The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-08-29

: tives in this nvention--establishe the
fact that the great masses of the Southern
| people accept, with as full and sincere sub.
NISSAN as do the people of the other States,
the re-establishcd supremacy of the Ma
tional autl ority, and are prepared. in the
most loyal spirit, and with zeal quickened
alike by their interest and their pride, to CO.
operate with other States and sections in
whatever may be necessary to defend the
/. rights, maintain the honor, ard promote the
welfare Of our common country. History
affords no instance where people, so pow
crful in numbers in resources and in public
spirit, after a war so long in its duration, so
destructive in its progress, and so adverse
in its issue, have accepted defeat and its
consequences with so much of good faith
as has marked the conduct Of the people
lately in insurrection against the United
States. Beyond all question this has been
largely due to the wise generosity with
which their enforced surrender was accepted
by the President Of the United States and
the Generals in immediate command Of
their armies, and to the liberal measures
which were afterwards taken to restore or
der, tranquility and law to the States whore
all had for the time been Overthrown. No
steps could have been better calculated to
command the respect, win the confidence,
reviee the patriotism, and secure the perma-
nent and affectionate allegiance of the peo-
pie of the South to the Constitution and
laws of the Union than those which have
tsen so firmly taken and so steadtastly pur-
sued by the President of the United States.
EFFECTS OF LEGISLATIVE EXCLUSION.
And if that confidence and loyalty have
been since impaired; if the people of the
! IL tlo,, Ill,
glance than they were Immediately upon the
changed tone of the legislative department
of the General Government toward them; to
the action by which Congress has endeavor-
ed to suppant and defeat the President s
wisesand hcnifcent policy of restoration; to
thier exclusion from all participation in our
common Government; to the withdrawal
from them of rights conferred and guaran-
teed by the Constitution, and to the evident
purpose of Congress, in the exercise of
usuIped and unlawful authority, to reduce
them from the rank of free and equal mem
bcrs of Republic of States, with rights and
dignities unimpaired, to the condition of
conquered provinces and a conquered peo-
pie, in all things subordinate and subject t0
the will of their conquerors; free only to
'pof laws !" h'"hinS "hiSh 'hNJ "iN Ao> "'
lowed to share.
RErRlsAL AGAINST OPPRESSION JUSTIFIED
NO people mas ever yet existed whose 10Y
ATTY ana ialth suci treatment iohS cohti.a
ed, would not aIltnate ana impair. :. ANA
the ten mliilons OF Americans VINO i've IN
the South would be unworthy citizens OF
Tree country, degenerate sons OF an hero'c
ancestry, unht ever 10 become guardians OF
the rights and rnertles pequeatheo 70 us
Dy the lathers ana founders OF thlsrePuoilc
II they could ACCEPT, with accompanying
su3ml:SiVehesS' the ilihltations thus Sougne T
10 ne imposed upon tl,ehl. lNeseiltiheht Vi
!n.luS,'ce Is Always ana every .wlle'e essen,
tE'I :" iteeuo'l' ahu ,ne Sl'i,i' witch fiolipts
the otates ana people iately IN lnsufrectioh,
put ihSurgPnt now longer TO pro'es, agalts1
me nc: inPosl.1oh ol uuJuSt anu uegraulhg con
dllioh:, ni"kcs tneln al 'l,e ''torc wortny 10
snare III t3e soVei'ln!T'e Vi i'ec coililiol1
Teaun, anu gives s'li' tfii9r assurance ~ "a
t'9 iu'ure power anu lleeuou' Vi lie lee-
puo'ic'
REBELLION HAS BEEN EXPIATED.
| For whatever responsibility the Southern
people may have incurred in resisting the
authority of the National Government, and
in taking up arms for its overthrow, they
may be held to answer, as individuals, be-
fore the judicial tribunals of the land; and
| for that conduct as societies and organized
communities, they have already paid the
most fearful penalties that can fall on Of
Tending States in the losses, tie sutferings
and humilatinns of successful war. But
whatever may be the guilt or the punish
ment of the conscious authors of the insur
rection, candor and common Justice demand
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who became involved in its responsibility
acted upon what they believed to be their
duty, in defense of what they had been
taught to beleye tfelr rights, or under
compulslon;; physical ana moral, whlch they
were po"Sries TO resist; Noffah IL oe ahiSS
10 remehlpr 'hat, tetIioie as haEe neeh inc
hefeavehehetsu y anu the losses Oh 'his war;
they nave fallch eActusi'eiy upon he'ther
section a ana upon nelther party-that they
nave 1aiien' n3eed, win lar g carer weight
upon 'hose wiIa Hl1o.i. ene war eDesah' 'na.
IN the death OF rcla'iVes ana irlehds' the
dispersion OF 1amllles' 1he disruptloh OF So
clal systems ana social tieS' the overthrow
OF governments OF Jaw ana oroef' the ues-
tductioh OF properly ana nt l9rlhs ana moueS
and means OF industry; the loss OF pohtieal,
commercial ana moral lnnuenee' IN every
shape and form when great caiamlt,es Can
assume, the States ana people whlch engacl r
ged ~ the war i, against the government Q, Il
the United states nave sulieren ten'old
more tnan those VINO remained III arrogance
to 1T Its CONSTITUTION ana laws.
lhrsc CONSCIENTIOUS may not, as they
certainly dn not justify the the actlon OF me
people OF the insurgent ctatesi nut no Jus
tlce or generous mlnd VIII feiuse 20 them
very considerapic weight IN Geterninlng tae
line OF Of, conduct whlcn the oovernmeht o,
the United States should PURSUE toward
them.
ACCEPTANCE OF IT'S PENALTIES.
Tkey accept, if not with alacrity, certain
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