Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-03-19

country Ms purpose shall be t. di-cus- these
que>i5ns teare-rly and honestly, and punt out
% YOU The causes which have lei our country on
70 the terrible brink Of di-uniou which now yawns
upon u. and makes the boldest hesrt almost to
sink IL has been my fortune 10 be much en-
gagei IN politics for number OF Years. but IN ali
that have said or done have e, er kept IN view
what 10 me appeared the greatest good of my
country; aud | must say that in my judgment
b d the country acted upon the advice given by
the Democratic party. ~e would not to-day he
witnesses Of the horrible blp."iy Tragedy Oi evil
war. These are ordinary times but seldom,
since the Savior Of tile world preached peace on
earth aud good will to men. have We behe'd such
scene. a. these among people protesting To be
governed by His holy precepts Gloom dark as
midnight oyer-hadows our country, and every
where j. heard the voice OF lamentatiOn and woe
the ash OF arms AID he roar of cannon. | wish
| could syeak 20 you o-day as did IN DAYS that
are gone. my country at peace. and of her
wsrd march 20 great and glorious destiny.
This. alas. caunot do. Turn which way will
| behold the front of "grim visaged war" and
hear the deep lamentations OF my slaughtered
cOunuymen. he CHASTITY specier of human
misery rushes up before my eyes, aud ! try ia
vain 10 hide myself from the sutferings of my
country am here TO discuss the Causes of all
this and the remedy. Nay be governed by rea-
son not pIssion-by love OF country, not hatre'i.
i ne Causes nave, III Dten truly
pointed out by the sageS aud patriots Ui our cOun
try On former occasions initiating their exam
pie, | have pointed out e. nv fellow citizens the
fundamental errors upon which the party now in
power j. based, and warned them OF the danger
TO which their policy would lead. | showed them
the rocks upOh which the ship OF state must dash
and wreck ii they ever attained the control of the
Government, that civil and all its attendant
horrors would follow dissolution OF the Govern
NJ Loo.
warnings could have saved the land. the white
wiagei angel OF peace would to day bless the
land and prosperity and plenty SIT smiling at every
door. But the warnings OF the Democratic party
not needed. AbolItionism rushed bindly
ward, bent, il would seem, on the destruction OF
the country. But | trust there is yet salvation
for us. trust that when the sober second thought
shall return We may yet emerge from the
bloody ordeal, and purified by the follies of the
past, learn tho-e lessons of wisdom which alone
can save IA from the fearful doom now peuding
over US, and that we may march on in the path
way of nations TO that proud destiny which was
once
This is not the first time in the history of our
country when storms gathered around us; but It
is, thank God. the FIRST and NAV il prove the last.
when they Sn Ill burst upon Us with the fearful
realities ot the present.
In the great contest OF 1850. when We had a
Clay aud Webster. Cas- and Douglas, the
the storm descended and the noble old vessel
trembled in all her rmbers. but with these steady
hemsmen she wa kept on her track. You all
remember that occasion. my fellow citizens. You
all stood in breithless anxiety awaiting the new
that should tell you That the angry waves had
subsidized aud that the ship sale. Fortunate
indeed was il for IA thrt those great aud good
men were then in the council chamber of the
ton What think you would havs been our tate
h vi the helm then been entrusted TO "A Sumner. "a
Wilson, Lovspy. or StevensY Her wreck
would have been strewn upon the "wide rolling
Deep and happy. proud America would have
been known only in song. What was il th At
created the stoim of 1850, to which have allud
ed? II the fell spirit of AboItionism-that
same devil incarnate that 10 day drenches the
land in fraterna blood clothes the mother and
the widow ia black and fills the dome of heaven
with lamentaton We had by the war with Mex
leo acquired territory; it must he organized, and
notwithstanding the plain teaching OF the fathers
and the repeated exposltions of the Constitution.
m ,de by those who aided in its formation. that
this was Government of equal States ard that
every one Of them possessed equal rights in the
Territories. and that denial of this equality was
refusal Ia be bound by the constitutional com
pact. yet Abnliioni~m reared its hdeous, brazen
crest IN the halls Of Congress and refused TO be
bound by the you'd OF our fathers. The s buth
impatient and chatting with n plain denial to them
OF Constitutional equality. then threi' with
drawa from the Uuion, aud had it not been for
the cool heads and just hearts of statesmen. We
would then have experienced the dreadful reali-
ties OF the present
The question of slavery had long been The
hobby of Abolitonism. and after passing through
the crisis of 1861. the great lie ,ders of both
tical parties, seeing the imminent danger 10 which
the country was subjected by the organization OF n
new territory often as there was any to organ
ize. met together and determined by well con
sidered agreement that there good and
sufficient cause for allowing IL in the future
Wings and Democrats viewed it alike rs the con
sti;utional right of the South to go into the Ter
ritories with their slaves and during us territorial
existence to enjoy their slave property undis-
turbed. leaving Its continuance, when IL became a
State to the decision of their own citizens
They leg>lated and settled the question upon this
basis. the storm subsidized the great deep of the
political ocean was again STILL and these parties
Determined To keep il so. and TO this end hen
they met IN National Convention to nominate
their candidates for the Presidency. in the most
solemn manner featiirmed their compromise acts
OF 1857. ami eieh made their platforms to accord
herewith Now my fellow citizens | subm.,
this truthful statement of facts known 10 YOU
all. can say with truth that. had the Wing party
survived the death at its great leaders. they
would have faithfully kept the boni; bat the,
died, AMI 4 nes putty <prang into existence, ana
at once set themselves to making new platform
and its final complexion YOU have IN the platform
OF Chicago upon which "honest old Abe wa.
elected
need not stop to go over the record of IN,
Democratic party from 1850 to the present. l
is sufficient say that from that time to thi.
they have oattled for the same doctrine, and il
the helm was TO-DAY placed in her hands. The
platform of $50 would be hers i'm 1863. Their,
are m,ny men 10 day acting with the Republican,
party who DO not approve of the AbolitionIsn
which they know controls it. What then il youl
duty, now that you have seen the dreadful reilit,
predicted by your own chosen leaders 10 81,
nothing OF the warnings of the Democracy. You
ought to come out from amongst the foul party
There is no State election at hand, but yot
ought to unite yoir voices with ours against tn,
wanton violations of our political chart for IL !.
only by felr icing our steps-mlklng the COnsti
tuition our gurie-that We can have any reaSona
BILE hone OF saving country for ourselves anC
our children. What Wing in the land does no
revere the name of CAY! You know rhii h.,
hrs teachings been heesle,i wars dread alarms
would no, trouble the nation. He sleeps il
detth. and arolud the monument that max, hi
last resting place Is he ,rd the roar OF cannon an,
the clash OF contendng armies. When al
others TO repeni their political sins willing t.
confess mine. and say now. with SORROW ,ha
in times past il WAS the fault of the Democrat,
partv "a veil a. OF the obi Whis party To- cour
the votes OF the Abolition party. Aud as the re
suit We have To dly Simon T. ChtSe rs Secre