The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1864-02-24

: destroyed; so many fields for the produC
Il ton of its great staples laid waste; indee
q its whole labor system has been perverted {
disorganized!
To recover the nation from this state
II litter exhaustion, and restore it to its won
ted prosperity, will demand an order OF ir
g telligence which is bestowed upon but ie
= men In any country at the same time, an
the mightiest Intellect in our land might we
e tremble in assuming such responsibility.
r We want in our coming President an advsn
ced thinker; a statesman profoundly verse
in political and econ mic science, one VIII
s fully comprehends the spirit Of the age i
Q which we live.
e Lincoln and the Legislatures.
!, From WiIkes's Spirit of the Times, Jan. 80, g.
e "Donr steal the Presidency, my HOMES
. friend,
For fear the gallows may he your end"
SEwARn's AUBURN SPEECH,
The Arabs have proverb that curaes, lik
younk chickens, always come home to roost
, The above noble lines, which were quoted
from the primer by Mr.. Seward, in the ap
parent interest OF Mr.. Lincoln, verify the ad
age. Their warning having gone the round
against all outside aspirants, returns to it
starting point, and settling upon certain re
cent signs in the State Legislatures, suggest
that somebody is trying to steal at least thu
nomination, and to cheat the usual conven
tions OF the people.
These movements are evidently under the
special direction of Thurlow Weed and
Seward, but whether in tended to be sudden
ly aggregated into an imposing reinvestment
Of Mr.. Lincoln with the toga without the
formality OF new election, or whether it is
a mere calling OF the roll Of those who have
been b ought for any exgency, it is rather
difficult at this point to tell There is one
thing certain, however, and that certainty is,
/ that the President himself is thoroughly
cogniz,nt OF the whole movement, and is
plunged to his arm rits in the succulent pat
ionage which he is doing out Of its support.
Judged by this fact, he appears before US
simple rustic vino has innocently amused
the country, even in its darkest hours, we
find him the full partner of the crafty poll
tican Of when be had all along appeared to
be the dupe. a
| At the time of his election by the radicals
Mr.. Lincoln, who is inherently an honest
man, did not probably mediate desertion
Of their principles, but finding d war unex.
pectedy upon his hands, he was enormously
persuaded to modify his views to suit the
accident, ana by certain sacrifices to endeav
or to soothe and conciliate the South. UDs
fortunately his chief adviser was neither
man Of foresight nor OF courage. 1t was his
be lief that the rebellion would be put down
in ninety days, and shrinking at the thought
OF the returning barons, he ADVISED the Pres
ident to find timely shelter 10 a conservative
course, which, in addition 10 conciliating
their rulilsd mood, would quietly store up a
large political "good wills towards his re
election. Mr.. Lincoln foolshly yielded to
this worse than weak idea, aud from that
moment became the unseen corner stone Of
the new conservative" party.
The first of the public acts with which
Mr. Lincoln signalized his new conversion
was the remarkable dispatch in which he
authorized Mr.. Seward to announce broad
cast to the world that "he did not expect to
reduce The ihstirgeht States to obedience by
force Of arms'' The xt was the circular
by which he asstired Europe as we'll as the
concederacy that our war should be SO con
ductcd las not to alter the shttUs Of o single
human being.t' These utterances, made as
early as April, 1861, were doubtless honest
ly intended to appease the rebels, but we
have seen that they only resulted in indors-
ing their power before foreign nations, and
at the same time in deprvng our cause Of
the solitary hold which it had upon Euro
pean sentiment. These extraordinary acts
have constantly puzzled the Beenest OF in |
quirers. BY many it was often thought that
they were purely the personal acts OF Mr..
Seward and that the President In whose
name they were illuminated, being an easys
going man, was more fond of juicy story |
than dry papers, really never saw them
But, aided by our new look into Mr.. Lin
coins policy, we are able to translate the |
apparent contradictions, and to understand
them as consistent, if not with his public att
titude, at least with the unpromulgated
temporizing Seward programme. We can
now understand, moreover, the long tamper
ing with the treason of the border States;
the motive OF the checks administered to
the progress Of emancipation in Maryland
and in Missouri; OF the amasing dictation to
Congress how 10 vote on the contiscation
act, less be reprove them with his vsto; Of
his removal the district attorney Of st. Louis
for participating too actively in the radical
election; OF his lending the patronage OF the
Government to Seward for the election OF
Horatio Seymour; and, perhaps, most sig
nficant OF all, because most constant and
continuous, Of his retaining Weed around
him. in face Of his open apostacy from the
and republican doctrines, and
formal embrace OF the conservative" faith!
Ifthese things have no significance, perhaps
the laEt that Weed is now engineering the
Lincoln expression in the Legislatures basl
1t may be said that the great edicts oi
amnesty and emancipation are contradictions
to our theory, and that Mr.. Lincoln either
did these things despite Of Seward u Co., or
that lie is not full partner to their plans.
But the truth is, these acts, like Stewards
tardy courage on the subject OF the rebel
rams, were the results purely Of an irresis-
tbe pressure Of the people, and we may add
the President undoubtedly found rising
courage Tor his task in the fact that the. rebel
cause was fast sinking under our arms In
degree as the patriotic temper Of the ooun
try reduced the hopes Of the rebellion the
President was released from his alarms, and
to the same degree became the sincere aux
iIiary OF its wishes. We have the utmost
faith in his intentions, but knowing his de
fects shall hardly expect TO see him conver-
tedto the Conness doctrine ofstnking rebel 1
wherever you can reach him earlier than
Fernando Wood. Fernando, watching the
decline of the confederacy, has already voted
in recognition Of the negro regiments =
When the planter aristocrary are fugitive,
and the released white masses Of the South
rank as The interest enemies Uf slavery, we
shall expect to see Abraham and the Sage Of {
Bl2omiogdale weeping on each others necks