The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-02-04

A1t tep, SIR. here is 9ot an t'iTreprt ssihe con-,
lett Between slave labor aud nee 1aAor.-
rhete is nd conflict at all. Both exiss 10.
;ether in perisct hatmehy in ite Sauth, -
The raster and the slsve, the White iaborerI
lHdeihe blseka work logs ib, lhe tfape,
ieldoI the Same shop, and without the slight
Isl d,ira5A iOr. They are not equals, either
socially CT politically. Ard why not, then,
canpol OHIO, having only free labor, live in
with KenyuSky which has both
slave aud nee? Above all, why cannot
Massachusetts, allow the same right olchoice
10 South Carolina, separated as they are a
thousand miles, by other States who would
keep the peace ana live in good wifiF Why
this sgciSShwsi?s. Whence disUnioR2soy Not
rem hlayery-- not bech ns eihe 500 'lf chooses
to have tASso kinds OF labor iustcad .ekOLe;
butiFont Ssetionaliua always srsissVeTSwhere
a 'disinieginIing principle, Sectional sjeals
ousygan5 hate-ihese, cir, are the only ele,
ments of fllct between these states, and
thcrgh pOweriul, 4 hey are yet not AZ all ire
preSsible. They exist between Iemiliese CON!
mnnides, towns, cities counties. aRd States ;
ard il not repressed would desolve all society
and eovs,pmsnt.I Thevexs also between
other sections tl.an tire n eiih and SOuth.--
Sepiioualn m l]9l many years ago, saw the
South Hnd Nest united bstbe iies Of geo
graphical pos ltion migiaiiop, in ntei mar rag
and interest, and strong enough 40 con.
tlolthe pow er and policy Of the UAion. IA
found us divided only by diAenent, teims ol
labor, and, with ceBSunulla'e hut ineSt guilty
sa acirySitsezed npoa the questions OF sla-
'veev, as the surcstI and most powerful in
stTdn,eutsiity by which to peEate the Wes.
lffatlf the South, andIbind her wholly 40 The
North Encouraged every way from abroad
by y'those who we're jeale usaof our prlspefby
and gieatntss, and wEIe knew the secret o
our stfergth,nit proclaimed the ''irrepressi
blc coT;fict'f between slave labor and Tree Ia
Dor. 1t taught the people Of the Northto
forget bothGtheir dnty and their interests;
and added by the ar ileal ligsments and iH-
.tlueEce which money aud en- erprise had ere-
ated bel ween the sea bord and the North!
west, it persuaded the people Of that section,
also, 10 yield up every tie which binds
them TO tie great valley OF the Mississippi,
and TO joina political fortunes especially,
wholly, with the East. ItrssiSted, tbeg lpgi.
tive slave law and demanded the exclusion
of slaseryafrom all The Territories aud from
This District, and clamored against tile ad,
mission of any more slave States into pthe
Un;on. 1t oTganized a sectional ami slavery
party, and thus drew to,its aid as well pplit
zeal ambition and interest as faDaliciSu; and
after twenty -tive years OF sincessanti sno We
henIent agitation, it obtained possession
finally and upon thatissu OF the Federal
GovJrnmentand OF every State government
North and West. And to>day, we are in
tie midst of the greatest, most cruel, most
destructive civil war ever waged! But two
years SIT, of blood and debt and taxation
and incipient Commercial ruin are teaching
the people otsthe West, and trust Of the
North aisos the folly and madness aoi Ibis
crusade agaihst African slavery. and the wis.
dom and necessity of union OF the States,
as our fathers made it, fpart slaseand part
iree." Ia> a Hla@ aat@i s4j sFas saltH
What, then. sir, with 80 many causes i'm
pe,ling 10 reunion, keeps us apart to-day9--
iiate, passion, antagonism, revenge, all heat
ed seven times hotter by war. Sir, these,
while they last, are the most powerful o all
u,otires with people, and with The indivId
ual % an; but fortunately, they are the least
durable. They hold a divided sway in the
same bosoms with the nobler qualities ollove,
Justice, reason, pIacatility; and, except when
at their height, are weaker than the sense Of
interest, and always, in States at least, give
way to it at last. No statesman who yields
himself up to them can govern wisely, OF
well; and no state whose policy is controlled
by them can. either prosper or endure. But
war is both their offspring and their aliInent
and while 1t lasts, all other mo tIves are sub
ordinate The virtues ofpdace cannot -four
ish, cannot even find development in thu
midst d fighting; and this civil war, keeps
in motion the centrifugal orces ofthe Union
and gives to them increased strength and
activity every day. But such, and SO many
and pJ Jwertul in my judgment, are the ce-
menting or ceatIipetal agencies impellIng us
tpgelhe that nothing bnt pc. petual war and
STRIFE can keep us aiwaysdvided
Sir, / do not underestimate the power ol
the pred djudices Of section, or, what y much
stronger, Of race. Prejudice is colder, and,
therefore, more durable than the passions oi
haze and revenge, or The spiiit Of an,agonism,
But, as 1 have already said, its boundary in
the United States is not Mason end Dixon's
line. The long standing mutual jesilslsies
of New England and The South do not pii
lnari!y grow out Of slavery. They arc deep
er, and will always be the chic obstacle in
the way OF full and absolhle reunion. They
are founded in difference Of manners, habits,
and social i'e and different notions about
politics, morals and relgian Sir, after all,
this Whole war is not 30 much one OF sec
tions---as Of races. representing not differ,
ence in blood, but mind, and its development
and different types o. civilization. Il is the
cd coLf.ct Of The Cavalier ani the Round,
head, the. Llberalist and he Puritan; orra>
ther it is a conflict upon new issues Of the
ideas and elements represented by those
names. 1t is war OF the Yankee and the
Soulhron. Said Boston writer the other
day, eulogizng Massachusetts, / tfficer who
.tell' at Fredercksb burg: This is Massachu4
sets war; Massachusetts and South Caro-
lima made liz. But in the beginning the
Roundhead outwit,ed lhe Cavalier, and by
skilliul use Of slavery and The negro united
all New England first, and afterward the en-.
tire North and West, and fually sent oui to
battle against him Celt and Saxon, German
ard kniekerbocker, Catholic and Episcopa
lian, and even part Of bis own ghops4 hid
and Of the deseendanlso Of his own stock
Said Mr.. JeGerson,a when New Eogland
threatened secesaipn some sixty years ago;
mo. let US keep The Yankees 10 quarrel
with" All, sir, he forgot, That qparreiing is
always hazardous; experiment; and after
some line, the countrymen Of Adams proved
themselves too sharp at that work for tho
countrymen OF Jefferson. But every day
The contest nov tends again to its natuIal
and original elements IN many parts d
the Norlh9estrI might add tof PennsylVa
MIA. New, Jersey, aud New York city -rthe
prejudice against The Yankee has always
been aImo "a, bateF as 10 the South; Sup,
pressed for a Lttlo Whlie by the. antiIslayery
Sentiment and the war. Il threatens DOW to