The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1864-01-20

i its being made engine OF political power
B and, Tor this purpose extended over territor
Q that otherwise should be free. We urgeC
. the Southern people to coufine that "insltu
= tion" within its existing limits and tax
S with it all the guarantees the nation coul
= give for Its quiet ard peaceful enjoyment
e bat we could not consent that the blightin
D influence of slavery should be spread owe
+. free territory, merely to create slave States
in order to preserve "the balance Of politica
9 power" For this check to their politica
9 ambition, the leaders innauguratod this gi
t gantic rebellion; and large portion OF thei
y people took upon themselves its consequent
5 ces'f an armed attempt to destroy a gov
} ernment under which they had been pros
porous and happy-io dissolve a Union o
States that had been their protection anc
strength-without contemplating the posi-
biiity OF failure, or the fact tba. success mus
J mpoyerish rather than benefit their con
di ions. .-.. r.
According to the magnitude OF this rebel
y lion, the result oi q restoration OF our Gov
ernment and Union will be potent in Its in
huence, not only upon ourselves, but the civs
lliEed world. 1t involves the question o
mans capacity for selhgovernment The
issue is on trial whether q Government
resting solely with the people, and control.
ed by delegated powers, possesses the ele
mei1a of strength and unity to protect itsel
and assert its sovereignty in such an emer-
gency as great revolution or rebellion iu
augurated among portion of its own people
for its destruction. When this fact shall be
+, demonstrated, as the loyalty Of the great
mass Of our people gives unmistakable evi
dence that it will be, it establishes at once
the stability Of our form OF government it
yndicates the integrity and intelligence OF
our people, it will stand forth as a warning
to future attempts at rebellion, while it will
constitute page in history that the patriot
and philanthropist OF other lands may cen
template with pride and hopeIulness.
AS we have. not provoked this war, but
sought rather to avoid it, we are not respon-
sible for its consequences to It's projectors
and their followers If the people of the
Southern States feel its burthens and deyas.
| tating influences, it is because they have in.
vited them; if sorrow and suffering and
misery have b en- brought to their hearth-,
sones, it is because they wotld not be con
tent with peace and prosperity; il oppression
and tyranny are the features Of the power
they have invoked 10 rule them, it is because
they suffered themselves 10 be seduced from
the Government that had so long protected
and blessed them; il they are steeped in
debt impoverished and ruined, it is because
they have preferred thtse to condition Of
ofluence and plenty; ii their agriculture is
smi ten, and their commerce is destroyed, il
is because they have assa,led the inter st
that has fostered the one, and attempted to
strike down the flag tina. has protected the
other; il their institution OF human slavery
is now dying in their midst It 10 because
they they have smitten it with their own
hands-because they made 1t an element 0!
rebc!lion-because they sought to change It's
character from domestic institution un Ter
the protection OF the Constitution and laws,
to the gigantic orm Of political power that
should rule and desolate the land. The
fruits Of the tr,e they have planted; and
the hand that reared 1t can alono be censur-
ed for their bitterness. Time. repentance,
ard loyalty will, in most instances. relieve
them lram the consequences Of their folly
and crime. Peace, prosperity. and plenty
may come again; but they can not expect
the nation to restore all they have destroyed.
They can not reasonably ask that we should
restore to life and vitality again the active
agent Of this rebellion. They can not claim
for the institution of slavery any further
privilege er immunity than the people OF the
Northern States may see proper to extend
to it,
Ks we approach the end Of this contest it
is natural that portion Of Our people should
dslay some anxiety to anticipate it, with
plans and prep ,sitions that, upon superficial
examination, may premise to hasten its ad
justment
We want peace--the nor,h as we'll as the
South; bnt we have not passed the terrible
ordeal Of the last three years, to make or
accept peace upon ony other than honorable
terms, or without the promise OF Permanent
djustment and endurance. We can not
negotiate with rebels in arms, or admit OF
anything from them but u conditional sur
render and submission. Much we can par
don to the masses of the people, but the
leaders must reap Of the harvest they have
sown. The past has its punshments that
may be mitigated or forgiven; but the future
must have full and ample security.
1t IS simple folly to talk of suppressing
this rebellion and restoring the unity OF the
country, without first subjueating the mill
tary power Of the CunIederacy, or relieving
the people Of the seeding States from its
controlling iDfuences-and in many cases,
oppression. 1t does not follow that Ihe de
structon OF the military power OF the South |
is the suhjugation Of the people. In many
cases it will prove their enfranchis ment-
There IS loyal sentiment and population
in nearly, if not quite all the Southern States
Where too strong, or too open in It's mani
festations the military power has essayed,
by every possible means, to keep it in sub
jugation. Men holding and expressing loyal
sentiments, have been fined, impetioned, hun
ted into the forests and mountains, and many
Of them have suffered death; while their
families have been impoverished and ruined
Political leaders designing men, who had
secretly plotted the overthrow Of our Gov>
ernment-led a few, but actually forced q
majority oil the Southern States into seces
sion and rebellion-and the military power
now holds them there.
Future history will record that, perhaps
with two exceptions, the crdiaa, ce OF Sc
cession would not have been carried in any
OF the seeding States. If the people could
have b:en permitted fair, uncontrolled
election, by ballot. upon it. But they were
overwhelmed by fraud aud force--and then
they were told, according to the approved
theory OF State rights, that whenever
majority Of State had resolved to commit
treason. the minority were bound not only
to submit, but to share the sin and shame.
Those whom argument failed to convince.
the military despolism has silenced. for the
time being
There has beena great deal said about tie
North seeking to subjugate the South. We
have sought nothing oi the kind. The po'
lifical rights. and military leaders of this
rehall inn Ii Ia who ha ua snhiuna h3 the nnn--