Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-02-28

and through all tire to come. degraded States
in subsection. In this hour of triumph. the true
friends OF the Union every where demand that a
policy Tor the reconstruction of the Government
be proclaimed from here which shall insure for
the future a Union of equal and honorci mem
bers. Let our kindred aud country men" of
the South know that hberaty and magnanimity
animate our councils. and that the spirit of ven
geance. intolerance. and spoliation has no place
in cur midst In this day Of victory let the her
aids OF the Government 90 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 30 freely given in
the early part of this struggle will 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 my mind it is an omen of evil that the
spirit Of Abolitonism, like lurking iend of mis-
chief, a Mephstopheles of iniquity should boldly
stalk in here, and in such crisis as this. assume
to control American legislation. Its croaking
raven-cTy Is b-leful sound to the cause of the
Union. It's arrogant and defiant demands ill
the future with gloom. liz no longer comes in
here the skulking and despsed mscreant that II
once was, but with the elevated mien and swag-
gering port OF a conqueror, il strides forward
over the mangled form of constitutional govern
ment. Ii 10 longer hides and COW ers and denie.
is name and its nature, and assumes false shapes
like Satan in the garden of Paradise. with which
10 beguile and deceive, it did few short years
ago. The yelled prophet CT khOrassan has re
vealed himself. aud his hideous face is al
most enough to alright union and concord from
the land
Why comes this fell spirit here now accom-
PANEL by it, train of horrorsI Ii has no merit
IN the past TO entite it TO control the present and
shape the future 1t cannot point o a good act
that II has ever accomplished. The cause of Alb
OlitiOnlsm i barren of benefcent results No
State, 10 territory has it ever dedicated TO free
dom. and no 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 stirs in
the clear upper sky, adorn and illuminate our
history. On the contrary il has been the object
of their incesSant maledictiOns 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 it here nowl 1t never a friend
to the Union, and it is not to day. 1t never
wanted Union with slave States, or a fellow
ship with shareholders. and does not now. 1t i
at war with the Constitution; it is AN enemy Ia
the Government; it is the twin monster To the
doctrine of Secession; and like the withered and
hateful hays on the blasted heath of Scotland
the 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 a bright angel. and Danish them both for
ever. Then will the nation renew its mighty
youth. and 90 again in It's swift flight of pros
perity and renown. Then will kindred and
cOuntrymen" once more assemble under the same
flag, and obeying the command of the Prince OIL
Peace, Glove one another"