The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-01-07

TED that either party, or any considerable
portion Of thspeoile Of tho loyal States, 4
disposed to Rceept disunion under any cir.
scunistanees, or upon any terms. 1t is rathei
10 be understood that the people have be
come so confident Of the stsbiliiy OF tht
Union that partisan combinations are re
suming their sway here. as they do in sucf
cases in all free countries. In this country
especially, it is habit not entirely consistent
with the Constitution, but even esSentia
to'its stability, TO regard the Administration
al any time existing as distinct and separablt
from the Government ITSELF and 10 canvass
the proceedings Of the one without the
Thought oi disloyaly to the other"
Who Is there on the opposite side who
dare echo the cincere tributs of Mr. Seward
to the loyal Democracy2 Who OF you has
bad the generosity to distinguish between
sustaining the Government endcritcising the
Administrator? Who among you does the
Secretary reckon OF doubtful political wis
dom and virtue?' Certainly it is him who
would counsel war against slsgeiy; for he
said to Mr.. Adams, on the 18th of February,
1862. in speaking OF the crusade against
slavery:
"To proclaim the cru>ade is unnecessary,
and it would even be expedient because it
would deprive Us Of the neediul and legit-
mate support of the friends oil the Union
who are opposed to slavery, but who prefer
Union without slavery to disunlon With sla-
very.
Does France or does Great Bri ain want
10 see q social revolution here, with all ITS
horrors, like the slave revolution in st.
Domingo? Are these Powers sure that the
h. ;c r,p Enr ~.
kation, so that it must certainly be success.
full? What, if inaugurating such revolu-
tion, slaves, protesting against its ferocity
and inhumanity, should prove the victor"
Again, on the 9th Of July, 1862, he says:
ut seems as if tho extreme advocates o
African slavery and its most vehement op-
poDents were acting in concert together 10
precpate servile war-the former by max
ang the most desperate attempts to over
throw the Federal Union, The latter by
demanding an edict Of universal emancipa-
tion, as lawfUl and necessary, If not, as
they say, the only Legitimate way Of saving
the Union.
He accuses, there ore, every o8e who
would pervert the war from its primitive and
loyal purpose into an auti-slasery crusade,
as depriving the country of its loyal friends.
He accuses all such of aiding to bring on a
social revolution, like that of st. Domingo,
involving all its ferocity and inhamanity.-
II this indictment be true, who will escape
condemnation? The vote the other day to
sustain the proclamation will show. When
the gentleman from Pennsylvania was fra
ming his elimination against those who
would propose peace on the basis OF separa-
ton, which inculpates no one on this side,
did he know whereof he was accused by the
Premier Of the Administration? The people
have tried and condemned all such as are
thus accused. But while those who are ap
proved by them never will 'accept disunion
under any circumstances or upon any terms, y
still it is nevertheless true that these elec-
tions do indicate pro- found interest among
The people as to the continuance Of this wal
on the line OF policy now about to be pur'
sued. They do indicate that in the popular
mind there is hope yet alive, and efforts
vet TO be tried perhaps not opportune JUS
now, to adjust the causes Of strife and bridge
over this abyss, below which is surging the
Presidents remark that alter all our fighting
we must at last make some accommodation
The London Times says truly, that "in the
result Of these elections we think we see a
hope that the word compromise will soon
come into general use on the other side o.
the Atlantic" The President himself seems
in an oblique way, to have taken the hint
and IN his late message writes out in plain
hand, this once. honored word-CoAPRo
MISE.
But how shall we begin the work OF com
promise? What is honorable and just, un
der present circumstances? Is it true, as
is slleged, that the southern Ststes, under
certain circumstance, are willing to return
TO the Union? Is it true that the Presiden'
is thus advisedl know not; but if SO. wha
sacrifices can be made to restore the Unionl
Or, indeed, ought any talk Of compromise to
be held, while the guus OF rebellion thunder
along the Rappahannock, or our navies meet
with resistance down the Mississippi? Shall
we then, in case of failure, wait still anoth
er year? Shall we talk Of compromise br-
fore our debt reaches the estimate OF Mr.
Chase. on the 1st II June next, and towers
up to S1,l22 ,297, ,4O3 "a? Or shall we wait
till the year after, when it shall mount VI
to "A. 744. .595 .596 80? Or still more near
on the next years day, when the Comman
der in Chief shall have declared all persons
held as slaves in any State, or designated
part Of State then in rebellion, to be then
thenceforwsrd, and forever free? If tina
srand papacea fail, shall we still wait unit
another million shall be added to our army
another hundred thousand fresh made
graves upon our soil? Another three hun
dred millions Of loss, by destruction Of pub
lie enterprises, private property, and by the
wholesale arrangement Of the social, husi
ness, and labor systems OF the land? Or viii
compromise be more acceptable, North and
South, If possible at all, when another hal
million of slaves are freed by the friction
and abrasion Of the war? Or will it be wher
slave labor is enfranchsed and exported Il
regions where it will never add dollar tc
the national Treasury or TO the genera
wealth? Or when the four million slaves
being freed by war, legislation, confiscation
or proclamation, which my colleague, Mr.
Hutchins1 thinks may cause some slight in
convenience, shall seek the north star, and
by an exodus, already great and increasing
shall disturb the relations OF labor 10 ih'
free States, until new irrepressible con-
flict shall arise between white and black la
boz? Or shall the war 60 on, without efor
at compromise, with no other attempt a
arbitrament except the sword, until exter
mination results? Will you compromis'
with desolation and call it peace? Will yo'
glory in the unity and indivisbility of ter
Titory denuded by the bosom OF war? When
when, Representatives, is peace honorable
and compromise just? Are these "forces'
TO 'endure" SO long as there is cotton ant
rice field in Carolina or o sugar plantation il
Louisiana unscathed by war or unsettled By
free labor? II the day Of compromise b.
postponed till then, may not the Fedora
gceptre be barren one in your gripea U