Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-11

OF Congress in regard TO IT, They have been
faithful 10 the Constitution and the Union which
exists Under and by IL They are resolved % re
main 80. and to observe the covenants which
Washington declared make u one people"
Acting thus faithfully % al their slaveholding
sister States. they respectfully but firmly de
clare. that any tax tor the purpose of buying
slaves 5y the General Government would be paid
with great reluctance The whole scheme Is dis.
tasteful to them Its Inauguration in the midst
of bloody civil war. and when It's acceptance
or rejection bv the slave States Is made the pre-
text for a threat, renders the theme one of un-
mlstakable evil at the present time IL has been
thrust upon the country, We feel bound o. de
clare, to appease the fell spirit OF abolition
faction IN Congress, Who constantly clamor for
new raids against the Constitution and the Union.
Like the leaders OF tile infamous rebellion az the
South. these Northern traitors are tired OF the
Union It was made by our fathers They want
s'new guarantees for freedom" To the negro, A.
their co-rebes az The South wish il for slavery
Both these factions aim at the overthrow of the
Government. and both must be put down and
trampled in the dust. il American Nationality j.
to survive the present struggle We declare un-
yielding opposition To both. Let each Of these
extremes be satisfied with the Constitution and
It's sacred guarantees and peace will restore 10 us
the blessings OF the Union. We oppose Seces
sion as cheat and deusion--we oppose the
purchase and emancipation at The negroes as an
outrage and upon the manly toll of the
white man Of Indiana, and reject every approach
which the Administration is making TO render
powerful this abolition sentiment in the free
States
Ia every aspect in which this question can be
viewed, il is one of unmitigated mischief We
trust the people Of this country, who vet free
to pass Judgment upon the acts of their servants,
will visit their condemnation upon the unworthy
Representatives and Senators who have pledged
the property and labor of themselves and their
children for this black debt of two thousand mil
hons Of dollars, both without their consent with
out notice. and in utter defiance of their will. A
more high handed assumption OF power was
never attempted in a country possessing even the
semblance OF freedom. The British Parliament,
with its hereditary Lords and elective Commons,
did not dare 20 pay for the slaves in her West In
dies till after years of patient discussion and pop
ular debate before the people of England. For
twenty years il discussed at the hastings. in
Parliament, and in the press. Statesmen spoke,
essaYsts wrote, and poets rhymed TO a cou
cluson. The great interests involved had
hearing at the bar of public opinion and even
despotc King and ministry did not dare to
pledge the English people 10 pay for negroes
without their consent. But Senators and
Representatives exercised 10 such modeSty Tn
der the lash of an inlurate faction nt the North,
these Northwestern Republican Congressman
bent then backs to tie load prepared for them
selves and their constituents Two thousand
millions of dollars was added in an hour to the
burthens of the people. and the only condition
was, VIZ the South sell their slarss1" If so.
the white freeman of Indiana is pledged to pay
for them ia the coin which comes from the sweat
and toll of labor That is what Congress decides
for the people of the free States But there is
one appeal left from that act OF faithless Repre-
seutatves That appeal is to the ballot Dor Let
the cry of the Nation. i'm reference 10 that reso-
luton, be-"Repeal! RrPEAL,"
CONCLUSION TO MORROW