The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-11-02

North leave no doubt with regard TO the re-
election of lincOln. For our own part We
are IN no way Disconnected or disappointed,
for We have never for one moment entertain
cd doubt that the result would be precise
ly such as It is now evident 10 ali that il
must be. Nor, 70 speak the truth, are we
displeaseiwith the issue. Wehave always re-
garded Mcclellan as the most dangerous man
for the Coniederaey that could possibly have
been put IN nomination for the Northern
Presidency; nor DO we see any reason now TO
doubt that our opinion was well founded
he has proclaimed himself q war candidate,
although placed upon peace platform
He avows, at the risk of losing many votes,
his determination to prosecute the war for
the restOratiORvf the Union. He ayows his
determination, If elected, to place the pros
ecution of hoStihties upon footing conSis-
tant with the usageS of civilized nations
Hdd he been elected, there rs eUe7.y probability
thai the policy Gt arBliSfieGS and Peace Con-
reHttons-tie most dangerous policy that
could possibly hdDe been ildWgHYuted for oWr
cGtrse-7Hight hare been pushed to cOasiRmG-
ton. Besides all this, he is a man of large
military experience, and knows tar better
than Lincoln how TO handle the immense
forces placed at the command of 4 President
Of the United States. We are gratifed,
then, at the escape we think We have made.
1t might have been infinitely wors We
are. indeed, confident that it would have
been.
We now are pretty sure of what We have
TO expect. Not only is Abraham LincOln
President of the United States for the next
four years after the 4th of March, 1865, but
he goes in with a majority large enough to
sustain hum IN any atroclty large enough to
sustain him in any atrocity he may mediate.
The majority Of the North have pretty clear
! ly declared themselves well pleased with the
war with the manner of conducting it. They
indorse all the atrocities of Sherman, all the
crNeities Of Hunter all the crimes OF Sher-
4 man, all the murders Of Butler all the
butchery and barbarism Of Grant The
I confagratlonS Of our towns and villages, the
! the deportation Of our women and children,
/ the starvation OF whole populations, the in
! stIgatlonS OF our slave to murder and rob
berry, an aggravation of all the horrors Of
| war in its most horrible aspects, where the
passions are left cntire without control and
every appliance Is used to stimulate them,
until, by their indulgence, men became dey-
! iis--all these things the vlrtuous, lntelll-
gent civilized, Christian religious North
| the heirs OF the best Government the sun
ever shone upon-haye deliberately opprov-
ed of as applied to us. And we accept the
application. Indeed, there is no way OF es-
cape. did We even desire to avoid the issue
There can be no shutting in the ranks now
Every man must know his place, and must
| keen it. The issue is not peace or war, but
freedom or slavery, existence Or eXtermina-
| ton. n...E ..
Itis best for the people of the Confeder-
acy to understand, once for all, that their
| hopes consist IN their arms alone. 1t VIC
torous, they can command the issue; If de-
teated the issue will very certainly COM
mand the issu; if defeated, the issue will
very certainly command them. They are
contendlnn with an. enemy who will listen to
no terms short of absolute submission. Let
us hear no more cries for peace, but let ev-
cry man make up his mind to war. We
have hitherto been extremely ayerse to re-
gard the war as anything moro than sort
of episode in our existence. We must in
future look upon 1t as the main business OF
our lives All our thoughts must turn in
that direction, as they have hitherto been
turned upon the means Of procuring live
lhood, and establishing ourselves in life. =
Everything we do must, from this day forth,
have some relation to the conduct of the
war. Our army must be made a regular ar.
my; hitherto it has been nothing more thar
a body Of volunteers. Our cavalry system
must be reformed We must give up mon.
ey-n,aking and devote ourselves to pursuits
that will best assist in carrying on the war
Better to make few dollars less for the
time being, than to make it for the bene6
Of the Yankees. We have become accus
toned TO hardships and selfdenial. They
will become even easier to us than they ar,
at present Above all, let not our people b.
= deludcd by the cry of peace. [ has don'
them an immense deal Of harm already, ant
, it will do them a great deal more if they lis
ten to it. There is, at present, no psospec
ofpcace, nor viii there be as long as Tn
, Yankees continue to believe themselves gain
, ing victories every day. There will be none
! until they shall have become convinced tha
! their efforts to subdue are unavalling. Ihi
r conviction we shall bo compelled to beat in
TO their heads; and in order that we may d
SO; tits necessary that every man should b
5 at his post Rampant as the Yankees no'
O are for war, their tone would change imme
diately should one of theirarmies be destroy
ed, for they would find it difficult to repac
. it. In The meantime, tce are c0HrjRCett tho
= If ace can hold oar oon through this ao5ater-
o as most certainly ,oe ca,,--the ,oorSt aeiH hal
n been past. Our enemy can never max
- such an effort as he has made and is no
making.