The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-05-21
The New York Tribune in Favor
of Peaceabie Secession.


The New York Tribune isthe organ
of the Republican party, at least it is
the organ of that party in this county,
as more Of them are circulated in this
county than.any other republican paper;
and what it says is the sentiment and
principles of our republican friends
In its daily issue of May IA, 1862, it
contained a remarkable article in fa>
vor of peaceable secession. Inreplying
to the Indianapolis Journal it said:-
1--WE have steadfastly affirmed ard upheld
Mr.. JefFsrson's doctrine, embodied in the
Declaration OF Independence, Of the right OF
revolution. We have insisted that, where
this right is asserted, and its exercise is
properly attempted, it ought not TO be nee
essary TO subject all concerned to the woes
and horrors OF civil war. In other words,
what one party has a right to do. another cap
have no right to resist. And we have urged
that, had the great mass OF the Southern peo-
| pie really desired dissolution Of the Union,
AMI been willing TO exercise reasonable pa
tience, their end might have been attained
withou. devastation and carnage;for we. with
thousands moIe in the North, would have
done all in our power to inc inc our fellow
citizens to defer to their request, and let them
go in peace"
Had such an article appeared in the
Sentinel or any other Democratic pa
per, how the cry of traitor would have
been raised by every republican spaniel
in Harrison county.
The Tribune, after arguing in favor
of peaceable secession of the Cotton
States, it goes in for more secession
by giving notice that the Pacific States
can also go out of the Union. Hear it:
"Take the cause OF our own Pacific Empire
as further illustration. No doubt the peo
pie OF California and Oregon are to. day loya
and fervent in their devotion to the Union
But they are mainly natives of the Atlantit
or Gulf States-'bone of our bone and flesh
of our flesh their loyalty is matter
Of education, OF feeling and Of habit. Fifty
years hence, when our Pacific coast shal
have population of ten or twelve millions
mainly born on that slope, it will be very
different. With that population, Union o.
separation will be question Of material ad
vantage-of so much for so much-and tht
little poetry that still invests and hallow:
their connection with the Great Republic
will be harshly dIspelled by the first clash o.
opposing interests. In our Judgment, If the
present generation should not, by construct
ing Pacific Railroad, practically annihilat'
the thousand miles of dreary desert that nov
separates the Atlantic from the Pacific State
the next will see rival Confederacy on tht
shores Of the Pacific; perhaps reaching SO fal
east as the Colorado, if not to the crests 0
the Rocky Mountains.
"Now, should the time arrive in our day
when the great body Of the people of ou
Pacific States shall say deliberately, kindly
firmly, to those this side of the Rocky Noun
tains. You are stronger than we-older, more
wealthy, more powerul--but we ask you tt
let us go; for we believe we can do better BY
ourselves than with you've shall respond
and urge others to respond, go in peace
and Heavens blessing attend youl" We be
lieve that is the right, the wise, the Christian
answer to such request, and that the work
will yet perceive and recognize the truth"
When you hear an admirer of The
Tribune talking about being in favol
of the Union, show him the above ex
tracts, and ask him if they are hi
sentiments.