The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-12-10
our War n Party War.

course before we get much farther.-
So. far as we were individually con-
cerned. we never had much diffculty
on the subject; bu, somany others had,
or appeared 70 have, thatit was With
great officially We could make some
very gOcd men believe that there was
"a cat in the meal tub" Each day,
however, has brought out developments
which startled man after man from his
confding slumbcrs as the truth broke
in startling visions before Tim.
A recent number Of the Ashtabula
Sentinel, the organ of Joshua r. Gid
dings, gives us admissions, if not view
light. Mr.. Giddinss is a real insti,
tuition himself, and men may abuse OF
disown him, hut all who knew him will
give him credit for can lor, intellect,
and aperfect knowlej se of the princi.
pics aud purposes of those who nov
have the Natiop'al Administration in
tire'r keeping, In recent number OF
tho Sentinel, We find the following,
With more, bearing on The same points;
"T'IE PoLrr1cAL Asrrcr We cannot
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Wy; and especially in thi war, one intimate.
! ly connected with politics Of parties. An at
tempt to ignore this fact has been one of the
chief causes Of our protracted struggle; and
the administration has lost the power tc
close the STRIFE speedily by its many attempts
to conduct public affairs as Il politics had no
thing to do with tho war We must look
for peace through the medium Of political
action; and it must come by political party
| The last elections show this plainly enough
Tine policy of the Republicans or Conserva.
,iyes must and will be applied to the conduct
! of the var. 1t will be best for the country
that this should he done openly aud with a
fair understanding among the people which
policy is TO guide in securing peace, The
! President t0as elscted ciM an undesandinQ
among The people, that any civil strife Mat
might arise, tcas to Ie qhiteR according 10 the
policy Of he RtpubhcuN pmty and the ciUii
gUe1nn'c'G conducted on Gte same principles. -
! Our civil pollty has been, alter fashion,
( Republican,; but the war la been conducted
upon the Conservative policy entirely. The
consequence has been confusion and failure
at every poiat. We entered upon the sup.
preston Of the rebellion eighteen months
ago, with as clear a view of the means Of
success and the manner of restoring the
country to order as we hare to-day. The
Republican policy OF fighting the assumption
of slavery with freedom, was as plainly The
only means Of saving The Uhion in April,
1861, as when the President issued his Proc
lamation in September last. This fact is
now admitted; and there is n fair prospect
that Republican pol cy is to be applied 10 the
iu'ure conduct Of the war"
~t We ITALIcIzE the sentence which is
the gist'of the subject, but we confess
that the whole paragraph quoted is
full of matter for reflection. That the
war is now and was from the first, a
rARTY WAR, and was intended to carry
out the purposes of Mr.. Lincoln S cleo
ton, We never doubted from the mo-
,nentit it was decided by Mr.. Lincoln
to send vessels from New York to
Charleston, to draw the fire of the
South Carolinians on Fort Sumter un.
der the prctcxt of provisioning the
Fort, and which was instantly follow
ed by a call for troops. We believed
from the first that if an effort at COM
promise was refused by the Republicans,
and a war inaugurated, It would be a
party war, and intended for party pur>
poses.
We are now led little further into
the mysterious proceeding by Mr.. Gid
dings, who very candidly informs us,
we wish he had TIMELY informed us,
THAT the President was elected with
an understanding among the people
that any CIVIL STRIFE THAT MIGHT
ARISE, WAS TO BE QUIETEp ACCORDING
To THE POLICY OF THE REPUBLIcAS
PARTY" &c. %e
Who had this MISUNDERSTANDING"
What people understood it? The Re-
publican leaders, Of course. We all
know that such an UNDERSTANDING
was not with tie Democrats. In fact
many Democrats stubbornly refused to
believe that the Republicans ever con.
templateI "ciyil strife. We knew
they did intend it, especially the rad
ical portion of them-we knew they
were making their estimates according
| ly; but we did not know that it was an
understanding" among them as q
party, even to the means and manner
of QUITETING IT.
L is true, Mr.. Giddings docs not
fully inform us what this peculiar con-
tract or understanding contained in
Its details is, except that twas to be
ON the Republican platform, and by
the Republican party. From this time
forward this Republican policy is to
be followed eut, Of that we have no
doubt. Mr.. Lincoln tells us that now,
and in few weeks, if not earlier, we
shall have his OTHER proclamation
freeing the slaves.
Now, as there was an UNDERSTAND
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