The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-10-03
THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS CON-
VENTI0N AT CLEVELAND.
THB SPEBGH OF A BRAVE Soldier.
AN ABLE PRESENTATION OF
THE ISSUES INVOLVED
EN THE ELECTION.
Speech Of NIajOr-General .EsOs.
~ Ewing, Jr.

Speech Of NIajOr-General .ThOs.
| . Ewing, Jr.
| FFLLnw-crrIZENs, ASSOCIATES IN ARMS
! IN OUR COUNTRY SERVICE: We have as
semblef to consult as TO our own duty and
action in the impending p litical struggle
which threatens the Union we fought to
maintain and perpetuate. We owe allie
glance to no political party great APP
! plause but to our country and its laws =
| Cheers. Before the war many OF us were
| Republicans, and voted with that party
against the extension of slavery now, thank
| God and the Union armies swept from our
land, to distract it no more forever. Many
were Democrats, ho ding the right Of the
people Of the Territories TO cstablis h, or pro-
hibit slavery, and the eXOediency of remit
ting the question to them. Some were
Democrats, holding that neither Congress
| nor Territorial Governments could prohibit
slavery in.the Territories. Those issues are
now dead-they lie in the tomb with slave
ry. Applause. They were submitted to
the arbitrament of the American people in
1860, and, on their decision being rendered,
the party dominant in eleven States dcclar-
the withdrawal of their States from the
Union, and armed in rebellion against it.
The American people We're, called on by
the President to suppress the rebelIion,-
The response came, prompt and cnthuslas-
tic, from all parties outside the Instruction
ary States. Republicans. Douglas Demo
cratS, Bell and Everett men, Breckenridge
Democrats, filed the ranks Of our armies,
and fought side by side till the rebellion WIS
everywhere suppressed, and the authority Of
the nation acknowledged, ApplauSC
What broke the ties which bonnd us to
political parties, and nodded such diverse
clements in one mass moved by one scnti-
ment and purpose? Hatred of slavery?--
No; we differ greatly as to its moral and So
cal effect. love of war? No; VIC were
more engrossed in the pursuits Of peace,
and thought less of arms than almost any
nation on the earth. Hatred of the South
cm people? No; they were of our blood,
and tongue, and land; born to one inherit
tancc with us, of liberty, and power, and
glory Applause, It was the sentiment
OF nationality Irencwed cheers dctornIina-
ton that the Union of States should bc per-
pctual, and that the Constitution. which
made the Union, and is its bond, should be
preserved and acknowledged throughout
every State, and through all time, inyiolatc.
Loud applause.
That was the only purpose of the war
known to, OIL, recognized by the Aruy and
navy Of the United States. All else was, to
that, auxiliary, Every soldier and sailor
recognized that purpose; none ayowed an
other. That sentiment r1laed all Or AZ
mics; 1t was the soul OF all. it @owed III
every camp tlrci and thundered rom every
gun. 1t was our cloud by day, and oar ri
lar Of fire by night. 1t was under God ms
POWER of the Nar-and bore aloft our flag
artcr every defeat, and won us all our ylc-
tories. Cries OF "Good, and cheers,
Not only did the army and navy know no
other purpose OF the war, but the American
people and our rulers recognized and vowed
no other. The JOINT resolution OF tie patrl-
of and statesman, Crlttenden, was passed IN
1861 with but one loyal vote against it in
the Senate, and two IN the House. II de-
clared that the war was ''waged in no spirit
of oppression, but solely to preserve the
Cnlon, with all The dignity, equality and
rights Of the several States unlmpaired
Cheers lhroughout the war President
lhncoln never sWerved from the policy OF
that resolution. which was, and still is, the
law OF the land. His Immortal proclama'
ton oi emancipation declares that 1t was Is
sued onyl 'as a hit and necessary war meas
nre, for the suppression of the rebellion: y
And IN his letter to Horace Greeley, nc
says; III there .bc, those who would not
save the Union, unless they could destroy
slavery, | do not agree with them. What
| do about slavery and the colorcd race, l..
do because L believe. it helps to save the
Union. My object is to save it, and not
either to save or to destroy slavery. -
Loud cheers.
The war would have been miustifable,
and probably failure, ii waged torany 9TH
er object, beyond the restoration of the Ma