Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-01-18

Mr.. Senator Hale. of New Hampshire the 9th
er.day. in the disegssioa OF the Army Ball. spoke
a. follows:
Mr. Hale-Mr. President, ! am pleased with
the remarks that have been made by the Senator
from Oregon. l sympathize entirely with the
remarks which he has made about the frauds
that have been committed On the public Treasury,
about the army that Is waiting 10 advance on tAe
enemy. and the army that y saItsng - advance
on the Treasury; but will tell You the army
that has made uar upon he Treasury has made
rery brilliant campaign Of Il fIaugIrterl
has been one series cf friamphs and thy haze
beaten Arrays | confess that from recent visit
To tire North where public virtue stands low.
err TO say the least than IL does in othet parts of
the country, have been panied and mortified
beyond endurance 20 learn how the generous con
idence with which tins people have furnished men
and poured out money has been abused and tram
Piled upon IL beats al credaity | stand here
to-day 70 say--nd | say IL With shame and
humiliation. and ] would to God that the neces
sity did not exist for me 10 say it-thGf some Of
The highest officers Of POUR GOrerRmenf are not IL
eugpf from The censure uhich Ouqhf 10 rest Hpon
those quiifa, Of these frauds upon the public 7reas
urg. Put them out. have not the power
10 put them out. ! would be ready, and am
not that the time has not come Tor IL; j am
anxious TO vote for an act which shall punish with
ury in TIME Of war. when the nation is bleeding
at every pore, and patriotism is taxing itself TO
ts utmost 10 sustain the Army in defense of the
Constitution. say deliberately, | would pun
sh any man who would perDetrate a deliberate
fraud upon the Treasury OF >hch people at such
time With death; and | think the country will
have to come % that | say that such man Is
unfit live under the privileges and opportuni-
ties which belong 10 such country as ours, and
to such Government as ours.
Sir. ! will welcome anything under heaven
which should awaken this peOple-excuse me.
believe the people more awake than the Gov
Notwithstanding that shall wake up this Gov
eminent IN I'll is branches % the Importance Of
the issue IN which We are engaged, and the ne
cessity of the means 10 which We must resort. /
hope that taxes will be laid-onc hundred and
fifty or two hundred millions of dollars | think
nothing short Of that should be Land. The crisis
of this hour has come. the crisis OF this country 5
history L. about TO eliminate. and we are about to
deinoust state 10 the world whether or not we can
maintain a free Government. We can not main
tain il, and We ought not to maintain II, IF VIZ
ARR n CORRUPT As TIIE PRACTICES or orr TREAS
URY Would LEAD OSf To BELIEyE-if public cor
ruption has become general, and the public
conscience so calous, that the things which are
daily practiced before our eyes can be practiced
and tolerated 10y the people of this Government
Look. sir, at the report to which the honor
able Senator from Oregon has referred.
tell you that the facts which have been dis
closed by that committee arc such as ought
10 make every member of the Senate and d!
the House of Representatives hang his
head in shame Such things are exposed
spread out TO the light of heaven and
earth, and men see them, and what do they say
They say: W ell. it l. too bad; it is not right
DO not blame YOU for talking So" but. sir. is any
thing done? Has any thing been done to purge
this Government ofnc men That are FEEDING them
selUes iurHriahiiy and trauduienfy upon the rery
life blood Of the naton2 Has anything been done
to purge this Government itself of treason and
traitors and thieves and robbersI But very lit
tie tell you. sir, the public will not stand it,
and they ought not TO stand il. IL those things
20 ON there will be rebellion in the loyal States
worse than there ever was in those which are now
in rebellion against this Government; and there
ought to be. They will not stand ii, and they
ought not 20 stand il; aud ] say for one, that III
my humble sphere, and with such ability God
has given me, declare war to day, not upon the
Secessionists on the other side OF the Potomac,
but upon the public plunderers on this side. and
call upon the Senate, upon every man who thinks
We have a Government and country worth de
Tending, to to it that defend it from foes
that are striking more deadly blows thar any that
have been received in any of the disasters which
have befallen our arms at Balls Bluff OF Bull
Dam