Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-02-06

the French minister at Washington Debebian returned 10 Washington applied to Seward for a Passport to Wilmington, which was refused. Next daY the French minister called OF Seward, exhibited communications from his government when q passport was granted. Debebian has applied to the federal Congress for damsges.+- We haze intelligence that fifteen officers and three hundred and eighty privates would be 1e- leased from F.. Warren and leave Boston tUr Forue;s Monroe ou 3i inst. Merchant seamen wIli also be releasod
 CuAsLEsr0E, Feb 4.--Tke Mercury Of tls morning says inc firing heard yesterday vas at Rel BluH. The enemy destroyed houses in the leish5orhood- of the confederatea iujurfd. ---------------- ------..-~ra~4e.---
 Indiana Democratic State Convention Speech ofHon' Jno. c. -Lincoln.s Rehabilitation Denounced.
 A brief synopsis of the proceedings of the late convention of the democracy of Ipdiana has already been published. Full rsports, however, appear in the Indianapolis Sen tioei oi the 9lh, from which we learn that the convention was largely attended, Eut five counties being unrepresented; that the resolutions were adopted by vote of 481 against B, and that the best feeling pre- vailed throughout the entire session. The Sentinel makes the following report of the
 SPEECH OF HON. JOHN q. DAVIS.
 Hon. John C Davis, in the absence of the committee on resolutions, WAS called upop to address the convention. He said he fel- honored bv being thus invited by his te..ow-ritizens, but if he vas uneqnal to the task of doing justice 10 the subject, rerheps fha inability might arise because of his recent visit to Richmond, Na., by way of Hopkinsvi!le, Ky. Laughter. r na had known beforehand that he was aooc, to take that trip. he would have been happy to have been bearer of dispatches from democrats of the North to their friends dt the Sou,h ECheers and laughter. Il he had male that trip, he probably vgou} have ig i0 his power to state that his old personal friend, Jeff Davis, was in good health and sent hjs kind regards to h,s many friends in Indiana, whose names perhaps u would not be prudent t0 men tion for ha 3id moi want them hung. The worthy president of the convention might be one, and we could not spare SC valuable j.
 He Mr. Davis had been abused by the rresS-nis life threatened by tho black abolition party. lie dei?d them There were ont two parties in the countryside conservatives asd ths abolitionists. The battle now being waged WEE between the friends Of the constitution and the union on the oue siae anu the aboitionists on the other
 Threats could rot intimidate him. He intended 10 speak his sentiments They might burn his property. might take him 10 the Iloek-he would ascend the scafsold with q fir;n step--but in defiance of them all he would express his opinions on mat te.8 relative to the good of the country. Ne was charged with being 8 sion.st, because, }orsooth. Ire was not all abolition -ist The standard by which the repHbli- cans iulged a man was this: If you were 8 friend of Old Abe and his administration vou were q good nnion man, bnt ii you sought to maintain the constitution and the union y0u weIea sscessiOnist. The south err Iuan were much to blame in this con uoyeysv They had done many things which had tended to bring upon the ccun try tb1s dire calamity. But the blame did not All rest with them The ground taken by the abolition party of the North was the cornerstone of all our difficulties. Ii they had let this slavery question alone the sun would to-day have risen upon a Eree, prosperous and united people. This party, last winter, in Congress, could have settled our dilnculties if they had been disposed They weighed the Chicago platform and the union one against the other, and con- ' cluded to take the Chicago platform, and Iet Mc Uaioa slide.
 Every one of the peace propositions coming from the South was voted down by solid republican fote in both bran;hes ot Congress In view of the dangers which stared them in the lace, with civil war 1T prospect, these republicans came up and voted -olid!y against compromise. against / agreement with brothers Dissolution oi the union was the consequence and :a.l the dire ca!amities of dissolution are noE upon ms.
 H. had said in some of his speecie; during the snmmer that th.s war would cost $500 900 900, per annum. For tha he had been branded as 3 demagogue. H. now believed 1t would cost more than Sl i, 000 600 COG, per aanum. Who pays tn. government this money? It comes ou of the hard earnings of the taxpayers Tho interest alone on this sum would, a I0 per cent, be 370,Q0A000, per annum Alter exhausting all other resources of th, government thele would remain of this i'm mense sum (8l O00,o00, ,000,) $40, ,0o0, 000 to be raised by direct taxation. Indi ana's share of thie wonla be some ST ,000, 000. to be raised, he repeated, by direct saxation. How is 1t to be paid. looking at tue depreciation of property?-of tho value of horses. corn, wheat. lands. Doe. nos this thing. with this enormous depro eiation ot property look like coming dowr