The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-02-26
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pose of o.ssfsaowr ne on rsrxssSsslss wisa lar Il
EIezrs oa EsfABLlsHEB IssrITrTloss % IzE SEArES
bat to maintain the supremacy Of the Constitu-
tion and preserve the Union, with all the dignity
equality, and zzGHTs or EaH SEVERAL SrArEs W.
I>P1iREB." l5.. .frlt tas fE-s asll.--r.s,r -.a
To divert il now into a warfare against the
institution Of slavery viii be to make it the
violent aud remorseless Revolutionary strug-
gle" which the President fears. Besides il \
would make il gigantic swiadle upon the |
people, upon our votes for taxes, and upon !
the soldiers who imper1 their lives in de- |
tense OF the Union and its authority. Ii /
would be "a fraud only measured, il not ex-
ceeded in strocity, by the rebellion. The /
only object ifsuch war IS successful, which J
would be attained would be the utter ami |
hilation ofathe Union; perhaps worse, the !
destruction Of the Government remaining in |
the fraymentary Union.
This was not the understanding of a large !
party in this country who rallied at the call |
Of Douglas. He most distinctly disayowed |
such an object. He would not by Federal |
army, any more than by Federal Congress,
interfere with State laws and institutions. -
So he declared over and over again. This TO-
rum is no place for its discussion, much less
for its enactment. 1.-THE State Legislatures,
in tAer sovereign will, choose to do this, it is
for them. not for US. We have no right; and
it is none of our business TO make the Fed
eral Government moral reform society,"
This attempt has broken the Union; and the
continuance OF the effort will widen the
breach until the separation is everlasting
Asmost oil our ills come by slavery dis
cussious and laws, why may we not now
pause? Why do not gentlemen on the OH
er side, who have now before them the re-
suits OF this most troublesome agitation,
cease their clamor? Those who keep it up
are disunionists. Their talk is treason They
deserve traitors late as much as Davis or
Wiglall. Is it not enough that million of
men are employed in violence and bloodshed;
not enough that our trade and commerce are
paTalyzed; that our revenue has fallen off
over $32, ,000,O0O; that by 1863 our nation
al dobt as estimated by Mr.. Chase, will be
| 1897 ,S72 ,s02; not epough that we are to
pledge $3.50 o00 600 this year OF taxation to
meet interest and expenses; not enough that
my own State pays one tenth Of this; 1t is
not enough that our currency is to be vita
ted, and bankruptcy to overwhelm us; not
enough that our highways are closed, our
flag insulted, our sovereignty derided, our
whole nationality in peril, not enough that
dictator is openly threatened; not enough
that it is declared here that the Constitution
shall be overslaughed, on the plea Of neces-
sity; that all its limitations shall be overleap.
ed, ruthessly and aimlessly? Are we to
have added the horrors oil an endless war OF
hate; the hopelessness OF all reconciliation;
1 In Enak ~f ILL
the burdens OF a taxation only equalled
by the monarchies of Europe? Heaven
forbid! If God in his mercy would strike
down. not only politically but physically, the
marplots who are warning on their own Ad
ministration and Government, it would in.
deed be o blessing compared with this pros
peeti #nf
/ We may differ here about our interior gov.
ernment; we may have our parties Of Ad-
ministration and oppos ition. These differ.
ences of opinion are privileges Of constisu.
tional sanction and individual conscience
Matters may 60 on in our Government as to
which we may withhold our denunciation out
OF regard TO the common veal Even pat.
riotsm may for a time be silent in the
eclipses of a mismanaged administration OF
good Government. The national eeling may
!! SILL be paramount, and all NAV 90 WE'LL
| Thousands OF our people now regard with
dampened spirit and sad silence the condition
Of our country; and they are almost dismay.
Ell by our terrible present and still unprop-
tious future; yet not altogether desparing,
but seekig il the unity OF the people, yet
loyal the hope Of restoratian. They will be
patient in paying taxes, in trusting our com
| a,xa r,,I, usr hair -
| the war and their daughters to the labros Of
benetcence.
But what shall be this sad yet undismayed
patriotism, If the hopes of Union are to be
quenehed by this persistent and unreasoning
iansticism? Are not such schemes fraught
with the very vital and permanent principle
! OF mischief? Ifso, will not the very essence
Of national existence be rrecoverably lost by
/ their success? We shall lose our place a.
mong the nations our relative Importance on
the globe, our physical independence, our
weight in the equilibrium Of powers, our
frontiers, alliances, and geography. These
make up the immortality Of nation. They
are above the changes OF administrations and
outlive dynasties. lie who remains silent
when such interests are at stake is treacher
Gus to his land and to his God. aa
1t is in this most vital point that these
movements here in Congress, which are the
continuation of Fremont's contumacious
fanatcism, will do their mischief. To sue
coed in its bad schemes it undermines the
young general in command, derides the
movements Of the Army, creates impatience,
distrust, and coldness. and will rejoice in our
ruin. On behalf Of tho tax payer, the SOL
dier, the citizen, the patriot, the section
represent, and the very physical and moral
relations Of our Government. l protest a
gainst that dangerous and horrible malver.
saiion of our congressional office which
would usurp the power OF the Ststes over
their own institutions, seek through the
Army the further disruption of the Govern
ment, destroy the last vestiges of our confed-
GRAFTON, and stop its magnificent career a
mong the ns tons.