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

Iace. .......
10. That for the specie currency Of iey
years ago. we have already in circulation mil
lions OF deprecated Government Promisee I
pay. ranging from $1,000 notes down to fly
cent shinplaslers.
IL. That we have the promise OF bank
rupt law at this session, as the wholesale re
suit oisthose commercial arrangements.
L. That we have had killed in these 81:
hundred and fifty one days ut least one hun
dred and fifty thousand OF the best youth @
the country on bloody field Of battle, AM
nearly the same number by sickness in camp
and hospitals. .s .-
l3. I hat by the decisions of the courts al
ready given as to the laws OF this Congress-
the legal I, nder and he confiscati acts
we learn that there is a general encroachmen
by one department Of the Government upoI
The other.
IA That the Christian religion has been de
filed by its teachers, and civilization set bacI
a half century by the Generalization incideu
to these unhappy events. u ,.-... ra.
This is the radicalism of my col
league. Conservatism has played the
radical so far as to uproot this gigan
tic Upas tree, whose shade poisons the
nations life. 1t would cover over anc
refresh the exposed roots of the good
ly tree planted by the fathers, that il
may grow again, and blossom and bear
fruit for the children.
Is it necessary to illustrate the diff
ferences between the radicalism and
now operating in our
politics? | will not 60 back to Egypt,
or Palestine, or even to the Revolu-
ton. We have in our midst subjects
of comparison. The gentleman from
Pennsylvania, Mr.. Stevens, I with an
intellect like a demigod, .clamoring for
a dictator and scofling at the Consti-
tuition, infinite in his power of mis-
chief, might well illustrate radicalism;
while the gentleman from Kentucky,
with heart as large as his intellect,
would illustrate the opposite. 'One
defends contractors, palliates pecula-
ion, and assaults investigating COM
nittccs. Given the leadership here
n this time of peril, he uses it preach
/ sALUs PoPULI sUPREMA LEX as of
higher sanction than his oath to the
Constitution. lie deals in invcctive,
Ind talks of being provoked by con-
opposition or a modest
He would tear down the
'abric of his Government to vent his
;pite on an institution about which he
tas no business. During this session
lc voted for the dismcmberment of
Virginia, and gave these radical rca-
,onS:
For IwiN not si"1yy myself by surprising
hat sce haze any .Ua,rant in the Constellation
or This proceeding. This taM of restoring
he Onion as ii Vas under The Constitution as
I ts is one Of the absu difies Ihdoe heard re-
'eoted until 1 haze Jecome SICK about it. This
mon can never be rcetored as it was. -
There are many things which render such
IN event impossible. This Union shall never
cih my consent be restored under The Consti-
ut'on as tits, soiM Slavety to be protected ty
{.
Such language would befit the
Congress. He who utters
t is indeed no conservative. Turn to
mother in our midst; man of gray
lairs; no counterfeit glory upon his
lead, but the glory Of a long, useful,
nd patriotic career. He comes to
Is from his retirement in Kentucky to
epresont the people among whom
1crry Clay lived and died, to coun-
el us in this our country's trial. He
ids us to manifest temperance in the
cry torrent and tempest of this anti
lavery frenzy. His course may
rouse the sneers and ire of the rad
cal. He may be likened to the sen,
ual lsraclite, the hypocritical Phari-
ee, orthe obscquious Tory; but the
,eoplc know him as one who would
lave saved them. from the war, and
Who would now lead them to the land
# our promise. His conservatism
would not pull down; it would build
Ip. 1t abounds not in empty cries Of
humanity about the blacks. 1t would
ave this western world to constitu-
;onal freedom for the white, from the
narchy of the day. 1t looks for
Yard to the old time, under the old
lag. 1t fears to let loose vengeance
n the form of atrocious confscations
nd cruel spoliation of non-combat-
nts and deluded fellow-countrymen.
t would give laws to war. It would
onserve the home, the State, the in
titutions of the country-the rcpub-
ic! 1t would never heal political
,rudges by mercenary contracts. 1t
would try the traitor first and
onfscare afterward. 1t would not
onfscatc without conviction. 1t
would observe the law North to punish
is breach South. 1t would guard the
Constitution while putting down its
4ssailants. 1t does not for months
the character of our gen.
rals' because they do not favor radi-
al notions. II would conserve char
,cter, even while it would protect the
reedom of speech and unlicensed
'rinting. 1t loves and admires the
Constitution, made at Independence
Iall, on the 17th of September, 1857
nd would echo the close of Story's
Commentaries, EsTo PERPETUAL! 1t
makes sacrifices to defend it. 1t votes
nd speaks against the worthless men
Tho, in the name of o higher law and
4 the name of a military necessity,
Tould destroy it. The difference be-
ween this conservatism and that rad