The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-08-12


country are gloomy indeed, but do not des
pair Of the Republic We are now drifting
rapidly into civil war, which mpst end in
disunion. This can only Le prevented By amend
Dssuts 10 he Calstifati0Tl, which will take the
slavery question out OF Congress and pu, an
s1d to ;he sIrie. Whether this can be done
nEPrsos Upon rHE REruBsIoAEs. Many oI
their leaders desire disnnion on party
grounds and here 10 the difficulty. God gran,
"a . ae deliverance is my prayer.
"Very truly your friend,
IS. A. DOUGLAS.
"ilon, JonS TAYLOR"
Mr.. Douglas made his speech four
ct Ave days after the date of that let
ter, in which he avcwed his readiness
and esgeraess to accept the Crittenden
compromise in order to save the Union;
thereby endorsing it as "a fair and
just promise" But there were
too many Republican leaders, who de-
sired dissolution of the Union, and
urged wsras means of accomplishing
disunion, to permit either MIR. Doug
las plan or Mr.. Crittenden's plan, or
vac Peace Conference plan to pass;
and so the country was precipitated
into civil war.
E.rrly in February, 1861, Mr.. Doug
las, in a letter to the editors of the
Memphis Appeal, drew more fully the
portrait of the managing Republicans.
He said:
-.- WAsHiSsToS. February 2, 1861.
MxssRs EprroRs: You must
remember that there are disunionusts among
The party leaders at the North as well as at
the South--men whose hostility to slavery
is stronger than their fidelity to the Const,.
tuition, and who believe that the disruption
OF TIE Union would draw after it, as an in.
evitable consequence, civil war, servile insur.
rection, and, finally, the utter determination
OF slavery in all the Southern States. They
are bold, daring, determined men; and be.
iiesing, as they do, that the Constitution o
the United States is the great bulwark o
slavery on this continent, and that the dis
ruptien OF the Anne rican Union involves the
inevitable destruction Of slavery, and is an
inseparab!s necessity to the attainment o
that end, they are determined to accomplish
their paramount object by any means with
III their power.
For these reasons the Northern Disunion-
ISIS, like the Disunionis,s Of the South, are
violently opposed to ali compromise or con
stitutional amendments, or efforts at concii.
stion, whereby peace should be restored and
tue Union preserved, They arc striving to
break up the Union under the pretense oI
unbounded devotion to it. They are strug-
Cling to overthrow the Constitution while
p,ofcrring undying attachment to it. and o
Willingness to made any sacrifice to main
tain it. They are trying to plunge the coun
try into civil war as the sureSt means oil deSS
troying the Union, upon the plea of eniorc.
Ing the laws and protecting the public prop.
crty. Ifthey eau defeat every kind Of ad
justmeut or compromise, by which the
poiats at issue may be salts actorily settled,
end keep up the irritation, so as to induce
che Border States to follow the Cotton
States, they will feel certain Of the accom-
pishment OF their ultimate designs.
Nothing will crafty them SO much or con
irissste SO effectuslly to their success. as the
Secession OF Tennesss and the Border
States. Every State that withdraws from
the Union increases the relative power o
Northern Abolitionists to defeat q -atisiacto
ry adjustment and to bring on war which,
sooner or later. must end in final separation
and recognition of the indep ndenco Of the
two condending sections.
That Mr.. Douglas drew correct
portraite of the managers Of the Re-
publican party, is proved by the lette,
written by Senator Chandler, of Mich.
igan to Austin Blair, then Governor
Of that State. This letter was written
few days after the date of Senator
Douglas letter to the editor of the
Memphis Appeal. Here it is:
WAsHINGToN, FEBRUARY IL, 1861.
My Dear Governor:
Governor Bingham and myself telegraphet
TO your on Saturday, at the request OF Mass
chusetts and New York, o.send delegates Il
the Peace or Compromise Congress. They
admit that we were right and the they were
wrong; that no Republican State should have
sent delegates but they are here and cam
get away. Ohio, Indiana and Rhode Island
are cavng 10, and there is some danger o
Illinois, and now they beg OF us, for God''
sake TO come to their rescue and save the
Republican party from rupture. hope yol
will send stif>back men or none. The
whole thing was gotten up against my judg
inent ard advice, and will end in thin smoke
Sill, hope, as q matter Of courtesy to some
of our erring brsthren, that you will SEND
The delegates.
-.- Truly your friend,
.r 2. CHANDLER.
His EIce,lency AUSTIN BLAIR.
p, S.-Some ofthe Manufacturing States
think that fight would be awful. Without
little blood>lettng this Union will not, in
my estimation, be worth q curse.
That letter is full of point. II
opens to the public gaze the motives
upon which the Republican managers
acted. Virginia had solicited a Con.
ference Of the States to see if some
plan could not be devised and agreed
upon, to save the Union and prevent
civil war. Sincere patriots were anx.
ious to save the Border States-Dela-
ware, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky
and Missouri, together with North
Carolina and Tennessee--and there
fore favored the assembly Of this
Peace Conference. The Republican
managers were opposed to it. Mas
saehusetts and New York sent dele
gates, but when the plan of the Re-
publican managers was explained to
them, they repented of their haste,
acknowledged their error, admitted
that the managers were right and they
wrong, and that no Republican State
Shnnla have sent daleoates Hhey