The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1864-04-27
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How The Uat0ts- Was Destroyed
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This Rppublicsn papers ans pddisbisg The
following extract from n reeehtspesch msds
at Huntsville, Aabams. within. our lines, by
Jeremiah Clemens, ,-fermeriy . United 5 ates
Senator from thai State, isiaa mest ius
portant developnent:E S.3s sE ~
1881" said Mr.. c., .Short,y sfer the
Con sederate Government WAS put in opsra-
ton, was in the city OF Montgomery, 0ns
day. stepped into the tf1ice Of the Secretary
oil War, Gen! Walker, aed tou.d thsre en-.
gsged in Avery excited discussion, Mr.. Jet
ierson Davis, Mr. Memminger,. Nv. Benia.
min, Mr.. Gilchrist, q member q, our Legii!
lsture rom Eowndes county. and number
OF other prom iuent gentlemen stffsey were
discussing the propriety Of iimmedistelv open.
ing fire On, Fort Sumter. TO which4 ssenera,
walker, the Secretary Of Var. appeared 10
bs opposed. Mr.. Gilchrist SAID to bim:-
"oir, unless yop sprinkle blonds IN 4he face of
the people Of Alabams. thsywill bs hsck in
the old Unionin less thaa tsn dsysE Tas
neN day, General Beauregard sopened hii
batteries on Sumter and Alabama was ssvs
ed to the CoBlsderacy .t.-
This confirms .jrst what wepubJished In It's
spring and summer, ,.pt sel, w. .shoxsd. then
thata pesce policy on the part OF Mr. En-.
coin would save tkeAnation not sniy diom eli,
vii war, but. from cecesTion o, the States
and thos save the Uhion Also This t&,is
mony 81 Mr.. Clemens proves all this.tah
traction. Had Mr.. Lincoln not sent his Heet
to Charleston, with the threat to burn; ,has
city Z ard did not the leading'. Rep,naicsna}
everywhere, belieye .itiwas 10 EARNEST and
would be carried OUT, One. Of the frss. uas
OF that party, Tor age standing and iitslli:
gence, told us. chat in two weeks >chsrieston
would be in 'ashess The feet had stheasdcN
New York We asked bin lie would FkS,
to see it. He answefsd that nothing Would
give him mora plaasure..a We ihen said,
you will have a. tventY 5aassf ftTwargens yeur
hands ard-a ruined country to mourn oyes.
The northern bolilionisfs we're raiapant
for blood; 20 It seems were The extreme men
of the South! IL was Lponins 2eetlhef
Charleston which gave the Confederaiss The
pretext for opening their bsitsrfes on Fort
Sumter. and the Fedetsl fleet4sy efflSols
ing at the destruction- pptiiit Was complete,
and Major Andersen, surrendered. Tt than
10 New York and the BAH isf blood
was fairly opened. But for this, saws Je.fys
Clemens A iabatna would hass beet, bseksin.
to the old Cnion in less than ten dapsn"-.-
And Mr.. Clemens might have gone furthat
and said. that nothing but the continoancs
Of the war basrpreye nted the States oi tho
South coming hack, and the restoration OF
the uniou. For persistipg in this. wsshays
been denounced By every ignorant cr cots
rupt hound Of abolitionisc,, from Tint jdsy td
this, as Q .secessionst disuaionist. sympay
tnizer. &c, &C., to the end Of the negEo 70.
cabnlary. Conscious Of the founess or tbs
charges, we have 'persistently inaintsinedour
position Knowing that tha truth could aetsiy
wars be hid IRON human sight.
We sympntbEe3, most truly. with our
bleeding and foriorn country for tbe thou
sands to bs esentsto o nramature grays--ief
the tens of thousands to be made widows;
Tor the hundreds OF thousands to be made. "a.
therless. For these we Standardization
these we warmsi thesa in authority. IWhe
81 us now stands justified before t'lsawor,d
-before God and man? Let him ansyes
whose skirts are clean. whose soul isn
1sunk wishdthei desolation andswara spread
ar aud wide over the land nd.-Crisis. tas,-.