The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-08-20

Now, nav ricndS, the world speak &C. I
,cordiag 70 the erShOdrx account, NsAyingpo "A
thing about The geological accountEuo such I
scene was ever beted IN history before as
TINT which have just described. Of 800, d
600 men lasing down their lives for the !
defense or their goyerDment, voluntarily and !
without compuls,oTit And the reason IS that1t
the world never saw such goverpmeot be-
fore, the offspring Of the people, having its
root in the hearts Of the people.
This eaH, II ark you, was made by the
President, not upon the Republicans, who
had voted er binT to fight for him, or his
fpopulafity, bot nreH people to defend the
Constitution OF the United States; not to de-
fend something that lasts b'st four years, but
something which, it was hoped, would last
as many centuries. They didn't, stop to
ask each oiher who they v6led for, nor did I
they ask what his name Massl, They knew
the fact that he was elected by the people,
who had right to do it. He was put at
the head Of the eGovernment BY the voice OF
free people,, aud it was in the nature Of
things that be should affiict them with the
calamities of civil war. gThey said ''they
are firing upon our, flag down there, and up
on the Constitution OF my country. FIheyl
are part Of my property, handed down to me
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4 Now, my friends, every one OF you have
a nronertvirisht in the Constitution of the |
United Stats; AMI, what is more YOU have |
an 'imperisbablc property. which gives value
TO all other property you possess Tear up
| the Constitution, destroy the Government
and -tuJp society loose upon issel[ and what
wroJnId all your property be worth, in thirty
dnys. II IS this ,nperishaBle and invaluable
prSperty which YOU are called upon to defend,
When the Revolutionary War had been
+ concluded. nothing bound the people Of the
, colonies together but, articles OF Contedera
, lion. and though sufficient to hold them to-
, ce,ber during the progress Of the war, they
, were (uund not to answer the purposes on
|, lis conclusion. Now, markr The thirteen
colonies trans formed themselves into States,
! Reioretho formation of the Federal Conyen-
!. tion. each State was free to act for ITSELF
There might have been thirteen different
4 Governments, each sovereign in ITSELF There
VI was nothing to forbid it. South Carolina
!, had the right 10 saw az will remain separ
n ate and iindependen; power. | will not unite
d with the Northern States" But she and
n they didn't do it. They entered into Con-
II, federation each fope surrendering certain
d. sovereign rights to the General Government
=. It was a Constitutional arrangement. II was
d not a treaty arrangement Each State had
}. to rat,ry it for itself Now, why did our fae
IS theirs take so much pains?
e This brings usto the very essence OF the
n question. A portion jof the people arc now
ir irving to break up lht arrangement. 1t is a
is war now between the constitutional arrang5-
j. ment and the treaty arrangement. Now.
It the reason why the constitutional arrange
l. lnent was preferred by The statesmen and
= people Of lhe Revolution was because it Of
i A lered better condition Of, things and COM
IT, mon tribunal for the amicable determination