The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1867-11-06
"RaSpcctiUEIv,
BENZ. T. BUTLER" "
The an5ueijc3&ia} CsAar1Gter OF
the E&eDagi3liG:GA Speeches..


The New York Iiuaes. a Radical organ,
is telling its party some wholesome truths
1t gives good a,tTiee t0 the speakers who
are now perlm5uating the State on the Re-
publican side. 1t says:
From this point OF view, what becomes
Of the rant and passion which entered so
largely into the Republican conduct ct the
Ohio campaign? What value attaches to
the Threats OF Mr.. Speaker Collax on the
subject Of impeachment, or the rancorous
personalities which formed the staple OF
Senator Wadc's harangues? With recon
struction proper these have nothing to do.
They neither yiuliclte the action OF Con
gress nor inspire confidence in the judg-
meat Of some Of lis most prominent man
bars. In the same way, and TOR slnllar
reasons, the villa talk Of campaign speaks
ers touching contiscat!on and other penalties
at the SluIh, anl Congressional interiors
ence with State authority in the matter OF
suffrage al the North, can not operate oth>
erwise than pehimGntalIy to the RepubIl
can cause. 1t is evidence Of a disposition
| to make all things Subordinate to partisan
| shiy--to ignore all questions save those
which may be made tributary to agitation
| and strit,'. .
AT the risk of bringing upon ourselves
| much dispIeaSure, then. we venture to Sug>
gest to Republican managers and speakers
the proprcty and expediency Of utroducN
ing into current discussions other topics
| than those which relate directly to the war.
These a c well enough in their place. But
there are u multitu le Of othor questions
which those who would influence the public
mind and break down the apathy which
worked 50 disastrously in Ohio and Penn
sylvania, should present prominently to the
country. The people, just now, care more
about taxation than about threats OF i'm
parchment. They are more interested in
Congressional efforts at retrenchment than
in Mr. Summers meddlesome theories as to
the Republican government in States. -
They watch more eagerly ior the stoppage
of the leaks and frauds which drain the Ma,
tional treasury than for further Legislation
in behalf yf special interests.
''The error committed consists in the
adoption of the idea that necessity exists
for making the war and its consequences
the sole topic of discussion. Little OF
nothing else enters into the speeches Of the
most distinguished orators. They trave
over the same ground, however often they
speak. and do their utmost to produce the
impression that Republicans have no policy
outside Of the subject of reconstruction.
Ana]yze the majority of their efforts, and
they will be found to resolve themselves into
4 welEworn version Of facts known to every
| body spiced with vtnperatlOn more or less
violent. Of new and useful information
there IS scarcely a plr,icle. OF calm, in
structive reasoning there is much less thar
there ought to be. For the most part, the
orations arc made up Of appeals that are
with threats and denanciation OF which all
but slavish partisans are ashamed. Novel,
ty in the form of statement, if not in the
statements themselves, might possess IN
people grow weared, and turn away indif,
ierently, if not disgusted -