The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1864-05-04
John sherman Taken 10 Task
An Exposure Of the Lincoln
WAR PO~Iicy--its End and Ailn
rhe Destruction OF Slavery,

w ar E~OIICy--its EhO anu AIhil
the Destruction OF Slavery,
w. D. Biekbam, "editor end proprietor"
of the Dayton journal. makes in his paper
Of April 81, a furious onslaught upon q Re-
publican U. y. SfEator from Ohio, Hon.
John Sherman. Mr.. Biekham begins by
saying:
1.-The exact thing which was done by Hon.
John Sherman, in the United States Senate
on the 18th INST, was TO propose an extern
sion OF the lease OF slavery. A proposition
to repeal all Fugitive Slave Laws was pend
ing, when MIR. Sherman moved to amend by
inserting excepting the act OF February
18th, 1893" ".
The following paragraph contains the cream
OF Mr.. Bickbam's article:
"Mr. Sherman's object in thus opposing
the policy of the Government, and the ascer>
tanned will Of the majority Of the people. is
inc xplicable. We had supposed that no fact
was more conclusivcly established than that
slavery was the cause OF the war-that the
slaughter OF thousands Of brave men and the
expenditure OF thousands OF millions OF treas
ure was the consequence OF 1t, and that 1T
had been decisively determined that the
only way to establish peace and Union,
and to restore the authority Of the Gov
eminent is to destroy slavery. The
Proclamation of Emancipation, we pre-
sumed, contemplated that end the ProclaS
nation of Amnesty, we supposed, looked in
the same direction; the resolution adopted
by two thirds Of the members OF the United
States Senate-Hon John Sherman voting
with the msjority-to amend The Federal
Constitution SO as to abolish slavery in Ihe
Tinted States, we understood to mean the
extinction and eradication of the Internal in
s~titution which was the cause of the rebel
lion and all our woes"
Mr.. Bickham edits and publishes an ultr,
Abolition sheet, which advocates Lincoln's
re election. We notice its utterances tol
J the purpose Of showing the views Of an Ohlt
5 Lincoln organ. 1t seems Il at, in its estima
ton, to oppose the repeal OF the fugitive
slave law, enacted in less than four years al
ter the Federal Government went into oper'
ation under the present Constitution, is tc
oppose the policy OF the Government" L
is clear, then, that the policy Of The Govern.
3 ment under the Administration oil George
Washington was one thing, and that, undol
the Administration Of Abraham Lincoln, it
is quite another and a different thing.
Mr.. Bickbam IS amazed at Mr. Sherman'
course, because he (Mr. B had supposed j
''conclusiveiy established" that is, in the
minds Of all p~artsans OF the Administrative
> John Sherman included, that '~slavery wa
tho cause of the war; and that all the ef
: forts OF the Government in carrying on III
) war are to be directed. not TO put down rob
y els IN arms and re-es' ablish peace and Uniol
v on the old basis of the Constitution, but "tt
u destroy slavery" This is the ultimate end
u according to the Dayton editor and all th'
y prominent leaders Of his party, Tor whiof
9 cuY gallent men are now IN the field, ant
= others are being called out by the Hundred
a thousand, to be sacrificed that persons o
v A lrican descent" may be made free
. Not only is Ohio and every other State
under Administration control to be depopu
lated by the loss Of the flower Of her popu
l~ation; but, according to this Abolition wal
programme, the Constitution, which is thu
|. life OF the Union, is to be violated, its sa
l. cred guarantees disregarded, and c~onstitu
# tional Government overthrow, in order "tI
d destroy Slavery The Proclamation Q
Emancipation, we are now frankly told
= Contemplated that end;" the proclamation
G OF Amnesty ''looked In the same direction,
e and SO did the resolution to amend the Con
n s~litution passed by the Senate, and for whicl
John Sherman voted.
Mr.. Bickham, by expressing the real de
signs OF tbs parry in power, fixes on Mr.
Q Sherman the brand of inconsistency. Th'
only difference between the Senator and tn
editor is, that the lormer is the more viii
politician, and wants, while he keeps step t
the roll Of the radical revolutionary drum, t
dupe as many well-meaning persons into tb
- ranks as possible, by showing now and the
; a hypocritical p%retense OF love for the oil
:, principles and the old ways, when the Re
pnblic was united, ires and prosperous