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

ed from its enemies. We may reasonably
apprehend any mistake in the lu;urc, from
II what has gone beiore;- and as Tor genera
statesmanship, we take his full measure ir
the fact, that he once actually advised the
extradition OF four millions OF lsborers from
our eager and entreatng soil. while in the
next breath, be proposed q bill TO encourage
foreign emigration. Compare with this ri
! gaptc crime against the yearning hemis
phere, the reten ion or these hapless beings
IN slavery would have been o passable Of
tense! r1 tf5.
Ma1ifestly, therefore, this excsllent man,
though honest as the sun, and perhaps the
best story teller in the world, is not the
statesman to pluck this groyeling couhlry
from the mire, and set its lace, with august
resolution, against our enemies across the
ocesn. lie is not the man, to grapple with a
1.-THE OF our responsibilities, foreign or do
mestic; and no mere political Peter Funks,
whom charitable constituencies have sent TO
the State Legislatures with "permits to
taade," can dictate such candidate upon
this rising hour. -..ir
We have seen nothing more shameless
and iDsolent, than this legislative nomna-
ton, in the whole history OF American polls
tics, and the wonder is, that men OF so much
experience as Weed and Seward have under
! taken it. 1t is an adaptation Of the corrupt
practices of the 'ring" to larger job than
was ever before undertaken in this country.
When Rome was in her lowest period Of
degradation, it was the custom OF the frg-
toran Guards to sell the empire to the high
est bidder While our slave oligarchy was
in swing, we once predicted that q candidate
might yet pay his way to the Presidential
chair, Through the avenues OF the convention;
but. really, we never expected to see the
bribery of the conventions simplifed and
anticipated, BY doing the first chanees ous,
to the more limited corsciences OF legisla-
tive "rings" Indeed, what we least OF all
expected was, to see these spectators, who
have now "got along with" five States. ex
tending their tncthous palms over Uncle
Abraham's head, III flock conservation OF
political Messiah, who; with his tongue in
his cheek all the whilo. is chiefly anxious to
get through the ceremony. that he may de
light them with ssme smutty story.
OLD ABE AND PHILosopH9 OF CURRENTS.
- Duringa conversation wh,Gh took place
last week, between our worthy President
and distinguished western SeLateF; the re
cent legisla i've nominations Tor the next
Presidency were incidentally referred to-
"Yes," said Mr.. Lincoln, nursing His leg
with evident gratihcation-"Yes, Senator,
the current seems to be setting ell one wayH
at does, really, seem to be setting all one
way" was the answer Of the Senator; ''but,
Mr.. Lincolh, as you have told me several
good stories since have been here, permit
ne, if you please, to tell you one" 1T
has always been observed, that the Atlantic
Ocean, at the Straits of Gibraltar, constant
y pours into the Mediterranean, with tre-
nendous volume. The eBosphorus empires
nto it, at the other end and rivers are seen
to its waters all along its coast.
t was, '6r many years, the constant puzzle
II geographers, why the Mediterriau, under
III these accessions, never got full. and over
ran It's banks. After a while,~ however, a
curious fellow took the notion OF dropping
1lummet in the centre OF the Straits, when,
o! he di covered that, though the tremen
lous body OF water on the surface was rush.
ng inward from the ocean, still more
powerful body was passi G outward, in
bunter current, at some twenty feet be.
OWL"
"Oh, ah!" said Old Abe, seriously, evil
lently nonplussed, for the first time in his
ife; "that d3eS mol remind me OF any story
ever heard be ore!"