The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1864-04-27


How the Rebellion is Abciikd d
COngress-The Folly of tia
| House jH Curbing Freed ons @
lIFrcm the N. Y Times- Administration organ
oil April l3 S.T
Gold at 1T5. and Congress, with tax bills
tariffs, bank bills, every financial measure
lifeless and sbspeless,. engaged in puttin
down freedom of debate in, the National Cap
Iital! In the name OF loyal people we protest
1t is disgrace, and an outrage.
We tell these men at Washington tina
passion is making them mad, 1t is an ab
solute infatuaton that has seiz,d them. =
Their words strike upon the ears ofths peo
pie like the gibberish of Bedlau. Wher
have the senses OF Congressman gone tba
they don't realize the terrible burdens tina
rest upon the people, and the fearful danger.
that confront the Government? Do the,
| call themselves loyal mea, and vet plal
these fantastic trieks2g By their default, the
prices Of every thing that sustains lie Gre
rapidly mounting. The currency is gradu
ally turning into worthless rags Inch By
inch, foot by foot, the Government moves on
straight be ore the eyes Of It's guardians. to,
ward the boltomIess pit OF bankruptcy
yet distant, but unless they act, inevitable
Not an arm do they yet raise to save it, /
they had but done the duty they were put
to do, the credit OF the Government would
still be resting on its old foundations, They
have neither done it, nor made any rational
effort to do it, 1t is not misfortune, but
guilt, that rests upon them not failure, SIM
ply, but athlessness. ......r, -.
1t is astonishing, it is astounding that The
House. after this long and fragrant neglect
of duty, should turn upon one Of. IFS mem
bers IN this fierce fashion for encouraging the
enemy by words-bY words which were
made Or air, and which if they had been left
alone, would have strsightway vanished into
air. 1t is the wildress ofthe fireman who
stands motionless while the flames are gath
ering headway, and falls foul OF the man
who declares that the fire will not be sub
dued. 1t is the inact.on of these so called
loyal servants of the people that is,ading
the rebellion ten thousand times more than
the so called disloYal speeches Of the mall
contents OF the House. Not words, but acts
are to decide this war. Unlaithlu hlulness in
respect to the former shrinks into insignifi-
cance; it is absolutely nothing, when meas.
ured against that other uhiaithfulness in act,
OF which this House is every day making it,
sell guilty. 80 tF. ..s-.
Not content with the fatal dereliction Of
neglectiog indispensable action, this body
must superadd an equally fatal positive act.
Unsstisfed with helping on tho the southern
rebels by depriving our Government OF the
sound credit which is its lie, they must put
into the hands Of the Northern Copperheads
weapon ofmore deadly potency than they
have ever yet handled or hoped for. How
is it possible for true men so to misunder
stand the American people, as to suppose
they W II submit quietly TO tbs destruction
of free debate in the council halls Of the ma
ton? What hellebore have they drinking
in Washington that has drugged their old
perceptions? Are we TO be told that Amer
clan liberty is the bastard type these men
would make 1t? Has it. indeed, SO degener-
ated since it was, transported from its native
land Is our National Capitol 80 much be-
low Parliament House that men may only
talk in it "by this card. " and with bated
bresth? For the last hundred years who
has heard Of parliamen ,iary expulsion ip,
England for words spoken in debate? l
the House OF Representatives, expel Mr. Long
as attempted, it will prove beyond all possi-
blity OF question or eavil that the freedom
ef debate under our boasted Republcanism,
is not even what it was under the British
monarchy, against the tyranny OF which we
revolted. Every American school boy knows
that the language used in Parliament against
the Government in iavor oil the American
rebels. was hundred times stronger than
any that has been used in Congress against
our Government in favor OF the Southern
rebels, and that it was used with eriectim
punity in the very face Of overwhelming
msjorities, Said Lord Cha
than, in the House of Commons, in 1777:-
al were an American as am an English
man, while foreign troop was landed in
my country, never would lay down my
never, never ~ Has anything
like that been heard in Congress- from The
with our rebellion? Said Fox;
"There il not an American but must reject
and resist the principle and the right" The
worst that Mr.. Long SAID falls far short OF
that. Nothing is gained by saying that the
American rebellion wroag-that Chatham IS
arguments were good and Longs arguments
bad. 10 the strong majorties in Parlia-
ment our rebellion was just as hateful and
tho necessity OF supporting Government, in
a war already undertaken for the NANTES
nance of 1t, just as imperative as can be
here even with our own Congressional ma
jerities in respect 10 our own rebellion
They did not curb the speech Of the sympa
thizers with our rebellion, simply and solely
because they did not have the constitutional
power to do it. Neither does our Constitu.
tion give any such power. E.s ".'. vi
We use plain language, because the CRISIS
demands it. 1t is no time for honeyed
speech, either toward men or or parties The
cause OF the country alone has claim. We
will not look passively on while that cause
is crippled, either by mistaken friends or
foes. 1t is sure Of triumph If
those who are specially deputed to save it.
the leaders IN the field, the legislators and
in civil lie and the conductors
Of the public press through which public
opinion mainly speaks, do their duty faith
fully and well. But ifthere be untaithtuls
ness in any OF these spheres OF action, untold
calamity may come. We are as, sure Us Of
the sun at midday that the people are not
satisfied with either the past or presentac
ton Of their Representatives in Congress-;
that among great nnmbsrs Of; those most
earnest in their loyalty, there is dscons
tent vcrgng closely upon disgust This dis
content we do not dep'ore. It coalss
from the very highest and best qualities OF
The American nature. Were it absent, we
shoald despair OF the CAUSE, Aipeopls that
could be unnindul OF snch neglect in their
public servants as these Representatives
display ed during the four months they have
been in session, At such critical period for
ths Government and that could be insensibe
to the violation OF parliamentary freedom.
the NEST sacred principle in every repressn