The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-08-17
4 HeavE blow on LINCOLN.

TLsls are many AbOltioRists who while
they a'fmit the mcOInpetency Of Mr. Encoln
10 discharged the duties Of his Office in eri-
sis Ike the present, stiIl persist in their sup
port Of him for re-ekction, because they
say he u honest To all such easy, un-
suspecting persons we commend the careful
and thoughtful perussl of document pub
hshed on the frst page Of to-day's paper,
from the pens OF Benz. F. Wade, United
States senator from Ohio, and Henry Win
ter Davis, Representative in Congress from
Baltimore. II is perhaps unnecessary to
remark that both of these gentlemen are
leading members Of Congress as well as
Leading members of the Republican party.
But read this remarkable exposition and
the reader must come to the conclusion that
Lincoln is not the Honest Abe" he de-
lights in being styled, but dark, deep and
desperate political gamester. While the
Nation, for more than three years, has been
heaving and rocking in the very th-oes of
dissolution, and bleeding at every pore, its
ohif magistrate has been engaged in dark
conspiracies against the Constitution by ar
ranging schemes by which he calculates up
on fastenieg himself indefinitely upon the
Government But comment upon this bold
and vigorous arTaignment of Lincoln by
"Old Ben Wadeis quite superauous it tares
off the mask of honesty which the joker
has so long worn, and exhibits him in his
true fcatures-which are those of dissim-
ulating, stealthy aud mscupulous usurper.
After this most extraordinary exposition,
the opponents of the National Adminstra-
ton need not fear to express their senti-
ments Nallandigham may again mount
the stump in safety, since Ben Wade has
exhausted the discussion of Lincolns dis
honesty.
Abiding to the effect likely to result from
Lincoln's refusal to sign the bill proposed by
Congress for the reconstruction of the rebel
States (he obstinately prefering his own
'one-tenth" invention the address with
great significance and emphasis remarks:
The President, by preventing this bill
from becoming law, holds the electoral
votes Of the rebel States at the dictation Of
his personal ambition.
If those votes turn the balance in his IA
vor, is it to be supposed that his competi-
tor, defeated by such means, will acqui-
esce?
And is not that civil war for the Presidon-
cy, inaugurated by the votes of the rebel
States?
Here the President is very plainly told,
that the people of the United States will
not permit him to cary out this scheme; if
he attemps it, it will be resisted, and civil
war for the Presidency inaugurated. This
is the deliberate opinion of Messrs, Wade
and Davis and they ''harp Alright" the de-
termination of the people.
Messrs. Wade and Davis must be pro-
foundly impressed with the danger attend
ing Lincoln's dark proceedings, or they
would never speak as they have. But the
matter was referred to them by Congress,
and they were compelled to vindcate the
rights of that body from open and palable
Executive usurpation This may but the
beginning of the end the load of Lincon's
usurpation is getting too heavy to be longer
borne even by men of his own party, and a
reaction having began, it is difficult to say
where it is to stop. Julius Caesar was
slain in open Senate, because Of being sus-
pected of entertaining designs against the
liberties of Rome, and Charles the First
lost his head for offenses less grave than
those proved upon Lincoln by Messrs.
Wade and Davis But, relying upon a
fair ballot to preserve our Republican sys-
tenn, we hope never to see the day when the
people will be driven to initiate these exam
pies should Wade s'apprehensions be real
lied however, the present occupant Of the
White House will be responsible for them,
and he will, Of course, have to bear the con-
sequences. So, reasoning from the stand
point suggested by the address in question,
it is not impossible that cunning Abe Lin
coin instead of being able to usurp the Pres
idency, may only succeed in following his
sanity predecessor old John Brown" he
whose spirit, we are credibly informed, is
still marching on In order to avoid so
sudden and ignominous termination let
Mr.. Lincoln take warning from the end Of
Macbeth, his favorite dramatic creation,
and abandon that "vauting ambition which
overleaps itself and falls upon the other
side. -