The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-07-22

nal thirteen to thirty four; that We say
much, when We say, ID the language of New
HamPshlre's greatest son. il we can with as
surance say no more, ." The past at least is
secure" But it we can not be JOYOUS, my
friends. as we have been on this anniversary,
let Us show tha. it is our privilege, with the
blessings of God, to be considerate, brave
and wise. 1t there be any thiag OF the great
inheritance, under existing circumstances, to
save, may we not in IA humble earnest way
contribute to that salvation? II We can not
do all for which our hearts yearn, may We
not at least approach Its conSunmation, in
that spirit OF devlted loyalty to the Coasti-
tuition and the Union which we feel Let
the disregard Of Others for what the Rsvolu>
tionarY fathers achieved, and for the compact
which they made, subiued as they were in
ali things but a sense of right and honor by
the suffsrings OF seven years war, now
stand out before us. Let the people realizs
what this constant ringing in their ears OF
the charge that " the Constitution is a cove
nant with death aud league W th hell" has
brought about. And then let them see and
feel what we had in eighty years of unex>
amped prosperity and happiness under that
Constitution. Let them look back upon
those eighty years OF civil liberty--oi the
reign Of constitutional law--eighty years of
security to our homes, OF living in our cas-
ties, humble though they may have been,
with no power to invade them by night or
by day, except under the well defined and
exhibited authority OF lava written pub.
hShed law, enacted by themselves for tie
punishment Of crime and tor their own pro.
toction-eishty years of the great experiment
which astonished the I'D. Il the people
will do this, can not, | gill net believe
that we are so smitten by judicial blindness
that the great mass Of our population, North
and South, will not some day resolve that
we come together again under the old Con.
sutution, with the old tlg. Applause |
will not believe that this experiment oil mans
capacity iOr self government, which was SO
successfully illustrated until all the ReyoIu.
tionary men had passed to their final reward.
is to prove humllatng failure Whatever
others may do. we will never abandon the
hope that the Union is to be restored. fan
plause. Whatever others may do, we will
cling to it "as the mariner clings to the last
plank when night and the tempest close
around him" No matter what nav have
been done North or South to produce it. this
terrible ordeal ct blood VIII ich has been yisi.
ted upon lis, ought TO be sufficient to bring
US all back to the consciousness Of responsi.
bilities and duties. The emotions of ali good
men are those OF sorrow and shame and sad.
ne IS now over the condition OF their country,
when they retire at night, and when they
open their eyes upon the daWnng day, strug-
gle against them Though they NAV. Why
should they attempt to disguise it ? Sol cl-
tude which hinges upon apprehension of per.
sonal danger or personal loss, and that alone
is contemplate. TrihIng men may indulge
in tFifling word and thought, while the ioun.
dationS laid by the fathers are crumbling
beneath their feet; but the artihcers who laid
those foundations found no time in tyding
while engaged in their granl AMI serious
work, nor can you They could lift up their
souls in prayer; but they had no heart for
leyity and mirLh. My friends, you havs
had most Of you have had great sorrows,
overwhelming personal sorrows, it may BE-
but none like these, none Ike these, which
come yelling up, day by day, from the great
fountain OF national disaster, red with the
best and bravest blood OF the country, North
and South red with The blood of those in
both sections OF the Union, whose fathers
fought the common battle OF Independence
Nor have these sorrows brought with them
any compensation, whe! ol national pride
or OF victorious aims. For is it not vain to
appeal to you to raise Shout of JOY because
the men from the land Of Washington, Ma.
Ilon and Sumter, are barring their breasts TO
TIE steel OF the men from the land OF Warren,
Stark and Stockton !; or because, il this war
is to continue to be waged, one or the other
must 20 TO the wall--must be consigned to
humilialing subjugation? This fearful, fruit.
less fatal civil war has exhibited our amaz-
ing resources and vast military power. 1t
has shown that united, even in carrying out
in its widest Interpretation, the Monroe doc
tf!nc, on this Continent, we could With such
protection as the broad ocean which flows
between ourselves and European powers af
lords, have stood against the world in arms.
speak Of the war as lruitless; for it is clear
that, prosecuted upon the basis OF the proc
lamations OF September % and September "a,
1862, prosecuted as | must understand those
proclaMatlons, to say nothing of the kindred
brood which has followed, upon the theory
OF emancipation, devastation, suhiugatiOn IL
can not fail to be Gruiiless in every thing ex
cept the harvest OF woe which it is ripening
ferwhat was once the peerless Republic
Applause Now, fellow citizens, after bav-
ing said thus much, it is right that you
should ask me, what would you do in this
Searinl extremity? reply, from the begin.
ming OF this struggle to the present moment,
my hope has been in moral power There it
reposes still. When in the spring OF 1861
had occasion to address my fellow citizens Of
this city, rom the balcony of the hotel be.
fore Us, th n said had not believed, and
did not then believe, aggression by arms was
either suitable or possible remedy for exist.
ing evils. Applause, All that has occur.
red since then has but streng heaed and
confirmed my convictions in this regard. |
repeat, then, my judgment impels me to RELY
upon moral force, and not upon any of the
coerclve iDstrumentalites OF military power.
We have seen in the experience OF The last
two years how futile are all our efforts to
maintain the Union by the force of arms
but even had war been carried on by us sue
cessfully, the ruinous result would exhibit
its utter impractcablity for the attainment
Of the desired end. through peaceful agen
cios, and through such agencies alone, can
we hope " to form more perfect Union, es
tablsh justice, insure domestic tranquility,
provide for the common dc .ense, promote The
general welfare ald secure the blessings of
liberty to ourselves and our posterity," the
great objects for which, and Tor which alone,
the Constitution was formed. If you turn
round and ask ne, what ii these agencies
fail what if the passionate anger Of both
sections lorbiis /; what if the ballot box is
sealed? Then, all efforts, whether of war
or peace, having failed, my reply is, you will