The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-09-02
Will VaIIandigham be Elected

in our opinion, Mr.. Vallandigham will
be elected; and, if so, upon what oul
opinions are founded. We make NJ
pretensions to a spirit of prophesy;
and have little respect for that species
Of soothsaying which leads men tC
make their wishes the basis of their
predictions. We are inclined to be
lieve that if fair election is permit
ted, Mr.. Vallandigham will receive q
majority of the 7otes of the people for
the Office of Governor of Ohio.
Now for the foundation of our opin-
ions: We will, for the present, cast
aside all calculations of the relative
strength of parties in the State based
upon the statistics of past elections
We will put out Of the account all an
ticipations growing out Of the spirit
and temper of the people as manifest
ed in the vast popular gatherings ta-
king place in all parts Of the State;
and tho contrast, in respect to numbers
and enthusiasm between those Of the
Republican and those of the Democrat.
ic party. These are things upon the
value Of which as indications men may
and will differ; we found our opinion
upon the fact that the people of Ohio
ere huuan-shat they are possessed
Of human feelings and sympIthics,
and thl these feelings and sympathies
ore motives for political action.
1t is only the meanest and weakest
Of the human race whose Indignation
does not rise when acts of injustice
are committed. There are undoubted-
ly men SO base that, unless they them
selves arc the sufferers, they feel no
inclination to complain at or resent
acts manifestly wrong and tyranical;
but these are, we sincerely believe, not
the many. The greater share Of man
kind reason far enough to comprehend
that crime committed against one,
and unrebuked, puts all in danger
There is, therefore, sympathy with
the wrongei, and sense Of eommuui-
ty Of interest.
Great numbers Of the people Of
Ohio see in Mr.. Vallandisham not
merely al limo cent sufferer unl lor op-
preston, but tbs represe ntatiye Of the
most important right and the most
valuable interest that appertains to hu-
manity: the right of personal liberty,
and the interest which man has in
himself. And in this they are correct.
The circumstances are such that there
can be no mistake. Mr.. Vallandig-
ham is not the only one that has suf-
ferel. His case does not differ mate
rally from meny others; except in
this, that in his there was deliberate
trial, and an abuse of the forms of JUS
tice with view to a color of sanction
to the outrage. Had he been the on
ly one in the land arrested and impris-
oned, the incident might have been
passed over as exceptional; but the
hand Of arbitrary power has been laid
upon enough to give all to wit, that
it is time the sense of liberty loving
people was heard upon the point, in a
way that shall be unders TODD as au-
thentic.
1t is safe to assume that humanity
will, in the event, be always true to
itself. Opinions change. Estimates
of the value Of doctrines, always rela-
tive, are constantly undergoing varia-
ton. But man, in all his essential
qualities, his instincts, sympathies,
hopes and fears, remains the same
Wanton violations of his rights be-
come causes, OF which an adequate ef-
feet, in reactionary direction, may
always be anticipated. Of the fact
of the reaction there can be no doubt:
it always comes, always will come. The
only question in any instance is one of
time. We rely upon the fact that hu>
manity will be true to itself. The re-
action, we believe, has commenced; and
chat it will progress fast enough to
give Mr.. ValIandgham a majority in
Ohio we have confidence.
We see in the journals of the oppo-
site party abundant indications that
the apprehensions of their conductors
point in the same direction with our
expectations. Upon this issue Of lib>
erty they are instinctively afraid of the
people, and are doing their utmost to
escape it, and put the canvass upon
other grounds. Upon this point we
have no fears of their success, and
their efforts to change the issue are
hardly worth the trouble Of a response.
The party. with all the authority. all