The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-04-29

letter OF AIR. Ross SO far as he speaksiof the
war. soma extracts Of waich. were published
in last weeks Sentinel, which think do
great injustice. to thss wfiter.s.@} / h3pe you,
will publish the letter in'ihis own wordsavo ri
I 2a.'hg p's ,1Aie5 7,'JN). NJ .eTIPpON!!.1
Well now as to the war. q I, was of the !
opinion in the start that it could have been
settled without fighting and still think SO.
There was two sets Of extreme aud heartless
politicians, one of the South and ooeof the
North, both were determir ned TO bring about
a dissolution ofl the Union, but by a fittle
concession on both or either side, we would
have been saved this terrible bloody struggle
But have neither time space,or eyena will
to talk Of these things.' Next when war
was openly declared q good portion Of the
Northern people did not consider or weigh
with good Judgment the real strength of the
! Southern States; some talked OF cleaning
them cut in three months, Others OF starving
them out, &C.. and some men was charged
OF being secesh because they did not think
/ it very small job; such was the charge
against your hutnble seryent. But as have
said the North did not count the awful cost
but went in on very small scale, which is
one OF the causes Of the procrsstpation of
the war, in my opinion. When man goes
into fight he must put in his best licks from
4 the word 60, and never give his adversary
time to lay some wiley trap in which to
4 catch him. II there had been one great and
powerful exartion on the part oil the North
to take and hold the Mississippi River and
all the Southern Ports, they would have
been cut ia two pieces. By our possession
of the River and with their ports closed, we
could have whipped them at our leisure ins
Hand. This would have cost great amount
lof money and greater amount oil blood,
bnt finally would have been saving Of Both
But these things we're not done, and beA
Ilieve that an incompetent President and
Ipreiudiced and dishonest Cabinet was the
cause Of our fatal errors In the outset; but
after months Of toll hardships and hloodshed
comes the Proclamation. declaring all the
: 'lnegroes free, and with 1t a fierce and brutal
,sclamer all over the Northern states ofheart.
Hess and dishonest politicians trying to bring
about revolution yetmore fierce aud bloody
>, than the one already inaugurated. / look
5|upou each party ot the heartless wretchos as
Ibeing equally to blame, and think that tbs
\ leaders of each side deserve hanging. But
flsuch is our situation, and all we can do is
. to let the dead bury the dead, and hope for
better days. AS. for whipping the South,
we are going to do it, but 1t may cost gus
months, aye, years of hardships aud rivers
4 Of blood. snoWe will arm the, Negroes, and
A set them to soldering, and ii they do not
fight We will kill them, and the whole South,
ern Contederacy shall be one great and
bloody mass OF ruins, for The old flag OF our
country in triumph shall wave o'er the land
! of the free and homes OF the brave. Such
I is the determination d the soldiers in the
field, yet they sometimes get out Of heart at
the uDprincipled knagerycoi some OF the
Inen who disgrace their high positions; but
when the cannon's roar and the sfnissils OF
4 death fly thickly around them, all oi these
things are forgotten and the one great guess
Z tion Of liberty or despotism isaioremoss ! qin
N their minds. Now 1 have been opposed to
d great many acts OF the Administration. -
The proclamation freeing all the negroes was,
one thing I was strongly opposed TO, because
4 Iconsidered the CoDfiscation act sufficient.
4 10 was lust and constitutional while the
\ other was nccnstitntiona, even ifit was just
considered 1t bad policy, as that was one
of the strong arguments held forth by lead
ing rebels toii the common people OF the
: South as cause for dissolution Of the Union )
and when this proclamation made its appear.
ance they were at.. once satisfied that the
North was waging war for the one great
purpose .pf freeing Their nsseoes. thad ths
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