisticated tongue Of gentleman in our
town, chat any man who conscientously votes
for James Buchanan, is an Infidel." Won
derful sentiment. Transccndant thought! great
reason and renowned judgment to fall from the
tongue of an individual claiming his share of
common sense but from the preceding, any
: one would be led to doubt whether he had his
share. But the next question is; how does this
distinguished logican make it out? 1t must be
something in this way. ~ think right; they
don't think the same that | do, therefore they
are wrong" This is very plausible syllogism,
taking into consideration, that the man is right
But will take another syllogsm to prove them
Infdels. Now it runs thus, II believe in Col
| Fremont, they don't believe in Col. Fremont;
therefore, because they don't believe, they are
infdels; because any man that don't believe in
the inspiration Of the Bible is an infdel, and |
suppose they think Fremont is the Bible. Now
anything having the form Of human being that
will propagate such logic as this in the nine
teenth century, ought to be sent to parts where
they are sharp enough to comprehend it, Such is
the way they reason, and many more such
statements might be adduced to show their pro-
found judgment. Fellow-citizens, can you ex-
anime these considerations, without exclamng
truly such men are beneficial to the American
people, that their renowned deeds should be
waited from one end of the globe to the other
that posterity may learn their ignominious fame
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