The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-04-01


To unite the land, and not the people, is
what simple men are in the habit Of calling
sSl5sgdtios, and s0bjugation ol most cruel,
bsrbardus and inhumAn KIDD. But, even At
the best, such subiugation never j 5 complete
l'DesttoY Charleston; destroy Vicksburg;
open the Mississippi; break the back OF the
Southern power; trample it under boot, you
will still have 10 keep 1t under foot; and tor
this purpose an army OF occupation snd fleet
will be permanent necessity; and s,perIna
nent army and permanent navy, such as
would be needed for such service, would be,
as Washington warns on 10 his Farewell
Address, permanent danger to the Repub.
lie. t'reat s;slause You see what in
~eaas on repdbfcsn liberty have been made
thus far. But these find men to excuse
them on the ground Of tempory necessity,
the passing exgency the war. But think
oil ia ure, when this necessity shall be con-
tnued, the ,ear pos0ey permanent.
But some Of my friends in the war for the
Union pariy--snd let me say that have
friends in the party whom | ST. em aud love,
for know them to be as sincere in their
views a. ] am in mine they say to me /;
"lf you think no good result will come Of
the war, what would you do? You would not
surely negotiate with traitors with arms in
their hands?
would, assurely, il by that negotiation
( | could get them to lay down their arms
and agree en- some reasonable terms on whioh
they and We could live for the iu ufe in
peace. Continued applause
I am sure that there are numbers Of mod
| crate and honest men still in the Southern
z - g. - l. g. Al
/ The Southern States Asge fought a Won
deriul fight. Against 1amber., wealth man
u featuring skill; against tn heaviest odds
they have contended, with q courage and
torlitude scarce equaled in the history OF
human endurance; but they must know that
they are .oulnumbered, overweighed, tired
out. and, IN spite of their brave words, it
canaot be but they would gladly accept any
reasonable terms by which their lives, their
rights and their honor should be guaranteed
10 them. tCheers.l
! II ever this Union is restored, it will
surely be by some compromise. Renewed
cheers.
This war must end some time. Peace is
the only legi innate end and purpose OF war.
Peace on some terms must come at last
! What bet er day could there be to speak oi
peace than on this day. sacred to the mem.
ory of Washington? What filter place than
the city OF Philadelphia? Nay. there are
some reasons, too, why man from the is
land in which was born is not the less
fitted on that account to utter the word. l
will tell you why.
In the year 1175, when the struggle be
tween Great Rlitain and her revolted colon
,o, rkn nA IN
end oi England ran one cry of indignation
at the aud city Of their treason, one voice,
even in the British Senate. was raised in
their behalf That voice was an Irishman's s
Edmund Burke. Others were hot for
war, suhugation and devastation. lie coun-
seled conciliation, redress OF grievances, con
cessidn, forgiveness, peace, His voice was
then unheeded. Great Britain in arrogance
would listen to 30 censession, and drew the
sword. The colonies resisted. Psrpeta
ally defeated. broken up by the British arms
at ons time their whole army did not
number eight men-their final subiugatio n
was promised from month to month, and
seemed only question OF time. Yet they
were not subdned A hundred opportunities
for Cancellation were wasted. They became
free s .ates, and all were lost to Britain or>
ever.
And could Edmund Burke, under the eye
of naughty and insulled monarch, stem>
ming the fierce current OF popular preju>
aice, with the frown Of angry England upon
him, could he dare to excuse the revolt oi
the American people, and pray that, to the
spirit of liberty, by which they were moved
something might be ardoned; and |, in this
republic, that put yesterday WAS Tree, in the
lefty where Washington resIded--within
sight OF the room where the Declaration o
American Independence was signed-it is
unbecoming in Inc 10 entreat the American
people to think of their own history. theil
own origin from success'ul reVolt-to take
warning by the errors of their former rulers
10 remember that it was the passion and OBJ
stinacy OF Great Britain that fixed and hard
ened the wavering policy OF their retainer:
into unity Of resistance that no power or
earth could break, and to beware lest by
following the same fatal path they, too, cre'
ate and corfim among the people oil The
: Southern States the power OF cohesion
which, am per uaded, even still thev lack
and so render their return to the anclep
. Conederscy on any terms undesirable Of
: impossible Applause
am the mole eEnhodened to speak thu
) because | know tha, nay words can claim M
t force from the position or authority ef th'
speaker, and carry with them only sucl
weight as their own inherent justice cai
command. For do not speak for any part,
t or man, but only tor myself | am no poll
! tcian. | aspire to lead no faction. woult
t not consent TO be its slave. But grateful t
! =. hat hos
and home--lovlng il lor the sake Of IN
. children, whose birthplace it is-hoping 10
/ restoration Of its intigrity, with an anxiet.
y which is perhaps intensified by the conVic
} ton Of the superior blessings of its institu
tions, as compared with those oiother lands
bound to it by every strong tie that leyalt
S can weave between the citizen ard the State
1 shudder at the idea that IN the ianati, ISL
S Of some the apathy OF Others, in obstlnacJ
, dishonesty, Sc fshness, fecklessness and Toll
the solden hours Of oppori unity are flynn
by, and soon the inexorable logic Of event
/ will pronounce the aal words too late"--
e In one word, am or conciiation and peace
e Peace, pure and simple. Peace to be oh
tanned by such means as may best befit tn
i honor o nation 10 great to be vindlctivt
powerful to be subdued, too generous /
y care to crush and tTample on loe. Th
! applause here was OF most uproarious de
scriplion, and il was several m nutes be or
: the speaker cou Id proceed But men say
!, I'VE must punish the South" Merclu
heavens! have they not been punished?-
\ Their cities pillaged aad ruined, their field
q was ed, their best blood poured out llk
. water shut in from Commerce with tn
world, their veal hest reduced to poverty
their proudest humble1, what have they /
+ dedend on in their contest against our pow
: er hut the grim ant energy of dispai