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

order 10 save my country. YOU require a par
adox which Is the natural offspring Of that nm.
reasoning fanatcism which shares 50 largely /
in the origin Of our melancholy National disas-
tiers.
will not stop here 20 dcnouncc this argument
Of necessity a the uniform plea Of tyrants who 1
have sought 10 destroy liberty in all ages Of the 1
world. The children in our schools are familiar /
with this truth. II has passed into a proverb, I
and has the sanction of universal human expert /
ence. Bnt in close connection with this familiar /
household word Of Star Chamber oppression, |
another and kindred maxim of unlimited mon- |
archy has been thrust upon tho country by the |
supporters Of the Administration now in power. |
Loyalty las .ccciyed 4 lew definition. The doc |
irine of the Tudors and the Stuarts has been re
viyed. and now once more struts forth in the ha-
bmenis of royalty on the stage of men. A
prominent citizen Of my own State, occupying
temporarily a high official position. has an
nounced that loyalty to the Government no
longer consists in obedience 20 the laws in sup
port of the Constitution. and in devotion 20 the
flag but in a blind, abject. unquestioning, and
unrcasoning obedience to the measures of those
who are in power. lie fails 10 perceive how an
American citizen be faithful 10 his allegiance
unless he comedies the principle that the king eau
do no wrong. He has studied this heresy
doubtless, in European courts and desires TO
transplant Il 10 these shores. And II IL should
bloom here, il would be as the deadly upas tree.
under whose blighiing shadow every green and
beautiful thing dies. All civil rights would per-
ish. The courts would stand adjourned 10 meet
no more. The scales of justice would be broken
aud thrown away. The temple of Janus would
stand wide OPEN and war; the sport of kings and
the ruin of the people, would waste the country
forever. The sovereign voice of the masses
would be silent and stifcd i'm their throats. IL
would be dangerous 10 think. and children would
no longer be educated 10 enlighten their minds,
but simply 20 develop their muscles with which,
rs slaves, 90 work for the tax gathcrer, or n
gladiaiors 10 enter the arena of ambitions wars.
The prison houses would overflow with oil who
dared 30 remember that they were once free. and
death, in It's most appalling aspects, would hold
high carnival on the gibbct. And over ALL and
supreme above all check, restraint or response
bity would reign the sovereignty of one man.
Sir. need ask whether the public mind OF this
country l. ready 20 receive calmly and submit TO
the plain aud inevitable consequences OF such as.
founding prnciplesy Are American citizens ready
To surrender ALL all, absolutely all that renders
life n blessing aud redeems their citizenship from
benga byword aud n rcproachy | will not insult
the proud ancestry from winch We sprung; | will
not mock the memory of the dead who have died
for liberty on both hcmispheres; | will not i'm
peach the purity Of the blood which flows in
American veins by reiterotng this question 1t
has been answered more than thousand times
already In council aud in the field by the great
race To which We belong. aud the American PEG
pie are ready to answer it again. Our remote
ancestors beat down the walls of Rome and
BUNDLED the pride of the worlds mistress into
the dust They broke the Roman yoke which
Caesar placed on their nccks. and turned and
irampled 10 death the nation which had penetra
ted their misty regions, and awakened them 90 n
sense OF their power and their destiny Their
descendants for two thousand wears. in all the
wonderful vcissitudes of history, have chaied
under and resented and resisted tho insolent spirit
of encroachment, invasion and usurpation against
their civil and their religious liberties. They have
met the degrading demands of executive tyranny
NJ their thresholds, IN whatever forms they have
been advanced. Sir. this II the race of liberty.
soemnly and earnestly commend the study of
lis glorious and exalted history to those who are
this day trilling with the majestic principles of
personal Independence which II has secured to the
world by ils wisdom and It's blood. IL has stood
as the iron. mailed champion of constitutional
government: IL has borne the banners OF the cross
and planted Christian civilization on every shore
and beneath every sky, IL has poured the beams
OF the useful sciences into the dark and waste
places OF the earth. H. lls carried the rctocments
OF the arts to the savage forests, mud caused the
wilderness 10 be transformed into the abode of
learning aud genius: IL has thronged every ocean
with commerce; IL has spoken the great empor.
ums Of trade into existence; II has dcted every
barrier OF nature To resist It's adventurous spirit
IL has played with the fiery elements of the phys.
Teal world and used them M obodlent servants In
the grand march OF it, gigantic progress and In
the midst Of all this, and under all circumstances
u has waited on tho fortunes and espoused the
cause Of liberty with the unmcasurcd devotion of
a knight etrant ol chvalfy, and the undaunted
courage of the Lion Heart Such n race will
take no sep backward II will submit 10 no d.
mnutIon OF It's glory. IL will surrender mono of
it, high prcrogatives. Revolutions aud changes
may retard It's progress for "a brici season. but
they can no more defeat It's ultimate success In
all that IL great In conception and sublime In exc.
cuton. than the storm which lashe- the waves
into fury can annihlatc the ocean. My faith.
which bfightcns the future 20 my eyes. Is founded
on the blood which the American people have IN.
hertcd from this lofty race. IL will never bend
the scrvilc knee To- executive dicta.ion. ltwcars
nm erect port aud M elevated crest. Ii has dc.
tied the nsoienco OF power in every age of its
history aud IL deics IL now. Yes. sir. the Amer
lean people have suffered the ouirages of cyecu.
tive usurpations aud they have socmnly aud dc
libcratcly uttered their defiance The voice of l3a
rona. the voice OF John Hampdon aud the voice OF
Patrick Henry. crying. give me liberty or give
me death" were all concentrated in the voice ol
The people OF this country ns expressed nj the
balot.box IN the recent elections.
Much has been said in regard 10 the meaning
of these popular expressions. There ARE many
issues before the country. aud shall not nj this
time seek to interpret ut length the public will or
any other than the one have endeavorcd to dis
cuss to-day.
1t l. true. however that this Administration
stands condemned by tho people In every essen
tial particular. IL no longer possesses the public
confidence. II N waglng war which IL i uo
longer pretended "a Ia restore the Union ~ our
fathers made H. Tho constitutional rights OF the
States have been abolished h, PROCLAMATION, and
that portion of the slaves which are not to be
liberated by the sword 10 be paid for by direct
taxation wnt thus conducted j. fraud on
millions of voters who have hitherto sustained IL
IL failure rs remedy for our national cnlami-
ties j. papable and absolute. even IL war. under
any circumstances, could have brought US u res
toration OF the Union. These aud kindred ques
tions were decided in certain aud distinct tones ut
can do no more than give them a passing allu-
sion on this occasion
But ON the question of the integrity of the Con
sttution aud the protection which il affords 10
the citizen the voice OF the people comes to our
ears with a soud equally plain and clear. Ii rang
out from the cities and plains, the mountains aud
the prairies, in stern denunciatisn of every in
frrgement which this Administration has made
of that holy instrument, aud in favor OF the pres
ervaiion OF civil liberty. whatever else might
perish IL demanded not only that the prison
doors should roll back and the victims of despo-
tism be Welded up the guardianship of the law,
but il demanded also, in the sovereign and mpe-