The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-10-26

the history of the world have a people re-
sponded TO the call of government as our
people have responded to the call of this ad.
ministration and never has such heroism
been displayed as has been displayed by our
armies in the field. (Applahse.) The nd
ministration has been gratified in every wish
and the war is not at all end. nor is peace
restored. Has the army failed in its duty p
Go to the swamps of Virginia, 90 to the sea-
coast of South Carolina, go to the tropical
fields of Louisiana, and you will find every
where the graves of the American soldier.
| The soil of Virginia is become to us a sa-
cred soil in new and terrible significance.
At the beginning of the war, the admins
tration said that, if we would give them
sevetty-ive thousand men, they would put
down resistance. You gave them seventy
five thousand men, and the resistance was
not put down. do not find fault with the
administration for not accomplishing this
| with an inferior force, but | do insist that,
when they assumed charge of the govern
ment Of the country, they were bound to
have known more of the resources of the
South; they were bound to have known
more of the character Of our countrymen.
| (Great applause.l Do you remember that
three or four year, ago, 1t was uusate for any
man to stand up in this community and at
| tempt to show the resources and strength OF
the South. These things were overlooked
in the spirit of arrogance, and we were told
! that all this resistance could be crushed out
with little force, and if any one did not
| believe it he was disloyal to his country and
held reasonable views. Laughter and ap-
! plause. Now, | say that our armies, after
they were filed to their proper proper,
tions, did accomplish all that was required
of them. They said, close up the Mississip-
pi river, seal up the ports Of the South, and
the rebellion will die of itself. daughter.
The South is not selfsustaining.
The Mississippi river was closed. The
ports of the South were sealed and the re-
hellion did not die Then larger armies
We're needed, and the whole world was as
tonished at the call for six hundred thou
sand men. The cry was changed. They
now said, open the Missippi river, give us
control Of the great highway of the West,
and it will bring peace and the submission
of the South. Vicksburg was taken, Zap
plause,) and the Mississippi was open for
the transport Of our armies and the muni-
| tons of war. There was no organized force
in opposition to the Union west of the Mis-
sissippi river Not only was Vicksburg Cap
tured, but the army Of Pemberton was de-
| strGycd. West of the Mississippi river
there was not an organized force Of any re-
spectacle strength opposing the Cuion
troops Lee $ army was defeated at Gcttys-
burg. Following these victories, the coun-
! try gave the government six or seven hun
drtd thousand men to add to the armies in
the feld and more, the people, thinking
that they could trust this administration,
gave them also political power, so that they
stood nine months ago not only a govern
ment at the head of the greatest armies ever
known III history, but ii government that,
as the elections in the free states showed,
was sustained by the people through the
whole Union
believe that ALL Notwithstanding politi-
cal views and political pyejudices, will admit
that our armies have done their work. We
in common withour Republican friends have
honored the names OF Grant and Farragut,
sherman, Sheridan and all the heroes Of the
war. We deny that their efforts have been
unsuccessful, and the blame of continued
war Is not with our armies. The blame rests
| elsewhere. 1t is the administration which
has tailed to bring this war to close. Re-
| peated and prolonged cheering | aver that
the failure is only due to the policy of the
| Administration. Applause. | aver that
our armies have not only overcome the forces
| Of armed resistance, but have done it while
at every step they have been hindered by
| the action of the government at Washing
ton. The lives of the people of the North
| have been cut off, and the progress of our
armies at the South obstructed by measures
| Of the Administration, which have been
most fatal to us in the prosecution of the
war. Loud applause. | do not merely
deal i'll argumentative spcculations. | call
your attention towhat our armies have done.
The army more than two years ago gave us
possession OF Louisiana and the great COM
mercial port of New Orleans. For two years
the Administration had its own way
| What has been the result of those two years
OF government? They have not tranquiliz-
ed one foot Of land. Every man knows that
| the civil, political and business condition of
the state is worse to-day than it was when
! the armies of our country handed it over to
! the control Of the Administration at Wash
| ington. Loud applause
In order to determine how farthe admins
victories, call attention to the condition of
our country at the outset Of this war and
then its condition to-day. Our armies, at
an enormous expenditureof life and of treas
ure to you and to the people of every nor
thcrn State have battled courageously
southwark. But what has the administra-
ton done behind them? We have it from
their own lips it is set forth in their own
edicts and their own orclors-the orders
which have been issued by the Generals in
the field with the sanction Of the admins
tration that rebellious discomfort had trav-
eed northward as our armies have fought
their way to the South. The State of Mis-
souri, remained in this Union of its own will
there was love enough there for the Union to
put down resistance to the authority of the
general government ut the very outset How
| is it to-day, after three wears Of rule of the