The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1861-09-11
From the Cincinnati Press, August "a.
yVhat is to Come of Ilt

Some of our friends who did us the good sot.
fee to read the editorial in the Press OF Sun.
day last, inquire Ii we are in favor of division
| OF the Union. gse ssaa ses.sr - Ass7t
We are in favor OF what is right--best Sos
the people of the country, white and black,
North and South, now and the future. Ifto be
in such q state OF mind Is to be in favor ufa di-
vision of the Union, then we are in hsor.ss
II, upon fair and candid consideration Of
the case, to be Of the opinion that division OF
the Union is the only reliable way TO bring the
discord between the North and South to an end /,
rs to be in favor Of such division then we are
| in favor. sa ea at " 8ga.ssas asa
No man is 10 blame for has tonest1g entertained
opt7ions and we do not intend to apologize for
ours. We do not discuss the question wifsth.
err the North can subdue the South, or whether
! by force of arms, the Constisution and the laws
can he kept in force in the States that are now
in rebellion. ifths is the paramount question,
there is an end Of discussion; the problein can
only be solved by experiment. eis aNA
Ii is not a question whether, as things now
stand, the war should be continued, troops raj.
sed, armies organized, munitions and articles o T
su5sistence collected, campaigns pIannea and
advances made. In the present condition OF
affairs, we do not clearly see how the Govern.
ment can do otherwise than it Is doing agess
But war isa temporary state. In modern
war, nations exhausted themselves with great
rapidny The North is not destined ITO ever.
run, conquer, subdue, and hold the South in
subsection, for the reason, If there were no 9TH
er, that 1t cannot afford ii. Exhaustion will ar
rive before it is accomplished. The experiment
has been tried far enough to render this appar.
ent. The North can conquer the South, bat it
is aquestion fer those who have taste for such
calculations. What will be the conditionefshe
North when il has done itY Rgsassas
Following at the heels OF war will arise an
imperative demand for terms upon which peace
can be established and preserved and to fiS
these terms will be a duty develYing upon
somebody. Peace is soon to be4a thing of abso.
Lutte necessity and it is greatly desil able that the
peace, when it comes, shall be an honorable
one. If an honorable peace is secured to the
North, we do know that--as q North lit has
anything more to ask, or even to DESIRE a
Admitting that the North issstoppsd, byeon.
sideratons affecting ITSELF from cohquering and
holding the South in subection-- which Is
the same thing, in the Union contrary Co Its
will--there are but Two modes Of settlement:
First, division and separate independence, or
| Second, compromise and FeeoaSfractioa." 4
We prefer, Of course, divisiouj for there is
nothing in it which sayors of dishonor. When
the South has reduced its conditions to aade.
mand tor separate independence, and las made
the proper amends lor the war in which It has
wantonly and unnecessarily involved the coalfi.
try, the thing that is best for the North is to
give it what it desires. Two separate and in.
dependent nations, the Union and the Confed.
eracy will respect each other---as yoke fellows.
Bound together by an irksome and political vfns
cpluna, mutual hatred will be the predominating
sentiment and mntualinjury the Leading mo-
tive, t.ssE ;sgAes ssssa - ~. ..ysaea
Admitting that the Union may beEfornaaiiy
restored by compromise. as. there is no comnro-
mise likely to be accepted on either side that
will reach the cause OF the disturbance, the fs.
storation can only, bs temporary. The South
will not--hecanse Il cannot--bind lis politicians
10 refrain from aeitating Tor extension and eiiar-
! antees VI slavery; and the North will not. fof
the same reason, bind its politicians rom advo-
eating for the restraint ofslasery and the weak-
ening of the slave tenure. For the. North to
make concessions now, for The sake OF, patching
up the Union, would be equivalent to an aduais-
SION that IT is in the wrong,e i would stand in
the disgracelul Light Of yielding that to fear
which it was unsilllng e yield 70 considers.
lions o. .Jasslce s9al S4a ssals4aa .sas Ae,s IL
| The fact from causes not new, but imbedEled
in the very constitution oi. society and to every
appearance irradicabe, each OF the great fsarts
Of aHation sat wal with the other by what
bears the appearance OF q unanim0us conaent. 10
greatan,l solemn one. We may ehargs the
oigin Of the contest to agitators and dema-
lgogues as much as You please; but in "a doing
weonly substitute the proximaie for the fnal
cause. Agitators and demagognes can. Al most,
only take advantage OF existing ,condiliens.---
They hnust hayea basis OF operation beioreahey
can dis urb and excite. The CAUSE was there
| before Davis and Masoa aud Yancey and Bfeck-
inridgc heganlo work upeait They, perhaps
hlew the embers into q flame, butte make. the
embers, even hadthcy beeneyer 50 much tljspo-
sed, was beyond thoir power. 1T is q sprineiplc
as true i.-shs moM as in the malalial 'mprId,
that nothing can come from nothing There ID
no such th,ngas pure creation. 1. Whoiher Il
be in wood, metal, stone Of ide4s, hama,iisv on
| ly works upon sle,aentss and, a. IN gappawaer.
the compound which produces tbe. E EXPLOSION is
only the sum Of ths forces Of the Tingredlantsy
gain,pg nothing from the individual strength of
him VIII, Ii es the train; % il society disrup-
Btions are form da6le IN proportion To tI,e never
of the elements and not to Tie yigor oY those
who incid entally put iherf ii stafs hcfjYity,