Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-01-06

dltiOn to these facts, majority OF the Black Re
publican members of the committee declared dis
tinctly that they had no guarantees to offer which
was silently acquiesced in by the other members.
The Black Republican members of this Com
mittee of Thirteen are representative men of
the party and section, and. to the extent
of nv information, truly represent them
The Committee of Thirty three IA separate
committee from that of thirteenl ON Friday ad
journed for week without coming 70 any vote
after solemnly pledging themselves TO vote on all
the propositions then before them on that day. IL
is controlled by the Black Republicans, your enc
mics, who only seek 70 amuse you with delusive
hope until your election, that you may defeat the
friends of secession. If you are deceived by them
il shall not be nv fault. | have put the test fair
ly and frankly. II is decisive against you now
tell you upon the faith Of true man. that all fur
ther looking to the North for security 10 your
constitutional rights in the Union ought TO be in
stantly abandoned Ii is fraught with nothing
but ruin TO yourselves and your posterity. Seces-
sion by the 4th day of March next should be
thundered from the ballot box by the unanimous
vote of Georgia on the ID day Of January next.
Such a voice Will be your best guarantee for lib
r. TooMBs."
jeff Davis, the present President of the rebel
republic, was then in Congress with Mr.. Toombs
asking for guarantees, and willing TO remain in
the Union with peace and harmony on the Crit
tenden propositions. Senator Pugh, of Ohio. as
serted this to the Republican Senators, and Sena-
tor Douglas, in his plice in the Senate, on the
ID day of March, 1861, said, as officially reported
in the Congressional Globe: 81 can confirm the
Senator's declaration, that Senator Davis himself
when on the committee of thirteen, was ready, at
all times, to compromise on the Crittenden propo
sition. will 20 further, and say that Mr.. Toombs
was also"
But the rrepressibIe conflict leaders of the Re-
pablcans who had reached, and become intoxi
Gated with power determined that the South should
have no security against threatened aggression.
and that the hopes of the great republic should go
out forever
The Southern States then proceeded to take
care, as they thought. Of themselves. They be-
gen to secede. On the 9th OF January, 1861
Mississippi went OUT on the llth, Alabama, on
the 18th, Florida; on the 18th, Georgia. on the
2Sth, Louisiana, and on the LIST of February, Tex
as Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Ar
kansas still remained, hoping thattbe Republican
Administration would, after itgot into possession
of the Government, give them guarantees for
their rights; but they were doomed to disappoint-
ment.
On the 4th of March Mr.. Lincoln was inaugu-
rated, but, in his official address, he spoke, to use
the language of Mr. Guthrie, with a forked tongue
and nobody could understand him. Immediately
following his inauguration. six precious weeks
were lost, the country. the South, during all that
time being, with Indifference, abandoned to drift
to any fate, while the Republican party directed
itself to the most selfish and disgraceful scramble
ever witnessed for the spos of Office. After the
six weeks labor of dividing the spoils had termi
mated the Government then turned its attention to
the Southern States. 1t began its dealing with
them in meanness and treachery, promising that
it twould make no attack on Fort Sumter or else
where, while il was secretly fitting out and for
warding large armament 10 make an attack un-
der the guise of yIctualing Major Anderson.
See the letter of Judge Campbell, and Portu-
guese Minister Harvey. In this way it provoked
an attack on Fort Sumter, on the 18th of April,
1861
On the 18th of April, 1861, the President de-
clared war by putting the land army in motion
and calling for $4,000 volunteers since which
time, being period Of more than two-thirds of a
year, the Administration has been pursuing its
policy of preserving the Union and maintaining
the Government by the sword. And with what
success? 1t is shortly told.
In the operations of the army it has committed
series of blunders resulting in a like series of
disasters; and has made no visible progress to-
wards the restoration of the Union; but, on the
other hand, has nearly consolidated the entire
South against it. In the financial department, it
DaS SucCee1eu IN raising immense amount OF
money, and dividing it, by the most shameful cor
ruption ever recorded in history, among its men,
bers and personal and political favorites. For
the above propositions refer and cite the Indiana
Journal. In the civil department, it has over
thrown and trampled under foot the Constitution
and liberties of the people, under the pretence of
supporting the Government To support gov
ernmenr, it has abrogated the Constitution and
established despotism. For this proposition,
cite Senators Hale, Trumbull, and Pugh. In the
general business and prosperity of the country,i it
has palsied trade, brought down the prces of our
staples for sale, such as pork, one half while it
doubled the price of tea. coffee, sugar, SALT mus
lins, &c, the necessaries which we have to buy;
and our debt; but | will speak of that by itself;
while here, | should not neglect to mention
that, as Nero fidded while Rome was burn
ing, so Mr.. and Mrs. Lincoln, the President
and his wife, we are told by the newspapers, ride
through the streets in their coach-and-f -four and
servants in livery, and import from Europe the
most costly and extravagant carpets and furni-
ture and ornaments Tor person that have ever
been displayed in this our plain Republican Gov
ernment, upheld by "plain people," But this is
not all. The miserable imbecility Of the Admin
istration, its unparalleled, and most shocking,
most disgusting corruptons, its disregard of the
Constitution of the country, and its utter destitu-
tuition of policy, its division. in ITSELF between
AbOtiOnism and AEti-abotionism. the uncer-
tainty in which it leaves the army and the ceun-
try TO the object of the war, is chilling enthu
siasms, putting out the fire of patriotism, and
producing feeling Of doubt and indifference, as
to whether Government that can be thus admin
istered, Government that can be made so use
less for good and so terribly potent for evil, is
worth preserving. This is painful truth; bat it
is a solemn one. Why no longer greet the ear,
the songs of the "Stsr Spangled Banner" of the
"Red, White and Blue" and the appeals from
every tongue that we must show that we have
got Government!
said above, that would speak of our debt.
i assume, and / have not the least doubt of
the truth of the assumption. that our Government
is to-day one thousand millions IN debt. | know
the official report is not so; but when the claims
that will come in, now outstanding, are allowed,
as they will be- the debt Of the nation il the war
were TO close to-day. would be one thousand mil
lions The interest on this sum, at per cent, is
seventy millions The current expenses of the
Government, in peace, will hereafter, as is ADMIT
ted. be one hundred millions. But thirty of that
can be raised by tariff. leaving seventy millions
of General Government expenses to be raised by
direct taxation. This, added to the seventy mil
lions above, of interest, makes one hundred and
forty MILLIONS year 10 be raised by direct taxa
ton, by the General Government, even if the
war were now TO stop. One twentieth Of this
viii fall TO Indiana, making seven millions. This
is TO be in addition to our State, county, &C.,
taxes which we now pay and which, from the
extravagance and increased expenditures of our
State administration, must be greatly increased
in future.
If the war, then stops to-day, our future taxes
will be seven times as great, at least, they are
now; while sharp property men viii be smuggling
away property from taxation, thus throwing
greater burdens on the honest
The man who now pays fifty dollars. win, at
the lowest, be compelled 10 pay. three hun
dred and ttty in a year or two, with pork at half
price. and coffee at double price besides. There
can be no mistake about this. Any man can
make, by getting the amount we raise now by
ia xafion. and the proportion of II he has to pay