The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-11-18
The Civil yEar-IE0w -II - VIe we'd
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ed by the su5joinei acute a1alTsis Of the
mischief that htvs artssn from the iolliss Of
the present Administrator. s /. comes from
one in distant land, wh,, stationed aloof
| from the din and smoke of the bltte fiild,
is batter cApacitated, from his position thar
ourselves to calculate the consequences the
conflict.
The choice reading OF the President OF the
United States is said to consist OF two well
thunbed and we'll worn books which hs
keeps in his poeket--"Joe Miller,s Tests,
and "d1 'op's Fables" The last mentioned
is his particular iavorise. as on all cssssion.
OF logical difficulty he draws his uoralities
from that source to illustrate or enforce an
argument or to .iurn, laugh against an On,
ponent. 1t would be interesting to KnJw
whether he has ever studied.ths well lkn1v,,
fable OF the Dog aud the Shidoy.n sof
as to apply its .eachingsto to the history o.
his own unhappy administration OF Fsieral
affairs. 1.-The has done 50 might not sosae
useful reha,t.:.5Jns suggest themselves to his
! lid?
Like the do5 OF Il sop he is doubtless CON.
yinced hat shadow a. which hs grasps--the
suhjugaton OF proud, sensiiiGe, valiant and
determined people, who ask nothing o him
but 20 be let alone, to work out their own
destiny, unimpeded by the interference OF
pragmatical phioSophists and theorists, who
would free four millions of slaves and then
leave them to starve or be sxterminxted--
is no shadow, but : substance Bot shadow
or substance as events may determine he
and The American people have already lost
| in pursuit OF it more than any nation ever
lost before that was not ovsr run by foreign
foo and held in the irou grasp OF a military
corquqror. ....' .. ...+.....tt
First and foremost, thsy have lost the
Gonsitntion-tha complex, delicate, all
finely balanced instrument--which i6 topk
Washington, Jefferson, Hamilton and their
illustrous compeers such patient study, sush
consummate statesmpnship, and such cnligb-
tened knowledge Of human character to adapt
to the wants as well as to the pFejudicss OF a
Tree and jealous people; Constitution winch
guaranteed the right OF local sell government
which found each component State Of the
Uuion sovereign within it's own sphsre and
left it so and set bonds to all possible usur.
patton on that part OF the Central Power -
That Constitution is destroyed; evory one Of
Its wise provisions has been set at naught;
the l.cal authority has been denied and su-
perctded; the State Judges havs been ar.
res;el on The beuch b. armed man, for no
other olltnse than an exposition OF State law.
+ according to their conscience ani thor oaths
, but which happened to be diEsasteiul and
inoonvonient to tho Central Governments
Tho mambsr5 Of tho Legislature o sovereign
States have hcon dragged rom lhsir ho,ues
aud b2d5 at the dead OF night, md i,nprson.
ed in has;ies subjected 20 disgusting indecvn
cies and hnnnsuhns aad worse treatInons.
than aNs to the lot Of conyc,ea cions, noe
Tor any thiD; they had done, bat for some
thing whioh it was thought they might do.
Mr.. Seward has rang q bolI on his tight hand,
and ordered he imprisonment, BY telegraph
ic message to Provost Marshal Of a suilt
less citizen Of New York --gnill:sB o, any
thing but hatred OF the war and filelity TO
the Constitution; and he has rung bell on
his left, and ordered, by similar agency, the
imn,isohmcnt of an other citizen In Ohio for
the same ciF9nses. The privilege and right
Of the writ Of RaJens corpus have baon over.
ruled IN thousands Of instances wnhnut o.hs
pre5ense or justification than Tho tyrsn,',,
plea Of necessity. Forts Warren. Lafayette
and McIIenry have been crammed with nris,
oaers Of State as ignorant for ths n,,t bart
oi the grounds Of Iher incaro,tinn as snv Of
the unhappy victims VIII, ,v,r. relss,eJ ironp
the bas,is Of PARIS on ia d,strric.,an Inv .bs
IA
Of free speech las been denied; and q rs-njle q
man a scholar, patriot. and ststesm msn-
openly addressing twenty thousand Of his
countrymnn N public nae,ig --For utter.
ing wor35 tatt NOT even th, oaths of paii
military spies cDu'd twist or pervert INTO
any thing worse thar want nr corfflsneua IN
tho Administration And of dialrlisr in war AN.
ian instrument for he RESTORATION Of de Uu.
ion, vas seized t;ro hoar,s afer n,drielt IN
his bed chamber and torn from the arms Of
his agoniIed wife and amly BY a mob @ /
soldiers tried by court marshal, totind c,,jj,v
Of plain speaking, aud sentenced TO i;sft,sh.
ment rom biz native land, in Defiance Of I'm,
EXPIRE IS provision OF Inc Constitution q the
United States aud ofthe State laws of Ohio.
Military dictators like Gen. Bntler, NJ Nsw
4 Orleans ard G.n scenck at Baltimore
hevo rivaled in insolonce, brl,allty. and law,
Iessness The liberties of the Americans
over the whole longh and breadth of the con,
tipent, hare been ether abrogased by militia /.
ry proclamation or allowed in 70 me eycsp.
tional places such aq New York, Boston an
/ Philadelphia, to exst upon suflerance until
such time as it should please the caprico or
suit the supposed necessities of tho Admins.
4 ration az Washington to supercclo ,,.m by
he stroka o the pen Of a Major General or
h dictum o! q Provost Marshal.
These are among the substances which the
/ Americans have lost in pursuit of what. Al 1
yet, is but 8tqdos9, and Which promises
never to bo any thing more. Tie long list
:. admits ola short summary. Freedom of
speech lreodom of vTitins lreedom froia arr