The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1861-02-06

tion. It gives the country time for reflection,
moderates the heat Of passion, and allows an
opportunity, in theineantime, for fair and ami
cable adjustment ~ M
But you ask me why he does not march an
army down to Charleston to punish the insult
that was offered to our flag by firing into the
Star OF the West? Well, gentlenen, that this
was an act OF the bssest treason. no one win
deny; but it fell harmess-and Major Ander-
son thought it prudent, at the time and place,
to make no retaliation. 1.-THE President had
marched an army there, he would have been
compelled to have conquered the entire State;
and this to, to crafty a feeling of mere national
pride. This would have been coercion, in the
strictest sense Of the word; and in view Of the
pledges ofother States, would have been the
inauguration Of civil war. This is Just what
South Carolina wants to day, for it would hast
en- the consnmmation OF her desires by uniting
the whole South in resistance to the Federal
arms. The President acted wisely, and his
conduct must be approved by every honest
mind. s5. ~ ts'S
BntI hear some one say, that the South hasno
grounds Of complaint, and that all this trouble
has originated because they were turned out Of
power and Lincoln put in. In regard to the
lliot l'ItOH VI Tic pIUpOSltlOu, VIII sd1, ludb
different persons hold to different views and it
is unnecessary to debate that question at this
times In regard TO the latter portion OF the
proposition | can say for myself, and | believe
for the South, that it is untrue. During the
last campaign, as many of you are aware, op-
posed The election OF Abraham Lincoln to the
full extent of my poor abilities. stumpcd the
county. OF Jefferson all over doing everything in
nay power that honorably could do, to spread
disorder in the ranks Of the Opposition; but we
were iairly met, and squarey defeated. Lin!
coin has been Censtitutionally elected President
| Of the United States; aud knowing that fact,
bitterly as 1 opposed him, 1 am willing, at any
| time,. to shoulder my musket, and at the sacri-
flee my life, il need be- to assist in effecting
his inauguration, on the fourth Of N arch next
1t is because want to see him inaugurated that
| urge pacific measures He that is opposed to
compromise, must necessarily be disunion-
ist; for his policy viii inevitably lead to violence
| and civil war My God fellow citizens, when
Irehect that there is involved in this contesr
the bread of twenty seven millions of white
freemen-not only that, but the liberties of our
selves and our children-not only that, but the
hopes and prosperity Of the human race-I feel
that would be willing TO sacrifice every partiz
an opinion ever advocated, upon the altar oi
my country, In the language of Seward, and I
can honor aud respect him for the sentiment,
we should be "willing to let all party names
and things disappear in the presence Of the
great question OF the Union.' This Union was
bequeathed to us by our fathers, and it is our
duty, to transmit it unimpaired to posterty, II
is our high privilege to enjoy, adorn and ex.
tend its blessings; but we have no right to con
summate its destruction; and coming genera
tons will hold us to strict account for our ac-
tions to day. There are many present, here,
who have fled from the tyranny OF the old world
to find protection under the roof Of the temple
reared by our Revolutionary sires. Surely they
in this dark hour, when its foundations seem
tottering in their fall, will be found ready to
rush to the support ofits pillars orbe crushed
by their fall. Shall we who are born to the
inheritance, prove less patriotic than they? ~2
\ Let us with a united voice demand of those
who have been sent to represent us in Congress,
either to step forward '".to the music Of the
union," or promptly resign their high trusts
ba,k int 10 the hands ofthe people Let us show
these men that the right to instruct is ours not
theirs, II 4 . ,s;.,..-.. .,t "a et.'A '9H
| This Union! Who can estimate its worth.
or set price upon it's blessings? 1t is the seal
IatO tuC uStu vi OuI lHlGIltduCS--LU la
tent of our nobility among the nations Of the
earth. Every year OF its existence has demon
strated its necessity and value. Why should
men seek to sever the fraterna bond? Why
stand toppEng on the dizzy height, forgetting
our duty, to sp culate on W hat mag be our con-
1dition when precipitated on the rocks below ?
Let us cling to the Union, for with it there is
hope; without it, thick darkness and despair;
| I,,,; 7rra ha,, afatt E,pa L..
Iirewa.d for our labor; without it our hearths-
stones will become polluted and our families
besgared. Let us cling to the Union! The
blood ofour patriotSires cries UP fromthe ground;
the wind that sighs over a Bunkers column,
land a Moulirie's wall, as it sweeps from the
A North to the South, from the East to the West
touching their graves as with hollow kiss
whispers to us that living they were one, and
lin death they were not divided. Let not US
their children, desecfate their ashes and dis
grace Their memories. Let, US not cast aside
their great ife-labor, land ntail on eurpesterity
4 the evils of d,slocated nationality. Let the
heart of every citizen e-eeho the glorious Ian
4 guage Of Webster: s'When my eyes shall be
turned to behold, for the last time, the, sun in
Heaven, may Inot see him shining on the ,brok
en- and dishonored fragments of a once glorious
1 Union; on States discovered, discordani, bellg
q erant on a land rent with civil leuds, o.
drenebed, it may be,in fraternai blood! Let m,
feeble and lingering glance rather, behold the
gorgeous ensign of tire republic, new knowr
and hopored thro' out the earth, iull high ad
i vanced, It's arms and trophies streaming in thei
forignal lustre, not stripe erased or pelidted
not single star misunderstanding for its mot
to no such miserable interrogalory as !, Hkat Il
7faH his seouth? Nor those other words ofdelu
4 sen and folly, Bbenty first, and, Union after
yards; bat everywhere, spread all over in eharc
1ters Of living light, blazing on all its ample
folds, as they float over sea and over land, ant
lin every wind under the whole Heavens, tha
other sentiment, dear to every true American
\ heart Liberty and Union, now and forever, one
and ibseparablee' ga3 af hgsastst saoh ,g
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A. sfhe grievances complained of by the S outt
/ may be summed up briefly, thus. @ a4
1st. Invasion of S ates by John Brown and his
followers. 2ud1 Establishment Of Underground
Il Railroad, andthe obstructionofth the kugitiye Slave
law. 80 Formation Of EmigraHt Aid Societies
and the ubicagion and circulation of incendiary
/ documents, 4th, The perseyering determination
manifested on the part Of the Republican, State s
lie exelute them with their slave properpyl from
an equal participation in the beneIi,s of the com
yl53 The Abo itione and the Republican parties are
A based upon the same fundamental ided' that is,
4 the MORAL, WRONG OF SLAVERY; hsIfee these two
ed b. fhe'South Yithont Distinction The election
u 4tA ME- al,