The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1864-01-27
Fred DoasIns on tile war.

nignt very aumlraOle lecture, so i@i
as language and composition are con-
cerned, and which has the advantage
over the utteranccs of the white Re-
publicans in frankness and boldness.
He does not, as the leading Republi>
cans do, sugar-coat lies, nor does he,
us they do, sham admiration of and
reverence for the Constitution. He
boldly declares in favor of an abolition
war; .....
An abolition war; We'll, let us
thank the Democracy for teaching us
SHAT word. The charge in a comprc>
hensiye sense is most true, and it is
not pity that it is true, but it would
De a vast pity if it were not true
Would that it we're more true than it
ia. When our government and people
shall bravely ayow this to be an abo-
lition war, then the country will be
safe. Then our work will be fairly
mapped out. Then the uplifted arm
Of the nation will swing unfettered to
its work, and the spirit and power of
the rebellion will be broken. Had
slavery been abolished in the border
States at the very beginning of this
sar, as it ought to have been; had it
been abolished in Missouri, as it would
nave been but for presidential inter~
ference, there would now be no rebel
hon in the Southern States; for in
stead Of having to watch these border
States, as they have done, our armies
would have marched in overwhelming
numbers directly upon the rebels and
overwhelmed them. now hold that
a sacred regard for truth, as we'll as
sound policy, makes it our duty to
own and avow, before Heaven and
earth, that this war is, and of right
ought to be, an abolition war.
The cause of this war, according to
Fred Douglas, is expressed by him,
thus:
Long before this rude and terrible
war began to tell us of broken Con-
>titution and dead Union, the better
portion of the loyal people had oUT-
LIVED AND oUTGRowN what they had
been taught to believe were the re-
1airam .nts Of the old Union. ..
That tho Republican. were false to
the Constitution, that there is an an
tagonism between their theory Of g,v-
crnment and the possibility Of a Union.
are facts which we have demonstrated
almost mathematically. We have
never seen any answer to our argu-
ments, unless the uso of the words
"oopperhead' and "disloyal' may be
considered an argument; but, with the
exception Of the "Veteran Observe"
Of tho Times and Mr.. Douglas, we
know of Republican, white or black,
who has ventured to pull OF the mask,
and show tho hilcous deformty.
Here" says Mr.. Douglas, is
part of the platform of principles up
on which it seems to me every loyal
man should take his stand at this
hour" ..
First-That this war, which we are
compelled tv wage against slavehold-
ing rebels and traitors at untold cost of
blood and treasure, shall be, and of
right ought to be, an abolition war.
Secondly-That We, the loyal peo-
pie of the North and of the whole
country, while determined to make
this short and final war, will offer no
peace, accept no peace, consent to no
peace, which shall not be to all intents
and purposes an abolition peace.
Thirdly--That we regard tile whole
colored population of tho country,
in the loyal as we'll as in the disloyal
States, as our coUNTRYMEN; valuable
in peace as laborers, valuable in war
as soldiers; entitled to all the rights,
protection, and opportunities for achie-
wing distinc sion enjoyed by any other
class of our countrymen.
Fourthly-Believing that the white
race has nothing to fear from fair COM
petition with the black race, and that
the freedom and elevation of one race
are not to be purchased or in any mans
ner rightfully subversed by the disfran-
chisement of another, we shall favor
immediate and unconditional emanci-
patton in all the states, invest the
black man everywhere with the right
to vote and to be voted for, and re-
move all determinations against his
rights on account of his color, wheth-
or as a citizen or as soldier.
The notion of Mr.. Douglas is, that
the moral sentiments of some part of
the population Of the United States,
happening to bea numerical majority,
ought to, and must, control the moral
sentiments Of the minority portion
That seems to us to be merely another
phase for tyranny. It applies as we Il
to religion, manners, or habits, as it
does to slavery. Suppose Mohamme-
dan states and Christian states had
Joined in federal Union such as ours,
!.
must the Christian states have the
right To imnosa their tenats unnn the