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


will suggest the same course FOR another; and
unless God gives our public menaa wisdom and
toroearance Of which the past Few years have a.
iorded too little evidence, the dissolution oil this
Union will be the signal for the disintegration
ofits elements. In such chaos, let US not fiat
ter ourselves that we shall be In entire peace and
safety. The contest, on whose perilous edge we
seem TO stano, cannot be merely seciional-all
the North on the one side, and all the South on
the other. 1t is q conflict that VIII run the
ploughshare Of division through svery State and
neghborhood in the land. Abolition orators
may talk about what I'VE ofthe North" will do,
ard will not do, as though all the people had bow
ed downto worship the image they had set tup;but
other men besides them will claim the right to
speak-other interests will need to be conserved
besides the cause upon which they arrogantly
assume that victory pcrches and the smile Of
Heaven rests. "Let not him who putteth on
his armor boast as be that putteth it Off"
When the thousands Of working. men whose
subsistence depends upon our trade with the
South, many of whom have been deluded by A
bolition demagogues, shall clamor IN our streets
for bread, free labor may present some problems
which political economy has not solved. And
when the commerce Of this cosmopolitan city is
paralyzed, and all her benevolent and industrial
institutions are withering in the heat this un-
natural contest, 1t may become question-nay,
is it not already whispered in your counting
houses-whether this great metropolis Gun be
separated from the people with whom her in
terests and her heart is bound up, and continue
to be controlled by the legislative policy against
which she is continually protesting; or wheth-
er, following the great lights Of history, she
will at all hazards, sut up for herself, and,
unbotiDg the gateway OF her magnificent har-
Dor, invite the free trade OF the world to pour
its riches into her bosom. Such are few OF
the problems which bring the question OF
dissolution of the Union home to us. If we
were sure of a peaceful solution, at whatever
pecuniary or social sacrifice, we would not feel
so deeply nor speak so earnestly. But who
knows that it will be peaceful? Where IS the
surgeon who can sever even one member from
this body polite without the shedding of blood
Where is the statesman or political economist
who will undertake to control the parties, or
direct the industrial interests Of any one State,
amid the confusion and alarm Of dissolution?
Let US not deceive ourselves. The chasm be-
fore us is q yawning abyss, into whose depths
no eye but Gods can penetrate. Other men
may cry, who's afraid?" and whistle the keep
their courage. up; but confess my fears Thro'
the curtain that is about to rise, see shadows
at which the horror of great darkness set
ties down upon my spirit, and the hair Of my
flesh stands up.
O. my country! have loved thee with an af-
fiction passing the love of woman! The gio-
ries OF thy history, mingled with the life-blood
ofmy childhood; thy prosperity has been the
pride and boast of my rper years; and, ming
ing in my heart the love Of country with the
love of Christ, have cherished the hope that
thy brightness would never be diminished until
| it blended with the glories of the milennial
day; that the consummation would be like the
morning star. ...
(which goes not down
| Behind the darkened west nor hides ohscured
| Among the tempests Of the sky, but melts away
Into the light ct heaven"
And must this precious hope be dispelled?--
M lust this light 60 out; and the brightest pros
pect the world ever beheld disappear amid con-
fused noise and garments rolled in blood? Must
the interests OF thirty millions of white men
be sacrificed, and the sun Of civilization be turn
ed back upon the dial OF the worlds history,
by fanaticsm which all eypeEence provus to
be the black mans bitterest enemy? Let US
appeal to the God of peace, in whose hands are
the hearts OF all men, to dispel the fearful WIS.,
ion. to infuse His loving Spirit into our ma
tional councils, to give our public men the
the meekness of wisdom, and to bind the
hearts Of all the people once more in tho bonds
OF brotherly kindness. / e
| But, if We would have these applications
answered, let US prove our works take the
beam out Of our own eye, and obey the two
| fold precept of the text. "1hese things teach
and exhort; and if fany man teach otherwise,
| from such Withdraw thvselEn