The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1861-07-18

ment must he given up because IL would cost
too much TO keen H. What good will all
our property do. IL ~e have no government
The tue mode OF stating the proposition is
this: suppose the government were about TO
be destroyed. how much would YOU give 10
preserve u from destruction III Ne don't
defend it. IL will be destroyed. that Is certain
Therefore We must defend it al whatever
cost. And the money will not in his opin.
ion. be collected by direct taxation That Is
not the usual mode ia which the government
collects ~ revenue. and fer himself. he had
always opposed IL. IL l. collected At the
Custom Houses upon Imported goods, and
those who pay IL never know when and hos
u Is done. There has been great deal OF
kumbsqrs upon this question. about taxing
\ the poor Tor the necessaries Of life. Some
wears ago there va a duty Of five cent =
pound on coffee. AID We were told that IL IL
we're taken of. coffee would come down that
much IN price. Ii Was taken on, and coffee
remained at tLe same price ill it was reduced
by the established laws ofsupply aud demand
as all other prices are regulated.
We hear a good deal said about the Msri
can war-that those who are now supporting
the government most earnestly, were opposed
to that var. Suppose they were-what OF IL
There j. no resemblance between the two
wars and those " no think there is had better
go In school again. That with Mexico VA
! foreign war and did not inyolse.sthe exis
tence of the government. IL was war OF
conquest aud Col. I. said that he and Others
opposed il for that reason. lie had not re
penied of that opposition. and every body
/ could NOW see that il We had not had that
war, we SHOULD have had no quarrel about
slavery. Ii was not declared by Congress
although the Constitution says fhat Congress
only shall declare such war. II was begun
by the President when Congress was not in
session, by marching the army beyond the
limits of the United States into territory
claimed by Mexico, and Congress afterwards
recognized its'existence by falsely declaring
that il was brought on BY the act Of Mexico.
Thus il was unconstitutionaliy.. begun. and il
is a fair retort against those who favored
that war and oppose the present one TO say.
that they were not 40 tenacious of the Con
stitutcn then az they are now-that they had
an abundance of patriotism 10 espend in sup
porting a war for the conquest of territory
which We did not need. and none Tor the ad
: vocacy of war which is prosecuted by the
government only in is own necessary defence
The uncharitsble might conclude that the,
! were stimulated. Mn one case. b. motives Of
Z political ambition. in the other by party Ia
tired. intensified not a little ~ disappoint
[ ment.
e Col r. called the attention of his nearer.
4 10 what Mr. Douglas had said in support OF
Q the policy of the President. just before his
death. 10 show that his coarse had been pa
/ triotic and 10 convince his friends that an,
j different course, on their part, would be .
Q departure from the principles which he pro
i fessed. He read from his Chicago speech
n wherein he said that the war involved ID,
: existence Of the government, and that there
y were but two sides to it--one for and the
other against the government. And he ther
= addressed himself TO the supporters of Mr.
v Douglas, and asked them whether they wer,
d prepared TO spurn his advice so soon after hi
? death--when il came 10 them as il were from
V the tomb; He professed the conviction tina
II they would not lie believed that The grea
n oody of the people of all parties in the Nortl
}: we're in favor of maintaining the war, at CIV
= cry hazard. just 80 long as il was necessary 4
{ establish the authority of the government
q and no longer Ii was not war OF con
y quest-not a upon the States--no, a wa
: simply Of coercion-not a war with whicl
II slavery had anything 10 debut simply
e war 10 uphold the Union. And he believes
e that the great bedy of the people of the Nortl
d would yet hail il as war Of deliverance from
e military despotism-from The worst form O
)f anarchy. The two sections cannot live apart
a, Their interests aud destiny must be III,
" same in the future as they have been in th
Is past The diversities Of climate, of institu
- tons and of pursuits were really elements o
y strength rather than weakness. And whel
10 the Union shall come ont of this unhappy AM
lie unnatural contest purified. az it would be, b.
-e the fire through which it had to pass, il
E. light would become as bright as ever and il
ia glory would continue 10 be undimmed. II
ls believed that the same God who protecte,
,e and guided our fathers through the Revolu
n. ton, would shield the Union from harm. an
III thus believing. he looked through the gloon
b. of the present, to the happiness of the future
id when the storm Of civil war would be hushe
&c the clouds rolled away--and the gloriou
re old flag ofthe nation would float. in triumph
is above every hin top and valley in the land
from lake 10 gulf, and from TO sea.
When this i done. then We may talk agail
up about political parties and the policy the
is advocate. But until then. let drive tn
fy monster of party from our presence. and de
n vote all our energies 10 che great and patri
s. otto work of upholding the government an
ne the Union, so that net single column tia
H. supports the beautiful structure may fall {
~ the ground--not star of the national ensig
re which floats above il may he dimmed--an
er there NAV be no cloud lett in the heavens {
lis obscure the brightness of our national sky.