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

Days OF washington anu Seaeh
son.
The words at the head Of this article arein
the mouth of every Fremont disuniouist in the
land Bring back the government to the days
Of Washington and Jefferson" Yet Washing
ton warned US, as father warns his children
before departing for world Of spirits, to beware
ofsectional divisions, and to frown upon their
first dalgaiag. Beware of family strifes, the
worst and most fatal of all others.
Now what did Jefferson say upon this very
subject now agitated by the disunionists-this
very Missouri Compromise, for his life was for
tunately spared until that fatal period of our |
history. Though that country was then only
the abode ofIndians, and few cared for the fu-
ture so they passed safely over the present
But the keen eye ofJeferson, the fast and orig
inal friend of the great Territory west to the
Pacific, which he purchased and explored thro'
Lewis and Clark, saw danger and trouble in the |
future. That future is upon us, and we have
but to refer to his opinions Of the mad act Of
Congressional intermeddling. Here are his re-
corded opnions-read them and confront your
enemies and the enemies of your country
Mr.. JEFFERsoN's LETTER on THE MISSOURI
CoMPRoMIsE.-We call the especial attention OF
the abolitionists north, and their aidors the
Know Nothings, South, to the letter of Mr.. JEFF
erson written to Mr. John Holmes, which reads
as follows:
MoNTcELLo, April %, 1920.
thank YOU, dear sir, for the COPY you have
been so kind as to send me of the letter to your
constituents on the Missouri question. tits
perfect justification to them. | had for long
time ceased to read newspapers or pay any at
tention to public affairs, confident they were in
good hands content to be "a passenger in our bark
tothe shore, from which l am not distant. But
! this momcntous question, like fire bell in the
night, awakened and fHeR me Nth terror. /
considered it at once the kneH ofde Union.
1t is hushed indeed for the moment; but this
is a repreye only, not final sentence. A geo.
graphical line, coincidng with marked principle
moral and political, once conceived and held up
to the angry passions of men, will never be ob
liberated, and every new imitation will mark it
deeper and deeper.
can say with concious truth that there is
not man on earth who would sacrifice more
than | would to relieve us from this heavy re-
proach in practicable way The cession of that
kind Of propcrty-for SO it is miSnamed-ls a
bagatelle which would not cost me second
thought if in that way a general emancipation
and expatriation could be effected and, gradu-
ally and with due sacrifices, | think it might be.
But as it is, we have the wolf by the ears and
we can neither hold him nor safely let him go.
Justice is in one scale and self preservation in
the other. Of one thing | am certain: that as
the passage Of slaves from one State to another
woud not make slave Of single human being
who would not be so without it, so their diIln-
SION over greater surface would make them in
diyidually happier and proportionally facilitate
the accomplishment Of their emancipation by di'
riding the burden on greater number OF coad-
tutors. An abstinence, too from this act ofpow,
er would remove the jealousy excited by the un
dertaldng Of Congress to regulate the condition
ofthc different descriptions of men composing
State.
This certainly is the enclrScve right of ever.
, State, which nothing in the Constitution ha
taken from and given to the general government
Could Congress, for example say that the non
Gicemen of Connecticut shall be frcemen tha
they She'll not emigrate to any other State? Ire
, gret that am now to die in the belief that tn
useless sacrifice Of themselves by the generation
of 1776 to cluire self government and happ
ness to their country is thrown away by th
uwi<e and unworthy passions Of their sons an
that my only consultation is to be that live ne
D to weep oyerit If they would but weigh dis
passonatcly the blessings they will throw ava.
Iagainst an abstract principle more likely to b
clfccscl by union that by secession, they wou
pause before they would porpetrate this net up
on themselves and Of treason against the hope
Of the world.
70 Yourself as the faithful advocate of tn
Union, tender the offering Of my esteem AN
respect. III. GFFERSON.
The above letter is to be found in Jefferson
, Writings 7th VOL PIP. 323-24.
4 letter from lr. JeGerSonto to Mr.. adams on tn
: Missouri Restriction.
We extract the following from Mr.. Jefferson
letter to Mr. Adams, written at Mon ticellt
Jan. %, 1921. The letter can be found in tn
writings of Thomas Jefferson, page $685. vol, A.
It reads as follows:
"Our anxietes in this quarter are all concer
i trated in the question, what does this holy all
anre in and out of Congress mean to do with |
@ on the Missouri question? And this, by-the-b
is but the nlne Of the case, it is only the Joh
Doe and Richard Doe Of the ejectment. Th
real question, as seen in the States afflicted wit
: this unfortunate is, are our slaves to be preser
D ted with freedom and dagger? For if Con
, gress has the power to regulate the condition
of the inhabitants of the States within til
y States it will be but another exercise of tina
l. power to declare that aid shall be free
5, Are we then to see again Athenian and La
ademonian conederacies, to wlge another Pel'
ponnesian war to settle the ascendency betwec
: them; or is this the tocsil of merely a servi
70 war? That remains to be seen: but not hof
= by you or M. Surely they will parley lit
~ :, while to give US time to get out OF the way
X What bedlamite is man. But let us turn fro
! our own uneasiness tothe miseries efour Soutl
.e ern friends"
', The balance of the letter treats of the cond
= ton and future prospects Of Bolivar and Moril
.. whlchssportion we deem it Unnecessary to pu
a lish We call the especial attention ofthe kno
nothings aud Abolitionists to this letter.
y A Disgrace.
IL On last Saturday there was q Sabbath Scho
Z Celebration on the ridge inthis township in Il
't neighborhood Of Hines Meeting House. The
c was large turn out Of the different Sabbat
. Schools in the neighborhood. Excellent a
N dresses we understand were delivered by Rev
10 Woolf Sensebaugh, Grimes and Hanna.
q There was but one thing that transpired th
III was calculated to mar the harmony Of the occ
y sion, and that was this: Some political JEST
u from Nottingham township, who had more bra