The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-05-27
Eiega nj Exiract frem very Re-
cent Speech Of a '.Loyal" Abe.
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dell Phillips, Horace Greeley and Will
liam Lloyd Garrison delivered speech
es, reported in tho Tribune, before a
Republican association at the Cooper
Institute, New York, on Wednesday
evening, May III .s'i esI es slzti.g-.
Mr.. Russell, the President of the
Association, introduced Mr., Philips,
as ''the, man who has done. more than
any other except John Brown to bring
this people to the banks Of Jordan ..''7'
% Mr.. Phillips in his speech said that
"eyer since September % of styear,
the nation hrs turned its face Zion>
ward, and ever since Burnside took
the helm Of the vessel, it was moved
toward that point. "7e.e 'aarae .'-au
The speaker expressed his sense Of
the value of the word "contraband, "
asapplied to the negro, as follows:
o. n
You know that when the rebellion
first broke out no man dared speak
touching the negro. The South fought
to sustain slavery. and the North
fought not to have it hurt. But But
ler pronounced that magic word icon
traband," and summoned the negro
into the arena. twas poor word. =
l do not know that it is sound law, but
Lord Chatham said, "NULLUs L1BER
HOMO" is course Latin, but it is worth
all The classics. Contraband is a bad
word aand may be bad law, but it is
worth all the Constitution, b., s.,.s
,I1 Mr.. Philips does otthink the war
,isapproaching q termination, for lie
said in his speech: ,sal. o. bsg't1 s7-g
The, South has not yet felt the first
symptom of exhaustion. Get no delu-
sive hope that our conquest is to come
from any such source. This. war. will
never be, ended by an event. 1t will
never come to a conclusion by great
battle. 1t is toodeep in itsssources; it
is too wide in its influences for that
TIE great struggle in England be-
tween Democracy and nobility lasted
from. 1910, to- 1860, taking Q. kings
life in it's sprogress, and yetfailed. The
great struggle between the same par>
ties in France began in 1893, and is
not yet ended. Our own revolution
began in, 1875, and never till the out
break of the French revolution con-
centrated the attention of the monar-
chies of Europe was this country left
in peace. aa And it will take ten or
twenty years to clear off the scar of
such a struggle. Prepare yourselves
for a. lifelong enlistment. a2q"
The idea of Halleck's taking the
field is thus treated by the orator:
We have got now two Generals-in-
Chief and two Commanders-in- Chief.
They both live in Washington. The
sad news reaches us to-day that one
means to take the field. Lincolr, and
Halleck-they sit in Washington,
Commanders-in-Chief, exercising a
somewhat disastrous influence, that
even a Bonaparte would exercise on a
battle if he tried to fight it. by tele-
graph a hundred miles distant off,
But fowit is said one of them means
to take the field. Heaven forbid. y
b In pointing out the difference be>
tween Halleck and Fremont, Phillips
said Of the former: VIZ. e'- 4.
400 He has not learned anything since
he graduated at West Point, and does
not, want tous1He does not mean to ul-
fde,take the laboroof thinking. He is,
too7ihdoIent' to 60 about examining a
new idea, II. is enough for him that
it was, not il the text books when he
graduated. Laughter. Battles were
notfoughti so when he was taught, and
if heiss beaten according to the book
he is wiling to be beaten. -. y !, l'.. ~ ~ "
anAs'hepassed along, thespeaker gave
the following thrust HI aEA at Secretary Sc.
ward: aJ'l cwi % eaoi sd! i'tn .s7sag oi .,
~ Now, in the two distinctions between
,Halleck, routine Jand Fremont, Phelps,
Butler, realities, is the distinction be-
tween the future in military affairs, in
the differences between Seward the
poGtician and Butler the Government.
Why, if Seward isaa Republican God
giantl1is alDemocratio successor saq
y ! Philips is Of the opinion that if he
could select the Generals the Cabinet
at Washington might be dispensed
WITH. He says: iaos ,aa, ,'Sa, o7o,, + Is DA
lettme put at, the-head ,of the
advancing columns Of the Unioncera
tain men that I could name, dsand5 the
Cabinet satiW Washington may shut
themselvesaaupsandqgot sleep with
Rip Van. Wlhkh till Sl672. FLangh!
fa, uiTilb 1eiiR ,aGtJs8ioW IA fnOg = :.
'"'l ,bsrgsgho sE pud~ 10 ow. ,is1isi1 lta,
10 Curiously7enoughsrt the ora-
toy tsoaf' was addressing as,Rspabliean AS.
sociation, ,he.boldly asserted thatA bra
ham Lineoln isa not President Of the.
United States, saying ,,a.t ~ "a 'sa
'oe fYoar own great fellow-citizen,o goes,
To Washington under the pledge of
the President, too much, IN b hufryto.
allow himj to bleaye Washington for
sixhcms, bstays for a weak, and comes
Back. without q aeommission. tWhy?-l-s
Because Abraham Lincoln is not Pres!
irant sof the limited States. becausas