The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1865-07-19
Hon. Joseph BOit EeEore the
War.

Fir. Lincoln was elected President uf til,
United States in 1850, viii DC read at thi
time with Interest,"
WASHINGTON, Nov 80, 1854.
! My DEARSIR; ! ana in rcceint Of your
I of the 2,ih instant, aud thank you for youl
friendly a.iusiun TO my self In connection witl
the fearful agitation that now threatens tlr
diSEciRbermeut Of oar Governments !
think the President s message Wll meet youi
appreciation, bat have iiJtio hope that il
VIII accomplish any thing In moi"ratiuC the
madness tuat rules the hour. The indica-
lions are that the movement has passed be.
yoBd the reach OF human control God alone
can Glsam the cloud OF its liahtning> -
South Carolina viii Uc cut Of the Union in
the armed assertion ol distinct nationality
I plobabIy before Christmas This is certain;
uaIeas the course OF events is arrested hy
/ some prompt and decided action ON the pat
, OF the people ana Legislatures Of the North
crn States, the other 3 ave States will fol
Nv South Carolina IN lew weeks CT
mouths.
The bo,der States. row so devoted to the
/ Union, will !lnger a little while, hut they
I viii soon unite heir fortunes with those OF
thejr Southern States. Conservative men
/ have ROW no ground to stand up0n--no wea-
! pon 10 battle with. All has been swept
/ from tlpm by the guilty aaitations and in
famous legislation Of the North. ! do not
anticipate, with amy confidence, that the
/ \ Gith will act up to the solemn responsible
/ itics uf the crimes, hy rctracIug those fatal
/ steps which have conducted US to tie very
brink o. perdtion, politically, morally and
/ financially.
There Is feeling growing in the free
States when says, Let the South gOl'
/ AMI this ieeilrg threatens rapidly to increase
! 1t Is, il pat, lhe jruit OF complete es-
| tlangemcnt, and in part weakness Of this per
| pctua conflict between North and South,
| which has now lasted, with increasing bitter
ness, Tor the last thirty years. The country
| wants repose, and is willing to purchase it
at any sacrifice. Alas, for the delusion of
| the bcllct that rcpose will follow the over
| throw OF the Government.
| doubt not, from the temper of the pub
lie mind, that the Southern States will be
allowed 10 withdraw peacefully; but when
the work OF dl$mcmberneut begins, We shall
break up the fragments from mouth to
mouth, with the nonchaIance with which
We break Tic bread upon our breakfast ta-
be ....
Ii al the grave and Vita! Questions which
viii al once arise amubg these fragments of
s..he rUpturcd Republic can lie adjusted with
-, csort to aI1ns, then we have made vast
pgu&gcss Since the history Of Cur race was
wIiy en-. lLur the trd2iG events Of die hour
viii SHOW thar We have made 40 progress at
alt, We shall soou crow " race Of chief
tgnS. who viii rival the political bandits of
$guth Anleiica and DlcSico, aud who will
carve out to.Ws orr miserable heritage with
their bloody swords, The masae5 of the
people dream not Of these things.
They suppose the Republic can be de-
slroyed to-day, and peace will smile over its
ruins Tomorrow, They know nothing of
civil war, This march in the desert of the
pilgrimage Of nations has happily been for
them a scaled fountain. They know not as
Others do OF its bitterness, and that civil war
is a scourgc that darkens every ire,itc and
Wriuga every heart with anguish They are
to be comulsscratcd, for they kew not what
ia Go. " hence is all this? 1t has come
Grcause the pulpit and the press, and the
covering, unscrupulous politicians Of the
North, have taught the people that they
are responsible for the domestic institutions
Of tLe South, and they can be faithful to
God only by being putNirhlul to the compact
which they have made with their fellow
Eien.
Hence those liberty bills, which degrade
The etatutc hoods of some ten Of the free
states, and are contessedly shameless yio-
latlcn OF the Federal Constitution, in point
vital to her honor. We have here present
ed, from year to year, the humiliating spec,
tacIe OF free and sovereign States, by
solemn act Of otlegisation lcgalizing the theft
Of their ncighbor's property say theft,
since 1t Is not less so because the subject Of
the deSpicabIe crime chances to be slave,
instead Of horse or bale Of goods.
From the same teaching has come the
parpctual agitation Of the question, whicA
has reached the minds of the slave popula !
ton Of the South, and has rendered every
home in that destrictcd land insecure. -
This IS the feature Of the imcprcssible COZ !
net with the Northern people arc not tam-
lllal. In almost every part Of the South, /
nlscreant fanatics have been fORlG, and |
polsonings and confagrations have marked |
Their footsteps. Mothcrg there lay down at /
night trembling beside their children, and |
wives cling TO their husbands as they leave |
their homes in the morning
l have u brother residing in Mississppi /
who Is lawyer by profession, and a cotton
planter, but has never had any connection I
with politics. Knowing tie calm and con
ecWatlve tone Of his character, wrote him
a lev weeks since, and impIored him to c&-
Grt hs influence IN allnylng the frenzy of the /
popular mind around him He has replied |
to me at such length, and after depicting |
the Vaccinations Of the wretches to whom |
| have alluded, and the CONSERVATION which |.
Icigns in the homes Of the South, he SAYS
it is the uEalterabe determination of tie
people to overthrow the Govern
ment, As the ouiy refuge which is left to
them from these insupportablo wrongs and
he adds "On the success Of this move
ment depends my ever earthly intcYest-the
-afety OF my roof from the firebrand, and OF
my wife and children from the poison and
the dagger"
! give you this language because it truth
fully expresses the Southern mind, which at
this moment glows as Il furnace in its ha-
tired to the North, because Of those internal
agtations Think you that any people can
endure this condition Of things? When the
Northern preacher iniuses ihto his audience
The spirit OF assassins and incendiaries ia
hi crusade against slavery, does he think,
rs he lies down quietly at night, Of the
Southern homes he has robbed of sleep, aud
he helpless women and children he has cx-
posed to all the nameless horrors ct sergi!e
Instructions?
am still for the Unon, because have
ret a faith, hes:ating hope that the North
will do justice TO the South, and save the
Republic before the wreck is complete. But
action, TO be available, must be prompt III,
he free States will sweep the liberty bills
rom theiroodes propose convention ofthe
States, and offer guarantees which will af-
ord the same repose aud safety to Southern
homes and property enjoyed by those oft
North, the impending tradedy may be avert.
ID, but not otherwise. | feel positive Il
personal humiliation as a member of the hu.
nan family in the events now preparing. n