Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-01-20
on the Surrender OF Mason and = "a sis- M

on the Surrender OF Mason and Sff-
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In the House of Representative on the 7th Of
January, The Hon. Mr.. ValIandigham said:
Mr.. Vallandigham Democrat OF Ohio, said--I
avail myself sir of this the earliest opportunity
offered to express my ntter and strong coidemna-
ton, as one of the representatives of the people,
Of the act of the Administration in surrendering
up Messrs. Mason and Siidell to the British Gov
ernment. For six weeks, sir, they were held in
close custody as traitors in fortress of the Uni
ted States. by order of the Secretary of State,
and with the approval and applause Of the pres,
of the public men, of the Navy Department of
this House, and of the people Of the United
States, with full knowledge OF the manner and
all the circumstances of their capture. and yet in
SIX DAYS after the imperious and peremptory de
mand Of Great Britain, they were abjectly sur
rendered upon the mere rumor even of the ap-
proach of a hostile fleet, and thus for the first
time in our national history have we strntted in
soiently into a quarrel without right and then
basely crept out OF il without honor; and
thus for the first time has the American Eagle
been made 20 cover before the British Lion
Sir, vassal OF fettered and terror stricken
press, or servile and sycophantic politicians
in this House or out IF il, may applaud the act,
and fawn and aatter and lick the hand which has
smitten down our honor in the dust; But the peo
pie, now or hereafter, viii demand terrible reck
oning for this most unmanly surrender. But do
not trust myself to speak of il as propose some
day to speak | rose only to put on record my
emphatic protest against it, and to express my
deep conviction that the very war which the other
day might have been avoided by combined wis
dom and firmness is now inevitable Sir, the sur
render may be no fault of the Secretary Of State,
but be has sown, fear, the dragons teeth by
this, his fatal dispatch, and armed war will spring
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England want with Mason and SlideIll 1t was
surrender Of the claim of the right to seize them
on board her ships under her flag, that she de-
manded, and Yet this is the very thing that Mr..
Seward pertinacionsly refuses, and he osly con-
demns Captain Wilkes, because he did not en-
force this asserted right with greater severity
against the offending neutral ship. Why, sir,
upon the principles Of this dispatch, il a mer-
chant vessel as at FIRST intended. had been
employed to carry these men out from
Fort Warren to England. she might to day
have been arrested on the high seas and they
dragged from ker deck, provided only she
were forthwith brought back to the port of
Boston for confscation. But more than this,
England needs, do not say wants, war, but she
must and viii have it, and this Administration
has acted from the beginning as iii was their
purpose to oblige her in il to the utmost. Look
into your diplomatic correspondence. Look at
your Stone feet. But let that pass. Who, / ask
among all the millions Of this country, or even
in the House or the Senate, or the Administra-
ton itself, in the midst of the dead calm Of sto-
lid security which seems now to rest over all has
reflected for moment upon the signifcancy of
the events of the passing hour 7 A British man.
of-war bears to the shores OF England, there to
be received in triumph and with shouts of ex uIta-
ton as martyrs and heroes. and with the gustos
Of the people of England and as the proteges Of
their ministers, the verv men who, but for the
rash act of Captain Wilkes, and the still more
rash Endorsement of the Administration and the
country, would six weeks ago have been quietly
landed from private ship in quiet security as
rebels and refugees. All Europe echoes now
with their names All Europe will rise up to
do them honor, and yet you surrendered them,
did you, to escape the recognition by England of
the Confederate States; and your Secretary of
State, with Christian resignation or stole phloso-
ply, calmly reoices that the effectual check upon
and waning proportions of the insurrection, as
well as the comparative unimportance, when
weighed dispassionately, of the persons
concerned, happily enable the Administration,
after six weeks of experiment, cheerfully TO lib.
crate them, and thus to remove this feferima causi
beiG. Sir, give me leave to say that the moment
they Macon and Sldell) stepped upon the deck
of British man of-wvr, your prisoners of State,
whom the other day you would have consigned
to felon's cells, became indeed the ENJOYS and
ambassadors of a recognized independent State
and predict here to day, in spite of this deep
national humiliation, or rather, perhaps, because
of it, and in spite, too. of the surrender without
protest of the Monroe doctrine, for forty years
the cherished and proud policy of this Govern
meut, in less than three months you will be at
war with Great Britain, or else in the meantime
will have tamely submitted to the recognition of
the Confederate States and the breaking up Of the
blockade; and if "a war then, with hearts un
strung and hands unnerved by this very surrender.
Couragel couragel cOuagel sir, is the first and
best OF peacemakers. | know well, of course,
sir that like all similar predictions for some years
past, in regard to our public affairs you will treat
this one also with scoffing and incredulity; but
nevertheless put it on record here to-day. "The
prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth him
self, but the simple pass on and are punished"
Democratic state Convention I'm New
Hampshire.
The Democracy of New Hampshire met in
Convention on the Sth inst, and nominated a
straight-out Democratic ticket General GEORGE
SrARKE was nominated by acclamation for Gov
ernor and with shout that shook the hall. The
Republicans had previously held Convention
under the new cognomen OF Union party, but the
disguise is too apparent to deceive the Democ-
racy of the Granite State. Colonel GEoReE, on
taking the chair. made humorous and telling
speech. The following is report of his remarks
upon the occasion:
He spoke of the Republican Convention last
week as one composed of gentlemen who former
ly were known by the name OF Wings. After
ward they came TO be known as Know Nothings,
lofo al +horx nv
name of Americans. Then they changed to
American Republicans, and finally they came
out as the full blown Abolition Republican party.
| fCheers.l Last week they met under new
name-the Peoples Union party. Now. this
/ Peoples Union arrangement was nothing but a
big box trap to catch Democrats in. Laughter
and cheers The patriotic Hale, the wise Clark
and the distinguished Rollins, with other savans
of the party, attended it. standing around il like
mourners around a coffin. Cheers.l 1t was
open at both ends and had swivel in the middle.
Laughter. IL was baited with all the cheese in
the party. Renewed laughter IL was expected
that grand rush of Democrats into this trap
would be effected by the savory and attractive
smell walk in and take bite" was the po.
/ lite invitation. A few Democrats went mp and
smelled the cheese, but did not go in. One or
two nibbed. but did not spring the trap. By-and-
/ by the Convention sprung itself, and found they
had caught only one little mouse. and he had
eaten up all the cheese. Loud laughter and
cheers
| Democrats, under these circumstances, did not
sec fit to become back-se Republicans, and
they had come there on that day, the anniversary
Of the battle Of New Orleans, to renew their ef-
forts for the preservation of the Union under the
Constitution. Loud applause
struck Their CoIors.
i VIM. Lloyd Garrison's Liberafor, which for
thirty years has carried the motto at its head de
claring the Constitution of the United States tc
be covenant with death and league with
hell, /" has taken down the offensive and treason
able device from the head of its columns While