The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1865-03-29

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war man, from the beginning; | have teen
opposed 60 all compromise, and have believ-
ed that this matter never can be settled ex-
cept hy fcrce,-by war.
q DID Judge MoniS hold the same
vieWs2
\. No sir; L do not think he did. think
Judge Morris has been a man of peace: hi.
opinion has been that the matter ought &c
be settled by peace.--hy compromise. and
believe that loyal man may be in favor OI
peacs
! q. Peace at all hazards?
\. think thar man who is convinced
in his own mind that this country can new.
er be united by war, may be opposed t.
war, aud still be a loyal man.
@ That does not quite meet the cues.
ton. i want to know, IT, with yoar esti.
mate Of loyalty, you would admit man tc
be loyal who would consent To peace on the
terms Uf separation from this Government:
would YOU class such a nan as loyal or dis
ioyal2
7 A. understand loyalty to consist in ODE
dience to the Government and the law. /
can only repeat what said before, that if a
man ~ convinced in his own mind that by
war this country can never be united-il
this is his honest conviction-he may be in
favor OF peace and still be a loyal man.
SuppOsing we arc at war with foreign
nation. il would not be pretended that a
man might not be for peace and vet be a
loyal man; if he was satisfied that the COR
! tinuance of the war would only add tn the
expenditure oil treasure and blood. and be
of no benefit TO the country, he certainly
could be an advocate for peace and still be
loyal man. So il may be, | anprehend,
in the case of the rebellion, that if a man is
satisfied in his own mind that his country
cannot be united by war-and perhaps there
is 10 man who has not, at some time during
the past Eve years, had doubts forced upon
his mind-he may be in favor of peace and
yet be a loyal man. ....
Q. Under that rule would not every SOL
dier in the rebel army be entitled to be cal
led loyal man.
A. No, sir.
O. Does he not honestly believe that by
war this country cannot again be united?
y. These rebels have always maintained,
took up arms against the Government with
out any cause No wrong had been done
them by the Government; no right of prop
erty or. person had been violated. They
owed obedience to the Government and to
the law, and when they took up arms they
committed treason against the Government;
they, therefore, subjected themselves to all
the pains and penalties Of treason. Ii is
difficult Tor me to understand that their Do
sition is precisely similar to that of a man
Of peace. who believes that a continuance of
the war will end in the rupture and dis
memberment OF the country. Ny answer,
therefore is, that rebels in arms are not low
al but | can understand that man Of peace
may be loyal, through opposed to the fur
ther prosecution Of the war.
q. 1t then occGrs whether such man is
loyal to the Government?
a. think il man obeys the laws, andis
obedlent to the sanctions and mandates of
the Constitution, that he may be in favor Of
peace. that he is not disloyal man.
Q. But supposing he is in favor OF peace
and separation?
A. | say that Il man who is in favor of
separation, and wants separation and is do
ing anything to effect separation is disloy-
al man, But | am speaking of a man who
ls passive, who is a good citizen, obeying
the law, and who is giving no aid and COM
fort to the enemy.
q. But suppose that citizen advocates
that terms Of peace should be made with the
rebels on the basis Of separation; does not
every man who acts upon such q conviction
take one from those who would subdue tn
rebellion, and to just that extent weaken
the Government?
A. ! have no doubt that all those men do,
to certain extent, weaken the Administra-
ton in the prosecution Of the war. | have
always been opposed to such men, but at
the same time do not consider that it is my
province to charge men with disloyaIty,
simply because OF certain belief which
may have entered their minds. Judge No, :
ris and I have differed politically, lot only
in reference to the rebellion and the meas
ures for suppressing il, the Crittendcn Com
promise, but almost on every thing else :;
certainly with every thing like compromise
with those in arms against the Government.
q. Did Judge Morris belong to what is
called the peace wing Of the Democratic par
A. I think he did, in this respect; that
he thought the war ought to end and that
the difficulty ought to be. compromised.
believe he held the opinion that the Difficult
ties between the North and South could be
settled by compromise and in that respect,
he was always peace man, as | under
stand.
g. Did he carry that peace belief to the
extent OF peace at all hazards s-evon to the
extent OF concedlng to them their indepen-
qence Pig. ..o .....
a. Not that knew OIL my impression is
that ne never did?
y Did you ever hear him speak upon
that POINT! ...
A, His conversationwith me was always
inconsistent with the dlsmemberment Of the
country ,u ,,.. ............
Y. Dd ~! nc say that IN any contingency he
was W,'ilins to 4gght tins war to the end, in
caae there could be no compromise?
A. iie always has been m favor of peace.
Y. IA yon ever hear HIM advocate the