The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-12-10
RepubIicCuism,

That which is known in this country
as Republicanism, is essentially bar
barous, unchristian, and hostile to the
liberties Of the people. In nothing
does the enlightened civilization of the
age, make more distinct and beni6cent
manifestation of itself, than in the
amelioration of the horrors of war
The savage murders his prisoners, ap.
PIRATES or destroys private property,
slaug ghters women and children. This
is barbarism, and these are the practi>
ces of barbarians. The law of nations
contemns ad discards them all; and
the history of modern Europe affords
no example of the infraction of ma
tional law in any of these respects
But Republicanism has fretted, and
clamorcd, through thep press and pulpit,
by speech and resolution, for the adop-
ton of each and all of these barbar-
GUS resorts. Privateers were to be
treated as pirates; commanding Off
GERS were to be dismissed and disgra>
ced for guarding rebel property, and
last, and most diabolical of all, negro
slaves, melted to insurrection, were to
be set with torch and brand upon the
people of the disloyal States.
We cannot be mistaken in the as
sumption that the spirit of the Gospel
inculcates peace on earth and good
will to men. Indeed, so strongly did
Christ reprobate all the causes which
lead to strife, that there are numerous
Christian sects, composed of intelligent
and conscientious men, who believe
that war is wholly unjusti6able, and
never to be resorted to for any purpose.
No PARTY, however, in this country
has assumed this extreme ground
But the Democratic party have main
tanned that it was better to compro-
mise--that is, Ito agree with our adj
versary while we were in the way with
him'-than to precipitate the nation
into bloodshed. And when war had
become an appalling fact, that party
maintained that it should be prosecu>
ted with the view of maintaining the
integrity of the Constitution, and for
no other purpose, and not for one day
longer than was necessary to effect
this object. Because of these moder-
ate views, they were stigmatized by
the Republicans as 'sympathizers'
with the rebels. War not for the
Constitution and the Union-not for
peace-but war, bloody, devastating,
cruel, remorseless war, for it's own
sake, has been the antl-christian policy
and purpose of Republicanism, as
avowed by the exponents we have ma
med before.
The liberties of the American peo-
pie are contained in their Constitution.
But Repubhcauism has been in haste
to destroy that repository of our frees
dom. 1t has been most eager to in
pose an absolute despotism upon the
people. 1t has muzzled the press; it
has silenced free speech; it has stihed
opinion; it has imprisoned the citizen
without cause, and against law: it has
suspended the great Writ of Liberty.
Indeed, it has, for the time being, sub
verted and destroyed the public liberty.
Therefore, it is, that we have as
serted that Republicanism is essential
ly barbarous, unchristian, and hostile
to the liberties of the people. This is
history; and thus it will be written
This is the deliberate and intelligent
Judgment, not only of an impartial
world, which is looking on with amaze-
ment; but of the majority of the peo-
pie of the very States in whose name,
and by whose usurped authority, these
barbarous, unchristian, and despotic
words and deeds are being excmplifed.
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