The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-04-01


ie Iowa. to their Gag, to obey and act not
Ihink or hesitate.
We, on the other hand, sho sTe rot sol
diers, have other duties, and our first duty
is 10 Ihink-to think for these same soldiers
and ourselves. Our duty is 10 watch our
public servants, TO canvass public servants,
10 canvass public acts for these acts may in
n1pnce tho fate o. ourselves aud OF our chill
dren. To crticise shic,ly, but Justly, max
ing all allowances, and il it becomes our hon
es; and delibtrate conviction that our pub
lie servants are setting to the injury OF the
common veal, then it is our duty to protest
against their acts; to discuss them publicly,
10 hold them up to the light Of public opin-
ion, and, II they be uhwiss, by all 7ccrstit;:-i
tional and legal means to oppose tnem.
Thus. while l have no difficulty in saying
that this war and every war should be Vigor
ously carried on while it lasts. it is still quite
proper to consider the more important ques
ton which lies bsvond. whether it is necessa>
" or wise that this war should have been
carried on at all. (Applause.)
leave out the diccussion to night all
question rs to the constitutioualty or legali
" OF tho transactions OF the day. do so
because those OF our fellow-citizans who are
most eager for continuing the wsr 'haye'in
vented a source Of authorityB0t granted 10y
either the constitution or the law called the
wAE POWER and to this, as hr as | can
learn, no limits have asyet been assigned,
save and except. the good plea ,urs OF those
in whose hands'it happens to be deposited.
With these persons any argument founded
on the Uoushtuion or the law Is of cOul 81
mere waste Of words.
Looking, then, at the mater, merely by
the light Of the plainest principles Of inter
est, ask TO what good end can this civil
war now lead the nation, or the partissns oi
the war; either North OF South?
assume that war merely for its own sake
is not considered desirable by any one -
Peace is the normal aud healthy cos1isoI. Of
society.
War is disease; of all wars a civil warts the
worst. do not believe that even the most
sanguinary Of philanthropStS will argue that
il is OF itself good thing i0r the people Of
America to kin one another. American
money can surely be put to better use than
in bombarding American cities or in digging
canals to divert from them naVigabfe rivers,
or in eoeYertins into lakes and swanpS tracts
OF highly fertile American soil. (Cheers)
Nay. much as our American iellow>citi-
zens Of African decent may shine as war;
riois, | think it will be admitted that their
labor might be more productive in raising
cotton, or sugar, or iice, than in learning
the goose step or singing John Browns
hymns, or seeking bubble reputation IN II
cannou's mouth. FLaughter and cheers
There is glory in civil war. There are
no laures to'be gathered there. 1t is o
nsitonal disgrace, and only admissible when
some oYerruling n, n,cessity renders it laegl'e
bic.
The cause oi'euarrel in this instance is o.
old standing and was really and in fact IN
the beginning onfs between certain OF the
Southern and certain Of the Eastern States
The Southern States complained that their
Eastern brethren were bad neighbors s-med
ding, troublesome, inquisitive, and inter'
fering in tha conduct OF domestic concerns
over which they could have no conceivable
right or control; and they gave repeated
warnings that, unless that ineddling was
discontinued they should part company.
The Eastern States on the other hand
averre1 that their Southern neighbors were
io fact, in a vicious Goo forsaked condition,
that they managed their domestic affairs IL
highly disreputable manBer; that they (the
Elstcrn) would meddle just as mach and
whenever they pleased; and. that, whether
their Southern neighbors liked it or not
they should mend their ways as instructed
and stay in the Union to the end OF time
Now, il the quarrel had been left between
these two belliserents, possible nobody
would nave been much hurt. But the Eas
tern people were determined not 10 let the
matter rest there, and so they set to wort
with admirable adroitness, and by degrees
led the North and West into the quarrel
and so it grew from bad to worse, until
famed out at last in civil war; Let me stol
here to pay fire tribute to the exIraordin
kry energy of that same New England race
It calls itself Anglo Saxon, and perhsp
rs; but however that may be, it has put forll
in this affair force and subtlety Of inteliec
admirable in their way. 1t is omnipresent
II thunders from the pulpit; 1t prevails IL
The Senate; 1t has the press under its con
trol. 1t manufactures every thing-boots
aims, shoddy and RGblie opinion. Cheer
and laughter
1t gives its treasure for public purpose
with pro6igal liberafty, and renbuTses 1t
sell by The shrewdness Of its specnlations o
the immensity OF It's contracts.
1t bids the West and the Middle State
20 and fight its battles, and they 90.
governs the Senate, the Army, the Navy
the Cabinet, the President; and keeps turn
ing the whole dangerous machinery OF Gov
ernment round its plant fingers with quie
confident in its own inallblity whic
would be pleasant to look at if it were no
also exceedingly alarming. Loud and cen
tinued applause 1t has now the manage
ment OF this civil war. What is to be tn
result Off? rs to its object we are a.
agreed. North, East, West, ali parties sa
it is WAR FOR THE UNION. In order
preserve The Union we are called on to pros
ecute the war vigorously and If We can here
by preserve the Union, by all means let thi
war 20 on. Secession | consider q fat1
mistake great calamity to the South q
we'll as the North, and would adopt all hon
orable and legitin ate means to prevent it.
If this Union is divided into two confeder
acies, very much fear further division wi
be found necessary don't believe th
principle OF cohesion exists either in th
South or in the North or West.
We have. no doubt, by the severity {
enr measures, done much TO harden and con
solidate into one common sentiment ofstron
aversion to ourselves the jarring clements i
the Sonthern States.
In tho North and West. on the othe
hand, the pressure OF the war has not bee
olakind to produce such invigorating eifec
In word, fear the great confederate
would break into fragments, both In th
South and in tho North. European intria
ues would keep them apart, and utter ex
hAusticn and disgrace be the result. What
ever, then, can be legitinately done to aver