The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1865-08-23
Mhaf arlhn Night.

We are almost hourly asked, What is the
prospect for carrying the election in Octo-
ber2 This, oil course, is question We are
unable to answer, and one to which au an
swer is hardly expected Weknow that We
desire SUCCESS, AID We are certain that We
can make an effort to secure it. The men
who have stood by the Democratic party for
the last five years viii not surrender now,
The opposition cannot confront US with the
formidable power they have brought to bear
in times past. They are possessed with less
Of the instrumentalitios of intimidation;
their reproaches and slang have become
worn out; the nerves of the people becom-
ing quieted, so that reason may gain an au-
dicnce.
The opposition present no issue but an
uncertain expression in favor Of negro suf-
frage. On this question their party is not
unit. Many of them are unwilling to en-
franchise negroes and become their social
and political equals This being the only
expression of principle to be found in their
platform, has brought serious reflection to
the minds of the thoughtful and conserva
tives.
The Democracy will declare in favor of
equal taxation, retrenchment in public ex-
penditures, the abolition of great number
of Offices, and against negro suffrage. This
will constitute the main features in the
Democratic PLATFORM The thinking and
candid men who have heretofore acted
with the opposition will compare the party
platforms, and vote as they may think best.
In the first place, many Of them are oppos
cd to negro suffrage, and on this account
will vote with the Democracy. Others are
in favor of reduced and equal taxtion, and
by this will be kindly inclined toward the
old party of the country. Dispensing with
Useless Offices, and an honest andministra-
ton of public affairs, will have some weight
On the public mind.
One great element of strength with the
opposition has been the manner in which
they have humbue ge | so,dierEinto the belief
that the Democracy was against them. 1t
is true that Democrats thought the war
might have been avoided by a fair and hon
orable compromise, and that it might long
since have been closed on the terms of a
restored Union to better advantage than
now. But the soldiers have now re-
turned to their former abodes, and they
find Democrats as kindly disposed toward
them as other people. So far as the ques-
ton of comparison is concerned, it has be-
come absglete; or, to use a phrase more ex-
pressiye than clasic, 1T is played out.
| 1t matters not now, says the Holmes
county Farmer, whether any one was for or
against coercion-for or against compromise
for or against the abolition of slavery
They are all questions of the past-ques-
tions which can never arise again. As SEN
| sible men, we must look to the present and
the future, and advocate and vote for such
measures of public policy as will confer the
the greatest good on the greatest number
The leaders of the Republican party are in
in office. and, with that selfshuess peculiar
to a great number Of mankind, will strive
to retain their positions of honor and profit,
even at the sacrifice Of principle and the
public interest 1t will not be claimed that
Democrats are prompted by selfish motives,
nor anything else than the purest attach
ment to principle interest," would have die
tated them to leave their party and avoid
the bitter prosecutions of the last four years
to which they have been subjected, if, in,
deed, they had not been further rewarded
with honorable ard profitable positions. =
Some it is true, have been falthless among
the faithful. Stanton, Butler, Holt, Tod,
Brough and others, have reapcd the reward
of their treachery But the rank and file
nearly two millions of brave men--hav
dared the threats, endured the persecution
and submitted to the tortures OF the part,
in power, and remained steadfast to princi
ple. A conscious pectitude of purpose ha
sustained them in upholdng the banner @
Democracy in the days OF adversely, and i
will add to them strength and vigor as tn
J corruptions and wrongs of the opposition
arc made manifest. wn s ..-..
So soon as the people have had enougl
of fanaticisln; enough of de3potism enoug
of oppression; enough of corruption, an
feel an inclination to return to the prime
$ pies of the Constitution of the Unite
/ States, they will vote the Democratic Ticke
and restore the Democratic party to power
The success of the Democracy is only
question of time We may carry Ohio i
S October; but if we can not, we shoul
come as near as we can. 1t makes gre;
difference to us and to the State Whctht
I the majority against us be one or iitty thou
sand-whether we send to the legislature
0 sufficient numbers Of members to keep til
: majority in check or none at all. We d
not claim that success is more than probab
: nor do we admit that it is not. We only sa
0 that the nearer we can come to it the bette
4 for.us; and if succeed so much the bette
still We know that the time must COM
: and that soon, when the people will seek n
; lief somewhere from the intolerable burder
: now imposed upon them; we know that tIl
0 dominant party is kept together solely
n the prospect Of spoils; we know that disa
: fection has crept into its ranks and that
0 split,i is not fighting for. princplt but ft
men; we know that the shoddy contractor
whose occupation is gone By the ending {
Q the war, own.and control its leading organ
: we know that it's efforts to place the negr
{ upon an equality with the white man is ol
+ noxious to many Of its own members; an
o we know, from the past history of the pa
t ties that party without principle cannt
t long exist. .-
n We want to keep the Democratic part
: compact and as strong as may be, that
e may be ready to assume the responsibilitit
s Of government, whenever the people sha
5 be satisfied with the experiment they al
e now prosecuting at such tremendous cos
+ We want to restore the government to j
old simplicity and purity. We want tho;
who administer the government to unde
t stand that they are the SERVANTS not tt
masters of the people, and that the masst
= will hold them to strict accountability fl
: every infraction OF the laws In view
. these considerations, we deserve success