The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-09-23
EREEmEN OF OHIO,

Be true to yourselves. DeSpond not be.
cause OF The action, or want OF action, OF
Others in other States or in your own. YOU
have heard OF the forty thousand troops in.
New York, 70 wrest frem the hands o State
authority the power to keep its own peace;
to overawe its SUPREMACY of power within
it's own domain. You have heard Of the
ballot of Tree KentuckiaDs being guided or
controlled by the bayouets OF Federal SOL
diers. You have heard OF the threats Of
Burnside that The bsyonets we're more
needed in OHIO than IN Kentucky, because
of the greater "loyalty" of the latter than
of the lnrmer. You have heard threats SO
innumerable, that the aeiR is notorious TO
control the free vote OF Ohio by an outrage
which would arouse the serfs Of the king of
Dahomey to rebellion. You sec. the deter
minalion OF tbs mere party in power to over:
ride the votes OF free Americans Of Aaefis
can decent" by election of members TO Con-
press procured in Maryland. Kentucky.
Louisiana and Virginia by Americans Of
Africans desent," made free for that purpose
by the slanderers OF Republican institu-
tions who deem themselves enthroned Rt
Washington. You have been made aware
that the habeas corpus, the only bulwaIk OF
personal freedom, is regarded by "the pow;
srs that be" oply as o shuttlecock. You
have heard it pronounced over and over
again that State lines must be abolished
that those community governments, to
which alone you look for rights oil family,
OF property, and OF burial, shall be known
no more forever. You have seen your fellow
citizens insulted, outraged, imprisoned, eK-
lied, without crime, without charge,
without trial known TO the lawa, because
daring to say word in favor of all that
makes lie dear or civil liberty other than 4
mockery. You have seen the great deep of
American society broken up and its elements
turned against one another with Q ierocity
which would disgrace Bengal tigers. YOU
have seen negroes transformed into citizen
soldiers; and slaves, paid by government,
imbruing their hands in The inocent blood oil
guleIess age, infancy and girlhood. YOU
have en- your late fellow citizens going
manicled through your streets as if they
were murderers and convicts, You hear
daily reports Of the guns which send into
eternity souls Of men who turn aside from
the ranks oil war into which they have
been ruthlessly dragged. You see, you
hear, you know all these things; and yet
your ears aie outraged by the pro ession that
they are done 10 preserve the Union, while
they are but sounds OF the hammersupon the
nails OF its eternal coffin! No wonder that
your blood freezes and your heart sckensl
But, iellow.Democrats. and fellow-citi.
zens of every political association and pre-.
dilectioni-there is no Safe without men;
no destiny OF a nation irresponsible or su-
perior to the control Of the men who com~
pose it! In your hands, and not those Of
Abraham Lincoln, are the destinies Of your
liberties and those of Republican Americal
You have been vi!llhed, prosecuted, outraged.
tor daring to proclaim your difference of
opinion from those to whom 10 an evil henr
you committed the highest trusts within
your gilt. But, at last, these men have got
to come back to you for the security Of the
very lie and liberty which they have denied,
| At last, through whatever greater trials We
may go, it deyolves upon the people TO say
what shall be their destiny 'when this cruel
war is o7er.' The nation has been COM
vulsed-- the nation has been torn asuhder-
the nature and laws of the nation scorned
and scOtfed by those appointed to administer
them. But the time must come spkea the great
seal of national life ana character sanst Be re-
set! That lime comes space. The reset
ting is, and can only be. comtnitted to the
hands Of the people. No power can keep II
out Of them. Threats the bullet and bay
one,- may intervene; but to "this complexion
must it come at last" Be then OF steady
nervel Already are the plottsrs and schem-
ers OF your discontinue reeling in their crazy
seat. They turn from one means to another
to maintain the licentious power they have
uSurped. Before snother week rolls around
you will have heard of new shifts to retain
the power they have used TO ruin the Repub-
lie and destroy popular liberty. They seem
now to despair Of the efficacy OF intitaidas
ton, OF even powder and ball. They know
that he streets Of cities, and plains Of the
couutry would run red with blood, if the ats
tempt is made to suppress free elections By
force; and they forsee the dread consequent
ces to themselves Of such bluodstorm when
once raised. They quail before its muster-
lngs. Other schemes are to be tried
other dangers to the American name,
to be entered upon. Take heed as I'd what
you do. Be patient, be firm, be vigilant----,
but above all be determined. You know
what are the principles Of the American
Union--you know what are the attributes OF
personal lberty--you know their necessity.
1t is for you to maintain both-all that is
dear 10 man The eyes Of the ,oorld are upon