The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1867-05-08

Q them from power, even the ugh II bethrougk
/ blood. No success will satify them--po
y attainment will give them Iepose The
] measures struggled for to-day as all they
Z deFire. attained tb.inorrow, ara instantly
G forgotten in some new demand, Neither
Natioaal unity, nor tho suppression of tie
z I rebellion, nor the naintainance Of the Uns
) ion, nor the abolition Of slavery. r ne.
( gro suffrage; nor equality Of political and
I social rights, nor the exclusion Of white
men from the ballot, nor c,nfscation nor
: corruption of blood, will for one instant eki
? haust their restless activityi
For it is law which knows no execpi
r lion. that the leaders OF res9lution are con-
{ stantly advancing before the ftes which
they themselves have lighted. The mo-
/ nett they pause, they are enyelopsd in the
. flames"
: And this same orator tuld Gs that II ads
ditiou to the loss of the Farmer Republic,
] we would incur debt WHICH would 4dd
J working mao in the county; and that the
gain should be considered ample compensa.
tioa for this toll. What was the gsin?i
The abolition Of negro slavery ut the South.
For this contamination they were to per
form and suffer all things: for this the Con-
stitution was TO be subvcrted, the Bible vas
to be rewritten, new God nas to be ems
thrsned =.
4 Slavery has pcrishcd; nil history tells us
that it can not DO re-established in. these
tages in this country. 1t is our bbhhaei
duty 70 recognize this great social change;
to ame'ioratc whatever evils may be inci-
dent TO it, and, so far as possible, sprepate
the freedmen for the discharge Of the hew
duties which are being devolvea upon thems
But, gentlemen, if this revolution is TO 60
1 ar,s1t S,F
is to be continued. then has our liberty per.
ished with ii; and we have realized the pre-,
dictioh Of profound thinker and bfillii
ant writer, who, twenty years ago, predicted
that it would be written over the grave Of
, our political institutions: Here lies peo-'
, pie, who, in order to give freedom to three,
nilfons Of Africans, destroyed their bwu
liberty" ~
, do not sag ,tese things with pleasure.
Tbs errors Of our coCntrymen-the nisfor-
!. tunes of our country--are not the fit SUBJ
jects ct fippant comment. or of partikafi
and acrimonious criticisms, have ay@d.
proper motives / know personally many
I. Of the leaders Of this revelations; lrespect
I their inteligence--their lure liyes-their
0 sincere love Of country. They themselves
/ would have stood akhsst, Eve years ago, st.
the work they have wrought. They did
, not intend to 20 SO far, but, stimulated by
!. the length and severity Of the military
t struggle, stimulated by the srdor of more
: Jealous or less honest spirits. stimulated by
4 the popularity Of extreme measures, they
i. have reached o. nclusioGs Of which they did
! not dream.
!, They have obcyed theasinevitable law. I
would not unkindly criticise them. hate
purposely avoided personal controversy. !
hatf, h IL &a1A
OF mere party strife. l have avoided All
expression of oriaion rs to the merits Of
any one Of the great measures of adminis-
tration which divide cur r,peop!e. Power to
adopt them all resides some where in our
system either in the State or Federal Cow
ernlneus Opinions will differ as to their
wisdom. The attainment of the result ia
only q matter Of expcdieucy. Their. adop-
tion or rejection would not affect the ets:
TEN Of Government. And did not wish
| to divert your attention from the fact that
| a great revolution in the framework Of Cow
ernment has been complished BY any dis:
| cusson of the wisdom Of particular ehxcs.
ments or Of the desirableness of the. ends
which they propose to attain. | .haYe;,
therefore, spoken only Of the tendencies OF
great movements, and illustrated them By
the ge' eral effect Of measures Of legislations
And have dweit on these SO long only
that might ask you whether we have In.
deed lost the Farmer Republic foreeeT. Did
the apostle Of Radicalism read the portents
| aight2 are'a
| cannot certainly aiswer. All history il
written for our instruction. 1t tells us that
liberty lost is with difficulty regained; that
constitutional law once dragged to the dust
by the passions of linen Is rarely again rails
ed to govern them in the sane generation;
that when violence and arbitrary arrests
and destruction of the press, and disregard
Of law, enacted BY the Ignorance Of preju.
| dee or passion Of the people, once destroy
guards Of liberty it is difficult to restore il,
even as Il Is difficult to restore the face of
| beauty when il is SCARED, or TO revive the
lustrous purity Of Innocence when II Is denls
ID.
Mr.. Webster years ago, had uEcasioti tS
discuss the sathe su5leGt. abd with that
pomp and splcndor or diction which mark
ed oil his political addresses, he said:
"Othcr misfortunes may be borne; bS
| their effects overcome. Ifwar should sweep
our commerce frou the ocean, another gen-
Grafton may renew it; If it exhaust oft
treasury. future. industry may replenish i;
if it desolate and lay waste our fields, still,
under a new cultivation, they will grew
| 1t were hut trlfe, even, If the walls Of
wonder capital were to crumble, If its lofty
pillars should fall, and its gorgeous deco
ratiors be covered by the dust Of the vel.
IAN these might be rebuilt. Bat Who
shall reconstruct the fabrick of demolished
Government? Who shall rear again the
well proportioned columns Of Constitutional
| libertyY Who shall frame together the
| skillful architecture which unites NSti6hal
Sovereignty with State Rights, Individual
security and public prosperity? Now, II
| these columns shall fall they will be reared
not again: Like the Coliseum and The Par
thenon, they will be destined to tneiani.
caoly, mournful Immortality. Bittercr
tears, however, will flow over them than
we're ever shed! on the monuments of the
Roman or Grecian Art, for they Will be the
Greece or Rome evsr sa&--the edi6ee Of
Constitutional American Liberty"
Gentlemen, teel the force ofthese w6rdn
know that others feel them more deeply;
perhaps, than /. zee among many good
men q tendency TO despair. j see sn6ng
nv own triends--th0se who agree with me
generally on pubic affairs--a disposition
give up all for lost. They have lost hope,
they have lost courAge~fhe;r despondency
csunsels inaction. The newspapers, the
public speeches. but, above all, the private
conversations Indicate THE feeling. Gen
tlemen, do not sympathiAe with it.
have high hopes for the future. 1see the
dangers which are before tis see i long
and weary way. / zee q long and exhadst.
inr struggle in which success viii vary iftti
the one side to tie other. do not conceal
ior myself that il may be d struggle OF the
sword. Many ofus may go down with har-