The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-07-15
His Position Defined.

That ultra Abolition sheet, the Ash
tabula Sentinel, is delighted, oyerioy-
ed, with the nomination of John
Brough. 1t calls him endearingly
''ow candidate for Governor" and
says, "of course Old ,Ashtabula will
be with him. 1t quotes, in its issue
of July LIST, passage from Brough' $
speech at Cleveland on June 27, and
Calls it "the Brough Platform" the
last raragraphof which is as follows:
"For many years, you are aware, |
have held ideas of conservative chars
acter on the slavery question. Thave
changed my views. | now see the
impossibility of permanent success in
our republic as long as any portion of
it is afflicted with the leprous disease.
Either slavery must be torn out root
and branch, or our Government will
exist no longer" ,ssa.
Brough used to have conservative
ideas on this slavery question. But
he has, according to his public c'confes-
sion at CleVeland) changed his views.
The first intimation the public had of
any such thorough change was in his
his speech at Marietta, delivered just
one week before he was nominated for
Governor. The Convention thus NOM
mated, it appears, an infant ultra
Abohtienist week old. e~r.-.a
The inquiry then is pertincnt--had
Mr.. Brough,s change. Of views, from
conservati$ na&to ultra radicalism on
the slavery Question, anything to do
with his nomination for .Governor?-
From what theppblic know, there ap-
pears to ohawe beer. a. close connection
between the two momentous events in
point of3time atleast. &&
The Sentinel publishes that Marietta
speech and commends it highly. 1t
says:
practically he brought proposes
thesame ends as we do, and presents
them in a very plain and tangible
manner, as the suppression of the res
bellion by force of arms without any
compromise, and the total removal of
the cause of the war, by the extirpa-
.tion of slavery forever.
"This is all the most ultra of anti
slavery men will now ask to have done.
The motives and moral views of the
subject are not considered at this time.
The great object is to accomplish the
end in view, while we unite as many
who differ in opinion, upon the practi-
cpl end as possible. = asz. sas. .,a,.e
.This'is a plain and ineligible, not
with hypocritical Winnings
about Union, Constitution and Loyalty,
like some of the Abolition organs in
Ohio that support the principlesy and
are asha led of the name, of the ultra
Abclitionist. 1t is at least frank and
honest to tell people shat the suppress
sion Of the rebellion by force of arms
is not to be considered as accomplish
ed, or in other words, that we are to
eight on, and fight ever," until the
great end in view is reached the ex-
tirpation Of slavery forever. It is
something tangible. to be assured that
John Brough occupies this platform.
"This is ALL" says the Sentinel,
athe most ultra anti>slayerys men will
loY ask to have done Certainly it
$, and all that Garrison, Wendell
Phillips & Co., ever wanted to have
lone. Why did Garrison burn the
Constitution en- Boston CoHmen, and
Why does lie boast of the act now
simply because there was slaveryin
be country, and the Constitution per
nitted that slavery. Bat carry on a
var for the total extirpation of slavery, |
nd Garrison will be satisfied, and he
nd John Brough are hail fellows well !
net. la III
But some of Brough's supporters
nay say slavery is to become extinct
My as an incident, not as a direct OBJ !