Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-11

school OF politicians whose seat wss in the State
OF South Carolina, and thev have spread them
sete throughout the sou tbtrn portion OF the conn
Try, iniuSing their trAtorogs aud rebelll0us doc
tribes ~ every portion oil the community, making
converts wherever they could the doctrine that
State has right to Dissolve the bonds that
bind u 20 this Confedefacy. and assert aud main
tain its Independence. Nv colleague, Mr.. Blair
IN the speech which he made not long since upon
tht, ioor, was right when he advanced tire Opin-
ion that the shareholders were the last men 70
yield to this rebellion aud that, as general rule
at -he inception of this rebellion the veiioldeTs
were not arrayed against the Government OF the
United Stase>; but. the contrary, de-
sired TO preserve aud peFpetuate this Union.
| subscribe, from my own knowledge.
to everything which be said upon that
point. / know that il l know it from
men in my own State who have been in the rebel
army. / know IL from declarations which have
been made to me by citizens of the State OF Ar
kansas. who have told me what their views aud
opinions are in reference 10 the rebellion 1 have
been toId that men who were born north OF MAJ
sOn DixOn's line, and who had only been there
a short time, were in nine cases out OF ten, the
most violent and rabid secessionists in the whole
community. and especially if they did not own
negroes Why, sir, the first military company
that | saw marching in the neighboThoOd OF the
lDhI near WHICH 4 It,lue-aifu IL Was DeiOic dC
tive hOstilities had broken out in the State of
Mi:souri-was commanded by native OF the
State OF Vermont, who had been candidate for
constable on the Republican ticket in the State
Of Iowa only two years before.
The non-slayehoder in the Southern States is
the most violent traitor and rebel. They say
that they fear negro equality; that they fear that
the emancpated negro is TO be placed on an
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distinction but that Of color. Let man there
conduct himself properly, and he is treated as a
gentleman, whether he be Shareholder or
non STAKEHOLDER, rich or poor Hence, the
feeling of non slave holders, lest they should
be degraded by the elevation of the negro. Hence
it is that they are violent secesSionsts, and that
they rushed into the rebel army and com
pose the rank and file OF the army that is fight
ing against the Republic.
Now, what are you going to do with the -four
millions of slaves in the United States? Sup
pose that two or three millions OF them should
be emancipated under this BILL what is to become
of themI You turn helpless children and super
animated persons out of house and home, and
say "et them remain where they are" Now.
desire call attention TO the legislation OF South
eri States on this subject. No slave can be
eulancipated in the several slavehOdng States OF
the Union, unless he is taken without its limits
There is another law on their statute books. that
free negro can be introduced INTO those States
1t is said that that is unconstitutional legislation
Attend. then to the State of Indiana which has
prohibited, by constitutional provision, the intro
ductiOn of free negroes within its limits. Attend
to the State of Illinois, whose Constitution directs
the Legislature to pass laws excluding the intro
duction of negroes; and the Constitution soon tC
be submitted to vote of the people provides
against the introduction OF free negroes. What
then, is to become of these two or three million,
of negroes? Expelled from the Southern States
where are they to go? They cannot 90 to The
State of Illinois, or to the State of Indiana
They must go to other States.
Here the hammer fell