The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-01-17
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|, uANsy. l0c ptf1pu on tlruNge Tor n atom
Ialexistsncsl " ended, and EvhAye celebFatet
: our thankeeiyiRgfo Godter deliverance. ThC
war administration OF both Nation and State
have gone by, and we have begun an era of
Peace with its new beauties and new respon-
slbIltleS We have proven that our Govern.
ent IL strong enough resist the formidable eff
forts to destroy 4 by.force apd we are now 70
show whether ithas such VitaIitytliat it can
assimilats the different elements comprised
under ats rule, and harmonic the antagun-
lsms necessar1ly y remaining after 80 fierce a
strife. NIX TiA RI
For years all our energies and our resources
baye been devoted 10 the Simple duty of sub
during eatrehelliun; snd Hhat was demaN
ded of us was unlamtcd Courage and obsti-
nate determination, concentrating our Mn
and our power bp0nthe Single pnrpose Be.
fore us and refusing to be turneI aside for
any other object til that was thorougilly ac.
c,mplished. Now we have putof the harness
of war; the grand army which saved tue re-
public Is disbanaed; its Veterans have been
quietly absorbed into the mass of their frl-
| low citizens; and all are NOW intently studying
the problem Of changing Union restored by
force into one whose penn nencc shah be
guaranteed by mutual good viii and Common
| interests, and be based upon universal free
dom and genuine republicansm. To, do
this will demand qualities Of head and heart
quite az high as any that haze been called
into exercise hitherto, aud if we succeed in
finding the solution we seek, we shall prove
that tho victories of peace are far greater
than those OF war, On the one hand are
the dangers of receiving into full participa-
tionin the Government those who have been
taxing every thing upon its overthrow, and
upon the. other, the obligati9ns We are under
to the whole world to adhere. to those doe
! trines Of democratic liberty ana equality
which lie d. the foundation Of. our system;
while our relations TO the unfortunate ,Airi
can. race, whose Slavery we have abolished,
and whose freedom we are .sacre dly bound
to protect, come IN to compEicate both class
es OF difficulties. go ~ 60
=. Congress aud the President are nov at
work upon the details Of complete restorl-
| ton OF civil government IN the States lately
I rehelliopss, and we, in common with the
whole country, are; watching their progress
with the most earnest hope, that they may
/ SPEEDILY agree upon d National policy which
| shalltbQroughly accord With the highest. in
terest Of the whole. land, = I do not. regard
this q proper, time. to discuss specific meas-
ufy which arc before our Federal tegisla-
4 tars and Authorities, but all our public acts
| in our State organizations as well rs in our
| National capacity, must be more or less
| modified circumstances shaped blythe great
| warin which We have been engaged, and it
seems necessary, therefore. as, d preparation
for every species of public duty, that we
should look with special care at any danger
Gus tendencies the war may 'deyelope, and
recall the general principles which should
I guide our action as, servants OF the people.
/ 1t is in the excitement of a great struggle
I that the Institutions. of country are in
the most danger Of change, and perhaps no
| nation has ever passed through such con
! yulsion as ours and then returned to the
.I,principles Of government aud exact form Of
| Constitution which il lad before, The
niayiln thatrevoltitions do not 60 backward,
has sseemef to have svenfa wider and deem
,er significance thar, has eel phpularly giiy
en- to it.. Tho,$ape law of fplogrre ssiion Which
las made the. CONCLUSIONS Of monarchical
| governments. tehd toward the deyeloplient
ofpopular liberty has, in republics, too Of
ten led toa despotisn Of classes'or of fac
tious, and thence, BY easy stages, to anar-
4 chy and utter disruption. \ victorious ma
jority, Hustled with its triumph, finds Il, ca .
| sy TO forget he rights Of mipprities; and it
| remains Fol. us to, pkoye whether, in our dav,
the SD, cry Of "Woe, to the conquered,
| may be silchccd by truly republican deter
| mlnation to administer the Government for
the real advantage Of all--of the defeated
rebels as web as Of the loyal victors. 4 ...-t
-, The war, was not waged by us, who re-
4 manned faithful to the Government, to sub
| vert any, Of the principles of human liberty
upon which that Government, vas based,
but to; confirm and establish them. The
one great doctrine which has been settled
BY the war is that the, National Union, can
not and shall not be destroyed by the action
Of any Of, tho States composing it, but its
continuance, its mobilization, or its ,dissolu-
| ton, shall be determined by the. people act
1 ing. as. one nation under the forms of the
Federal Constitution. The one great social
change which has been determined by the
same event is the a clifton Of slavery, the
existence OF which was staked upon the sue
cess OF the rebellion, of which it was the
| cause. m, ~, en-. -: .,.'..
These things hayqo, been decided IN the
! dread court; flast resort for peoples and
| nations, By MS much the shock of armed
hosts is more grand than the intellectual
! tilt, of lawyers; as. the God of, battles is
! more awful judge than amy, earthly court:
by so much docs the, dignity Of this contest
aud the fnality OF this decision exceed that
| Of any human tribunal. Ii we hare not
| been plqdging our lives and our fortunes to
save, our country, then the blood Of the my
| rlads of heroes who have, fallen rests with
nlurderous guilt upon our, souls, and we
should never consent that the JUST ficat,on
or commendation of this great people should
rest: now or hereafter, with any bench of
judges, however learned, especially when
each Judge must determipe, his own cause,
since he must have been for,or against the
Country in her struggle. There are some
things to which courts of law can add no
sanction, and a, nation 'sappeal to God when
1t SEXES the sword is one, of them, ii We
may when necessary, try NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
and the people of the United States will ap-
pear: as prosecutor but not defendant at the
Being conqusror, the Government has
the undoubted right to impose terms upon
the conquered; ,butin, the statement of what
should, limit and define these terms, difficnI
ties, arise. r. We are, apt, indeed, to listen
with mpatience to any limitation of our CON
tIol over those who are subject to us. The
Pleasures of rulership and the joy which is
felt; IN the exercise of power have always an
peabcd with peculiar force to the frailties Of
human nature, and protessed republicans
have sbeenia9 subject to their temptatations
as either men. Ina time like this most of
US feel the necessity. Of checking our, impul-
Ses, and passions, challenging the motives
end the consistency Of our actions, and Of
fastening opr'attteption, by effort OF will, up
on principles of government and of human
rights whlch. haze been anxious to us during
the period Of the growth of our institutions. |
and Of conflicts between US and powerful for. |
eignf. Lowers. .lolgcyer unweleome the task
Of self-examin wegoweiit to ourselves
to make 1t Thorough and saarchiag The ian |
cient conqrhoror was accompanied by q slave |
-, hin al nov ytlr, i !.