The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-06-22
Compensated Loyalty

Compensated Loyalty"
We live in strange times. New doctrines
and new terms are the order Of the day
The old fashioned notions of our forcfathers
are forgotten in the whirl of excitement;
CT, if remembered at all, the subject Of de-
rision and rcproach We are Experimenting,
The history Of the past teaches us no lesson
which we heed /; and the wisdom Of men who
have heretofore been considered greatest in
knowledge, is rs dross before the great
,aen' of to- day. There is one important
difference, however, between the great
men Of this generation and those Of the
past. In the past, one necessary element of
greatness was the possession of brains. -
Men of knowledge and experience proposed
measures aud policies for the management
Of the Ship Of State and if the intelli-
gence Of the people approved the plans, they
were adopted as part of the policy of the
nation. Men Of the past used to argue
these questions. They would accept the
word Of no man without being satisfied by
reaeon. it is different now. New men
have come into power The opponents of
almost all the Administrations since the for
nation of the government have come into
power with all their visionary and Utopian
schemes, and, as fanatics always are, are
very impatient of contradiction
One of the great new lights in this new
party is our "'oyal' neighbor of the Cadiz
Republican. lie treats his readers with a
rich dose of the pure stuff in his last is
cue, With the sanctimonious wisdom of all
owl, he lays down the law and the gospel.
Listen al ye ends Of the earth to the dec
larationI The perfection of wisdom and
argument all condensed into one sentence
Who, after, reading, would dare think 9TH
erwise than just as the editor Of the Re
publican thinks. Read:
None but Copperheads will oppose the
reelection of Mr. Lincoln.
So the matter is settled Every person
who has no shoddy contract or is not him
self CT has no relative who is government
officer is a Copperhead, and none but cop
perheads oppose the reelection of NJ
Lincoln. Exactly! WouldIR it bcaGYnl,
Mr., Hatton, if the Copperheads wo,Thaye
most votes this fall, aud elect their President
Would you, Br Richard, be loyal (0the
now Administration?
Under the old goyernment-the govern
ment under which we lived up to the time
Abraham Lincoln took his seat as Pre- Fidept
of the United States opposition to the
measures of an Administration was consid-
cred as evidence of the Loyalty" Of the
people. 1t was evidence that the intelli-
gence of the people comprehended the gc-
MUS of Republican institutions, and their
action in the matter was an evidence of
thong ghtfulcare, and strong desire to preserve
them in their purity. 4 mans difference
from the Administration, and strong desire
TO change the public servants Of the people
replacing them with other, and as they
thought, better men, was no reason for any
one to question their devotion to the coun-
try But the Imperial Ukase now is that
'none but copperheads will oppose the re-
election of Mr.. Lincoln "
There is reason for all things. No man
acts wthouta motive. Who are loyal p
I What constitutes intelligent loyalty? If it
be in subserviency to an Administration,
then do the people of this country become
notoriously "disloyaP' every four years
In countries governed by King, whose
word is the law of the empire to he loyal is
to render blind obedience to his behests. -
There being no power higher to which ap-
peal can can be taken--he being the highest
powcr-fealty to his word is loyalty v But
in this country the people are the highest
g0rer-they make and unmake rulers--by
the judgment Of the people the rulers stand
or hli.,-tS them are they responsible They
have especial days appointed as judgment
days, when they adjudge or elect their
pleasure or displeaaire of the actions Of
their servants, and from the decision Of the
people their is no appeal They are su-
premc. Their word is greater than that Of
their servants. How ridiculous then, for
any man to assume kingly powers How
absurd for any any man to pronounce his
peer "disloyal' for difference of opinion
from him in segard q the CHOICE Of public
servants IN foelish for lim to place bis
0,slniess Of the Fitness OF men for Office SO
much above that Of his equals? None but
fool Or Rlsdalaa would be guilty Of such
folly. Whit iiapudcncel The editor Of the
Republican must think his readers pack Of
toolr, andhave very Poor opinion of their
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