The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1868-09-02
LET us HAVE PEACE!
TlHe Meaning Of F'COpperhead. :,
''aefDeI SympathizCr," I" .LeI "a,
Have Eaeace.o


The Radical party is now upon trial be,
fore the great inquest Of the nation. 1t.
policy and Legislation, its purposes and acts
are fair subjects Of inquiry, which canno
be superscded.by partisan clamor or ignor
ed by personal calumny. The unhappy
condition of the country, and the disturbed
state of all our material interests, are faI
too serious to be set aside for inferior con
siderations. The people arc entitled tC
know if their confidence has been respected
or abused, and to claim strict account Of
the stewardship OF those who are at best
servants Of the people.
These demands are being made, and in
stead Of answering them satisfactorily the
Radical papers and stumpers seek to avoid
tie issue by reviving old ISLANDERS and fights
ing over again the battles of the war. The
attempt is to stife investigation by going
back to 1860 and resurrecting men and
things that have long since passed away
Instead of confronting the living and vital
questions upon which the present peace
and future prosperity of the country de-
pend, they resort to artful strategy in order
to evade an irksome responsibility. Ex-
pedient is adopted to avoid direct answers
to the questions which an outraged people
and now, when they arc called
upon to face the people in defence Of Con
gress that has neglected public business,
and been guilty Of frauds, corruption, and
crimes, they cry out 'copperhcad' and
"rcbel sympathizer, " That is the reply
which the country gets when il asks for an
account Of the enormous revenues received,
and for any candid statement of the 'situa-
ton" The Jacobns who have brought
misery and discold, andruia upon the land
and who dare not meet the accusing voice
of betrayed people, have adopted this cry
of ''copperhead" and rebel sympathizer, "
in the vain hope of siencing inquiry and
covering up their glaring iniquities;
When ask, how have the fifteen hundred
millions collected from taxes and customs
since Lees surrender been expended;
Why is there one currency for the bond
holders, and another for the pensioners and
people;
Why the public debt has not been re-
lucad;
Why the faxes of manufactures and mos
nopolists have been diminished eighty mill
ions year, thus augmenting those of the
people;
Why vast standing army in maintained
without any pretext of reason;
Why have not extravagant expenditures
been stopped;
Why negro barbarism has been adopted
as the basis Of Congressional ''reconstruc.
tom
Why Congress proposes to arm the nc.
gcces;
Why taxation has not been cqualizcd and
reduced;
Why the bondholders shall be a prefer
red class and exempt from taxes;
Why military rule is prolonged in the
South;
Why negro suffrage is enforced in the
South and excluded in the North;
Why the corruptions in Congress that are
notorious and openly charged are not inyes-
tigated;
Why Congress assumes power conferred
by the Constitution upon the Executive;
Why the Supreme Court was manacled
and its high fuctlons arrested by partisan
legislation;
Why the audacious plnndcr and profiga>
cy everywhere apparent is not checlkedi
Why Congress has been in session eight
months without a .ingle effort to afford
relief to the country;
Why impeachment was pursued without
the semblance OF justification, thus disturb
ing the credit and business of the nation;
Why retrenchment has not been intro.
duced and abuses rcformedi
Why trade is PROSTATE, credit declining,
gold going up, and commerce deranged; !.
Why hundreds Of millions of money,
wrung from the poor mans labor, and hun
dreds of millions of acres of the public Co.
main, have been voted to corporations con-
trolled by members Of Congress;
Why Congress has subjected white men,
women and children to the rule of their
recent slaves, and thus degraded their own
flesh and blood, and to all this the answer
is 'copperhead" and rebel sympathizer;"
or that other cry, equally false and decep-
tive, Let US have peace.
This is the only answer given to these
serious questions, and to others of equal
magnitude. When these Jacobins, who
are again provoking civil strife, and arming
the blacks for another St. Domingo, cry out
"let us have peace" they mean only, let us
have silence about our usurpations and in
iquitics; let us have submission to our
tyranny; let US have obedience to our dicta.
ton, let us have new lease of power; let
our corruptions continue, let us build up a
military despotisn.; let us destroy the Con-
stitution which we have despised, and let
us rule without restraint and without IL
ccnse until the impending ruin, bankruptcy,
and disgrace which we have precipitated
upon the country shall bring forth their
natural fruits.
If the people will accept this account of
Radical stewardship, they cannot be ignor-
ant of the consequences that will follow as
inevitably as night succeeds day.
- -srnzns--
"a ooLoRED Senator" says Sumner,
would be as good as constitutional
amendment, making all backward steps
impossible. -