The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-08-31
for COngress--White
and bingham.

tnt- dtStTict. IN the outset OF tiiS calO-
paign We desire 10 Indicate the course We de-
sign to pursac, anl to enuHeilte the princi-
pies which we believe are involved in the
contest. We shall try and not conlesceni
to yglgar persomEtics toward our opponen
in any respect, even if sufficient provoHation
be Offered, believing that vulgarity and per-
sOnal abuse are only fit themes for low min
ded blackguqris and men of no character,
worthy OF decent respect Suah aS the edi
tors Of tn tl'rnsey Times AMI Belmont
Cinoninlc. With such men, or things, We
shall have nothing to do, under ANY circum-
stances, unless perhaps cca5iOaally to kick
them out of the way. As to M,sscs. White
and Bingham, W. think IN ISSUE is present
cd for th1 consideration Of tn people OF the
Sixteenth Congressional District, which re-
quirc the cahnest thought and investigation.
This issue we propose, from tan. to time, to
discuss
We are well aware that NJ argument in
sclf-defenSe is more common or more uni
vCrsally popular, than that Of Ta QuoqUe--
because it is so very cheap. In other words
that an in liviiull seeks to scAnlalize his a
buseps to cover his own doformities and
weaknesses We do not sanction such Il
theory. 10 convict the pot does not clean
the kettle, The derilod hole in Toms un-
mentionables is not mended by the fullest
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such is the process of argument by all per
sons who feel that their political faces are
actually black, Or thei: political breochaS ter
ribly out Of repair. This mode Of resouing
and Of argument has become so common
with the Republicans since this war COM
Inenced, AMI pursue with such persistence
by the leal3rs OF that plrty, that they per-
haps actually believe now that everybody
who disagros5 with them in the war policy
of Abraham Lincoln is very pot OR kettle
black as Congo, and dirty anl Shiny as the
Abyssinian Lnzzironi filthy carcass. They
essay to accuse the Peace Democracy of ali
the indccencioS of disunion principles, sup
posing this ',usation will cleanse their own
faces Of all smut Or Other indecent disunion
pollutions 1t is prOyerbially true that men
who live in glass houses ,cW throw stones,
nor will any amount Of brcakage OF damage
done them arrest the foolish and costly
conflict. This has been the case in all times
and among all people; but with none more
zealously pursued than by the present war
party. They lJrofc83 to be the only friends
Of this Union, when, ii tightpinned to the
point. they have to acknowledge that they
are not for the Union at all, butdiamotrical-
ly opposed to it, and would not raise a fin
ger to restore it. but would actually labor to
overthrow it, and to future events to con-
stluct aaQth9 Union more in accordance
with their nogro-oving propen titles, That
the leaders and perhaps a majority of the
Lincoln party are now steadtastly opposed
to the old Union, is fixed fact. President
Lincoln has made this Stne QaCnon Of his
policy, and every man supporting him Sus-
tains this disIlnion sentiment Why, then,
do they thus attempt 20 deceive the people
by asserting that they are for the Union?--
Mr. Lincoln's ITO whom it may concern
proclamation, proves beyond denial that he
is not only opposed to the old Union, but
bent and resolved upon its destruction. His
indecent and tyranical refusal to sign the bill
passed by his own Congress regulating re,
construction and providing plan for tn
return of the seeded States, indicate the
| bold hand of dcspotic power, overlapping
all Constitutional barriers in his usurpatior
of power treating Congress as a mere lack
ey arrangement whose only duty is to obey
| his behests and legal2e all his infamous anC
arbitrary assumptions Of power-as it ha'
done up to the present time. He gIoats
over the flow of blood, is happy and joking
! in the midst OF a hecatomb OF graves anc
dead bodies piled together on bloody field
! calling for vulgar song OF rejoicing, hold
ing high carnival and iubilatlon over tn
! bones Of his couMtrymen, lie makes tin
abandonment of slavery the alpha ant
omega of all plans OF reconstruction, and es
teens the loss of liberties, the lives ant
freedom of twenty millions Of white peopl
as a cheap sacrifice for the liberation Of t0u
millions of negro slaves.
Now, what relation to these things do til
candidates for Congress sustain? Let Ii
see
Mr. Bingham is an old politician, and hi
views well known. We may with safet
here assert, that he is in favor of continu
alton of the war, I'D mttujfun,, till slavery
abolished. He sustains the acts Of the Ad
ministraton in all particulars, and is a yea
Gus advocate for NJ. Lincoln recollection
This fact identifies him with the whole pre-
cedure of the Administration, as all endors
er ofits policy, its arbitrary acts, Its asoumE
ton of power not delegated to it by tn
Constitution, and its ultra and radical poll
cy of abolition. Although he may be rath
er opposed to Mr.. Lincoln vulgarity an
obscenity as man-which have disgrace
him in the eyes Of all decent men and Ia
tions-yot Mr.. Bingham endorses and up
holds what is OF more infinite importanc
and fraught with terrible consequences, tha
Of Lincoln bloody policy, his fixed resoly
never to restore the Union as it was, unde
any circumstances, and his determination t
abolish slavery at all hazard, even at tn
sacrifice ofeyery right, every vostige Of free
dom Of the white race If he be electe
again to Congress, he will so vote as to cal
~ on this terrible and bloody sacrifice Of hi
fellow men till slavery is abolished, even if
takes every ablc-bodied man in his own Con
grcsrional District This is a solemn an
serious subject for the contemplation OF tn
voters Of the Sixteenth Congressional Dis
trict. Before voting, let them ask them
selves whether they are ready to vote them
selves into the army by future conscription
and drafts; or would they not rather vote t
have an honorable and just compromise ei
fected without further effuson of blood. =
These are matters which appeal to ever
man.
Mr. White, ON the other hand, is oppose
to the arbitrary acts Of the Administration
is opposed to the further prosecution of tn
war for the mere object of abolishing SLAYER
is for the restoration ofthe good Old Union
the preservation of the Constitution, the er
lOrcement Of the laws-lor the maintenance
of the civil authorities over military powe
wherever rebellion does not exist-oppose
to sacrificing the rights and Liberties and il