The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-09-21
John A. Bingham.

IN the Court House. We SUPPOSE in li
peregrinations over our county, he begin
to realize the fate that awaits him in th,
coming election, and that Ills visit to on
5 town on this occasion was to implore help
: He secs the hand writing on the wall.
. lie complained that we made no iSsu,
with him in our last paper 1t is not OfteI
, that man of sense can find anything il
the speeches Oi 50 erazy-bFained creatur,
as John n, Bingham upon which to make
an issue Of the least Importance. His mis-
representation of facts are generally sC
, Caring that the most obtuse intellect canno
tail to sec them, and exposure is therefore
unnecessary through public journal.
In his speech on Thursday evening he as
serted that when Mr. Lincoln demanded OF
Nessrs. Clay and Holcomb, in his ."T(
whom it may concern" that slavery must
be abandoned on the part of the Southerr
people before he was willing to open nego
tiations with them for peace and a restora,
ton Of the Union, did not make this demand
as an ultimatun, aud that Mr. Lincoln was
willing for peace and Union without the
abandonment of slavery" Now, upon
this assertion We take issue with Mr.. Bing-
ham,, and assert that Mr.. Lincoln does
make the ''abaRd0nmoM Of s}arery' an I'LL
timaum and that he is not willing even tc
4 uM about restoring this Union without sla-
very is first abandoned"
/, v hat was It that Messls Clay and ITol-
comb asked Of Mr.. Lincoln through Mr..
| Greeley? 1t was that Mr.. Lincoln would
| furnish them with a safe conduct to and
1 from Washington. What did they say was
their business at Washington? 1t was to
! talk to My. Lincoln about the terms Of peace
/ between the Northern and Southern States.
| Upon what tclWtS did Nh Lincoln offer to
| furnish these gentlemen with a safe conduct?
| FIRST: he restoration Of peace. Sec
ond; The integrity OF the Union. -
lmN Ihc 0baatl0n}eH Of Si0r0y. Mr..
Lincoln says that the bearer or bearer Of
such proposition to abandon slavery as
well as one to restore peace and Union 1t
undoubtedly does
Suppose Clay and Holcomh had accepted
MIR. Lincoln : safe conduct thus prohcrcd to
them, would they not haze been bound to
treat with him for the abandonment of
slavery or forfeit the protection OF their
safe conduct? How then could they accept
such a safe con>luct, when neither they nor
the government for whom they woke has
any power over the subject Of slavery. 4
THOUSAND treaties made between Abe Lin
coin and JEFF Davis for the abandonment
Of slavery would have no binding force mp
on the hltnhest individual in either section
Of the Union. No man knows this better
than Abe Lincoln himself, and yet he will
not furnish even safe conduct to inhlicn-
tiaI citizens Of the southern States, who
desire to talk to him about peace and
Union, unless they have the power and will
tirt agree to treat with him for the 'aban-
comment of slavery . Il
Is this uot an ultimatum? IF not. will
tir. Bingham or some other Republican
please tell us what tits? IF President of
the United States gets upa w;tr. and sr-
rounds himself with bayonets, and will not
permit hi, fellow countrymcn to talk to him
or even come where he is without first agree
ing to 'abandon slavery is this not an
ultinatum?
But il the abandonment of slavery was
not an utimatum with Mr.. Lincoln, for the
nrocuratlon of a safe conduct, why did he
not propose other terms to these gentlemen
when they inform Mr.. Greelcy--Mr Lin |
coin negotiltOr-that there was no person
III the South who had power to treat upon
such subject as the abandonment of sla- !
very. Ills refusal to propose other terms
when his first proposition was rejected by |
Clay and Iiolcomb, proves beyond a doubt !
that Mir Lincoln intended the 'abandon-
ment 0f slavery to be an ultimatum. And, |
now, when John A. Bingham tells the peo- |
pie that Mr.. Lincoln is willing to restore the |
lnl"n under the Constitution, with all the |
rights OF the States secured as they were |
before the breaking out Of the rebellion, he |
lies, and he knows he lies.
But, again, Mr.. Lincoln, in his last an
nuai message, while speaking OF his enan-
clpation proclamation, said: TO now
abandon them would be not only to rcln-
qui$h a lever Of power but would also be Il
cruel ard GStoHndag breach Of .t;0th." AS
It would have been an astounding breach Of |
faith. and cruel at that for Mr.. Lincoln to
abandon the negro even for the sake Of the
Union last December, would it not be equal
iy 50 now? .., ...
How is Mr.. Lincoln, with such notions OF
humanity, 9ood ftth and obligations to the /
negro race to conclude n peace which will
not embrace in Its terms the emancipation
of all the. slaves in the United States. But
.lf; hlncoW IN tins same message, expressly
declares that--"W While | remain in my pres
cnt position ] shall not attempt to retract Or
modify, the emancipation proclamation. "-
If Mr. Lincoln will not, SO long as he is
President Of the United States, retract-or
even modify his emancipation proclamation,
how is he to accept terms 'of peace and
Union without the abandonment of sa-
yclW Donot these declarations in his last
annual message, make it perfectly clear
that his proposition TO whom it may con
Germ, . is an ultimatum--and nothing but
an ultimatum-which he knew would be re-
ected at the time hemade it. Ifhe accepts
propositions for peace without. the abandon
ment Of slavery, he must retract or modify
his emancipation proclamation, and this he
solemnly declares he never will do.
1t requires more impudencc and more au-
iacity than most men possess, to declare, as
bingham did OIL last Thursday evening, that
MIR. Lincoln's 70 whom it may concern
vas not an ultimatum No man who re-
yards his reputation for candor or integrity
viii make the declaration. But we look for
nothing better from a mean political trick
'ter--a contible mountebank, without either
lonor or candor, Ike John A. Bingham, the
'eyilcr and slanderer of the living and the
lead. 500 -'H I
1t was our intention to have referred to
,ther declarations of this truthful represen-
ative Of the Republican party, but we find
hat this article is already long, and we will
lave to refrain for the present. We will.
iowever, attend to him hereafter, as we
ook copious notes of his speech. st.
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