Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-01-09

only that the direct tax shall be imposed upon all
the States equally. but that il shall also be col
Bat the qusstion recurs, in what WY arc We 10
provide for tie manumitfei slaves; they viii be
come dependent upon a.. and "must be provided
for in some way." the President avs He gives
u his plan. After Recommending that negroes
be taken from States in payment OF the direct
tax. he goes on 20 recommend "thst in any event
steps be taken for colonizng both classes Tor ,he
one first mentioned. If the other shall not be
brought into existence.) st some place OF places,
in a climate congenial for them. :
To carry out the plan of colonization may in.
v0lve the acquiring OF TERRITORY, and also the ap-
preparation OF money beyond that to be expended
In the territorial acquisition" President Lincoln
does not inform US. on what part of the globe We
purchase the territory tor the free negroes.
except that he suggests. that il must be where the
climate will be congenial.
lected from them equally. in proportion to their
numbers. According to the Presidents recon-
uendation Indiana would pay her tax in money
TO be used for the common benefit but Kentucky
might pay in the slaves of her people, az a valua-
ton, but soon as SO received they are To "be at
once deemed free" Such is the war policy OF
the Administration, defeating revenue instead of
furnishing it.
'Know We the land Of the cedar and vine
Where the flowers blossom, the beams shine.
Where the citrOn and olive are fsirest Of fruit,
And the voice Of the nightingale never i mute:
Where the tns Of the earth and the haes Of TIE sky,
In color though varied, in beauty may vie.
lis cline Of the South; us the land Of the SUM-"
What think you of this description of the mod
ern Eden. the Elysum. which the President
would have US buy for the weary children OF
Africal But what is to be the cost ct its ac-
quistiong Perhaps only few hundred millions
This presents the disagrecable and embarrassing
suggestion which Mr.. Lincoln has not met, that
We may not have the gold on hand that We can
conveniently spare. But perhaps we can buy
with Treasury notes. and they may be multiplied
as the leaves on the trees. or the sands upon the
sea shore But if John Bull should be The own.
er he is not in temper with us just now, and may
prove churi enough To say, will keep my land OF
orange groves where the nightngales ever sing
rather than take your promises TO paw.
Clay and Jackson and Webster, and statesmen
of that class regarded the colonization of the ne
groes as a work of such enormous cost, rs not "a
be undertaken by the Government. even when al
peace, and free of debt; but in The midst of civil
war--trade aud commerce disturbed-our source,
OF revenue impaired-with out industry paralzed
and a national debt accommodating at the rate Of
nearly two millions per day, the wisdom and
craftsmanship that now manage our public af
fairs, comments IL feasible and desirable
When we see such stupendous folly united e
most abandoned corruption and wickedness We
not too earnestly strive to rescue the Govern
ment from such control.
Emancipation, then, as a war measure is weak
ness and Dor strength burthen and not a sup
port, and can be adopted only rs a means Of re
venge TO destroy the South but not TO restore IN,
Union-and to that aspect Of the question cal
your attention.
e As a party, the Democracy of the Northwes
thave not been sectional, but have advocated
equality of rights and privileges to all-and thu.
far have even conceded that New England anS
Penns ylvaDia might have the revenue policy o.
the United States so adjusted rs to give them al
advantage OF from twenty 10 forty per cent upor
their labor more than could be given to our In
Dor. But We are now being so crushed. that i
and our children not To become the chew
ers of wood and drawers of water" for the CAPT
taliss of New England and Pennsylvania. W,
) must look To the interests of our section AN,
for the first time in my life intend to speak as
/ sectional man.
- We not a manufacturing people. and cal
not well become such: our wealth must com,
from the cultivation of the soil, and is of thos
heavy and bulky articles that require convent
ent market and cheapness OF transportation. A
foreign demand will enrich those regions from
which there is convenient and cheap approach I,
the ocean. but it can not greatly benefit us: on
corn and wheat, hogs and cattle are so weight
and bulky that before they reach the sea coas
much of their value is lost in the cost of trans
! portation. And this must continue for RAILROAD
Transportation can not become cheap. The ma
lisn policy of the party now in power in the en-
actment of the tariff of last summer. which il
ordinary times will be prohibitory and defeat rev
enue and which makes Us buy at high prices an,
sell at low prices. and which will impair our for
ei.n market, has heretofore been partially defeat
ed by the short crops in Europe, causing large
foreign demand for breadStuiis than have en-
joved perhaps since le47; vet, with an extrsori
nary foreign demand for al We have TO sell, wha
is our condition? Compare the present wit
our condition sixteen months since, and W
have the answer. Our hogs were then wort
from four to five dollars per hundred; they ar
now worth from two to two dollars and fit
cents. Our corn and wheat and cattle have fal
len almost in like proportion. And further TO th
West | understand the losses are still greater, Q
that degree that i'm some localities in Illinois th
useful and valuable article of corn is used rs th
cheapest fuel To estimate our losses in Indians
for this year is difficult; but may assume upol
pork the following: Upon each 100 pounds 81
and an average weight of $50 lbs. gives loss o
SIS on each hog u pom one railroad there have bee
shipped 100 600 head, and assuming that TO b.
one-tenth of the hogs in the State, the entir
stock for market in the State for this yea
is 900 000 and our losses upon pork So 600 600
1t is probably safe 10 assume an equal loss upoi
each of the articles of corn, wheat, and othe
stock, making the loss to the agricultural inter
ests of Indiana S200D0. 000. These estimates
not reliable, and not given such, bu
rather as illustrations. The main fact is that GU
losses are enormous. In the reflective mind tn
inquiry arises, why is this sog IL is not for tn
want of foreign demand we have that in al
increased degree; it is not in the scarcity o.
money-that is abundant for all the wants of os
traje--but the answer Is in the fact that arr
cut Of from our Southern market Ii is a stri
king fact in contrast that the Eastern States, du
ring the last nine months, have accumulate,
more wealth than during the same time atsll
period of their history. For the want OF
Southern market, tke menof Indiana lose D!
one half -the rewards of their labor. Why ihs
. market isIof such value to Us. is apparent ppci
- momepYS reflection the transportation ofsoui
heay y>144 bulk Dyroducts upon the rivers is cas-,
<ssrd cheap-itis the interest OF the South msinIl
to employ her labor in the production OF tice. su
gar. hetpp, tobacco and cotton-( articles which
We do not produce)--snd TO depend upon andb
from Us the production OF lands and labor
To encourage and stimulate the people of th,
South ia the production of their peculiar com
modili~. that they may be large baser from Us
has been, and so long as grass grows and watel
west; and that political party that would destro,
that market Is greatest foe
Most earnestly, then, do call upon the mel
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