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


relied the holders Of our paper money TO
fund if, or lose one-third? Have we not
seized all the railroads. Have we not de-
stroyed railroads and huiit others? Have
We not esial Ii he'd universal system Of I'M
pressmcnt Of property, at our own prices,
in our own money? Have We not establish
ed a Government monopoly Of the eSrbrta-
tons OF the great staples of the country
Have we not forbidden the importation Of
Injuries? Have we not compelled those
whom we permit tOIcmain at home, TO cx-
ccute bonds TO furnish their products to us
at our prices? Have we not suspended the
writ of hdJeus corpus? Have We not intro
duccd the passport spstenl, which, We used
to think, belonged to the iron despotism of
Europe? In short, has not our Federal
Government done everything that cen
talized military dcsro,l. IN could do? Indeed
if you were appointed Military Dictator,
what greater powers aoud you exercise than
ytu now do? allude to these things not
TO complain of them, but TO lament them.
If you tell me they are necessary. | reply
that is precisely my argument. My areu-
ment assumes and requires that necessity -
1t is plain that our Government exercises
the powers of central despotism. ] blame
the head Of the Government would gladly
have it other wise but necessity compels
the course they have taken. But shall be
told, perhaps, this necessity is limited to the
war, and when peace returns, we will 60
back to our old state Of liberty. i.
That depends upon the kind Of peace. A
peace without conclhation calnes IN Its bo-
som the seeds Of new wars. his armed
peace and its offspring var would taStcn up
on us permanently a central military despot-
M 1t is common to hear 1t said that the
United States have gone into despotism. II
so then il is very sad truth for us, for that
would develop their maximum military
power, and would, of course, neccssitate the
same thing in the same way on our Part, -
The truth is, we are vitally Interested in the
preservation Of free institutions in the Nor
them States, because the people of the Uni
ted States will not only make their institu-
tions, but they will make ours. lfthey ac-
Quire the maximum military strength by
going into desrotism, we must do the sane,
just as though they were to o iginate ncT
and overp0wcnngIy destructive modes OF
warfare, we would have to resort to the
same or he overwhelmed. Some persons OF
intelligence conccde that the Northern peo
pie have gone into dcSroti>m, but rldicuIe
the idea Of such calamity teialling US
To such / would reply, we are but human
beings, not gods, and we are acted upon by
necessity as other PEOPLE.
The uuth Is, that the Government at
Washington had not dared to exlr:se kow-
er ON the gland scale that our GoveInmtn
has. The Lincoln Government has not ven
tured to resort to an effective conscription;
it has not resorted to taxation as we have;
it has no tax in kind; it does not mohibit
imports it does not monopolize the exports;
it does not rely on implessments. 1t plays
the tyrant, but it hesitates to seize the scep-
he. ...
l think ! have established my proposi.
ton, that our Republican institutions arc
lost unless We have peace accompanied BY
harmony with the North. ] he question for
US then is, how are We to obtain such peace
Before consider this eue' ton, | would
call your attention to this fact, that the peace
We are to make with the North, is to be
made by us and the North alone. There is
no probability Of any torcig intervention; by
that | mean any armed interference in our
behalf The peace between the North and
the South, when it comes, must come then
by the action Of those parties alone. For
eign powers will not interfere. The ques-
ton then is, how are these eiigerent States
now so ie,ccly engaged, to obtain this peace
with reconciliation; which l have said is
necessary to preserve their Republican form
Of government? 1t is great question:
now approach 1t.
] admit in the first place that successful
military defense is Indispensable without
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