The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-08-01

these Statcs are not entitled to representa-
ton IN Congress, ley are not entitled t,
vote in the electoriai college. fthey ar
not permitted TO vote in 1868, and thei
vote combined with that of either party a
the North would elect President, will tha
party submit TO the decision? VIII it con
sent that the will Of the whole countr,
should be DEBATED BY known aud ack
nowledgcd minority, and if it will not sub
NIT, will there not be disorder, turbulance
probably WARP
WHY SHOULD The SOUTH BE DENIED REP
RESERVATION?
WY should these States not be RGpreeent
cd? Pennsylvania and Ohio are represent
ed. Why not VirginisP Ohio recognize,
the supremacy of the Federal Government
within the Constitution; SO 90 Virginia. -
Ohio obcys the Federal laws so does Vir
gina. Theree is not an armed enemy in al
the Confederate States. There is not
show of oppo,ition to Federal authority; moi
even so much as a shadow when it declin
eth. The Confederate Government is dis
loyal the ordinances of secession are abro
gated; the old Constitutions are set aside
new ones are established; the old State Gov
ernments are di. placed. new ones are in
their stead. The old officers have been ex
PEELED; new ones have been electee, The
States are performing all the tunciions nee
essary 10 the maintenance of civil society;
they preserve order, punish crime, protee,
life and property, collect debts, enforce con-
tracts, regulate the relations of husband
and wife, father and child, guardian aud
ward; they regulate the descent and distri.
k,t - ,.,nl o,,l ,,a,.onol ~
charter cities and colleges; they exercise the
right of eminent domain, build railroads,
and establish common schools. Whyxhoulo
they not be represented? Ohio pays Federal
taxes so does Virginia. A tax. gatherer
rides every county; custom house officer
at every point. Virginia took up arms
against the Federal Government alas! she
did Sutlrced by the advice of fanatics at
the South; goaded by the acts of not less
wicked fanatics at the North; unwisely she
took up arms to resist the execution of Fed.
eral laws. But when you sounded the toe.
sin of war. aud called upon the people to
maintain their Constitution, their Govern
ment, you told them that so soon as FEEDER
al laws were obeyed the war should cease,
and it should leave the States with their
rights, their power, their equality unimpair-
ed Cheers, Ohio is a free State, so is
Virginia; Ohio protects negroes in every civ
il right, SO does Virginia. But, but!--tut
what, my friend? Out with it. Virginia
does not permit negroes to vote. Neither
does Ohio. nor Indiana, nor Illinois, nor
Iowa, nor Wisconsin, nor Pennsylvania, nor
Delaware, nor New Jersey, nor Connecti-
cut, nor New Hamyshire, nor New York,
nor California, nor Oregon. nor Colorado;
and it this j., reason, who are not those
States excluded?
TIE STATES ARE EQUAL.
II is Fundamental maxim that the States
in the Union are equal-not equal in terri
tory. or wealth, or numbers, but equal in
dnties, in rights. in powers. They, were
sovereigns, and as such we're equal before
the Union. They each, US sovereign, came
into the Union. They delegated the same
powers they agreed too pertnrm the same
duties They guaranteed each to the other
the enjoyment Of the same rights. Repre-
sentation is the mNst imnartant right. So
Ohio enjoys it, why not Virginia? The
Soutfern States are in the Union or are they
nut of il. 1t they are in the Union they
are equal to Ohio, and entitled to regresen-
tatjon. If they are out of the Union, tie
claim to govern them at all is fraud aid q
nsurption. tCbeers. They entered the
Union by passing an ordinance adopting and
ratifying the Federal Constitution. They
ried to dissolve that connection by abrogat-
ng that ratification.
J he afro eating ordinarce was tho act or
]. ceSsion. Either it was valid or invalid,
# Invalid. it was null, it had no eject; it
lid not effect the State, it did not effect the
le Which bound it to the Union. il left
he Strife in the same position IN which it
lad been for month, Tor year before the
lct of secession. Ifitwas valid. it destroyed
ha Union and removed the State beyond
he Constitution. beyond your power.
eject the claim that these ordinances arc
;alid for one purpose, invalid for another
'alid to destroy the State, incalid to dis
ever the Federal tie. 1t is the faucifu
reaton of diSordered brain, ro the arbi
rary diction of man who will have things
Is he wishes them.
THE RADICAL POSITION.
| understand the position Of Mr. Stevens
md those who follow him. He believes
hat either the ordinance Of secession or the
lttcmpt to enforce it by arms, constituted
he South in effect fereign power-aI alien
nemies; that we had good cause of war
gainst them, and did in fact wage the war
or subiection and conquest, that having
objected and conquered them, we hold
hem subj. ct to our will; that so far as they
re concerned their rights and oDr powers
re determined by the laws ofnations alone,
nd no question of the Constitution can be
aised except by the adhering States.
understand the position of Mr.. johnson
nd the war Democrats. They hold that
he ordinances of secession we're invalid;
hat whoever attempted by force of arms to
make them avail "bc were traitors; that
heir unlawful acts do not effect the statutes
i the State. or if its law-abidiBg people;
hat they may be punished, but that the
state remains the same. Cheers.
But | cannot understand the thimblerig
Dgic Of these halfway gentlemen, that the
rdinances OF secession are halt valid, half
Invalid; that the States are in the Union TO
4 governed, out Of it TO be protected; in
he Union when duties are required, out of
when rights are to be accorded; in the
Inion when taxes are to be exacted, out of
! when representation in demanded. WIZ
hould they not be yepTeseateds This rep.
is essential TO the restoration of
& the Union. Why was the war prosecu
ed? For the maintenance nf the Union.
.ove of the Union vas the sentiment which
Nv At the very hears of oar people. Ii had
own and strengthened, and become fixed
y the attempts at dissnion Of the Hart.
ord Convention and the nulli6es,iDa NJ
'outh Carolina. It was this that made
trong men volunteer, and matrons and
aaideas and wives to consent that geR and
uskand snd lover should vountecy. 1t was
his1hat made the North yield armed men
s if from her soil. Dir. Lincoln, in bis
napgural and messages, told us the war
,as for the Union; Congress, in the most
olemn form, reiterated it. MT. Seward,
fter two years Of war, told us that the seats
Senators and members we're vacant, and
hair open arms, with silent elcquence, in.
tied the States and the people TO return to
he blessings and duties oil the Constitution.
vour arms have been successful; not an