The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1861-04-24
WAR; WAR; WAR;
Governor bemnIs0nss Message 10
the General Assembly.

10 the General Assembly of Ohio:
It cannot longer be disguised that the South.
ern States which now wage war on the Govern.
msnt OF the United States, begun in the seizure
of the national fortresses, arscnals, ships mon
ey, and other property, and eliminating in
armed resistance to the Government furnish.
ing garrison at Fort Sumter, have been through
the leaders whose instrumentality conspiring
against the integrity and peace Of the Union,
by dissolvirg the compacts and long establish
ed precedents which settled the rights of the
Government over its Territories, and thus con.
trvmg to subject them to State domination
In both aspects 1t is war of conquest on the
part OF the malcontents in the South to spread
the dominion OF slavery, when it had been pro-
hibited by law sanctioned by the common con.
sent Of all sections of the country during sue.
cessive generations; falling to accomplish this,
even with the aid Of faithless agents Brought
under their control in the several departments
OF the General Government, who could not de.
feat the laws of nature, the dangerous confader.
ates against all constitutional government, have
taken the sword in hand to conquer and parti-
ton the country. Aided by the treason of high
officials in the administration ofMr. Buchanan,
they have already seized many Of the most i'm.
portant bulwarks erected by the United States
to secure the commerce, and protect the shores
and the whole interior Of the country from in.
yasion. s.a
This armed frontier which cost the nation
more, since the establishment Of its iudepend-
ence, than the war which achieved it, is neces-
sary alike to every portion Of the Republic
Charleston and the Harbor, now commanded
by the iorts built by the United States, was
twice conquered BY the Confederacy from the
British. While in the hands Of a foreign pow
er, it was the basis Of military operation against
the Northern States. affecting even the remot-
est Can the government OF the United States
reiinquish this position to the petty power now
assuming mock sovereignty over it and the
adjacent seas, without subiecting its commerce
and the whole interior of the country to the
mercy Of any formidable enemy it might intro
duce as any ally against the Union, or which
might acquire mastery there In any other
mode? Must the other places Of strength O.
long the coast, rom the Chesapeake Bay to the
| Rio Grande, which the United States has made
to frown with its fortresses and bIistie withits
cannon. to repel inaasion and alright pirates,
| and has illuminated with light houses, to point
out the paths to commerce, must all these plac.
es be surrendered to the seeding States, to
pass into the hads Of any foreign nation which
may supplant their power? II SO, the Slave
States in commanding the avenues Of COM
merce from the vest interior States from the
North and West to the Ocean, must subject
them as conquered provinces What is to be
the condition Of Ohio and all her sister States
in the Mississippi Valley, il the Slave States are
to give law on the Lower Mississippi? Secession,
the seizure appropriation of all that belongs to
the o. States in the seeding States, ,andthe usur-
patton Of all sovereign rights over the adjacent
"a hp oahI CO and 9TH
nuas OF commerce in that section OF the Unlon
make conquest, which strips the interior Of
its independence, and the Government OF the
United States OF the national attributes con-
quest. 1t will assert all tho rights con-
fined by the Constitution to maintain it, aud
all the interests of the continent committed to
its charge. | rejoice to be able to assure you
that the Executive Power installed at the Cap
ital, j. resolved TO repel this attempt at con.
fined by the Constitution, by all the power with
which it invests the Government. The most
vigorous easures will be taken to resume the
authority Of the United States over the places,
from which il has been expelled, and I cannot
doubt but that the stream which flows the COM
merce Of the regions between the Rocky Noun
tains and the Alleghenies will be soon delivered
by the General Government from the as-
sumed sovereignty which the States pur-
chased from France now assert over 1t, But
as the contest may grow TO greater dimensions
than is now anticipated. deem it my duty TO
recommend to the General Assembly OF this
State 20 make provisions proportonate TO its
| means, to assist the national authorities Ia re.
storing the integrity and strength Of the Union,
| in all its amplitude, rs tn only means OF pre-
| serving the right OF all the States, and insurIng
the permanent peace and prosperity Of the
whole country. / earnestly recommend, also,
thaG an appropriation o. not less than four Eun
dred and fifty thousand dollars be Immediately
| made for the use of the volunteer militia ofthe
| State I need not remind you of the pressing
! exigency for the prompt organization and arm
| ing olthe military force Of the State. Accom-
panying this communication you will and
statement OF the Quartcr. Master General, reia.
tive to the condition OF the public arms,
(Signed) w. DENNISON.
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