The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-11-21
A Soldiers Argument.


one Of the speakers at the Cooper Institute,
on Tuesday evening, among other strong
points. presented the following. After
reading cxtr2cts from speeches of AleSan
der II. Stephens, of Georgia. against seces-
sion, and quoting from Horace Greeley S
writings in favor of sccession--showing the
perfect accord between Mr. Greeley an1 the
secession leaders III leGO.l, General Sioculif
said; . .........
Well, Mr. Toombs, thus reinforced, til,
amphcd, and Alexander Il. stephens and
the Union party Of the South We're defeated
The ordinance was adopted. What was
the RESULT Gree!ey's pre- mise to let theni
go was not fulfilled. Toombs failed to tul-
fill his promise also, and neither drank nor
shed any blood, Daughter but every pre-
dicton made Ly Mr. Stephens was mole
than realized. (Chccrsl The people OF
Georgia have seen their lovely South desc
lated by the demon Of wal: their green
fields Ct waving harvest have been trodden
down ly the soldicry, add the feIy of war
has swept their land their temples Of JUS
tce have been lad in ashes; and their las,
slave w1crchld from tlcm by decree of
universal ci"ancipati2n. The people bcw
in humble sulmssi, n to their tate--ac-
knowlcGciug their rigE+s III lave property
all lost, and cnly asking to be allowed &c
salute The old flag, and place the Isel4e:
once more beneath its protecting foIus.-
Here, again, Mr.. Greeley steps upon the
Stage. and tins TIME he briggs with him
what he calls the olive branch daughter
He says to Mr. Stephens: II told you that
the Declaration of Independence justified
tl, ncrS.iDn nf ti,o SCuth ,,,u,b IL
justified the secession Of the Colnnics in
l776. YOU foQ'ishIy and wickedly believed
me. Great mcnimemt and cheering.
told You that you could go in peace. You
l1clishly believed that also. Row lock at
the lesult-your young men slain iy thou5.
ands, your land filed with crippl,S, your
fields laid in waste, your dwellings burned,
and your slaves emarcipatcd, and yourself
aud y5hr friends reduced to beggafy--
Behold ncw, | bring you a peace oifFring.
Great laughter and applause Confess
yourself vile traitor. distranchise and dis
grace yourself, md all who acted with you.
for all time to come. and in retara we will
allow iarson Rownlow, Hunnicut, and that
class Of virtuuus patriots, to elect themsei
yes to- Congress and in conjunction with the
negroes, they Shall hereafter rule over rou
(Chccra) Astounding u agnaninityt-
Did the world ever before witness such
generosity on the part Of 4 brave people
toward fallen foe! Suppose the war lai
resulted diiferenlly-s suppose the rchcls had
tal en- Washington, and having established
their own government over the entire land,
had said to the North: You have burned
our houses destroyed our crops aud impov-
erishCu our people; we are willing you
should be represented in Congress, but it
must be upon condition that you adopt an
amcndment to the Constitution disfranchis;
ing forever all who fought against the
South. What would have been the rcsrIf?
v by, Grcely would not have been disfrah-
chised- (laughterl ~ nor Thad. Stevens,
nor Wendell Phillips, for they are non
combatants (Continued laughter aud
checringl l-foryou remember he was "bot
tleL up" and .coudn't fight Bat there are
tthers who wouId have been affected by it,
and among the number are Grant, and
Sherman, and Thomas, and Sheridan.
Farragut and Porter. "a voice-"And
Slocum! Slocuml Slocum!" CHEERS. y
And all the real soldiers aul ssilors under
them. What would have been The reply of
the veterans of our army to slch proposal
cmanating from jeff Dayis? THAT $ it!") J
Tney would have replied, "We fought ili a
cause we believed to be just; VIC have lost
wo will submit to any just laws you may
make, but when you ask us to become our
cxccutionHrs--to aid in tlistranchising and
forever diser4cing our trusted leaders, we
have but one answer to make, Away with
your olive bianeh; you may drive us to
foreign ands, but you cannot compel us to.
put the knife to the throats OF our compan-
inns in suffering. Cheers And this |
think, is about the answer you will get from
the South for have found that brave ulcn
are much alike tie world over. (LJud
Cheering