The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-06-01
The Rotten Borough sysscnl---
The Baltimore GGMYeMfiNn.

The Rotten Borough systcn---
The Baltimore Convention.
Itis well established fact that President
lincoln has for months been working hard
for the Presidential nomination which takes
place At Baltimore next week. With this
view he issued his loathsomc Amnesty
Proclamation, whereby he expected to gain
many delegates in that Convention, and it
seems his expectations have been realized
This amnesty proclamation proposes to the
one tcah Of the citizens or people Of any
State to get together and take ar cath to
Gupport the war policy Of Abraham Lincoln;
and when they do so, they skall be entitled
to form State governments Oh the principle
Of universal freedom. This system Is MP
on the old and ancient principle Of Rot
ten Borough long since ignored even in
Jnonarchisl governments, it being so corrup-
ting aud leading to 50 many disastrous con-
sequences, disturbing civil society and de-
moralizing in the extreme. But, it seems,
Gays the Ohio Argus, that all the old and
worn ont and absolute forms of monarchy in
the cid word have been freely adopted by
the present Abolition Administration in or
der 10 fasten its rowerupon the people. One
tonth of any people in any Southern State,
can reconstruct snch State, and assume all
the civil authority vested il the State This
has been done in Louisiana--not by the legal
citizens, but by the ARMY Of military officials
the army, ths cation epeculators and Others
from the east. Gen. Banks superintended
this matter, and set the thing in operation in
New Orleans. Il has also been done in Ar
kansas, aad attempted in other States. And
we now begin to see the object TIE etAer
dag it was 'telographed that a Mass State
Convention was called for the 17th of May,
TO meet at Beaufort South Carolina, TO Sc
lect delegates to the Baltimore Convention.
And that similar movement was on foot
in Florida" Now, so far as South Carolina
is concerned, there arc not score Of actual
citizens in the whole region of that State
over which th2 Fedora! authority extends
Yet Lincoln has so managed as to set his
tools at work to get up Mass State Con
vention to appoint dclega tcs 70 assist him
in the Baltimore Cenveatisn. Such impu-
dent and outrageous proeeedings ws1e sever
before heard Of Whom will these delegates
represent? Why, nobody but the cotton
rpeculators, the niggcrs, the miscegens school
marms and their wooly-headea babies. Not
real bona fda citizen, perhaps, will have
ought to do with the convention.
And Florida, too, is to be represented at
Baltimore. We well recollect, few months
ago, Of hearing Of an expedition sent by
Lincoln into Florida to 'rcconstruet' that
State, and with Il he sent his favoiite hoy
and Private Secretary, to be elected to Con-
.gress. And five are not raistaken, we also
heard that that expedition failed, costing the
butchery Of thousand white men, the loss
of valuable stores, wagons, guns and army
equipments. The capital Of Florida still re-
mains in rebel hands and 80 does the State.
Yet we have it announced that " a similar
movement is on foot in Florida. " Notwith-
standing Mr. Lincoln defeat and discomf
tne there, he Is resolved that he will have
some 'rottel borough" delegates from Flo
rida. His i'll advised political scheme to re-
construct Florida has cost the nation thou
sand lives, over million dollars in property,
and Of course he thinks that is about enough
TO cntit.o him to few delegates in the Bal
timore Convention!
The Lincoln journals have estimated Lin
coins strength in the Convention to be 4b8
out Of 5l4. All the ''rotteu horoughs" are
ret down certain for Dir Lincoln. These
rotten boroughs" comprise Arkansas,
: Delaware. Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland,
Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, South
Carolina, NORTH Carolina and Florida. How
many more Of this species of delegations he
win fx up before the Convention meets is to
be seen Such base and infamous corruption
is only worthy the most despotic and barbar-
.ous despstic government. No party posses
sing the least spark Of manly honor or sef-
respect would submit 10 such basensss and
acknowledging influences to control the popa-
1arwill. Jut we suppose the Lincoln faction
~ill hare tsc4~scendancy in the Baltimore
ConrentieA, and all the corrupt appliances
will be submitted to without complaint or
objection Anything TO csrry their end, no
anattsr how fan AZ secthing corruption it
may be. And when the Baltimore Conven
4 tion has done I'll work and put Abe Lincoln,
0a The track for re-election.to the Presidency
Id order that he may finish vp The work o.
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