Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-03-05

maintain and preserve the laws, and not TO tram
pie them under foot. and that they seek recon
struction OF the Union on precisely the same
basis on which 4 wa made by the founders OF
the Gov ernment. They want no four millions of
slaves set free. Thes haze no money With which
20 purchase territories for vast schemes Of colo.
nzation. They are opposesito gigantic standing
armies with which TO hold, from year 20 wear
and through all time % come degraded States
ia suhjectiOn- In this hour OF triumph, the true
friends OF the Union everywhere demand that a
policy for the reconstruction of the Government
be proclaimed from here which shall insure for
the future Union Of equal and honOred mem
beers. Let kindred and country men" of
the South know that liberality aud magnanimity
animate our councils. and that the spirit of ven
geance, intolerance. and spolation has place
in eur midst In tins day Of victory let the her
aids of the Government 20 before our armies.
and proclaim peace aud Union, on the basis OF
equality on the basis of the Constitution, and on
the basis Of the laws Let them announce that
the pledges Of the Government so freely given IN
the early part of this struggle viii not be broken
al the mad behests Of Abolitionism: but that the
condition of every human being in the South
shall remain unchanged. whether the revolution
shall succeed or fail
Sir to nv mind il Is an omen Of evil that the
spirit of Abolitionism, like lurking fend of mis-
chief, Mephistopheles Of iniquity. should boldly
stalk in here, and in such crisis as this, assume
to control American legislation. Its oroaking
raven-crv Il a b-leful sound to the cause Of the
Union. It's arrogant and defiant demands ill
the future with gloom. 1t no longer comes in
here the skulking and despised miscreant that il
once was but with the elevated mien and swag-
gering port of a cOnquerOr. it strides forward
over the mangled form of constitutional govern
ment Ii no longer hides and owers, and denies
It's name and It's nature and assumes false shapes.
like Satan in the garden OF Paradise. with which
20 beguile and deceive "a il did few short years
ago. The yelled prophet cf khorassan has re
veaed himself and his hideous face is al
most enough To alright union and concord from
the land.
Why comes this fell spirit here now accom-
panied by its train Of horrorsl IL has no merit
in the past 10 entite it to control the present and
shape the future. IL cannot point TO a good act
that it has ever accomplished. The cause of Alb
olitonism is barren of beneiicent results No
State. no territory has il ever dedicated to free
dom, and slave has il ever set free except in
violation Of law. IL has never had the sanction
of the great and good names which. like st irs in
the clear upper sky, adorn and illuminate our
history. On the contrary, il has been the ect
of their incessant malelictions from the hour of
its birth. Its presence in the Halls OF Congress
was their adherence, and they prognOsticated
"evil and evil only and that continually" from
/ its influence in public affairs.
Why comes il here now! 1t never was friend
/ to the Union, and it is not to day Ii never
/ wanted Union with sla~e States, fellow
! ship with shareholders, and does not now. Ii i
at war with the Constitution; it is an enemy to
| the Governments it is the twin monster To the
doctrine of Secession; and like the withered and
hateful hays OH the blasted heath of Scotland
tie two together concocted the hell broth of the
/ present civil war. Let the spirit of the Union,
born of the Constitution rise up between them
+ like Il bright angel, and Danish them both for
ever Then will the nation renew It's mighty
/ youth. and 90 on again in its swift flight OF pros
/ perty and renown. Then will kindred and
countrymeu" once more assemble under the same
flag and, obcying the command of the Prince OF
/ Peace, Glove one another