The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-01-07
Meaning of the Elections OF
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Delivered i'm the House OF Repre-
~ senlntives, Dee. rs, 1864.
OF OHIO.


under consideration the Presidents Messag'
Mr.. COX saids .....s. e.e.- -.s t.I
,.g Mr.. CHAIRMAN; 1t has been Gus
tom in all civilized countries and a par
of the Constitution of all free eoun
tries, for the administration to yield +
+. the popular will, whenever it is clearly
ascertained. In England, when tht
Ministry is voted down, they surrendeI
their port>folios to the Queen. Ever
in parliament, which is but an imper
feet representative of the British peo
pie, no Minister, however popular, car
withstand the sentiment of the Com
mons. He must resign or rule under
the scorn of the nation. In 1882,
even the Duke of Wellington was not
''iron' enough to resist thepopular cry
of "Rcform," In 1916, when Golden
and Bright on the hastings, Villers in
the House, and Elicit in song, raised
the cry of Repeal of the Corn laws
and cheap bread for the people, the
landed aristocracy, who had the power,
crumblcd before the silent, solvent,
power of the popular voice. Sir Rob
ert Peel, the greatest statesman since
Chatham, bowed to the decree. The
nation yet honcrs him for this mag~
unanimous craftsmanship. Later dur
ing the Crimcan war, its gross misman-
&gemcat Shown up by an untrarnmell.
cd press, drove an incompetent Minis
try from power, by vote of the Com
mons. In Prussia, in France, and
even in Austria, the sovereign and his
advisers do not fail to conciliate the
public mind by some graccs of obedi-
cnce. But here, sir, in this boastcd
free country, when our great States
have pronounced against this Con-
gress and against the emancipation
and other schemes here hatchcd, we
hayc mockery, defiance, and perSis-
tency in wrong doing. The people
have raised their voice against ire
sponsible arrests; this House OH its
first day, votes down my resolutions,
drawn in the language of every bill of
rights in America, and refuse inquiry
into these outragcs upon the citizen.
The people have condemned that worst
relic of the worst times of French
tyranny, the LETTERS DE cATcHET;
vet this House, with indecorous hurry,
lash through bill of indemnity,
which is to confiscate all the rights
and remedy of an outraged citizen--
bill, sir, which, if plead by minion
of power, the courts will laugh to
scorn. The people have condemned
tho edict of emancipation, an edict
which Mr.. Seward, on the 10th of
March last, in letter to Mr.. Adams,
declared "would rc-invigorate the de-
ciining insurrection in every part of
the South" yet we have the presiden-
tial message, which proposes to adhere
to the condemned proclamation, and
in addition thereto proposes COM
pcnsated system of emancipation, run
hing to the end of the century. The
people desired the war to be continu-
cd ON one line of policy, declared by
us last July year, for the Constitu-
ton and the Union; but this contuma-
cious assembly are determined to force
it from that line, or abandon the
Union.
My colleague Mr.. Hutchins] spoke
the other day for the majority here,
and gloried in that radicalism which
would sreinvigorate the rebellion" l
think the Irish orator had my col
league in his eye when he spoke of
the universal genius of emancipation"
Laughter. He glories in being a
radical, because he goes to the root
| propose to tap that root for few
moments. His speech is not upon
new thomc nor is it freshly handled.
Its point is it's audacious disregard of
the sentiment of his own State and
of the North. He is wiser than the
.'clders" of the Republic, whom he
stigmatizes: for they found never
what he has learned from other and
recent sources, that slavery and free
dom are incompatible in our system.
He pretends that the real cause of the
rebellion lies in this irrcconcilablc an
tagonism. He forgets that seventy
FIVE years of our history disprove his
fallacies. He urges such antagonism
for military reasons; when the truth
is, his party got power by propaga-
ting this, very heresy of hate. The
scheme of cxtcrminating slavery as a
war measure is an after thought. He
claims, moreover, the right under the
Constitution to free all the slaves, be-
cause slavery is incompatible with
that clause which guarantees to each
State republican form OF government.
lie grows wiser than the ''elders, who
framed the Constitution, and who iy-
ed in slave States when it was made.
He thinks the Congress and the Ex-
ecutive can unmake the State govern
ments and make new governments for
the South when subjugated. He thus
becomes as much Of disunionist and
traitor as Davis. Ny colleague re~
proves the President for his delusion,
because he hopes for relief by COM
pensated emancipation in 1900. In
this the daring radicalism Of my col
league outstrips even that Of the Ad-
inistration. lie favors a "Union as
it will be when slavery is eradicated,"
and that makes him radical. He
snus radinalism goes to the root. So