The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-01-31


: nri her with piucked up trees and monI :
talns. not with the sword but with wea.
pons forged in the armory of truth, of rea-
son. OF peace. and of love; and their con-
quests caused not sigh nor tear, not onc
s1ddened heart, not one desolated home,
: not one drop of blood. Theirs were tho
victories OF peace, won with the angel s wea-
pom; cir' It was my good fortune the 9TH
ef hght IN my own beautiful city, in that
spended temple just dedicated by fitting
priest ana with becoming ceremonies to the
drama, to hear Edwin Forrest, that Grand
interpreter of the tragic Muse, who. read.
!, ing between the lines and penetrating tho
secret thoughts and ihtcnts of the mast
summons them forth in flesh and blood. in.
stlnct with life, till even the cold statue
hreathes and burns, exclaim in the prcat
= character Of RicheIies,
The pen is mightier than the sword ?"
let US remember this double sentiment. and
so wlite and speak and act that our enemies
may crouch and cover befi re US as did the
Gonsrrators before the great statesman of
france. Give US hack the coed old days of
democratic vieor and Democratic triumph :,
,ie oden time when that great party, which
mas outllved every older and every orcaniza-
I"n' ana survived even the shock of rcyo-
;, Iutioh ana clvIl war, stood then audacious,
dehant' beiIgercnt.an struck as with he
70 strength; and when the blow fell, its
foes Welt down before it. Cheers.l :
80, for the swords of former DAYS,
q. for themelI who bore them.
Mho, armed for right, sublimely stood.
J ana tyrants crouclled before them ~
AuSpcioue omcnS c eer us; and the grow
ing vlSor and pugnacity of our Democratic
press and public speakers, smack Of coming
triumph. Sparkling in every eye, speaking
from every tongue, beaming from every
eonhtehance, 1t has the very ring Of assured
and not distant victory. Give us time; let
US be patient and calm Of soul and the fu-
'ufe Is ours. The recent past is full of en-
cnul agement. Look at the late election in
Ohio, where, with sould. bold platform"
aud gallant candidate-one in whose veins
flows the blood Of the earliest of American
martyrs to the liberty of the pr,ss, more
than sixty years ago-one hundred and nine
| ty-thrce thousands freemen renewed their
solemn VOWS to Liberty, to the Constitution.
and to the Union forever. And TODAY the
ensign OF Democracy stands full high ad
vanced, with the augury of victory smiling
from every fold. From another quarter,
too, we have hope. Providence, Tor wise
purposes, and choosing fit instrument.
| commissions the great enemy of Democrats
--and OF souls, too, as We learn from IIoly
Nl1t-to sow the tares of discord among
our foes, and boumtiful harvest will soon
he ripe and ready for the reaper. Political
artlice gave us Southron, Democrat born
and bred, for Vice President. Men pro
pose: God diSpoSes." Providence, in an
ausplclous moment, made him President:
Tor so the loyal prophets told us, and does
not Providence speak to and thorugh them?
and although we may not indorse all;
though Andrew johnson has done or omit
ed some things for which he deserves our
most severe and Just COMMUNICATION, VET
through him, the future is full of promise;
and though ONE may censure me here to-
night, yet as for myself, believing verify
that his aim and purpose are the immed:-
ate and complete restUrationlof the lateIy
Contederated States, to the exercise of..l
their rights under the Constitution, within
the Union, representation included, as a
member Of the Democratic party, am ready
to give him cordial and determined sup
port: Loud cheers. To the exact extent
to which he shall adhere to theTonstitution,
restoring the old Union-I mean the Union
fodhded upon the Federal idea State lines,
State rights, State Sovereignty, the supre-
macy of the General Government within its
delt gated powers, nhl supremacy of the
State Governments within the limits oftheir
reserved rights, he has claim to our sup
port, which, as patriots, we cannot deny
lAppauseJ. However much and however
justly we may at times have trembcd and
doubted whether he had nerve enough to
meet the shock Of fanaticiSm rushing like
the angry surgcs of the ocean against him, I
will not ot,question it now--yet | would that I
could whisper in his ear, Change your Cab
met, and at once, il you would not be be-
traycd, and would be saved, y Said he the
other day to distinguished citizen Of Ohio,
no longer Resident here, speaking of the
great question OF Reconstruction, and of his
ed through on that % line M OGaEe Ged qTant eneft *
and that he may lose neither his checks nor
hs baggage. Loud cries of Amen, and
cheers. .... "
To lnls extent rs patriots, let us stand bv,
him. Yet let us not be deceived. The
Democratic party will not come into power
through Andrew johnson, nor by reason
merely of anything which he may chance to
do or leave undone. First of all men of
that. party, to express degree of confidence
In him, JUDGED by his antecedents, his edu-
cation, his discipline, and his formerly and
Long professed principles speak it freely.
The Democratic party is dependent for tri-
umph upon no President, upon no Congress-
upon no one man or number of men, in pow.
er or out ofpower but upon eternal, i'm
muta5le omnipotent right and truth, and
upon ITS ancient compact, consolidated or
discipline and tread OF it's
heayy-armed legiohary soldicry, beaten, it
may be, at the Trcbia at Thrasimeue and
at Cavnae. yet able, at last, to execute their
determined purpose, that the Carthage Of
tanatlcism and of Tyranny shall alike be desa
Sroyed, and froe, liberal, tolerant, Demo.
cratic system of Federal Republics give laws,
ard public morals alike to the land. Loud
cheers. TIA
In conclusion, Mr. President while may
not even yet pronounce for certainty that
liberty is now secure among us, nor NAV
promise that civil war shall hot, sooner or,
ater, again scourge and desolate the States
md people of this land, yet ID more distant
uture, ar least behold the morning star
II hope gliding the horizon and cheering us
With the coming of Il brighter day. N.Y.
elf, Just entering, UPON the meridian of hfe,
believe shall live to see it in all its gor-
,eous megnificehce. ! trust that the Oldest
lere among US may notsgo down to the grave
Ill his vision shall have been blessed by
he. splehded restoration Of the good old days
which we and our fathers once saw-days
uch as old Rome enjoyed in that most glo-
ious period of her existence. immortalizcd
ot more in prose by her great historian,
han in verse by him of England, essayest,
oct, historian, alike, and worthy in al Of.
lreek and Roman fame.
''Then none was for party,
Then all were for the State;
Then the great man helpea the poor,
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