The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-11-14
352 CADIZ OHIO WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER A. 1856.

| BENZ dtn nnct" a ue!hl lie W 'ulu ho"
be wor>hipled as an idol by those who 80
| lit II ly AMI unrl en- ing! asSai HIN. lhose
who are sincerely desirnuS ot seeing pacl.
! fcatioh of the country, and restoration OF
the int gtity of the Union. ought I" feel as
sured of the purely ya.riotlc and sincere III
| tentions of the Prcsid ut. when they re-
member that he is, in good faith, carrying
forward the policy inangurated ly President
| Lincoln, and tfat the only two men who
went into the adminstfati n with Mr.. LIN
coin at the beginning Of the first term the
| Secretaries Of State and CT the Navy. and
the only two whD W. re trusted and conhded
in by him through his entire official career
and 10 the end OF his liit, who stood by. en-
cOu aged and sustained hIi when the storm
and tempest of rebellion were heating most
fercely upon him, and the ship Of State
was tossing upon the waves of a turbulent
sea with broken masts and shattered sails,
and who knew his most secret thoughts as
to the best measures to be adopted to bring
her into port, are standing by President
johnson with courage and heroism equal
ly sublime, and cheering him on in his he
roic efforts to achieve the same ends They
were villifed and denounced then, and by
the same men are villifed and denounced
now They did not quail before the storm
that beat upon then then. they do no quail
before the tempest that RACES around them
now. Mr.. Lincoln was heroic tEen, and
Mr. johnson is hercic now. | am sure no
man can be oncerer in his purposes to pre-
! serve the Constitution aud save the coun-
try than he is No man can he actuated by
! a. purer patriotism. or be more avcrse to
usurpation OF power. He has not violated
tie Constitution in the past. He intends
no infraction of il in the future, but he does
intend firm and faithful performance Of
all the trusts which that sacred instrument
has devolved upon him. With every dis
position to be charitable toward those who
differ with lie in opinion. 1t is dliEcut to
believe them sincere in charging the Presi
dent with the intention of violently forcing
rebels into Congress and giving them the
control If the Government. Whst act has
/ he ever done that gives the slightest sane
ton to such a charge? Not one can he spe
cited. He has neither transccnded his own
powers nor invaded those Of the coordinate
departments. uud thc only rretrxt fer III"
charge is not what he has done, but what
he has said in declaring, again and again,
his conviction that it was the duty of Con
greSs TO obey plain constitutional provi-
sion, and each House to judge for itself of
the election, returns, and qualifications of
each individual representing himself as a
member. Our country in peril, in very
great p, ril, not from public enemy, )ut
! from the violence or our own passions. -
Safety is to he found only in strict adhe-
renee to the Constitution and laws. As
long as they are obeyed no evil can come
upon us. We are in danger only when we
attempt sometime they do not sanction. -
trust it will be the pride and glory of the
friends of the Administration. in the threat
euing contest through which we are passing
to keep their passions in subsection to rca-
son, and to do no act not fully warranted
by the Constitution and laws. Ours is a re-
| publican Government were the majority
has right to rule. Minolities can not
without subvertng the Government; and
when according to the forms prescribed
the will of the majority is expressed in the
| Constitution or the law it is the duty OF all
to subn it to it, until it can be fairly and
conSttuti0na!ly changed. Such | know to
he the Pre>i ent's : intentions, and such [
know hf wishes to be the rule oi conduct for
his friends and supporters. No man has a
profounder reverence for the Constitution
than he, and his purpose as Executive head
of the natioD, 10 maintain it as it is, until it
be Ct anged in the form prescribed by it, is
firm and immutahle. He is not brave
enough willfully to violate it; he is brave
enough to uphold and defend it i'll all that
his duty requires.
In conclusion, let me beseech YOU, calmly
and di>passionately, but earnrs silly and firm
ly, to do your duty to your country in this
trying hour. and to stand by our glorious
Constitution as it is There is no safety
for US but in this. Do your duty faithfully
and trust to God for results, and revcrrntly
implore Him to save us from the madness
and infatuaton which threatens as with
self destruction and with the los of the last
hone for the perpetuity Of free governments.
Your friend and fellow citizens
O. r. BROWNING.