Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-10-15

With or without cOmpens tt,On l. ok again a
the Sale of Delaware There they have nom
mated az emancipation ticket tor Cungre-s. and
80 wherever Won find unconditional Union men
You find hostility to slavery Take the case of
Mr. Chas Anderson. a gentleman irom NV own
State. he removed some years ago 10 Texas.
be was a pro slavery man. When the war broke
out he was for the Union. That they would not
allow. Ii he was not for the destruction of the
Union as means of protecting slavery, he must
90, and they drove him out OF the State and his
wife had great difficulty in follow ng him. Take
the case OF Andrew Jackson Hamilton He
a member OF he Cor cress but one, thar which
pfece'led the Administrator Of Lincoln. and
thorough pro slavery man. vet he vas driven from
his home because he was not IN favor OF the lie
structiOh OF the Union a. a means OF Perpefu tting
slavery. So il WAS With Andrew Johnson, OF
Tennessee. and with the other loyal men OF the
South Who have been compel led 10 Il from their
homes aud take refuge in the mountains. They
all feel that this is caused by slavery, and
that until slavery IL destroyed there be
peace. In every one Of the border States there
ia an emancipation party All this has been
brought about by the providence OF God
About this proclamation The war was upOn
Us and the President Obliged To strike down
whatever stood in The way OF the successful pro
secution of It. Slavery stood in The way. and the
President strurk IL down Is there a man here
today shO wants II 10 live agalnI l. there one
who would have the President shrink from carry
ing out that proclamation? l. there "A man who
does not wish prosperity 10 those men who are
trying To uphold the of the Union in the
slave State-g Do not your prayers go up con
tlnuallyI | know YOU wish them success.
Now what / wish To draw iromthis, is that
this nation. had to be born az ain: that those of
who never desired to touch the institution OF
slavery in the slave States. but only 10 prevent
ITS extension into free territory were not moving
in the path of Gods providence and this war
came upon Us in Orier that this people might be
born over again and that the whole nation
mi hit be firmly established upon the basis of free
labor. And whyI IL is presumption to attempt
to penera the coun>es OF Providence, but it
seems To me IA evident as any proposition in his
Tory that this nation has great work before it,
NhIch it cannot fulfil as long il continues
slave holding nation. You all know perfectly
well that when population had increased to such
an rent that turnpikes cessary. Ne
Adam was born and inventei turnp Ike,
that when We needed a steam engine. aud raIl
WAYS, and steamboats,, "A Fulton and Stevens n
came upon the stage ot action, and one mn in
England aud another in this country projected aud
established railways When civil z ,tion had still
further advanced, aud we needed means by which
lntelli gence could be transmtte from ocean to
ocean in "A second of time. the magnetic telegraph
was invented; and now it is no less necessary that
there should be great nation in the world, gov
ernng itself and respecting the rights of every
humtn benz OF whatever shade of complexion
he may be. and that nation is being born-this
war is giving birth to that nlton-tud il will be
continued until we are prepared for the great
duties Providence has assigned US. II we are not
prepared TO day the will not come to an end To
day, but IL will end whenever We are prepared for
our work. W Shington believe as | do that
God wits in the American Revolution bringing to
birth this mighty nation. and so he is this war.
bringing to a second birth this same mighty
nation
When came to Cincinnati to vote the Union
ticket. some one handed me copy of the Gin
cinnati Enquirer. Some of you nav have seen
it. Ii is verv meek to day, but it said: "Chase
has come to o ia To vote. The man that carries
a hOd can kill ChaSe'S vote" That nv fellow
citizens. il the grooming glory of our institutions
| 'm p~prd aud glad To know that there Is a
country in which no man, however high ir Office
ian or distinction. or of talent ctn
give u vote which cinnDt he balanced by the vote
Of th hu I'D esL man in the nat
Well, what IL this pro1ucingf 1t is pro-
duclng. in the first place, determination in the
he rts of the people all over the country to pre-
pare tor any future exigency The States are
all arming and beng placed on a IN litary footing
Your o"n Governor. with that wisdom and patri-
otsm hich have so great distiueuis led him has
organized the Indiana Legion. OF whom saw a
regiment to-day. | am told there are twenty
thousand these men organized. armed and
equipped. for the defense of your State WHO
are they? Are they serfs driven to an unwilling
service2 Not OF them They are treemen.
all; your own sons--noble Young men, who have
voluntarily come forward TO be drilled in the
military art in order that they may be better
able TO defend their country and their homes
Suppose multiply this force by the number
OF States in the Union; what formidable force
with which to repe invasion aud uphold the su
premacy of the laws!
Look at another thing Al the outset Of this
war we re not provided with the mems of re-
lieving the suff-rngs ofthe army in the field. In
any other cOunlr, The government Wonld have
hat Ia proviie for il. But here we have "A body
OF men springing at once into existence under the
name of the mitary Commission. going out into
every portion OF the ied and &C ,ttering blessings
and benefits % the % diers If our army; md all
of this is volunteer work You could not find
parallel in any other country. la England. To be
sure. YOU may find Florence Nightingale. (God
bless her. leaving her home and going, under
the patronage of the government to care for the
sick AMI wounded soldiers in the hospitals AMI on
the battle fields of the Crimei; but nowhere will
you find body Of men like this relieving want
and distress all over the country wherever "A soil
tary soldier is 10 he found.
Here is another striking feature OF this war
Iho-e young men who 60 To the war are. many
OF them sons of pOus parents Thew 90 away
FROM the blessings and restraints of home and
from the influences of the sanctuary ard then all
at once the government goes TO work getting
ChapltlnS to go and preach o. them. who are o.
ten worse than the soldiers them>elve~: Aud to
supply the defects in the an .ements IN ,de hv
the government. there suddenly springs up
Christian Q pmms>ion lt goes Abroad through
out the ctmos AMI hospitals, t. visit the sick. tn
comfort the dying Ani u elevate the morals nd
restrain passion. This is done in our country,
and here alone
This is setting many poor blacks free
Well, what happens! TIE government can work
only c'umsIly IN such matters and 10 meet this
aspect OF the case, here IS the great sncietv of
friends oi the freedmen. and gentlemen Of all
professions aud creeds, OF all opinions. come to-
geiher and >tN: a." he>e people must tie crled tor
and educated EVERYWHERE somebody IS ahOring
for the welfare of these poor freedmen. Tins
could not have happened N any other country
| believe hat when We shall have succeeded IN
crushing this rebellion. and all of there great
agencies shall have done their work, ~ will all
stand together loving one another and helping
one another. and ishtier and stronger than ever
bound together b, common interests, and ready
for any work that nv be allotted Us 10 do among
the ttions OF the nth
This j. nv faith have called your attention
to these things in order that you may see that
what did un Yesterday IS a great event IN the