The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-06-18
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DEIIvrRED IN TEE HOusE or RErHEsESTI
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DEIIvrRED m TEE HOusE OF REPaEsExTA
TIvEs, JUxE s, 1852
Mr.. SrEAKEn: At fhe beginning of our cir
u coHfbct this House passed almost anan
nnously resolution offered by The gentleDs
iron Kentucky tMr- CRETrExDExO as to th
character Of The var. 1t vas a pledge th,
the war shOn1d not be Eaged in hostility |
the institutions ofany Of the States On Id
faith OF its pledge men and money were vc
ted Since then that pledge has been broke
both m this House and out OF il.
Sir, have watched with anxiety the con
duct oftbis House. No heed Is given her
10 the warning of loyal Union men from siav
States Their advice Is met with The en-
-eh. they are for slavery. and NO pro-slarer
man can be los al" No attention is pai
20 old time political opponents. whose frNnd
are the majority in the field. For aiding t6
preserve she Union, which they hare teen
taught by their party eanOns to revere, tbel
= are treated 10 tsunis and SANDER.
Measures like those from Massachusetts
which would hold States rs conquered fie &
which would recognize republics abroad be
cause they are black; which would Great
equality Of black and white, such as passer
the Senate, IN earring the mails; whirl
abolished slavery in This Dittfiet; which
like the acts Of confiscaiion and emancipation
heie urged are to free the whole or q por
fion OF the black population; all these mea
Sures, sir, are subVersiVe OF lie institutions O
the States, and have created apprehension
and distrust.
Before the President can crush this revolt
he must reassure and rtaDnmate the public
mind. tie has already done well in crushing
the III iemont and Hunter proclamaiionS
lie has done well in protecting General Nc
Clelian from the fanatics, v ho hungered br
his overthrow. lie has doIe well in many
other respects from which would not de
tract by any hostile criticism now / would
sustain my country and lis constitution even
il were not on oath GO to do. 1t is in this
spirit that | wish that there were no ambig-
uity in our public counsels. This war can
have no end until the President clears away
all uncertainty. The more definite the oh
ject the more firm will the Government be
IN asserting IT. Its generals may conquer,
but cannot hold. 1t may by physical io,ce
subdue, bat it must do more 10 reinstste
public confidence. 1t must control civil and
moral elements, by whose influence alone
can the subdued be reconciled ! am anx
ious to believe that the President means
right But of the men who control this
Congress speak plainly. They pull down;
they do not build up. They have an activity
10 destroying; nothing of the genus of man
in constructing. salvation is not their
forte. 1t is their conduct which creates am
biguity.
There is something needed in making sue
ceesful civil war besides raising money and
armies. You must keep up the confidence in
the cause. You dispirit the army and de-
stroy its power, ifJou give forth an uncertain
sound. Is there memter here who dare
say that Ohio troops will fight successfully or
fight at all, if the result shall be the flight
and movement OF the black race by millions
northwaId to their own State? Oar sol
diers will endure great sacrifices, if they think
that they are planting the flag over States
where it has been shame lessly dishonored,
and il they believe that the United States, as
they have been made by our Cons titution and
consolidated by time, are to be again enstarred
in full brilliancy. But when you make men
homeless, wien you Grape the doors and be
dew the eyes of the bereaved-when bloody
calamity darkeus the hearth and heaey taxes
oppress labor, there must be no ambiguity of
policy.
You wish to put down this rebellion, yet
you despse the counsels Of the Union men
of the South who tell you that your anti
slavery crusade adds TO the rebel army day
after day thousands OF soldiers and to the
presume on their forbearance, not caring to
know, that their lips are often sealed here,
because by denouncing you, the secession ell
ement, which is kept alive by your action in
their States, will point to their denunciations
OF your conduct as q justification OF the re-
bellion. You will justify this crime to his
tory, provided only your vengeance and your
election are made sure.
SIR, fear and distrust much which can
not, from motives ofprudence and patriot
ism, utter. Is it the policy here, as it would
seem to be, to iorce the Union men South
in to some rash expression or act, by such
proclamatons as Hunler's, and such legisa
tion as we have had, and then to charge this
rashness as an excuse for converting the war
intoa st. Domingo insurrection, turning the
South into one utter desolation? Is it IN
anticipation OF this, that we have arms Tor
negroes sent to South Carolina and LOUIS
lana? We can get no information on these
subjects though we strive for it. Are we to
be deceived by the prevarication Of this Con
gress in regard to extreme measures? In the
mean time are these extreme measures to be
taken as the army advances with is trium
phant flag? In the name OF God, is no mans
hand to be raised to retard the downward,
helward course of these extreme men? Will
not the President, at once, leap to- fill the
niche In history. pointed out to him BY my
friend from Kentucky, [MR. CRIrTENDEN.]
He has done so many noble acts, in spite OF
the lsshings ofhis friends, will he not change
this equivocal situation and give us reassu
rance IN our doubt and trouble, like that
which inspired his proclamation, and like
that which dictated the Crittenden resolve?
Such assurance would make the country ring
with bis praises. II would make our taxation
light, our duty clear and our patriotism re-
splendent beyond all that is written in the
annals Of man. a
Itrace murmurs Of discomfort which come
to US from Army and people, to the alliance
between Republicans and Abolitionsts. That
alliance may be natural, but il is not patriot
ic. The Philadelphia platform of no more
slave States, and Republicanism with its Chi
cago dogma OF no more slave territory, may
be inntcent in intention, but, allied with ABB
olitionism, with its raids and war upon sla-
very everywhere and its de dance oil the Con.
stitution, it is crime.
Is this alliance the forerunner of that
perfect Union when Liberty shall be pro.
claimed throughout all the land and to all
the inhabitants thereofP' Is it the dawn OF
that millenial day which shall reflect back
the sabre, the musket and the torch in the
hands OF the eniranchised African, already
urged and voted for by by thirty members Of
this House?
We want no more poetry about striking
off chains and bidding the oppressed GO
Plain people want to know whether the
chains will not be put upon white limbs, and
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