Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-05-28

upon the pockets of the people. The Federal
tax -gaherer viii visit every house IN the land IN
the next six months for money TO carry out its
schemes. In the midst of more eNpen- (
sive than the world ever witnessed before; with
an army and a navy costing Us more than the
armies of England, France, Austria and Russia
combined: with the hand of plumber deep IN the
sacred vaults of the national treasury; with the
hungry spirit of taxation, like the gaunt and IN
saiiate specter Of famine, hunting for the small
est substances of laborious people, out of which
to wiring an income; with markets closed, prices
depressed. bankruptcy casting Is appalling
shadow on the horizon of the future, and dismay
gathering in the faces of the women of the ma
tion this sir is the time chosen TO startle Us with
a deliberate and most earnest proposal TO Pur-
chase with money and set free the slave p0pala-
ton of the South. The President of the United
States and both branches of the American Con-
sress have solemnly pledged this Government, IN
the face Of its own citizens and before the atten-
tive gaze of the nations of the earth, to buy aud
liherate If their owners will sell the entire four
millions of slaves that are held in the Southern
States of this Union. This is the pledge, and it
stands recorded by vote of the House, by a
vote of the Senate, and by the approval Of the
President, who amazed the country in Its Jealous
recommendation. 1t is now part of the hnaR-
cial policy of the present Administration made so
by full party expression Nor has it been barren
of fruits even thus early The slaves of the Dis
trict of Columbia have already been bought by
a forced and unconstitutional sale and over one
million of dollars Appropriated from the earn
ings of the people TO pay for them. This act of
fanaticism fixes the meaning which the authors
of this pledge attach to the phrase ''pecuniary
aid 1t has received a severely practical
illustration and the doubling mind is set at rest.
But if anything further needed to convince
the taxpayer of the designs of abolitionism, ]
have it before me-
hold in my hand pamphlet of twelve pa
ges, written by Daniel r. GoodlOe, an office
holder under this Administration, evidently a
man of ability, but unfortunately led astray by a
spurious philosophy and mistaken philanthropy
on the subject of slavery. He warmly and
ably espouses the policy of the President, and
makes the following statementof the cost of that
policy to the American people,
have shown what the compensation to the border
States would be at different rates Of payment Per
eata Tor the slaves, and will have been seen that
have favored the more liberal scale. now proceed 70
show what would be the Of redeeming the whole
slave population Of the Union at the
BY the census OF the last year there 3,9S2S0
slaves the United States aud Territories. have already
shown that which belonged the border States,
would he WORTH $3.50 EACH ~ 36;O250 and at $500
each, 1886. 1872 600 There remains be disposed Of
therefore. 800 slaves embraced in the country sub
ect the rebels including. course large numbers
belonging 10 friends OF the Union, VINO nave been con-
strained into obedience the rebel authorities against
their wills the lowest estimated average value of
$3.50, these slaves Of the rebel would be worth SS4
5yO,OOO and aiding the eompen' alton 10 the b0ruer
States, the Terms the aggregate cost TO the Gov
would be S9SS 200 $50. At the higher Of
$500 the slaves the rebel states would be worth ST.
600; and adding the of compensation to the
border States the the aggregate expense Of
emancipation would be slls5. s4o3 800. Or, for the
venence of round numbers, the cost Of emancipation
would be, $3.50 per head, 900 600 900, and $500
per head, the would be 81 ,2OO, GOO, 600.
These are the figures made by an ardent friend
OF the system, who is now employed, by APP
poiniment of the President, in assessing the
value of the slaves of this District. Sir, l turn
from them with horror i cannot linger over
them. / hand them over TO the white sons of
toll throughout the land, and call upon them TO
consider well the lesson which they teach. The
Pharisees of eighteen hundred years ago pro-
voked the maledctons of the Saviour by their
Incorporate and hypocritical zeal in the affairs of
other people; and a portion of the citizens of
the North, in the contemplation of the above fig
ures, may find a curse upon an exactly similar
oftense, which will prevent Its commission in the
future. AbolitioniSm has lowered in our heav-
ems like an angel of death, and from its wings
has shaken pestience and war; and now, like a
glizzly terror, it comes to every household for
every tenth of the fruits of the earth and the
hocks of the field. Like the fierce locusts of
Egypt, it to devour green fields and
blast our golden harvcsts. 1t comes announced
by the President, and sanctioned by both Houses
of Congress, and it remains be whether
the sinews of strained and suppressed indus
try will submit TO its ravenous and illegal de-
mands.
Inow take leave of this subject. Ihave dwclt
upon it to-day, not to discourage or depress the
energies of the people, but TO awaken my coun-
trymen 10 a sense of their perlOus situation. in
order that they may grid up their loins and meet
il in amanner becoming the intelligent, free citi-
zens of America. The present, 1T is true is dark
and filled with the elements of the tempest; but
in the sky of The future The star of hope is still
burning with all its ancient luster. l believe in
its promises of returning prosperity, honor and
unity 10 this Government. Ay, sir Hope, Hope,
the sweet comforter of the weary hours of an
guish, the mcrciful and benignant angel, walking
forever by the side of mourning sorrow the
soothing, ministeTing spirit of every human woe,
the STAY and support of great nations in their
their trials a we'll as of feeble men; hope that
never dies nor sleeps, but shares its Immortality
with the soul itself, will bear Us through the Red
Sea and the wilderness that are before us in
dulge Mr. Speaker in this hope, and cherish it
as my friend-a friend that always smiles and
points upward and onward TO bright visions be-
yond the baefu clouds that now envelop rs n
shroud But the basis of this hope with me is
the future action of the people themselves. In
the wise, patriotic and Christian conduct Of the
American people, behold this nation lifted mp
again from its prostration, purified of It's bloody
pollution, robed in the shining garments of peace
the furious demon of civil war, which has rendcd
Us, and caused Us to sit bowling amidst the
tombS of the dead, cast ont by the spirit of the
omnipotent and merciful Master, who walked
upon the waters, and babe the winds be still. l
expect TO zee the people raise mp the Constiu-
ton of our dear and blessed fathers from the
deep degradation of its enemies, as Moses reared
aloft the brazen serpent amidst the stricken chill
dren of Israel for the healing of a nation. I ex-
pect to see them, welding the sword in one hand
and appealing 10 the ballot-box with the other,
crush and hurl from power corrupt and seditious
agators against the peace and stability of this
Union, armed and unalmed, in the North rs we'll
a. in the South. L expect 70 sec a Congress
succeed this, coming fresh from the loyal and
honest masses, rejecting their pure and unsulled
love for the institutions handed down to from
the days of revolutionary glory. To thisend let
all good men everywhere bend their energies.
Then will come again the glory and happiness
of the paSt-thOse DAYS Of purity, Of peace, and
brotherly love- over which all America now
moums as the Jewish captive who wcpt by the
waters of Babylon, and refused TO sing because
Judea desolate. This Union viii be restored,
armed rebellion and treason will give way TO
peaceful allegiance, but not until the ancient
moderation and wisdom of the founders
of the Ranuhlic control onca morn in .b;s