Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-02-04

"lO. TO infringe the peoples right TO keep
snd bear inns.
III. 10 make unreasonable searches and
seizures
~. To prohibit emigration or require pass
port.
"l3. To dismiss the police of city in IN
proclaimed Safe, and appoint Others IN their
place" n.
Here auea twenty important laws or consti,u
tional provisions which the President has viola
tel, according 10 this learned authority. and NE
all know that since the commencement of this
struggle no man has written or spoke more ear
nestly for the preservation Of the Union than has
Chancellor Nicholas Of Kentucky; but, being one
OF those who believe that the Union can only be
preserved by preserving the Constitution, he con
siders that he has right TO enunciate these opin
ions without his loyalty being questioned. This
i all have been claiming tor myself. that is all
that ask 20 be meted out for the Senator from
Indiana. Chancellor Nicholas says:
"Here twenty important laws consttu-
tional provisions which he (the Presdent) has
grossly, wiIlfuy violated. HIS usurpations are
so extensive that it would narrow the inquiry to
ask what law or constitutional provision he has
not violated, rather than to ask which he has vio-
lated or usurped upon. The rights, the safe
guards he has taken away are greater, far great
err than those he has left"
Now | ask you, If the Senator from Indiana
has ever undertaken 10 utter in his place here.
OF to write or tn publish such an attack as this
upon the President of the United States or upon
the exercise Of authority by the President of the
United Statesr Never. If gentlemen who have
preceded me had referred 70 the course of the
Senator from Indiana more correctly; III they had
taken the trouble to examine our records rather
than to take it for granted that he has opposed
everything in my judgment. they would have
found that, but on three or four occasions has he
Opened hts mouth against any bill which the ma
ority Of this body has asked the adoption of. He
has awaited himself simply of the right which
cry Senator has--if his judgment does not APP
prove of AN act not TO offer YOU factions opposi
ton, but 20 record a silent vote, and let YOU be
unobstructed in your legislation Had he risen
in his place and announced the principles which
Chancellor Nicholas has announced and publish
ell TO the country, ask YOU it we should not
have heard them reiterated over and over again
in this debate. Would YOU have said that these
were causes for his expulsion because he had ut.
tered these sentimentsl And vet no man in
Kentucky. no man in the United States, that
have ever heard of, questions the loyalty, the pa
triotsm, the devotion of Chancellor Nicholas.
not only to the Union, but to the Constitution of
his country.
In the language of the same distinguished
writer:
The nation is now afflicted with two terrible
wars going on together. The war against the
Union and the war against the Constitution are
being waged simultaneously. Each wears q
threatening aspect OF great peril. Which pre-
Sents tlIe greater peril il would be difficult de
eide Which, il successful. will be most calami-
tons. men OF intelligence will have no difficulty
in deciding even though they knew that "a large
majority OF our couutrymen might decide differ
emily. So in determining which Of the TWO Is the
worst treaSon-the against the Union the
war against the Consttution--men will differ in
the same way A patriot can side with neither
war, but must resist them both. He must do
this. even though he brings upon himself an i'm
putatiOn from the ignorant that he thereby favors
one of these wars The patriotism oflittle worth
which cannot bide the scathing of such imputa-
tOns"
Senators, DO not add to this long list of usurp-
atoms by expelling Senator because he has OPP
posed them.
Mr. President in the heat and ardor of the mo-
ment | may, perhaps, have spoken imprudently
for myself. know there Is a spirit abroad in
the land which assumes TO sit in judgment, not
only upon the actions, but upon the motives OF
men. | know that as good, as true. and as loyal
men as breathe the air OF heaven. this day rest
under the foul suspicion, the unjust suspicion of
dIsOyalty, because they dare to utter one word in
defense of what they consider an imperilled Con
stItutiOn. Every person Who edits a ten BY twelve
newspaper, the circulation of which has not been
stopped by your Postmaster General, dares TO
question the loyalty and the love of country of
men who have done and would do more for their
country under all circumstances, than the whole
OF them combined.
But sir, although may have spoken imprl-
IDENTIFY, have spoken honestly; for | am one of
those who believe that the expulsion OF the Sen
ator from Indiana. instead OF strengthening the
friends OF the Union will only weaken them not
To any very great extent, but certainly TO some
extent. Every oppressive act YOU do. every
just act YOU do, every unjust suspicion that YOU
cast upon an honest man. but shows your intol-
erance and weaISens your cause. II you would
be successful IN this great battle which you are
fighting for the preservation of the mon. be Just
and tear not. Let all tile ends YOU aim at be your
conntrys, your Gods, and truths. and you may
possibly succeed. though it may be that yeas
will pass away before YOU succeed. But If ntol-
erance is TO rule the hour; if the motives OF men
To be impugned; ii Senators to be expel-
led if opprobrium Is 10 be cast upon everybody
who dares differ in opinion from YOU or question
the wisdom of your policy, il may be submitted
10 for time; hut an honest people, meaning to
be free, and To assert their inalieuabe right to
think they please, and to express their opin
ions. and to act as tree men should act, will not
long tolerate such cour of conduct; and in
your effort to preserve the Union. YOU will only
the more surely hasten its destruction
Senators, pause. beseech YOU: pause before
you do this deed. You stand upon volcano
whose fires may in moment belch forth to lay
waste and to destroy Already they rage in fury
beneath your feet. The mount,in smokes; the
earth trembleS y General, without authority Of
law, but in defiance of law, makes forced levies
upon those obnoxious to his censure for the sup
port of whom he peises. Extra and unconSt
tutiOnal oaths are exacted by the command OF a
military deSpot The secret order. ii is reported
goes forth to the slave. if necessary. for the
destruction Of his master. The ma,auder stalks
abroad 70 pllage, burn and destroy. The Judge
is imprisoned in his house, and his independence
attempted 10 be destroyed by Illegally withhold
ing his pay Your peaceful citizens rot in bas-
tiles, and their cries are refused To he heard.
In the midst of general lawlessneSs be We, the
law makers OF the land. the guardians of the law,
the defenders OF imperiled Constitution. Do
not that which NAV return Co plague you in your
own persons. lest when. in imitation OF the ex-
ample which history furnishes and in imitation of
Your own, lawlesS s0ldiery. under the guide OF
some ambitious usurper. shall drive you from
these Halls, because 1.-THE Lord has no further
need OF your services" there may be found those
who shall laugh AT your calamity, and mock
when your fear cOmeth
What sound is that hear! 1t is voice at
the other end of the Capitol. and in the halls of
legislation. proclaming that the President should
usurp dctatorial powers. not To preserve. but TO
destroy the Constitution II reverbgates in this