The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-03-07

/ owe 10 OuTStlNcS ~ the CAVTClSe OF IlDcra
spirit Of iorboarance among ourselves.
| The first step toward heal OF general har
mOny is the baniShment from our breasts q
every feeling and sentiment calculated t
stir the discord of the past, Nothing coult
be more injurious or mischievous to the fu
| ture of this country, than the sgitation Il
present questions that divided the peo
pie anterior to. or during the existence 0
the late war. On no occasion, aud especial
ly in the bestowmcnt of Office, ought sucl
differences of opinion in the past ever te b
| mentioned, either for or against any one
otherwise equally entitled to confidence. :
These ideas or sentiments of other times ant
circumstances, are not the germs from which
hopeful organization can now arise. Let a..
differences of opinion, touching errors, o.
supposed errors, it the head or heart, on til,
part of anv, in tho past, growing out O
these matters, be at once i'll the deep occaf
of oblivion forever buried. Let there he NJ
ordinations or recrlmInatlons on account o.
acts of other days; no canvasSng Of pas
conduct or motives. Great disasters arc
upon us and upon the whole country, anC
without iuquiling how these originated, ol
at whose door the fault should be laid, lei
us now as common sharers of common mis-
fortunes, on all occasions, consult only rs tt
the best means. under the circumstances as
we find them, to secure the hest ends to
ward further aneliol alton. Good govern
ment is what we wanr. This should be tho
leading desire and the controlling object
with all; and | need not assure You, if this
can be obtained, that our desoIatcd fields,
our towns and villages, and cities now in
ruins, will soon- like the Phmpix--riSc
again from THEN ashes; and all our waste
places will again, at no distant day, blossom
as the rose. ,i..-.'...
This view should also be borne in mind.
that whatever differences Of opinion existed
b, fore the late fury OF the war, they sprung
mainly from differences as tn the !eSt E.rany
to be used, and the best line Of policy to he
pursued to secure the great controlling Oh.
jcct of all-N hich was GOOD GONFRNSiENr.
Whatever may be H,id4of the loyalty or dis
loyalty OF any, in the late most lamcntahlc
conflict Of arms, lthink L may venture shfe-
ly TO say that there was. on tie part of Che
great mass ofthc people of Gcorgia, and OF
the cntnc South, no d,aoWLg to the prin-
ciples Of the Constitution Of the United
Statcs--to that system of representative
government; of delegated and limited pow
crs that establishment N 4 new phase on
Il; ,ntnent, of all thc es.rntiaIs Of Eug,
icu0 ,-Nagaa Chofa, for the lIV;ul..u..
and security of life, liberty and property;
with the additional recognitionnf the prin
ciple as fundamental truth, that all poli-
teal power resides in the people. With us
it was simply question as to where our al
principles; which authority was paramount
,,l l,,~+ N,l,
for myself, ! can affirm that no sentiment
of di>loyal yto these great principles # self
government, recognized and embodied in
thu Constituting ai the t5nitcl States, ever
beat on threhhvtl III breast o. llearl oGluiAe.
70 their maintenance my whole soul was
ever enlisted, and to this end my whole life
has heretofore been devoted and will con
tinue to be the rest otnly dayS---tiod willing.
In devotion to these principles, Yield to nc
man living. This much | can say for NY
sell; may | not say the same for YOU and for
the great mass Of the people Of Georgia, and
for the great mass Of the people Of the en-
the South? Whatever differences existed
among us, arose from differences as to the
best and surcst II cans Of securing these great
ends which was the object Of all. 1t was
with this view and this purpose secession
was tried. That has failed Instead of
bcttcring our condition, instead of establish
ing our liberties upon a surer foundation,
we have, in the war that ensued, come wei
nigh losing the whole Of the rich inherit
allce with which we set out
This is one of the sad rcalizations Of the
present On this, too, We are but iuustra.
ing the teachings of history. Wars. Snd eli
vii wars especially, always menace liberty
they seldom advance it, while they usually
end in it's entire overthrow and destruction.
Ours stopped Just short of such a catastro-
phe. Our only alternative now is, either tc
give up all hope Of Constitutional liberty, ol
to rctrace our steps and to look for its vim.
dicut!on and maintenance in the forums Of
reason and justice, instead OF in the arrna ol
arms-ln the courts and halls of legislation
instead of on the fields of battle. ....
am frank and candid in telling you right
hero, that our surest hopes, in my Judgment
to these ends, are in the restoration policy
of the President of the United States.
have little hope for liberty-iittle hope for
tho sl;ctccs of the great American expert
mcnt OF self goycrnmcnt-bp in the success
Ct the present efforts for the restoration of
the States to their former practical relations
stitution of the United States.
ave are not without an encouraging cx
cmrle on this line in the history of the moth
r country--in the history Of our ancestors
from whom we derived, in great meas
ure, tie principles to which we are so much
devoted; The truest friends Of liberty in
England once, in 1912, abandoned the for
um Of reason, and appealed, as we did, to
Il, i q lo Al -.
Judgment, Of advancing their cause. This
was after they had made great progress,
under the lead Of Coke, Hampdcn, Falk-
lard and others, in the advancement Of lib
eral principles. Many usurpations had
been checked many Of the prerogativcs Of
the Grown had been curtaled; the Petition
Of Right had been shnctioned, Ship-money
had been abandoned; Courts-marinl had
been done away with; Hnbeas Corpus hud
been re-cstablishcd; Hieh Courts OF Gem
mission and Stal-chamber had been obol-
ish, d; many other great abuses Of power had
been corrected aud other reforms establish
ed. But not satisfied with these. and not
satisfied WITH the caceful working of rca
son, to 90 on in its natural sphere, the den
al Of the sovereignty Of the Grown was
pressed by the two ardent retOi1ners upon
Chqrles the First All else he had yielded
this he would not. The sword was APP
pcaled to, to settle the question; civil war
the result; great valor and courage were
displayed on both sides; men of eminent vr-
tue and patriotism fell in the sangninary
and frahicidal conflict the King was dsros-
ed and exccutcd; a Commonwealth proclaim
ed. But th end was thc reduction of the
people Of England to a woiSc state oppycs-
sion than they had been in for centuries, =
They retraccd their steps. After nearly
twenty years of exhaustion and blood. and
the loss of the greater portion Of the libel-
ties cnjoyed by them before, they, by al
most unanimous consent, called for rcstola'
ton came. Charles the Second assembled
the throne, as unlimited monarch as ever
ruled the empire. Not pledge was asked
or guarantee given, touching the conces-
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