Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-22
From the Quincy Herald.
Great Speech of Senator Browning
The Consultation and tn L m ON For.

Pursuant To notice an immense crowd Assem-
bed at tie Court House, on Saturday night to
herr an address from Senator Browning. The
court room was filled to oven flowing, and are
assured that hundreds were compelled TO 20
away because they could not gam admission
We regret that we were not able To be present,
but We have heard enough of the speech from
those who we're in Attendance to be able to give "A
brief notice of its leading points Mr.. Brown =
explained his position OH the confiscatlOn question:
and did it TO the satisfaction and approval OF ~
majority OF those that heard him He said
that Congress had no power to coniscate prop
erty, and that confscition was humbug Ii
the power OF cOniiscation existed anyw here il ex
listed IN the President, by virtue of hls office
Commander IN Chief of armies. The Con
stitution conferred no such power upon Congress.
and he had sworn To support the Constitution
He could not support the coniscaton bill and the
Constitution too, 20 he supported the Constitu
ton and opposed cUniiscation. Upon this ques
ton he stood with the President. The SINE was
true upon the question OF armins the negroes.
He was opposed TO arning them and 50 the
President He was for the Union a. il was, and
the Constitution N it is In the utieraitce oi
these truly patriotic sentiments. Mr.. loud
~ aud enthusiastically applauded There were
few persons present who did not jom ia these
demonstrations OF approval. But they were
open, avow ed ultra AbolitiOnists.
Mr.. Brow ming denounced the abolitionists IN
unmeasured terms. He denounced the abolition
leaders in the United States Senate--naming
Sumner and others--as diSlo, al-traitorS To the
cuuntry-wIli, deuded, crazy fanatics, hO were
bent upon the destruction OF the govern ment
lie had no Symrath, with them. and had refused
10 ca operate with them, AID should continue 10
10 80. liz msttered not that s.,me OF his ola
personal aud political friends had turned against
hm-he VAS Tor the Union IA il WAS ana the Con
sutuIlon as ii Is. ana upon that platform he in
tended 10 stand, though every friend I've had
should desert him, aud though every dollar :
worth at property that he owned in the world
should be sacrificed cor destroy ed He Wa> inier
rupted by an sbOtioh>t present.. ~hn charged
hun with having gone over TO the Democrats
Mr. Browning responded that he ready tp 90
over 10 the Democrats, OF 10 any Otler party to
act with EatriotIc men To whate, er party they
might belong. Who were tor the Union and the
Constitution. Mr.. b then asked this brazeI
faced a1olitioni-t it he would be willing To lie
ceNe the South back into the UnOi.. with ali
their constitutional rights. it the rebels would
lay down their arms to morrow 7 A might he
expected the crazy fanatic replied nO--he would
not he would not be willing TO receive the
South b.ok unless tie, would tIst abolish slave
~. Mr.. Browning said this was just rs he sup.
posed-the>e abolitionists we're not ia favor OF
the Union and the Constitution. but would sacr
Utt oOlIs anu Uill- uDtFlle> OF the lcOp.e
beyond the hope OF resurrection. it they could
but accomplish their wicked aud traiIorous de-
signs.
Another Abolition fanatic wanted 10 know of
Mr.. b. whether he would vote in favor OF eman-
cuaIing the slaves il he believed such emancipa
ton would put end To the No. >ir. +"
said Mr. B." would not give such vote be-
cause have sworn To support the Constitution.
under that Constitution We have no power 10
emaneipaie the slaves"
At this point the Rev Mr.. King. who was in
the audience. was heard to say that Mr. Browning
els traitor to his country" Mr. b. did not
probably hear the remark. as he did not cOnce
scend notice il. Mr. h. commented at con
siderable length upon the course of some Abo-
lition journals that have devoted 81 much of their
time and space to aenunciations OF our Generals
in the field and 80 little of their space to denun
ciatiors OF the rebel commanders. Among these
jour lals were the Chicago Tribune aud the
Quincy Wig. He was particularly severe upon
the editors OF the Chicago Tribune. lie read an
article from the Tribune and denounced IL rs the
most infamous treason that had appeared in any
paper published i'm the United States since the
began. OF the editors of the Tribune lie
lie had the most contemplate opinion. He did
not believe them To be loyal and ii they IN ,ud
take al oath "a support the Government he w"uid
not believe their oath. As TO the Quincy Wig
he couldn't expect much from that source-it
was incapable OF uttering the truth about him,
and had persistently misrepreSented his position
from the beginning He read some extracts