The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-08-06
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in rnctous uniform, came up hour after hour
thrusting their Lincoln tickets twixt thumb
and finger at the judges, with the tauut and
sneer, "SdUe bte Union; save tie Unioni"--
And yet now forsootb, we are TRAITORS" and
''secesslouistsl" And Old grey bearded and
| grey headed men who lived and voted in the
| times OF efferson and Madison, and Monrc5
and Jackson--men who have fought and bled
upon the battle field, and who fondli indul-
ged the delution for orty years that they
were patriots, wake up suddenly to-day 10
! find themselves "traitorsr'--sneered at, rs1
viled and iusulted by stripplings whose
fathers they would have disdained to have
set with the dogs of their focks." OF ell
these things an inquisition seafching and ter.
riole, will yet be made, as sure, as suddsnI
too, it may be, as the day Of Judgment. We
| OF she loyal states we OF the loyal party Of
the country, the Democratic partyS=ws ths
loyal citizens of the United States, the edit
ors OF loyal newspapers-we who gather tos
gether in loyal assemblages, like this, and are
addressed by truly loyal and Union men as
know you are to-day and at this moment
CHATS so, that's the tIuth) we, fors0oth, ars
to be now denied our privileges and buf
rights as Americans and as freemen, We are
to be threatened with bayonets at the BALLOT
box, and bayOnets to diSperse Democratic
meetings Again ask, why do they not taks
up their mdskets and march to the South,
and like brave mer, meet the embattled
hosts Of the ConfederateS in open arms, in.
stead OF threatening, craven like, to fight uni.
armed Democrats at home-possibly unarmsd
and possibly not. Laughter and applause,
and a remark-"That was well put in."1 II
so belgerent. so eager to shed that last drop
OF blood let them volunteer to reinforce the
broken and shattered columns of Mcclellan
in front OF Richmond, sacrificed as be has
been by the devilish Vaccinations of Aboli.
tionism, and there mingle their blood with
the blood of the thousands who have already
perished on those fatal battle folds. but fii,
the whistle Of the bullet and the song Of ths
shell are not the sort Of music to fall pleas
antly upon the ears of this Home Guard Re-.
publican soldiery.
| With reason, therefore, fellow citizens, I
congratulate you to day upon the victory
which you have achieved. A great poet has
said
"Peace hath her victories as well as War"
| To-day the cause OF a free Government has
triumphed; victory Of the Constitution q
victory Of the Union, has been won, but is
yet to be made complete by the men who 10
forth from this the first political battle field
OF the campaign, bearing upon their ban ners
that noble legend, that grand inscriptions.
| The CONSTITUTION AS IT is, AND THE UNIoR
AS IT WAS. Great cheering. In that sign
Shall you conquer. Let it be inscribed upon
every ballot emblazoned upon every banner,
flung abroad to every breeze, whispered in
the zephyr, and Numbered in the tempest,
till the echoes shall rouse the fanting spirit
Of every patriot and freemen in the land. Il
is the creed OF the truly loyal Democracy Of
the United States. In behalf Of this great
cause it is that we are now, If need be, to do
and to suffer in political warfare, whatever
may be demanded of freemen who know
their rights, and knowing, dare maintain
them. Is there any one man IN all this vass
assemblage afraid to meet all the RESPONSE
! bilties which an earnest and memorable dig
charge Of duty may require at his hands III
the canvass before US? (No, no, not one )--4
II but one, let him 60 home and hide his head
Tor vtry shars.
"Who would be d traitor knave,
| Who could till coward's grave,
| Who be so base as BE- slave,
| Let him turn and flee.
| 1t is no contest OF arms to which YOU srS
invited. Your fathers yodr brothers, yoGf
sons are already by thousands and hundreds
of thousands on the hattie field To day their
bones lies bleeching upon the soil Of every
Southern State from South Carolina to Misss
our 1t is to another conflict, men of Ohio,
that you are summoned, but conflict, nev.
ertheess, which will demand of you some
portion at least, of that same determined
courage, that same unconquerable will, that
same inexorable spirit of endurance, which
make the hero upon the military battle. .fields
have mistaken the temper of the men who
are here to. day, have misread the firm pur.
pose that speaks from every eye and beams
rom every countenance, which stifens every
sinew and throbs in every breast. hsvs
misread it all, if you are not resolved to GU
home and there maintain at all hazards and
by every sacrifice, the principles the policy
and the organization Of that party to which
again and yet again declare unto you this
Government and country are indebted for eli
that have made them grand, glorious and
great. tCheers and great applause.
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