The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-01-15

GuudhSlpdtlOh DO o uilileoi y hOSO01i'J
A MILITARY NECESSITY! IF emancipa
ton must come, for our own independ
ence, for the honor of our fathers, fol
the prospects of our children, for the
good name of free government, and fol
the dignity of the white race, let it take
any shape but that.-[Ncw York
World, Republican.
'rhe Campaign Of BiIIingsgate
The New York Journal of Commerce
says:-The war began in April. Sim.
ultaneously with the outbreak Of hostil>
tiles, large number of people, North
and South, began the campaign of bad
language. More foul words were
thrown than bullets, and more curses
than bombshells. The moro ardent
and the better practised handlers of
this kind of artillery atthe North were
not satisfied with directing it against a
foe where it's effect was invisible. It
was perhaps natural that those who had
been for months and years engaged in
the use Of the tongue as a weapon OF
otfsnso, Blasting character and destroy
ing reputation, should seize an oppor-
tunity to exercise their skill, and as
the, ,aharge of treason was believed to
| be the mnssaeadly in its effects; these
fgentry eNs4S cds AMoEE upon the bu-
siness of a8NlM ,to their respectable
fellow4citizehs qfhe North the stigma
of this dark crihe,,s
is instructive to.review the history
of this campaign S Billingsgate.
1t began With some of the newspa-
pers, and they abused their cotempora-
ries. Then-thsSlaasaAssdo private in
dividuals, and the sanctity of the
household was invaded. This man had
traitorous brothers, that lady had trail
torous connections, this family received
into their houses traitorous acquaintan-
ces, and OH the whole, traitors began
to turn up in most astonishing quanti-
ties.
Practice makes the art of maligning
perfect, and it was very soon a matter
of no Importance who was made TO suf-
fer. From the highest to the lowest,
soldiers, civilians, and private men and
women were mercilessly delivered to
infamy. For some time previous to
the war, the strongest advocates Of a
peaceable dissolution Of the Union had
been Republican papers. Suddenly
this advocacy became treason, and the
advocates adroitly turned the fire from
themselves by pouring it on others
from their own batteries. The loudest
in the war of words were the very ones
who had been most guilty.
Every one could now recall the name
of many merchants, ladies, officers in
the army and navy, and others who
were attacked. The list, which was
rolled up, of those who were stigmati-
zed as traitors, and found innocent,
grew SO long, that the single victims
are almost forgotten, unless some Incl
dent recalls them to mind.
Pretty n uch every one has already
forgotten the fury and fixedness Of pur-
pose with which Hon. James E. Her.
vey, United States Minister to Portu-
gal, was haunted by the sensation
press. A ridiculous special dispatch
from Washington pronounced him a
traitor, and in an instant the pack was
after him in full cry. We defel ed
the absent man, assailed in such cow
ardly manner. This action was wholly
disinterested on our part, for we had
no acquaintance with him whatever,
but the result was only to turn the tor
rent of abuse on ourselves; and poor
Hervey continued a traitor, until it was
ascertained one pleasant morning that
the whole story was false, that he was
in the confidence Of the Government,
and was doing excellent service abroad.
But we have never seen the accusation
taken back, or apologized for by any
of his maligners. Shortly afterward
the question of the power Of the Prcsi-
dent to suspend the writ of habeas cor
pus came up for discussion. 1t was a
fair question for reasonable men, and
although it never had but one side, it |
was suddenly discovered that the man
who advocated thtt side, which WAS the
old view Of Blackstone and Marshall,
and Parsons, and such men, was trai-
tor. s~
A few days ofterward the army we're