The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-01-14
The Cause OF the Present Civil Wa
And Rebellion % the 0onlh.

Democratic party Of Indiana. held at Indi-
annapolis. Jan. ssh and 9th. 1861. seem 10
have held an inquisitorial inquest on the pres
ent state Of the country and rendered the fol-
revdief;
2. That the present civil war has mainly
from the long continued. unwise.
and ~fanatical agitation. ia the North. OF the
question Of domestic slavery, the consequent
organization Of a geographical party, guided
by the sectional platforms adopted at Buff
10. Pittsburg. Philadelphia and Chicago. aud
the development thereby of sectional hate
and jealousy. producing las had long been
forseen and predicted by u.s. is counterpart
10 the South Of secession. disunion. and arm
ed resistance to the General Government,
and terminating in q bloody strife between
those who should have been forever bound
together BY f~raternal bonds. thus bringing
upon the whole Country n calamity which We
are DOM to meet az loyal citizens. striving for
the adoption of that mode of settlement
best calculated 70 again restore Union and
harmony.
Now who does not SEQ in this verdict. IN
this rendering. a case of Unstable rebellion
and revolution. Ths man who deliberately
plans an assault upon his neighbour house. has
no reason 70 complain If that neighbor arms
himself. basricades his doors. and sends out a
force TO resist his enemy. So. il it be true.
that the North. or a large party in the
North. have, for a long time. been planning
and meditating an assault upon the institu-
ton of domestic slavery in the South. as the
verdict of this s~eli-constituted court. AYERS.
then il the rebellion and resistance TO the
General Government. by the South. justih.
able and right. So. there is no doubt. this
sympxthizing Democratic faction believes
Bat is the verdict a correct one, Is il IN ac-
ssrdance with factsl What witnesses had
this jury to guide them in making up their
opinions Had they any witnesses at all p
Oris any. were they not suborued.
The Jews once came down from Jerusa-
lem to Cesarea and laid many and g~rievous
complaints against Paul rAieh they could not
prone. But Paul was permitted to meet his
accuser Is face to face. and when he saw there
was No chance of an impartial trial. to ap-
peal unto Caesar. In our case, We are lett
10 appeal unto the People. and when they
shall render their verdict. i, will be as in his
case, that we have been guilty Of netting
whereof we are accused. But like Paul, we
will confess that after the way this faction
calls heresey, we hare worshipped the Con
s~tifution of our Fathers. believing all things
which are written for the good Of our nation
But was this jury in a condition to render
a fair and impartial verdict Were they no
somewhat in the condition of these selfish
and wicked Jews. jealous, SO maddened with
bitter hate and prejudice. and SO bent OF
party ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, that they were inca
pablo of forming a correct Judgment
Nav, farther. were they not so much in sym
patty with the South and the rebellion. as T.
render their verdict a nulityr
| Would il not have been more in harmon.
! with truth and justice. had they substitute
for the word North the word South, so as I
D read-the long continued. unwise and fanst
cal agitation in the South, OF the question G
domestic slavery, So. too. where the yspea
, Of geographical parties and sectional plat
forms. adopted at Buffalo, Pittsburgh. Phils
delphia and Chicago. they had used the name
Z of Cincinnati, Charleston and Baltimore, M
forgetting the repeal Of the Missouri Comprc
. mise and that Niger, SO long a pet in the
c 6. Supreme Conrt. And then again. wher
IL speaks of the development oil sections
u hate and jealousy. they had used the sympht
. Nous prase Of robbery, treason and %insanit,
All agree that the Southern leaders are il
sane. Long continued intensity of feelin.
and thought, upon any one idea and objec
will inevitably produce Insanity.
q Christ foresaw and predicted the downfa
and destruction OF Jerusalem. and wept ov.
il. Has not the North, or that part of Il
North referred TO, for n long time foreset
and predicted the downfall Of America
. slavery. IL the South persisted in its insar
" courseg Wise would il have been. had the
II false aud lying prophets. who framed th.
verdict. warned their brethren in the South
Z long time ago. what they were preparing +
:. themselves. just as the Egyptians under Phi
d rach and the Jews under Herod and PLAT
we're preparing for themselves. Blu; in CO
" elusion | would ask these wise and self-co
} ceited dem sgogues To look at that Sd resell
= ion c,'mly. and then ask themselves wheth
IL : hot just the thing 10 stimulate and a
t. the rebellion, ami put of. instead Of haste
~ inc the restoration Of harmony and Union.
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