The Richmond palladium., 1862-02-08

, should be denounced ~ every patriot. and
BY every citizen. Why not speak Of the
rebel acts OF coercion IN Missouri When
the hellion broke out, and an attempt
wa made to force Missouri into secession
assinS' the declared will of her own peapl4,
: sixty hrasan rebels in arms were brought
70 bear TO crush out al loyalty aai truth la
! the Commonwealth OF Missouri, ard our ar
mics were rslie! there around the standard
Ct the country TO oppose traitors, and to
protect the loyal That was an act of co
ercion which will no, believe my colleague
has always opposed or ever would oppose.
An act of coercion is now going on in the
s ate of Kentucky. La the proud and no
bic Old Commonwealth where my ewes up
on one OF her ten thousand green hills, first
behe'd the light OF heaven, there an act Of
coercion is going on--the use of The force
of the General Governmeu. 10 crush ou,
treason, and pro,ec, 10y al men in Kentucky.
What is the history of the use Of force
I in Kentucky? In violation of express
pledges, in violation of the mos, sacred
compscts, in violation of the Consultation.
that State is invaded by rebels from abroad.
I They come to Kentucky with carses on
their lips, with arms in their hands with
hell in their hearts 10 make desolation of
the lovelest land that the sun ever shone
upon; and yet, for opposing them. we are
10 be told that we are coercing a sovereign
State. We are coercinga a sovereign State
because we are defending the integrity Of
the Commonwealth Of Kentucky. This
heresy, as | verify believe, this deadly here
sy. has no foothald ia Indiana. She has
shown that she does believe in all the CO.
ercive policy o. the General Government
She has sent of her gallant sons sixty thous
AMI troops to uphold the proud flag Of the
nation Upon every battle field whore a
single son Of Indiana has done battle for
the cause and the country. there victory
has perched upon our banners. Her sol
diers have plucked green laurels from every
well stricken battle field to deck the brow
OF our noble young Commonwealth In.
diana, so far, thank God. has participated in
no reverse, no repulse. AMI no defeat; and SO
may 1t be 10 the end, and let all the people
say, amen. 50 far, Indiana has shown
that she does believe in the coercive policy
of the General Government. and the whole
of that cnercive policy. Her citizrnt sol
diery At Caeat Mountain sled with their
blood devotion 10 the doctrine ~ coercion.
At C.rrsck's Ford at Gaui-y Bid gs Mt
Lsar-l iI,ll at tha Wild Cat Gip. in kn-
lucky, and more recently Somer~et, the cii-
zens of Indiana have shown that hev be-
heve in the cnersive rolicy of this Govern.
ment. The teath tniiana regiment, which
was engage in the recent battle a; S,mer-
set, was recruited in my district in my
own neigh borhond. and almost dread To
hear of the slain in that battle, for the " are
'fri-r-iss nrd ucry ysTJnrs. 1'he aws offthat
batile, however glorious it NAV be- willie
ry morning and gloom and sorrow TO many
heart and many hearhston-; but it'll,
sacrifice that parrots have in every are Been
eallei upon To render TO their couairv; and
| trust that patriotism will always b. equal
to th. task. Whenever the national hpnor
requires sacrifice. Indiana will furnish the
victim.
teei hat l have already detained the
Senae longer than | should have done,
perhaps. on this occasion. There are a her
measures of coercion about which 1 dSsire
To speak for a few moments. and il is ! the
coercion that mist emana,e from the Con-
gress OF the United ) .ates. | believe that
the war making power. under the Constitu
tlon, rests with Congress. [ believe you
cannot put aside your duty in the mstter.-
I ou are tae grand inquest Of the nation -
an raise armies, and feed and clothe Ia, m.
oa cannot ignore your power Ii is your
duty TO look TO the proper prosecution Of .
this war. Ii is your constitutional and ,
sworn duty, and between you and that sa
cred duty you cannot interpose the person
Of President, Secretary of War. a COM
general or any one else. 1t is for
you. speaking in behalf and in the name Of (
the people, to prosecute this great war prop
erly and for legitimate purposes. Whyis
the war waged? Simply to coerce ths re
belious citizens of the seeded States; sim.
ply TO enforce the laws aud preserve the ,
and the Union.
"It bath this extent. more"
1t was waged in behalf of the integrity
of the Constitution and the supremacy of
the laws, and whenever you turn aside from
hat high and holy purpose and raise imma-
.e.nl issues, that very moment you para
we the arm of the Republic a
| believe that the power to confscate
property of rebels is a power incident to all !.
war. and more particularly incident to this
unnatural and unholy war which is being
~aged against US. You may confisca.e
your enemy's property in order to weaken
him 1t is one of the ordinary war-making I.
powers. power that may not be ignored
without madness, folly, and crime. But.
Mr. President. whils l state this, what is the a
INIT. the constitutional limit to your power
II confiscation even in time OF rebellionl-
Why do you conhscate the property Of reb. {!
us? Because by their disloyal.y they have Il
brown of their allegiance to the Govern =,
nent, because they seek TO annihilate the 4
to destroy the Union. ard they
lave forfeited all their rights aad Won are, I,
therefore,. perfectly jas,iti..d in smi,iag them
a their person or IN iheir property; but
FhiIe You have this ackno wleaged right,
7on have no right to injnre either the per
BON or the property of any loyal citiz n in
ny State OF the Unian. whether thai Stare
las seeded or not. You have no right TO {
destroy The property Of a 10y al citizen. be- {
.ause the Government owes him protection
tili. He has not rebe!'ei against her aa- d
hority; he has not trsRpied uadsr foo; her 8
You are bound TO protect his
property, and bis person. :,
Bu. desire to be understood. / snppo- 8
ed ths, the right TO eophsea.s The property
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