Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-31
rhe constitution end Peace.

eto4ueut auu iofclDfe -ptttH Aesttrt f"e ~
dent'- emaneip toa proclamation Thn con-
GLIDING portion. ~hirh we pgbilsh telow, i foil
Of suggestive. patriotic sod eloquent thoughts:
We ~La st.sa ~ The Consultation have a dan
ren0u. sad difficult psitiuu WhifAersneter W.
turn. ue fcc IN enemy But what theuf We
- uollfrg bat unp1.fcs snd NrsBg 10 The le d-
ine measures Of he A4m.ni-trttion. hat IRE ne
thence % be driven Ini0 TIE support OF the re
bellionf By re- mesa-. Secession J. 10 more
correct and no more tpiersble than If II sere not
opposed bs unconstitutional means Il IS a wrong
Ia it-elf. the great wrong, the fruitful parent OF
all tie crea, wrongs which have made and marked
these terrible time. and "a protectors and lead
es are Justly responsible for al is consequences.
direct and Indirect IL they baa preserved faith
with the Constitution, there would have been 10
war. no sOnow. TO want. Ii - advocates had
renamed at their posts in thu aud the other
House. the 6end of Abolition would not have had
power 10 strut in our midst. and feist It's malig
nant appetite on the vitals Of the Republic. the
country would have been preserved from the
predominance Of sectional antipathy; the specter
OF anarchy would not have riseL up TO plague us,
aad no cloud would have oyershad0Wed the held
of American power and glory. nevercan for
get, and il will be hard to forgive, the movers TO
this fatal step.
Secession. and the abolition of slavery Il the
INV ~ WV W. - AAMU ~
enemies OF the Constitution. and the deadly foes
of each other. They are warning with each other.
and both upon the Constitution and the Union.
Their principle OF action is converse Of the same
idea, but tending 10 the same result. The lOgi
cal end OF each Is the overthrow OF the Govern
ment. Secession denies American nationality
and claims all political power A. belonging 10 the
States; Abolition ignores the just tights of the
States, and centralizes all pow r here Both are
aau.Ilv ur,uW apd IN prfurful. anuaIy .tauuer-
Gus. The States have rights: this Government
has rights: they are plainly written in the Con
stitutiOn. There can and will be no peace, no
safety. no prosperity, until they are fully admitted
and respected.
From the beginning ! have seen but one road
TO peace. zee but one now. IL requires no
compromise. no concession To traitors. no yield
ing of anv right on either side, no sacrifice OF
pride. no hwmiliation; IL - bat IA simple recogEi-
tiou of, and a bona hde submission Ia, the Consti.
tuition as our fathers made IL. and as our prede
cessors have administered il When that Is done.
there will be no cause of war. The South. then,
TO get peace, must abandon the principle of sc
ces-iou and Weld hes accustomed obedience 10
the Constitution: the North, to get peace. must
concede 10 the States what properly belong to
them: IN a word. the dOgmas OF The Abbeville
school and the Chicago philosophers must be
given up 20 get peace There can be no peace
until this j. done Mr. Chairman, il must be
done, or constitutional government will he over
thrown. Wecan1Ot dissolve and establish aud
maintain two empires on this continent IN peace.
Ii We were all 10 agree 10 dissolve. we could not
n~egotiate a line of separation Where would We
draw itg On Mason and Dixon's lineY The
North could not Weld the capital without yielding
the prestige OF nationality. On the line of the
Potomacr The nights Of Arlington command
the capital. On the line of james riverf Vir-
ginia will yield all rather thta u part. On the
line of the cotton State~? The Mississippi. the
great outlet OF the North @est. will never he
yielded. Separation i impossible. The Union
will exist: il is a necessity. IL was not made by
the Constitution. aud is not dependent on con.
situations for its continuance. IL exists, and will
exist, in spite of them. IL il the work OF tht
Almighty.
All this great county. from the great lakes to
the Gulf, from the Atlantic tn the Rocky Noun.
tains. Is for one family, and n more magnificent
home was never provided for man. Unity is
written all over its whole surface. IL Is enthroned
upon It's hills; il courses in its streams; it grow,
upon its plains; il IS essential to its varied wants
IL Is sealed 10y common dangers. Ii cannot be
permanently dissolved IL il easier to preserve
than to destroy il. The hands of madmen may
rudely tear IL asunder. bat necessity will immedi
ately reunite the fragments. We must live to-
gether; we may dispute and contend; out in war
as ia peace, we are bound together. There is nc
divorce: one fate. one fortune. are our common
lot. The only question u, whether we will live
under our present form of Government or under
one not OF our own choosing. We can live un
der the present Government only by Welding i'm
plicit obedience 10 what IL grants to others, as well
a what u reser,e s to itself. When that is done,
there will be war NO longer. Mr.. Chairman, we
may pursue strange fancies. bat we do il ut the
hazard OF constitutional liberty. The sections
may keep up a fruitless struggle until the country
IL exhausted; but We will then be no nearer asep
aration than ut the beginning. We must live To.
eether stll. but We shall have exchanged the Con
stitutiOn for the edicts ct a master, and the glory
OF the great Republic will have gone down IN the
night ct deSpotism. \ million of armed men are
in the field. Do they inspire no aver Does their
presence teach no lesson2 When we have dc
stroyed the Constitution. what shall prevent them
from seizing The ~capitali l. criminal ambition AN
extinct pissiong
We are IN a most perilous crisis. but | have yet
confidence IN the American people They are an
ouier loving people. The scenes of the French
Revelation eau never be ~. enacted here An
arch, can never become an American system
The people are equal to their own governments;
they will vindl ate themselves. In due time
they will rise up and expel from power the enc
mics of the Constitution, who have misled and
betrayed them Already do We hear from the
other side of the riser that all below the rank OF
Oaptilu are SIGN ot the war, anu want 10 return
To then duty: and they will not he long in finding
out the way. On this side We know the cry every.
where =. the Constitution and peace SOONER
or later they ARE sure Ia come; they ue coming
Alre,d, the sky ct the North and the " ct -
radlaut with tgnt. before another year shall have
run It's cycle, the whole cycle, the whole TRINA
ment will glow with the eflulseuce OF the perfect
day. Friends at the Constitution, be of good
cheer. The Republic yet lives. BE not de>pond
entl Stand firm in the breach and Diet nj our
institutions against all who come 10 assail Meet
your enemies With the Weapons OF their own sc
lectious: they who come with the sword, with the
sword let them be smitten: they who come ap-
pca.ing 10 public oplulon, meet before that bar,
hold up the covenant OF the faith, ana shame
Their apostlsy. This l. our duty Difficulties
beset our path. but duty is not measured by dill
Guilty. Banist iug all feelings OF mere passion or
resentment, OF oppression. conquest, OF sgbjuga
ton, let u recollect only our duty To our whole
country aud. moved by "a sublime patriotism. let
our purpose be 90 defend AMI mtintiln the Con
stiiution. ANA TO preserve the Union. With an the
dignity, equality aud rights OF tie several States
un.mpairei. aud the blessing of tod will lead Us
safe through the perils and the storm.
Wisconsin Election.
Tue official vote on members OF Congress. in
GLIDING the soldiers votes. elects three Demo
Gratis and three Republicans. BRowN. First Dis