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

lit, in all Of his writings, in all Of hi
! conversation, never uttered a single
word against the Constitution Or the
Union, and never assented to the sep.
aration of the States, in any contin.
gency, either by war or diplomacy, by
the sword or negotiation. He is now,
and always has been, for the Union as
our fathers made it, forever, never tc
be dissolved, never to be broken up,
never to be relinquished, but always
to be protected, defended and preser-
we'd. -. alla F.s
And as he has uttered no disloyal
word, so has he committed no disloyal
act. The laws passed by the brutal
and bloody Congress now defunct,
though many of them were in fragrant
and admitted violation Of the Consti>
tuition, were never resisted by Mr.. Val
landigham, and no man was ever ad-
vised by him to resistance. He sought
their abrogation by the peaceful, legal
methods pointed out and authorized by
| the Constitution and laws of the land.
The vast crowds whothronged to hear
him, whose dearest rights had been vio-
lated, and who had been outraged al
most beyond endurance by The inso~
lence of the dominant party, were res
strained, counseled forbearance, endu-
rance, patience, by this loyal and most
patriotic statesman.
1t is true, that he never believed
the Union could be preserved by war.
Mr.. Douglas had said that "war is dis
union AMI eternal separations" and
Mr.. Vallandigham said no more than
Mr.. Douglas had said. Even in mon
archial England, when the American
colonies rebelled, seeded and pros
claimed a Dissolution of their Union
with the British Empire, it was per-
mitted the illustrious Earlef Chatham,
to say in his place in the British Par
lament: "My Lords, you cannot con-
"quer America. If | were an Amer
"ican, as I am an Englishman, while a
"foreign troop were landed in my
country, l would never lay down my
"arms-neyer! never" May not an
American citizen, in this land Of
boasted freedom, say as much, without
the imputation of treason?
There are. men in the Republican
party, not wanting in ability, but tsad
ly deficient in integrity, and patriot
ism, and manliness, who have sought
to re-invigorate and establish in this
country, Constructive TREASON, tho
it had, centuries ago, been extirpated
in England, as wholly irreconcilable
with public liberty and personal safe
ty. These bad men--for they are un-
qualifedly bad men-say: ''lhe Dem
''ocratic party declare that certain
'act of the Administration is uncon>
''stitut ional This betokens division
''of the Northern people; and a division
"of the Northern people is calculated
"to give aid and comfort to the rebel
-'Elion." This is the sort of treason
the CONSTRUCTIVE TREAsoN-whlch
Englishmen are too wise to recognize
or to admit, but which the Republi-
cans to whom we refer, charge upon
Mr.. Vallandigham, and upon the
Democratic party. They do not pause
to consider the effect of ESTABLISHING
THE PRINCIPLE they maintain; nor do
they consider how comprehensive tits,
for il embraces themselves within it's
grasp. When they INFORM the rebels
that there is division here, they give
them aid and comfort, and giving in
formation of such division can afford
them aid and comfort; and giving in
formation of such division, if con
struction' be admitted at all, is just
as reasonable as creating the division.
The English statute Of Edward III
was designed to put a check upon
Judges, who, for this CONSTRUCTIVE
treason, were multiplying convictions
requiring IT, EN-, in cases NOT DEEI-
NED by the statute, ''to tarry, without
going to judgment of the treason, till
the cause be showed and declared be-
fore the king and his parliament,
whether it ought to be judged treason
OF other felony. And because of the
design and effect cf this statute, it
was highly eulogized by Sir Matthew
Hale. In the first year Of the reign
of Henry vi, see Blackstone, book
iv., p. SO, an act was passed. reciting
"that NO MAN KNEW HOW TO BEHAVE
HIMSELF, TO DO, TO SPEAK OR TO SAY,
for doubt of such pains of treason,
and therefore it was accorded, that in
no time to come, any treason be judi
ged otherwise than was ordained by
the statute of King Edward the Third. "
In other words-that only was to be
held as treason which was specifically
defined as such by the law. This is
the only rule that can prevail in free
country; for we have all experienced,
under the infamous system established
by Republicanism, ''that we know not
/ ihowto behave ourselves, todo, tospeak,
or to say" lest we incur the imputa-
ton of the highest crime which the
citizen can commit.
No mere man is infallible; and the
wisest and purest statesman that lives,
may err in his jt1gmcnt. 1t is not at
all certain that Mr.. Vallandigham,
even in his most extreme opinion, will
not be justified by the event, and his
ltruthfnlncss and sagacitY be yindica-