Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-10-27

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Representatives. but ignoring the idea that the
war was for abolition or emancipation declares
it to be for the preservation .ol the Union. with
all the dignity, equality and rights of the States
unimpaired." But it is unnecessary to accumu-
late further evidence as to the original objects of
the declared and reiterated by the Execu-
tive and Legislative Departments of the Govern
ment The resolution. passed under such solemn
circumstances, is in these words, and leave but
little further to add:
" ResOlUed, That the present deporable civil
war has been forced upon the country by the dis
unOnists of the Southern States, now in arms
against the constitutional government and in
arms around the capital that in this national
emergency, Congress banishing all feeling OF
mere passion and resentment, will recollect only
its duty to the whole cOuurry that this war IS
not waged their part in any spirit of oppression
or for any purpose of conquest or sutJugatlon, or
purpose of OUerthTOtcing or interfering tcth the
RIGHTS or established Institutions of those States
but to defend and maintain the supremacy OF the
Constitution, and to preserve the Union with all
the dignity, equality and rights of the several
States unmpaired and that soon as these OBJ
iects are accomplished the war ought TO cease.
This resolution was passed the day after the
battle of Bull Run, (July %, 1851 and when
the capital beleagured by the hosts OF the
rebels. l. was hailed as an omen OF good to the
land. and thousands rushed to arms to save the
Government from disgrace and disaster.
We have thus shown the character of the sol
emn pledges made by the Republican party-in
Guiding the President and Congress-in order to
/ fill up the army with the gallant men who have
since given their services or their lives 10 the
country. These promises were patriotic and just,
and touched the hearts of the American people.
| They brought 5000 men into the feld-then
500, 000-and but the other day 600, 900 more
sprang to arms, and are now bIeasting the storm
/ Loft1 hah oil
did any nation manifest a higher or nobler trust
in the promises and pledges of those in charge of
its affairs. The people of Indiana performed their
full share in this work of patriotism, and her re-
giments were filled up if by magic. Men of
all parties sprang to arms, and the Democracy,
loving the Union the first principle OF its creed
were amongst the foremost in the onset for its
preservation. The First. Second, Third, Fourth,
and Seventh Congressional Districts, where the
Democracy have long held acknowledged supre
macy, were quite in advance of the other Dis
tricts, and their quotas entered the field before all
| others A war for the Union" was to them a
sacred contest, and they sent their brave and gal
liant sons, without stopping to inquire tchO stood
at the helm of our National ship. These brave
volunteers had no father or relatives in the civil
service-they had no kinsmen in the Cabinet
they had no brothers in the grand army of
tractors, whose purses were made pethoric by the
gains of hard bargains and unjust exactiOns upon
/ the poor soldier and the Government. None of
these bad they. But they had hearts to feel for
their beloved country, and principles which
taught them that the temporary ascendancy of an
adverse party in the conduct of the Government
could release no man from his loyalty to the
Union. Every intelligent Democrat of Indiana
| thought so then, thinks so to day, will think so
| to morrow, and in all time to come. We all ac-
| knowledge fidelity 20 the Union as the chief of
political and personal duties None but SANDER
ers have ever charged upon the Democratic party
contrary sentiment
But how has Mr. Lincoln aud the Republican
Congress kept their promises to the country
Have they conducted the to restore the Un-
ion, with all the dignity, rights and equality of
the several States unimpaired" Has that been
the sole object Have the Executive and Legis-
lative branches of the Government been faithful
to the pledges this made to the nation To the
shame of both Departments they have been I'M
true to their own professed doctrines, and faith
less to the country Congress has been wickedly
untrue while the President has permitted fanat.
les and pretended regonists to institute "'pres-
sure upon his conduct and a restraint upon his
judgment. The acts which the President and
Congress have put into effect were never Reces-
Sary to restore the Union. They are not so now,
and never can be. We will name the following
as a sample of the Abolition legislation of Con
gress ana the individual acts of the President, to
they will never consent:
/. They have pledged the country, by solemn
enactment, to pay for such negro any South
ern State shall emancipate by State authority,
and to pay Tor them all would involve the people
in a national debt of two thousand millions, es-
timating these negroes at half their present value
2. They have abolished slavery in the Dstric,
of Columbia. and are now paying for these ne
groes in the promises to pay of the people, to
| the amount of 81 600 600
3. They have made negro testimony valid in
the Courts of the District of Columbia against
white men, and bill was pending at the adjourn
ment of Congress making negro testimony valid
in all the Courts of the United States within the
several States.
A They have recognized the negro despotisu
of Hayti as a sovereign power and will, conse
quently, receive a negro ambassador at Washing
ton.
D. They have passed Confiscation acts. in def
ance of and against the letter of the Constitution
Against the protests and the votes of the vener
able CRITTENDEN and his colleagues from the Dor
der slave Union States, and against the advice D.
the Union newspapers of Kentucky, and else
where
g. The President has issued a proclamation
setting forth that all negroes in the rebeliou
States, on the LIST day of January 1863, shall b,
forever free, thus throwing upon the free States
the burthen of a negro population, and as Mr.
CLAY said, % to enter into competition with tn.
white German, Irish and American laborer, anC
thus degrade them to the level of the blacks"
7. The President has suspended the writ of ha
beas corpus in ALL the States, and put the FIRE,
citizens OF the whole country under martial law
thus declaring that he has no confidence in III,
Courts. and making every mans liberty depend
upon the mercy of spies, iniormers, bailiffs, con
stables, provost marshals, and their deputies
A series OF measures so unnecessary and mis-
chievous could not fail to arrest the attention o
the people of Indiana, and to call them to al
active opposition The Democracy had no choic,
but that of silent acquiescence, or open and man
y efforts to expe from Congress the member
who had treacherously betrayed the State int
the hands and keeping of the New England Abo
litiOn faction, whose agency in natianal mis-
fortunes are but too plainly marked. The inau
guration of these measures by Congress an,
the President, was a shameful departure from
the pledges sOlemnly given to the country b,
both, and released all good men from putin,
confidence IN their future promises to the Nation
The people have a right to fair and honest treat
ment. They have right to kno0 what is to b.
done with their money and their lives. They hav,
a right to knOto whether they are fighting for tn,
Union, " with all the dignity. equality and right
of the several States urimpaired," or for III,
emancipation of four millions ofnegroes, the pay
ment OF two thousand millions ofdolars for then
out of the National treasury /; anu above all the,
have right 10 kR0tc whether the blood and treas
IRE OF the Nation is to be spilled and sQuandereC
for any purpose less sacred than The restoration o
ste Union and the maintenance Of the Constitution
These things the people of Indiana have RICH
to kROp, and they will be heard in vindcatior
thereof. The people Of Indiana have lost conf
dence in the Administration OF President Liz