Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-10-15

was) on public events That he had formed an
opinion public events was certain. He had
never heard OF any nation that in 30 short a space
Of tine bad accomplished 80 terrible a relapse
from high and progressive cVszlti0n a. tbs
dear land OF ours. % which the loyalty Of our
heart and the devotion Of our lives were due
Applause Two years ago peace and plenty
smiled together throughout this land To-day a
mlo on Of armed men stretched along in a line Of
battle for ntar SIX thousand miles. Two years
ago We knew Of taxatie n but BY the complaints
that were made BY the people Of Europe OF Che
rsuOpOrtabie burden under which they laborei
To-day The utmost resources Of this nation could
scarcely supply the depressing and increasing
demands Of the government. Two years ago we
we're governed according to the terms of writ
ten constitution, by which We fondly thought free
dom of person, OF speech, of the press, were
forever guaranteed, forever secured % the dwell
ers in this land. Great cheering
IL written by men Just fresh from a great
struggle against derpotism. They surely meant
by that solemn covenant TO secure freedom to
themselves and their successors. lCbeers We
thought il thing too plain to be misinterpreted,
too clear to be evaded. too sacred be despised.
We had laws, TOO. and courts and forms of pro
ceeding, BY means of which guilt could be de-
tected and innocence protected To-day the per
sonal liberty of every one of us here in the city
OF New York depends, not on the Constitution or
the law, but on the good pleasure of one man
and his delegates Great cheers By sudden,
secret and lawless arrests, the exercise OF free
criticism OF the conduct OF public affairs has been
punished, and, as far as possible, suppressed.
While the adherents of one political party seem
TO reyel in unlimited license, all Others are con-
demned 20 silence, or. If they speak at all, 10
speak with ''bated breath and whispering humble
ness" as becomes men conscious of inferiOrity
and learning to be slaves. Great applause
While one set OF men can freely, boldly, inso-
lently criticise and threaten the Government, ex
press their contempt for the Constitution, make
and unmake Generals, plan campaigns. alter
policy, set up, knock down, appoint supersede-
20 all others is allotted the part of passive obedi
ence; on their lips remOlstrance Is dsloyalty.
They must pay for the war. They must pour
out their life's blood like water. but for the pur
poses and object OF war. ia the conduct and man
agement of the war, they must have no voice,
no CONTROL the mildest suggestion is an evidence
of sympathy With rebellion, and dignihed remon-
STRANGE an overt act of disOyalty They know
the money OF the nation j. wasted, sqLandered,
misapplied TCheers They know that a horde
of spectators contractors. iObbers, and poll
tcians plot and plumber with impunity, and by
one device or another grow rich on the national
disasters Applause The past has been for
two years series of unprecedented national
calamities; the present is an hour of affection
insecurity, dstrust
The people see no sign that the party whose
guidance of public affairs has hitherto caused mis-
fortune, have learned wisdom by experience. or
that their future conduct will be less ruinous than
their past. Yet TO take such steps as the Consti
tuition and the laws allow for the purpose of Civ
ing TO the nation other advisers, of iniusng into
its veins new life, new thought. new intellect, new
hope; this is stigmatized as a factious opposition
to the Government and dlsloyalty to the nation
Mr.. o 'GOrman then went on TO criticize the proc
Iamations of the President, taking decided stand
against them He owed no allegiance to Abra-
ham Lincoln, or to his opinion, policy. or will
/ He owed obedience to the law, and would always
pay that obedieLce. He owed respect TO the first
servant of the American people and he would
give it freely; but it TO the Constitution, and
that alone, that he owed allegiance Applause !
| The speaker then proceeded to denOunce the
proclamatiOns in question as violation of the
Constitution, and said that they undoubtedly
meant servIle war. He believed that 10 resort
to such an expedent as servile war was barbar
Gus. dsgraceinl, hideous violation OF the morality
of Chrstendom [Great cheering
The speaker dwet at considerable length on
the destructive course which the Abolitonists
were pursuing and condemned in strong. power
full and convincing language. He was opposed to
secession; but the AbOlitionists were doing more
to destroy the country than any one else They
should meet the Southern people with the sword
in the right hand. if possible. and the Constitution
as it was in the left Great applause.
Mr.. O'Gorman then spoke of a change of Off
ces under the Administration, and urged that
| such men as Seymour would do more for the res
tOration of the Union than might be then thought
Of He believed that it was only under Demo
cratic rule that could emerge from this crisis
and be nation. one, ndyisabe and eternal
/ Cheers