The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-04-02
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such as lying, conway, &C., there Is
an unusual alarm in the community for
the future of our country. More SO
than at any previous hour since our
troubles commenced. Our recent vic,
tories being turned into abolition howls
for the freedom of 100000 of ne
groes, turns the whole into despair and
darkness. Instead, as we were prom
ised and hoped might be the case,
these victories being used for the re-
storation of the Union, and through
itpeace and prosperity again return
to our bleeding country, we see nothing
before us but utter ruin and universal
anarchy. a .s. -f-.,..s
y The message of Mr.. Lincoln, to
purchase the slaves, startled every one.
Even those who were willing to see
free blacks take the place of free white
men in Ohio, and the North, could not
well comprehend how this additional
burden was to be borne, when the
whole war expenses, thus far, had
been run on credit, with daily accu-
mutation of three or four millions. -
Indefinite, double-tongued, impossible
of translation into languageathat will
not permit Of doubt or dispute, as all
his messages are when he tellsu s he
means something, yet there stood out
the main facts, debts, abolition, and
free negroes. This was the policy in
auguratcd, put as many faces, expla-
nations and denials upon it as you
please. At the same time, those who
still held their affections and hopes on
the Constitution and constitutional
government, were more than ever alar-
med at the assumption, that power was
to be claimed by Congress to thus use the
public money or credit, and subject
every mans property to the will of the
government.
They considered that it was a poor
reture for loyalty" to be thus robbed
of property, deprived of liberty, and
turned beggar and slave upon the
world, stripped of every attribute of
what has been SO boastingly claimed
a ''free American citizen" If the
people were masters and the office hol-
ders their servants, they could not
comprehend how the relationship could
be SO sun marily changed to Office hol-
ders masters, and the people servants.
They could see but very little differ
ence, either, between openly confsca-
ting the property of the ''rebels," and
the seizing of the property of loyal
citizens. Loyalty was ruin, utter, in
evitable, if these monstrous claims for
Congressional authority, to. create
debts ond levy taxes without~ ~limit-
withou. estimate, were admitted. Re-
bellion could be no more. The differ
ence was only in the hanging, accor-
ding to the Ohio Legislatures resolu-
tions, on criminal law, during their
grand jury session. But we have seen
the best and most devoted of our citi-
zens threatened with the rope, and
actually run off to a foreign prison,
without writ, and turned loose without
trial, SO the difference even here is not
SO marked. l .
But the President has not left us
long in doubt; his assuming the active
duties of Commander-in- Chief of the
Armies--his re-instating Of Fremont
the summary" contracting of the
military position of Gen. Mcclellan,
the overlooking of Gen. Buell-the
retirement of Gen. Grant, and other
acts, combined with the developments
in the civil Departments of the Gov
ernment, over the property of the
people who are not rebels, need blind
no ones eyes longer as to the end Of
all these things. 1t is ruin if you sup
port the Government, it is ruin if you
do not, with about equal chances Of
being both pauper and slave. Is this
not so? Can Congressman not see
that they are making paupers of their
constituents? Are they not aware
that they will return to an utterly
ruined peoples broken Constitution
"a changed Government--a nation
lost by the blunders, passions, corrup-
tious Of those to whom they entrusted
their public affairs.
d From this state of dispair is there a
hope left? One only-the only hope,
and that is local and remote, but all
powerful and finally effective. 1t is
that the peoplein their school Districts,
Townships and thus upwards, band
themselves together, and turn every
man out of office who is in the least
tinged with abolitionism, free negro
ism, and all the isms that curse the
country. Vote for no man, for any
office, who is not for open reforms in
every department of government, and
the reduction Of expenditures of every
description. Drive politics from your
churches, and put in their place Bible
religion. Take politics into your own
hands as free citizens, as white men,
and send the free negroes to church,
to the preacher, to convert him tc
church discipline. Pick your men for
Office because they are fit for the places,
not because they want them. Do your
own electioneering, use your owr
judgments, exercise your own rights.
strengthen each other by good works
good purposes, good temper, and om
word for il such reformation woulc
soon be forced into the dull craniums
OF political aspirants, and official up
starts, aswill astonith themselves.
V But, says one, this is nothing but
Democracy, and the Democrats viii
all 60 for it. Most assuredly the mos
&c az na,ooc,at. s..ts4 Ill