The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1864-03-02
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How the Aboiftioniststs Eek xpected
Wnr Years Ago-DIsefOSure A.,

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How the AbOiitiOniststs Expected
War Years Ago-DlseiOsures. a.
The life and correspondence Of ths
Rev. Theodore Parker, of Boston, d
noted Abolition leader who died ia
1861, has just been published. There
are in it some rich disclosures. Thus
Mr.. Parker wrote in 1855: -, =,
"The political condition of the coun.
try is bad, BAD, BAD. But it looks
hopeful for the future. I think this is
the last Presidential election under the
Constitution. Yet | do not desire the, ;
dissolution until we have freed four
millions, though / should vastly prefer
a dissolution to the present state Of
things. But l do not believe that
any permanent Union is possible be-.
tween the North and South. Inideas,
aims and habits of life, there is more
unity between the Nepolitans and the
Swiss about the Vierwaldstatter See
than between the South and the North.
Now, a adespotic government, like Auss
tria, can unite nations as unlike as,
the Hungarians and the Venitians in.,
to one autocracy, for military violence
is the stiff iron hoop which holds these
different slaves together. But in q
Republic a union must be moral Of
principles, or economical of interest,
at any rate internal and automatic
None of these conditions seem likely to
exist long. Besides, Just now, there
is fierce hostility between the South
and the North-the South hates the
North worse than the Lombards hate
IDoMoATT LEDEsHI-worse than the
French hated L'ALB1oN PEREIpE in
1800-16I5. ' @-l ..- 'f 7'*'-
After speaking Of the Presidential
election, he said: .n5itci.s- 81 .il3U
'But if Fremont is not elected, then,
l look forward to what is worse than
civil war IN the other, viz: power and
concessions by the North, until we
are forced to take the iniative of rev.
oiution at the North. That will be-
the worst form of the case, for, then
the worst fighting will be among the
Northern men-between the friends Of
freedom and the hunhers. I expect
civil war and make my calculations ac-'
cordingly. a aotl.p in> .lsr ra1
"You may judge of the strength of
my convictions when l tell you that l.
order no more books from Germany
but send the antiquarian catalogues to
the Anthenium unopened" r r-s ~
At the same time he writes in his
journal as follows: q q. .a..n.e7 ssds
'"Hhis day is not less critical in our.
history for the future than the 4th. Of
July, 1776, was for the past. At sum
rise there were three alternatives: '"H}
Il. Freedom may put down slavery,
peacefully by due course of law.
"2. Slavery may put down freedom
in the same way. ..
"3. The friends of freedom and it's
foes may draw swords and fight. "sat
CAT sunset the people had repudias
ted the first alternative. Now Amerie
ca may choose between Nos. 2 and g..
OF COURSE WE SHALL FIGHT. T
have expected civil war for morHhs;
now | buy no MORE BOOKS for the pres
ent. Nay, I think affairs may come
to such pass that my own property
may be confscated-for who knows
that we shall beat at the beginning?-
and [ hung as a traitor. So I invest
accordingly. Wife's will be
safe. l don't pay the mortgage till
1862. ."-p. 100. r-
1t is not difficult, from such letters,
for the most blind to see that the Alb
olitionist brought on this war. Again,
Parker writes:
"In New York and elsewhere, Banks,
said the election of Fremont would set
tie the slavery question, and step agi-
tation for thirty years.
81 opened my eyes when I went ous
West, and saw that the hands Of the
Republicans are not yet clean enough
to be trusted with power. There has
a deal of bad stuff come over to the
party. am more than
ever of the opinion that we must settle
this question in the old Anglo-Saxon
wayr-with the SWORD. There are two
constitutions for America-one writ
ON parchment, but on the HEAD OF A
DRUM. 1t is to this we must appeal.
and before long: ] make all my pc4
cuniary arrangements with the expec-
tation Of civil war. I buy no books,
have not orders out for fifty dollars;
and commonly have at least FIVE huns
dred dollars on orders in all parts Of
the world. @ ~ ;t5llcl Z
. 81 saw Summer to day. He talked
an. hour or more quite well.' Page
191. ...f an.
Does any one doubt what Mr.. Par
ker and Mr.. Sumner talked about?
The HOMESTEAD BILL.--Consider-
able comment is made here upon the
letter of Thurlow Weed, Just pubIishs