The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-11-25

now in power, and aid them in the be-
nign work of restoring il, before it
shall be too late, to its former condi-
ton of grandeur and glory!-[Cin.
Eng. B. ..9i 4.'s5
two or Thrse Ekcpubi.cs Pre- fer
f. - abic 20 Oae DespoaisEn.
There is no paper that fayOrs a
more vigorous war policy than the
New York World, yet It feels constrain-
ed to say: ~ ia
''There can be no doubt in any reas-
enable, instructed mind, that two TOR
even three OF fourf free republics,
within the present lilAits of the Uni
ted States, wuuld be preferable to one
great centralized de8otism, if there
were fair probability that such re-
publieS could coexist side by side with
i, no more wars t han DE usual among
coterminous nations. mo man-whose
preference for republican government.
.islintenigent, aud fou3aed on principle
I-Awould Hesitate e@n to take the
chances of such wars gin preference to
witnessing the failurcb bf theropublican
experiment on this Continent. The
United States would have set glcri-
ons and inspiting example to nations
struggling against ,hcit oppressors,
even If we have never, made the Lou
isi4na purchase, nor annexed Texas,
nor acquired California. No partc-
ular number of States. Of definite ter
IIitorial magnitude, is Essential to our
system. Our country was as glorious,
and its system Of soImnentas near
ly persect, when it consisted Of only
thirteen, or eighteen, or twenty four
States, as at any subsequent PERIOD
Our chief boqst has always been Of our
! free Institutions as secured to us Ivy
ouradlnirable Constitution. If this
should fail, it would lc no compcnsa-
ton Scarcely cohsolation) to see it
replaced by a GIGANTIC despotism, like
Russia, holding outlying provinces,
like Poland, in unwilling suhiection..'
All that, from our New York CO..
temporary, we most heartily and COR
daily endorse : Enh.
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Abolition ,,"zsas fsa!es" iu ihe
E"nstiiEision.
90 The Hon. j. s. Black, in a late
speech in Philadelphia made the fol,
| lowing apt Illustration, which is the
more forciblc at theIresent time when
the abolition rats arc gnawing away
lat tie Constitution; "1'he people OF
Holland live in a country where the
la nd is several feet below tie level Of
the sea. They protect themselves
against inurdation by a large earth
! work, which they call a DyEE, extend
ing all along The coast. What they
are most troubled with is a large spe
cies of rat, which burrows under and
makes holes through the dyke. Now,
a rat hole is not a very alarming thing
TAin itself; tut the action Of the water
makes it larger every momert, If it
be neglected a single night, by the
time the morning dawns the rat hole
has widncd into hugh trevis, the
ocean goes porirg through it, ard the
whole land is laid under water. So it
4 10 with the Constitution, which is cur
dyke. IF the smallest breach is made
in it, the telling waves of arbi-
.trary power, which is continually
surging up against it, will constantly
enlarge it, until all protertion for our
right is washed away. / tell you, gen
tlemeu, if you desire to save one REM
nant ofYour liberties, you must watch
the rat holes in the Constitution.