The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-08-19

by means offs own choosing, the Union @
STATES, aud yst when one OF those
rePene'aut States, presents ITSELF ant
asks admission on the old terms OF Uninr
she IS spnrned by the President Of the Uni
TED S'ates and bid go and change her eonsii
5aiion Erst And this is the President tha
shed an ocean OF the best blood OF the lane
under The preiense Of saving the Union
when IN iact bis real object has been to abo
ish negro slavery in places where be said h,
had no right ul authority 10 do SO and where
IN the first moments OF his treachery, he de
Glazed he had no wish to do so And vet
strange To say we are told in the open streets
OF ST. Clairsyille, in the presence ofhundred.
IN time of general rejoicing. that there can
: be no Union without "fllolCiaq" Mr. Lincoln
who is dsnOminated "Ihe constituted author.
my Of the country" Without "iolloioina'
! the man who has stricken down the courts
OF the United States,-a CO ordinate branch
/ OF the Government, and part of the 'con-
Stiiuted authority Of the country" There
! can be no Uniln without "follovi,lo" the
man who but few days since interiered
with the freedom Of elections in Kentucky,
and controlled the people OF that State by
,he bayonet and thus defeated the express
ion o the Iubic will. Yes, follow tie man
who now denies place to louisiana in the
I Union, when she has made known to the
constituted authority" that shs Uisles to re,
iu,n to her .fpR aReqiancs"
| Are the people TO be any longer humbug
| ged by any party, or any man, under the
false cry OF Union, when they bsfils and ~re-
ject every cfIUrt toward Union? We hope
no but we will see.
What is the condition OF Louisiana to dav?
! Is she in the Union or is she out of the u
mon? II in the Union, then she is entitled,
| by an express constitutional provision, to
her equal representation in the Senate, and
: to ber p'orer proportion OF Representatives
in the lower House OF Congress, and the
! President, who by military power, reiuaes
this right to her is guilty of a crime an i'm
peachable oiiense against the laws and con-
stitution f.he country.
! But il she is out OF the Union, how d she
/, get cut? In no other way surely than by
her ordinance Of secession. But to admit
this is to adopt the whole theory of seces
sion, which we know Mr.. Lincoln has de
MED rom the beginning OF our unhappy cons
troversy with the seeding St,tes.
| NOW we say, Il she IS IN the Union, give
heI her rights under the Constitution. But
| il the ''qcre,NmcnF' treas her-when her
clear constitutional rights are involved as
| though she were out Of the Union, then
cease TO war upon her any longer, for she
cannot be in ard out Of the Union at the
same time, Il Louisiana is RICH ully out Of
the Union we have no right to make war
upon her. | in the Union, then she is en-
titled to her full representation in Congress-
and the war upon her should cease as soon
as she is willng-as she now says she is
TO return 10 her Gull allegiance" TO the gov
ernment OF the United States.
If there was nothing involved in this de-
plJrable controversy but the restoration Of
the Union, the proposition of Louisiana
would be at once accepted. But the Niger
must be free, and therefore the war must
continue.