Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-04

vas restored Gov. Seymour cOutinaed
Suddenly there cane up a midnight cry from
Washington for help. a proclamat vas issued
TO Ohio. Pennsylvania and MARYLAND. calling for
a hundred thousand men TO rally Immediately 10
save the nations capital. friend OF mine at
Washington asked them WHY they did not call on |
New York oh" they said, New York has |
got copperhead Governor; he will DO nothing"
Laughter But New York Was called on. and
thetesult Was that New York Was about the only
State that DID ANYTHING in reinforcing the army
already in the field. Laughter and cheers /
do hot speak this because ] claim any merit /
did but my duty. When the President of the
United States, the constitutional head OF the gov
ment, called upon me, a. he had right 10 call
upon me under the Constitution, | responded as
II became my duty 70 do. Cheers Now |
want 10 state, in justice TO the administration.
that While many Republican citizens of New
York were tradueisg own great State, re-
ceived dispatch from the Secretary Of ar
thanking me for my prompt response aud begging
that would send on our troops at oncss 40 as 10
,tir up Pennsy vnna and other State TO come to
the rescue Applause Read the history OF
the battle oi Cett, sbuTg-the record of that tour
days. light, where the battle each day surged
from side To side. 80 that u not known uIItl
the very last moment which army we're the vie
tors-see how cloSely we bittled there and then
What man dare sas that the contributions that
New York sent at that time did NOT strengthen
the hearts OF our army and did not turn the tide
of battle in favor of he old flag? Since the first
day OF January last we have raised more thai
sixteen thousand volunteers lfyou will add the
number that We sent in response To The call for
thirty days-and there are times when thirty DAYS
are more than many yetrs-there are times
when men sent into the battlefield AT the very
moment when their services could not be re-
placed 10y ten wears. alter work. II add the
sent, since the first of January, more than thirty
Tour thousand volunteers 20 the service OF our
country--more than three times many the
cuercve action OF the government produreci-
more than has been sent by all the other
Northern States OF the Union put together.
With these facts. with this generous support thus
freely given 10 our government, you hear charged
day alter day that the administration has been
hInderei by the State of New York When it
was shown how manv men had gone from this
State. the Republican papers of this State seemed
to take the greatest pleasure in declaring this
was not so. and in stating that we had only sent
three thousand volunteers, because by some liz
formality they were not mentioned IN the books
before they were mustered in. but while they
were preparing TO go. Does this not prove that
Injustice Is beng done 10 this State in the dis
paraeement in which it is spoken Off Does il not
also prove the lesson OF which have spoken,
titi tue RONtfuulettl 10 ne strung, must ne tOun
ded III the affections of the people. Thev tell
that the Constitution may he sci aside. By what
right do YOU worship your God, you- cousci
ence dictates BY what right do you stand up here
IN the lace OF this community and say, although
| stand alone. 10 shall stand between me and
my Maker ~ 10 the mode in which | shall wor
ship hlml Whv, it IL written down in the great
charter OF your liberties. IL Is 10y that alore that
YOU have all the evidence by which that right
ILL al. L.. IL.
be enforced. BY what right-when you go to
your homes, however humble they may be--do
YOU close the latch, saving, This is my castlel"
IL J. only by the guarantee OF the Constitution.
hat Is u that makes sacred the relations be-
tween you aud your wife, aud sister, and agei
father and mother that sit by your firesideY We
are told that men who talk of constitutions are
traitors to their country. We are told that the
Constitution is no writ Of protraction against
Abr 'ham Lincoln as "a General. though all DOW
ertul against Abraham Lincoln President.
have sustained him freely and fully. frankly and
fairly. | did not want him there, hut have in
hmtely more respect for hun as a President than
as General. Cheers These doctrines sre
dangerous and revolutionary; they strike at the
existence OF the Government; they endang er your
national liberties; they threaten tn shatter the
very bonds OF society itself. The Vice President
OF the United States in "A speech within the limits
who want the Union ms il was and the Constitu
ton "a II Is Well, they can't have them. We
can have the Constitution as il isy This ques-
ton Is involved in the coming elections | ask
yOu when you have by the edict of your votes suS-
tanned n party that declares itself opposed 20 the
Constitution, will you have LETT one third Of that
fundamental law TO protect you! Il DEFY any man
To show whenever we have been untrue 10 the
Constitution or untrue to past. l defy any
show that il frup That "A a. an an
part have been in favor of exerting every material
aud every moral power aud every exertOn Of
states m,nship To bring this war to "A successful
Conclusion. aud on the other hand that we have
reiralned from placing those obstacles in the way
ot that result which placed there by the theoI-
lists who propose To make it no longer a war Tor
the Consultation. but war for the determination
OF slavery. aud Tor the crushing out of the rights
OF the States. Tor the lessening OF the Jurisdiction
OF the Constitution and the widening OF that OF
the Administration. Cheers These things
are involved IN the elecuon that is about TO take
place. As | SAID IN the outset. they concern the
country and the community; they concern each
mtn IN his liberty ia his conduct in his home
| am still full OF confidence; | hope in the Ian
guage of another for the time when the war shall
be passed by and there will be upon the ~ OF
our country every star that cutters there. AMI in
the bounds OF our COniederacy State for every
star. Cheers | hope before mtny months
shall have rolled away, that all will agree that
those men traitors who would tear aSunder
the tag OF our country or who would wipe out
from the azure field single star that gliiters
there. aud that all men will lutte IN restoring the
States To all their original splendor. to- all their
glory, to all their greatness aud To all their united
strength. Tremendous aud long continued
cheering