The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1857-09-17
Ad lress OF the Democratic state
NeniraI Committee 60 the People
Of Ohio.
CoLUNBrs, SEPTEMBER 10, 1857.

The State Genital Committee deem it their
duty TO return to practice for some time fallen
into diSuse, and briefly address their fellow-eit-
izens upon the issues involved in the present
political canvass. uiprehendins, as they
think they do, the Importance Of the questions
now TO be resolved by the people, ant fully i'm
pressed with the conviction, that the popular
will is about to recall the Democratic party to
administer the affairs Of the State, the Com
m ttee believe that they ought not to neglect to
q nier with their fellow-citizcnS in this manner
The perpetuity of the Union Is now, az here
70 oore, an object upon which the Democracy is
mhexibly resolved. The party in this State
one Of Il largest integers in the National be-
mOcracy, have always made it cardinal prin-
ciple Of their faith The preservation Of the
liberties Of the people is the chief end Oh the
Democracy, and the maintenance Of the mon
is indispensable to its attainment. The bnlk Ci
our opponents do not intend to destroy that in
estimabIe legacy of our wise and patriotic fore
fathers; but considering the blind ianaticiSm Of
many OF their leaders, the reckless and unscru-
puIous ambition which animates another large
portion of them, and the snccess which has
hitherto attended their efforts in lighting up
the balelul fires Of sectional anilnoSity and dis
trust, we are compelled tt regret, that so many
of our ellow-citizcns should have suffered them
selves to be drawn into this perncious and dam
g,rous organization. Support given to the PAR
ty crea'eia seemingly well-foundcd suspicion
Ia the minds of your brethren of the South that
large proportion of our people are prepared to
renounce the compromises of the Constitution
and to interfere with the domestic Institutions
of the several states. The inevitable result Of
the established success of the Republican party
must be the destruction OF all iraternal conf
den:e among the people Of the States, and the
final disruption of the confederacy. The coun-
try so grand and majestic in the eyes of the
world, not less from the simplicity and wisdom
0 its political system, than from the splendor
of its achievements, the vast extent of its do
IN ins, and the marvellous rapidity Of its moral
aud physical progress, is threatened with danger
where, alone, it is not impregnable lmpervi-
us to all attacks from without and able to con-
tenl with the world in arms in defence of our
nnes and liberties, internal dlssension menaceS
The safety of the Republic. The fortress which
cannot be carried by assault succumbs at last to
the sap and mine; and this Empire OF the West,
which deaeS with impunity the combined efforts
Of all the despots in the world to overcome or
restrain it, may fall by the persevering wicked
mes; Of a few treacherous ag t.. 0 ). The Gotl S
are not at the gates, but in the heart of the Cap
itol.
When the great body Of the people North al
South shlll have become eStranged, and hostile
to each other, it will not require question o.
r.aI ma yntudc to hasten the development of the
frighitul consequences. In an cxaspcratcd state
Of thu public mind, such as must follow the
success of our opponents some matter of triHing
I'M t, like the reported suet en- the cartridges
of the Sepoys. may be sufficient to precipitate
tho de itruction of the august fabric our fathers
raised, and to sever the contederacy they con-
structe into numerous petty and hostile com
pace and well-being Of the body politics are nc
longer within the control Of the just and pru-
dent Of any party; but at the mercy of thu
first knave or madman who may be found IL
rush upon destruction for the sake of anarchy
The fires of hate so insiduouSly kintllci by the
enemies of the Union burn low at FIRST; but
not ext n pushed by your efforts in due season
they will sometime burst forth in q general con
fllgratioa The Committee earnestly call upon
you to stop that in the green tree, which m9y
not be stayed in the dry.
The Committee believe that upon the success
OF the Democratic party the preservation Of on
race pure and intact, in Ohio, mainly depends
They proclaim once and for ALL their unlltera
bic conviction, in the graduation Of races. TIL
white race of people in the United States, likt
the ancient Romans and the English, the off
spring Of thr most intellectual, energetic an
warke varieties Of the Caucason people, is be
lieved to be the highest type Of man yet dcvel
oJed on the globe. The crafty and savage tribe
of this continent withered at its near approach
by reason Of some mysterious agency never eX
planned, but never by any barbarians long with
stood. 1t suppanted the French in all thei
vlst possessions below the Great Lakes. Itc
j,cted the former occupants of the Noither
and Western shores Of the Gulf of Mexico.
appropriated the coast of the Pacific from til
thirty to the forty ninth degree of Mort
3 lon -
the intermediate territory between the first ca
ly settlements at Plymouth, and on tie hanks
James River, and the distant regions where Il
waters Of the Oregon mingle with the sea; an
beating back all over the continent the mongr
descend lnts Of the de generate Spniard, the Ii
dian and the negro, it marches on the broa
path Of Empire, reaching from shore to shore
both Oceans, with laundering tread. 70 ke,
this great superior ra ,e unmixed with the Aft
can, in Ohio Is an imperative duty you owe
mankind ut large, as well as to yourselves an
your immediate descendants.
Ohio is the centre Of the conSederacy and u
on the borders of two slave States cannot trif
with this great question, as the States Of the T
1nete North and East may do. The negro ell
msnt is and must to be much larger in yo
State than in Msiae or Massachusetts. Its
crease from abb Ca should be discouraged rath
than invited. The history of the South Anne
lean Republics, Of Mexico and tho Empire
Brazil, holds out an impressive warning of t
abjcct degradation which never fails to overta
the white race toleratinc anlllgamation wi