The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1861-02-06
speech Of bRvid r. Cable, delivered
Before the WOrkiStR-Men's Con.
vention. TN SteubenvilIe, January
2laI. 1891 -

MIR. PRESIDENT AND fELiDw, t1dZESas:--
Having been called upon bys a number ofIhose
present, | deem il iny duty to say that al
lyk!mPathige with the objects Of lliis meeting
Ms expressed in the cRil which hasbFougst Us
together.
In the present emergency, when treason sets
enthroned, a. il were, in the halls of our Ma
,onsl Legislature, and those who were sent 10
represent us in the councils of the nation, have
bseome 80 absorbed IN objects Of their own
partisanl ambition as to brGct ahematerial in
terests OF those whom they were sent to serve,
think Mai u = h,ghly proper for the people
the true source OF all pQiiical power-to Al ise an
the majesty Of numbers and say to those men,
thus far you may come but no farther.
The producing class OF this country my Eel,
low.ci,izens, form the bone ard sinew Of our
strength, BY the sweat of their brows the
wilderness has been made to blossom as the
rsse,' and the earth pregnant with forms oi
use AID teauty, has brought forth. Their
prosperity and development constitutes the
greatness Of the nation, and theylnore than any
other class are Interested in the preservation Of
the blessings Of our glorious Union. When
war with its dark wings shadow the land, who
is it that must first respond to the cali Of the
country for succor aud assistance? Go TO the
battle fields Of Mexico and ask whose are the
bones that lie bleaching on the soil of that
foreign cline? The response must be, they
were the uporhing men of.the nation-the far
mers and mechanics, who left their ploughs and
their workshops at the first blast OF the clar-
lou of war, and went forth to lay down their
lives for the honor and dignity ofthe Union
And when the finances OF the nation become
disordered-the treasm bankrupt--the means
Of our national defense filched away by those
who should have been its guardians; whose
pockets is it that must respond to our national
necessities? All, gentlemen, you who toll for
your subsistence, and pay without a murmur
an increased revenue tax, upon articles Eecessa-
ry to feed and clothe yourselves and your fam
lilies, need no response to this query. Ifa con.
iict we're TO arise to-day between the North
ana South. If dsunion is allowed to raise its
horrid front in our midst, and the nation be
rent with frstricidal war, who is it that must
bear the brunt ofthe battle and be the suffer
ars in any event? Who is it that have been
the sufferers already, in the storm that is upon
us2 Go to New York, to Baltimore, TO Cincin-
natl, and to Louisville, and you will find to day
gallant army of over one hundred thousand oil
the hardy sons OF toll, who IN consequence o.
the difficulties in which the nation is involved
have not the opportunity to earn single cent
for the subsistence ofthemselves and their hrni-
lies. Or, bring the matter right home here to
our midst. Who is it that by The stringency q
the money market, occasioned by the disunion
panic, have been the sufferers? The working
men. '-' t g-| n -rssa 'f4s s'.r. fat4
| have ascertained, my fellow citizens by q
careful examination, that there is a balance o
trade between the North and South, of over &c
millions ofdollars annually yiniavor ofthe North
-Ifa separation Of the two sections takes place
and the doctrines ol the South prevail in theii
49, L Al lN2a = klnkxS nxtp
The producers of the North. From Jefferson
County alone, during the past year, there has
been over one hundred thousand dollars worth
oi produce sold in Southern markets. Can the
farmers OF Jefferson afford to lose that amount
in the coming year? know that it is asserted
that our manufactures and produce are necessary
to the South-that she cannot do without them
But this is mistake. Her wheat fields in
Missouri, Tennessee, and Virginia, and Other
border States, are amply sufficient to supply hel
with bread while tree trade with England
would meet all exigencies in the department o
manufactures. But these, iellow-citzens, are
among the least of the momentous interests
involved in the permanency of the Union: fo
not only our bread, but the liberties OF ourselves
and children depend upon it. -Eo1
In view of those facts / say again, as sale
in the outset of my remarks, that 1t is the duty
Of the laboriDg masses Of the countryto arise il
the majesty of their strength--to shake off the
incubns that has been weighing upon thein--te
hurl treason dow wn from its high places-to as
sumo in their own hands The reins OF Cover.
Hcnt, and to proclaim it ina voice and Language
net to be misunderstood: Treason. ayaunt! this
Union must and shall be preserved. ysssFfi
1--we refer 10 the Convention that trained tht
Constitution, and laid broad and deep the foun
dation Of the federal Union, wewill find tina
our fathers were surrounded by great difficul
ties and dangers, Just as we are to day difterin;
in cause and degree perhaps; but productive 0
the same Jealous anxleties They were fully
cogn;zant Of the local prejudces and conflict
ing interests that existed between the navga
ting and the planting States as they were cal
led: but they met together in spirit OF patriot
ism, and endeavored to establish governmen
that should be equal and Just in its operation
whose blessings like the dews OF heavel
should descend alike upon all; and they sue
ceeded. But that success was owing to the fac
that their deliberations loege presided over By
spirit 0f Compromise, AID TIER actions coatrvls
by its s,seaeskioas. In the Language OF Madison
who has been called ''the great expounder o
the constitution it was only formed by mutua
coDeilliation and compromise, and this fac
should ever be born in miAd by those VIII
! goaia properly understand and appreciate tha
sacred instrument. This is one phase of tn
espirit of 76" which in these clustering times
we would do we'll TO ponder over Peaceabl
and BY patriotic concessions they established
theUnion, and under il cur country has grow
& in all the elements Of greatness in q degre
wholly Unparalleled in the history OF nations
5EUnder its benign influence in less than cen
tury from thirteen States containing thre
millions of people. exhausted by war and bur
dened by debt we have progressed to thirt.
! three States containing over thirty millions 9
people happy beyond precedent and rich beyon
computation The tide OF emigration fblow
ing the Star of Empire, has rolled down tn
western slope ef the Alleghenies, carrying tn
centre efpopalation from the Atlantic seaboart
to the fertile yallies Of the west. Christianity
civilization, the arts snd sciences have grow
with the growth ofthe nation, until they EN-
brace the extremes ofa continent The sail
% OF our commerce Written every sea, and its rep
Fssehtatives are In every port Our countr
advanced to sths first position in the scale .
nations, has become the proud exponent 3
~ principles that involve the progress OF the hu
man race. Our institutions are the model Q
infant Republics, and our people possess liber
e " 4such de- the nations of the old world hay
sighed for in vain for centuries. In view Q
tliess blessings, my ieiiow.citizens, say it Is
baFmng shame Il we, thirty millions OF INTEL
gent freemen, in this the nineteenth century
fAsneficans BY birth and Christians by profession
---cannot exercise enough of the spirit ofreasol