The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1861-07-10


the affair at Fort Sumter, with its surrounding
Circumstances, that point was reached, and
Thereby the assaisnts Of the fort begun the
conflict Of arms, without a gun in sight or in
expectation to return their fire, save only the
few in the fort sent to that harbor years before,
for their ewn protection, and still ready to give
that protection in whatever was lawful.
10 this act, discarding al else, they haye
'oiced upon the country the distinct issue
immeAifte te Il solution OF blood, and this issue
embraces mgre Than the tste of these ulIited
States II pre>ents - the WI ole family Of
man, the question whether a Constitutional
Republic or Democracy, Government Of the
people, by the same people can OF cannot main
tain rs Territorial integrity against its own do
mcstic :oeS HWesenlS the question whether
discoEt tented ind viduals, too few in numbers 10
centrcl administration according to organic law
many case, and always upon the pTetence made
in this case, or on any otter pretcnces, or arbl-
tariy without any prelence, can break up
their government, and thus pIacic lily put an
end to TeeEovei nnent upon the earth.
II forces Us 10 ask: ais there in all Republics
this inherent aud kJal weakness? Must gov
ernment of necessity he too strong FOR the lb-
critics OF its own people, or too weak 10 main
tain its own existence? So viewing the issue,
no cho &c was lcfI but 10 call out The war pow
er of the government, and so To resist force en-
ployed for its destruction by lerce or its pre-
servaticn. he call was made, and tie re
spOnse Of the country was most gratifying, sur
passing in unanimny and spirit, the most san
guine expectation. Yet no ore of the States
commonly called Slave States, except Dcleware
gave Regiment through regular state organi
zaton
few regiments have been organized within
soroe others OF those States by individual en-
terprise, and received into the government ser
vice. OF course the seeded States, so called
and to which Texas had been Joined about the
time Of the inauguration, gave no troops TO the
cause of the Union. The Border States, SC
called, were not uniform in their action, some
Of them being almost for the Union, while ii
Others as Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee
and Arkansas was nearly !eplessed and silenc
! ed. -..- -r.r .u'r
The course taken in Virginia was the mos
remalk kable-perhaps the most importVnt. a
/ C invention, el:tit by the people Of that State
to consider his very question Of disruphng The
/ Federal Union was in session at the capital o
! Virginia when Fort Sumter fell. To this body
| tho people had chosena large majority Of pro
fes>ed Union men. Almost Immediately ate
the fall of Sumter, many members of that ma
iority went over to the original disunion minor
| ity. and with them adopted an ordinance TO
| Withdrawing the State from the Union
Whether this change was wrought by thei
great approval Of the assault tupon Sumter, o
the great resentment at the Governments re
siStance to that assault, IS not definitely known
Although they submitted the ordinance 70
ratification, to vote Of the people, to be take,
on a day then somewhat more than monu
distant, the Convention and the LegsIatur
which were also in session at he sama time AM
place. with leading mcu Of the State not mem
bers OF either, Immediately commenced actin
as if the State were already out Of the I'm ou
They pushed military operations vlgorouSl
forward all over the State.
They seized the United States Armory a
Harper's Ferry and the NAVY Yard at Casper
near Norfolk They received perhaps invite
into their State, large bodies Of troops wit
their warIike appoin menS, from the so. caile
; seeded States. They formally entered into
treaty of temporary allegiance aud co operate
. with the SO called Confederate States, and ser
, members to their Congress at Montgomery; an
Il finally they permitted the discretionary Gov
f ernlnent to be transleIed to their Capital 8
Richmond.
~4he people OF Virginia have thus Above
this great resurrection to make it's nest Wlthl
, her f5ordets, oud This Government has no cho'
r let bnt To deal with itwhere it finds IT. and
has the less Ieg Ell as The loyal citizens haye !
t due form claimed its protection. Those loyf
5 citizens this Government is bound 10 recognz
and protect as being in Virginia.
/ In the border States, SO called, IN act tt
+ middle States, there are those who tavor pc
, ley which thy call armed neutrality, that is .
/ armng Of those States to prevent the Unic
5 forces passing one way, or the disunion the otl
| er, over their soil
2 This would be disunion completed. Figur
e lively speaking, it would be the building Of
=, impa Sible wall along the line OF separaiio
\ and yet not quite an impossible one, ior und
: the guise of neutrality, it would tie the han
Of Union men, and freely pass supplies lrt
n among them to the insuuectioniSts, which
e could not do as an open enemy. At a stroke
h would take all the trouble off the hands OF
!; cession, except only that what proceeds frt
t the external blockade
8 1t would do for the dsunionists, that viii
is Of all things they most desre-eed them W,
a and give them disunion without struggle
II their own. 1t recognizes no fidelity to the CT
$ tuition, no obligation 10 maintain Union, 3
rs while very many who have favored it are dou
be IS loyal it is nevertheless very injurious
- effect.
V, Reculng to the action of the Governme
pt il nay be stated, that at first, cali was m;
ry for 75,Q0O militia, and rapidly following t
be a proclamation was issued for closing the po
he o the insurrectonarv districts by proceed
lis in the nature Of the blockade. So far all '
he believed to be strictly legal.
At this point the insurrectionists annonn
e. their purpose to enter upon the practice Of
,r. Watering. O4her calls ware made tor vol
d teers to serve three yeals, unless sooner
ad charged, and also for large additions 10 the
p, guIaT army and navy, These measures, whet
"a strictly legal or not, were ventured upon un
is what appeared TO be popular demand, ant
h public necessity, trusting then as now, I
in Congress would readily ratify them, Itis
nd licved that nothing has been done beyond
, a Constitutional competenty Of Congress.
MS Soon after the first call for militia, it
49, considered duty to authorize the Commar
In General, in proper cases, according to his
" oreton, to suspend the privilege Of tic wri
re- habeas corpus, or in other words, to arrest
int detain without resort 10 the ordinary pro
on and forms OF law, such inyidnais as he m
.c- deem dangerous to the public safety. This
ii thorty has purposely been exercised but
ed. fsparingly. @
ad Nevertheless the legality and propriety
what has bee done under it are questioned,
II the attention OF tbe country has been calle
At, to the proposition that one who is sworn
no take care that the laws be faithfully execu
ire Should NOT himself violate them. or col
en- some consideration was giver to the hequestior
&C. power aud propriety, before this matter
|" tacaed upon. a @
Ill, ine s4s'aNs mn,en WIZ. VIZ isqH
70. V oe !as""ty e"'S.' "e's YeN5 iesi