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

presched from the pulpit or proclaimed rom
the stump; whether Il be spread broadcast over
The land through the columns of Charleston
hsrr'wg or 10 the pages ola Hinton Rowan
Helper wherever IL may be nund, or under
whatever formit may develop itseli-lit should
,H met with The execraiion and scorn OF eFery.
honest man. But at the saue time, nv lei
low citizens we should remember that the.
Northern and Southren States are members
OF the same family. That the working men of
The South and the working men of the North
have The same great interest at stake in the
preservation Of the Union. While we advo-
cate rigid enrorcem Mt ofthe laws, it is our
duty to hold that the Executive Of the nation,
grasping in one hand the sword of power,
m the other eKteRd-the eiiVe hraneh, for IL il
our sacred duty TO, exhaust every meansof
peaceful reconciliation beiore We resort to that
| ''last argument OF KingS"-the sword.
know that the war lever runs high with a GER
| tain portion OF our community at the present
time--that there is military spirit abroad in
| the land that. will hardly accord with this
pacific policy, The gentleman who preceded
| me Aif,M cGurdy.) has already intimatod his
| willingness 10 show his sactyity ard patriotism
bya scientific use otthe bayonet he has told
you.ofhis willingness to. see every material ard
productive interest o. our nation prostTsted; our
1 ships rotting httheir moorings; the land de-
4 luged with blood; and to stand ter nakedness
in certain impossible contingencies. This is all
very well in its proper place. admire the gen.
! tleman's patriotism, and may be i would my
self have been q soldier bit tor those pile guns
| To come down to the realiti Mr.. President,
powder and grapeshot are nasty things We
have wives and children, many of us, who
might be unwilling "to eat grass and go ma
ked,p in the absence Of any special reason for
it, and even we the lords OF sreation,' chael
full of heroism as we all undoubtedly are, If re
dsced to he extremity OF slaryatiop,- would
find even the stars and stripes, surrounded as
they are with glorious memories, but very poor
bqososings and quite unsatisfactory to an empty
stomachs1 1t is simply folys gentlemen 20 talk
ofgoing to war if itean be possibly avoided by
any kind OF pacific adjustment As it is, it
comes soon enough with all its hideous tram OF
woes: In the present crisis it is our sacred
duty to Seek by,esery honorable method, for
some peaceable solution otlonr difficulties. .g,
hold in my hand telow-ci itizens, o series
Of resolutions which have no doubt would be
acceptable to the border States of the South,
and which think could be acceeded to by the
North without any great sacrifice of principles.
/
mise resolutions and every man here have no
doubt is perfectly well acquainted with their
character and import Pass these resolutions
or any other ofa similar nature, and it will i'm
mediately operate to take the whole subject OF
slavery out of Congress, If this is once ac
complished, and the exciting question placed
where it can not be used for partizan capital,
have no doubt that the problem which it in
wolves will be speedily solved by the operation
Of the immutable laws OF God himself For
it is natural law governing our social develop,
ment, that wherever. free white labor can ex-
ist and meet withits due reward, it possesses
I,an.nherent virtue and yigor that will speedily
and efiectualy exclude all ompctition; and it is
paying bat poor compliment to the indepen-
dence and dignity OF free labor, for US to say,
that II needs the aid OF legislative enactment to
protect it. On the other hand, when we in
sist that the cotton and the rice fields of the
South should be cultivated by free white labor,
we are guilty of the most egregious folly.-
Those portions of the country adapted to the
culture of the productions referred to- are cov-
fered by a miasmatc influence, which, while it
does not effect the black man, is recul arly fatal
to the white. Go to the rice and indigo plan
tations of South Carolina, aud you W. Il find that
even the overseers fly from the taleful infu
Ience OF these muck lands and come many miles,
by the cars, to pass the night. Look at the tide
of emigration that is constantly sweeping from
the old to the new world Why is it that those
hardy laborefs shun the fertile islands of the
iguh, as they would the pestilence, to turn far
liners and hefders amid the SHOWS OF the North ?
Is it because GOd has said by his climatic laws
that free white labor cannot exist in those lati
tudes and, to day, England with all her boast,
ed philanthropy, with her thirty thousand half
EStarved laborers in London alone, is still COM
PEELED to resort to Africa and China 10 find la
borers requisite to keep her gull possessions
from returning to their native wildness.
i Let our members OF Congress pass some such
COMPROMISE as the one proposed, and ! have nc
hesitation in saying that the border Slave States
will at once acceptit The citizens of Virginia
: Kentucky, Tennessee and M issouri have already
r indicated their willingness to do so and if the
border States exceptit the Cotton States will
soon return to their allegiance to the genera
IgoverDment--or, il they do not, we will then
at least be united for the rigid execution of the
Federal laws against them. But il we refuse
to make any compromise or to give the South
any assurance that their rights will be protect
ed in the Union, then Just as sure as the sun
Shines in heaven, every Southern State vii
/ leave us; for they have all solemnly protested
, against any act Of coercion on the part Of The
I North. Not only will this be the case but the
arm Of the Executive will be paralyzed and rem
f dered powerless by divisions amongst ourselves
Tor there are many in our midst who demand q
!. tpeaceable adjustment ofour troubles hes
i A voice.-They are traitors .1asass Ea s-,I
/ You may call them traitors, you please
but they are nevertheless, living facts, and like
many other facts, doubt not, they will bt
4 found very st,tbJorn things. "a gzai ae4
\ here is no use, trying to evade The issue, my
h fellow, citizens The question before us involve,
nothing less than the existence OF the Union.--
!. Low shall it be preserved -peaceably or by
: force? j believe that Ispeak the sentiments
} OF every patriotic heat present, when say ler
lit be done pepceably, by all means fit car
and forcibly only when it must; for mutoa
goodwill and traternal feeling are necessary t
the formation Of q beneficial Union. % Private
Il trade is founded upon the sentiments OF conf
J denee and esteem. We win hold no conimuni
! cation with those whom we hate and distrust
/ AS ii is with individuals SO it is with States.-
4 A Union held together by force is little beuel
! than disunion. We may conquer the South =
we may make q, Solitude and call IT peace--bu
we can never preserve confidence by tlie sword
tnor make an honest and patriotic member OF The
!, Union BY conquest $3.50 "A Inn. ~ .3 ys 4
! But alter ALL fellow citizens, i cannot bu1
! think that the difference existing between Il.
! arises more fromsa a nisconception ofterms than
any thing else. You say the Federal laws
must be executed; so dol, Yousay coercion
!, must beused tomake State perform its duties
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