The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1861-02-27

on in its political warfare, an extract from q
journal which claims to have larger circula.
ton than any other religious paper in the land.
l quote from the New York LadrPendeTt, Of Sep
tember 1885,
"The people will not levy war nor inaugufste
revolutipn. even to relieve Kansas, until they
hnve first tried what they do by voting. II this
peaceful remedy should fail ~ be applied this year
then the people viii count the cost wisely, and de-
eide for themselves boldly and firmly, what Is the
better waV, 10 rise In arms and throw of gov
; ernme nj worse than that OF old King George, or
endure 1t another four years, and then vote again"
Such is the spirit--such the love to the
constitution aud Union Of these States, with
which this religious element has entered into
and seeks to control our party politics.
! This passage not quoted as an extraordinary
one for the columns Of the Independent for that
paper is accustomed to breathe ont threatenings
and slaughter. 1t Is but fair illustration Of
the fierce spirit which this so-called religious
journal infuses into the families where il is q
+ weekly visitor, and Of the opinions concerning
the United States Government it seeks to dis
siminate. The passage quoted has a special
significance however, in view of its date, Sep
ten,ler, 1853. The opinions ofthe Editors ap
pear to have undergone a wonderful change in
four years; and forgetting that they have been
violent advocates, not only of disunion but oil
civil war, but they have become loud in rebu-
king secession ut the South. The genius ol the
constitution might we'll say to such defender S,
T "What has thou to do to declare my statutes,
or that thou shoudst take my covenant in thy
mouth"
But we deceive ourselves, il we suppose that
our present dangers are of a birth so recent as
1856. AS the questions now before the coun-
try rise in their magnitude above all party in
; terests and ought at once to blot out all party
lines, so their origin is found lar back ofa party
} organizations as they now exist.
An article published twenty years ago in the
Princeton Review, contains this remarkable
language:--
1.-THE opinion that suveholding is itself a crime
must operate to produce the disunon OF the States
and the division of all ecclesiastical societies in
this country Just so far as this op inion operates
il will lead those who entertain 1t to submit to
any sacrifices to carry il out and give ii effect
We shall become two nations in feeling, which
must soon render IS two nations in fact"
These words are wonderfully prophetic and
S they who read the signs of the times must see
: that the period OF their fulfiment draws near
In regard to ecclesiastical societies. the division
. foretold is already in measure accomplished
Three OF our great religious denominations have
i been rent in twain by the simple question "ls
q slaveholding sin?'
3 1t yet remains to be seen whether the Am
erican Tract Society, and the American Board
, of Foreign Missions, will be revoutionized and
dismembered by contest which, we are told
, is to be annually renewed. In regard to The
e Union OF these States, there is too much reason
to fear that I'VE are already two nations in
| feeling" and to anticipate the near approach o
the calamity which Shall blot out some OF the
stars in our ensign and make us two nations
E in fact.
I And what has brought us to the verge o
this precipice? What evil spirit has put en-
nifty between the seed Of those whom God, by
$ his blessing on the wisdom and sacrifices of oui
, fathers, made one flesh? What has created
and iostered this alienation between the North
and the South, until disunion-that used to be
whispered in corners-stalks forth in oper
, daylight, and is recognized as a necessity by
multitudes OF thinking men in all sections o
the land? l believe before God, that this d.
, vision of feeling, of which actual disunion will
be but the expression and embodyment, was
! begotten OF Abolitonism, has been rocked in
) in its cradle and fed with its poisoned milk, and
instructed by its ministers, until, grded with
strength which comes not altogether of this
of the constitution, and shatterng the noble
; fabric to its base.
There was time when the constitutional
, questions between the North and South--the
conflict of material interests growing out o
their differences in soil and production were
! discussed in spirit craftsmanship and chris
tian courtesy. Then such men as Daniel Web.
ster on the one side, and Calhoun on the other
stood up face to face, and respected the rights o
their respective constituency, in words which
will be quoted as long as the English tongue
: shall endure, as a model Of eloquence and o
pattern Of manly debate. But Abolitionism
began to creep in. 1t came out first as a pure
E ly moral question. But very soon its doctrines
+, were embraced by sufficient number to holt
9 the balance of power between contending par
: ties in many districts and States. AspiFants
: for the Presidency seized upon it as weapon
d for gratifying their ambition or avenging the
If dsappontments. Under the shadow of the
e patronage, sincere Abolitionists became NOR
o bold and abusive in advocating their principles
o The unlawful and wicked business of enticinJ
'f slaves from thir masters was pushed forward
d with increasing zeal. Men who, in the bette
e days Of the republic, could not have obtained
n the smallest Office, were elected to Congress.
J. upon this single issue; and ministers OF the Cos
y pei descended from the pulpit to mingle religion
!. animoslty with the boiling caldron of politica
J strife. Nor was this process confined to ON
J. side in the contest. Abuse always provoke
n recrimination. So long as human nature i
d passionate, bard words will be responded t,
by harder blows. And now behold the result
E In the halls where Webster and Calhoun, A
T dams and McDuffie, rendered the very nam
of American craftsmanship llustrious, and re
It vived the memory Of classic eloquence, we hav
heard the outpouring Of both Northern AM
it Southern violence from men who must b.
y nameess in this sacred place; and in the lant
d where such shareholders as Washington AM
). Madison united with Hamilton and Hancock il
n cementing the Union, which they fondly no
e ped would be perpetual, commerce and man
10 ufactures, and all our great industrial an,
e governmental interests, are trembling on tn
K verge Of dissolution. And as Abolitonism j
II the great mischefmaker between the Nortl
is and South, so it is the great stumbling b.ocl
It in the way OF peaceful settlement Of ou
e difficulties. Its voice is still Tor war. Tn
Df spirit Of Cancellation and compromise it utter
d ly abhors; and, mingling a hoIrid mirth witt
o its madness, puts into the hands Of the ad
,e vocates Of secession the very fans with whic
/ to blow the embers of strife into fame
le One man threw a torch into the great tempt
h of the Ephesians, and kindled conHagratio
IS which hundred thousand brave men coul
,t not extinguish. One man fiddled and sang
m and made his courtiers laugh amid the burpin
81. of Rome. And so, the Abolition preacher zee
or good" and overfiows with merriment, when
t. sees our merchants and laboring men runnin
~ after their chests and the bread OF their fam