Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-02-24

encel solely BY desire 70 rerpetuate slavery
IL happens that the State OF New York or the
Washington GovSnmesi. cxnBot iBiericrs with
slavety. as sysfsm. vifhous elsiisg thsCon-
stisuron. The deieders Of the Cogsiituten are
necessarily the defetiIefs OF the rzhts OF States.
80 far as the Constitutes guarantees item 1t.
therefore, occurs aat, q delend fhe CoIIstiuIion
i % defend the laws Of slave States over slavery
against unconstitutional interference: and To adj.
socate the immediate abolition OF slave laws
and the principles of siaveholding, bv any other
thantSflpe alfhafty. leads fhe Alolition<t nee.
esssrils to attsek the Constitution. Il might oc.
cur that Southern and slaveholding principles
> ~oaid gain grest sseensiascv- w Gouerc-., 80,
that parties would seek by act OF Coagsess, or
proclamation, or otherwise, to force SLAVE code
or New York or Massachusetts, The defenders
OF the Constitution would be then. as now the
stern opponents of such attempts.
But since, for ;he present, Abolitiohism sees
no method OF attacking slavery 30 long as the
Constitution stands IN the way, It's open or insid-
ious assaults are directed toward that and the
leader of the radical men now presents in the
Senate Of the Uni,ed States the open Question:
VIII you have Union Of these States under the
Constitution of 1882 Mr. Sumner opposes IT,
The A0ohuonists oppose it. The leaders of the
Southern rebellion oppose il.
When the same question Was discussed in the
States seventy years ago. il was felt by patriotic
men North and South that IL form a Union great
concessions OF feeling must be made Perhaps
no one was satisfied with everything in the Con
stitutiOn. But the Union was worth more than
the wishes that they yielded
History has already recorded of these men that
they were among the wlsest OF politicians the
world has known. That they He-e patriots
noble, sell sacrificing, far seeing into that future
which has since prUved SO glorious. la agreeing
to that Constitution they founded the most be
ne'icent, prosperous and successful Government
that the world hts seen and their names are
honored and cherished aud will he honored when
brazen records are etiaeed by time
But what shall history record of the Northern
ana Southern enemies OF that Constitution who
breathe the air they breathed and live by by their
graves. on whose heatlstones the MOSES have not
had time 20 growg The present trial will result
in their infamy. whatever be the end Should
they succeed IN destroying the Constitution OF
Icy, the attempt 10 erect on its ruins another
Government vii prove utterly vain. Higher law
doctrines, notification doctrines, the vague mo-
ton OF liberty which characterize modern radi-
casm. all these are the elements of enmity to
the Constitution rs IL now is, and of course will
forbid any new Union when the old one is de-
strOved. Amid the wreck OF the great fabric
will be seen for little while the distorted fea-
lures of those who crushed themselves in their
mad plans of ruin and then they will he forgot
ten, with all the fanatics of all ages, who have
been enemies 90 the best interests of the race
On the other hand, If, as the loyal American
heart hopes and prays, the Constitution is TO
come ont of this trial with strength and new
vlgOr for race of thousand wears, then the
best hope for the present plOtters against it will
be that history ma, mercifuly leave their names
unrecorded in the story of this foul plot against
that Constitution which the fathers made. and
which Washington commended to the care of the
nation, to whom as his only children, he left the
Union an Inheritance of honor. and a trust for
the benefit of future ages.-Neio York Journal
Of Commerce