Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-04-29

many thoughts and suggestions applicable to the
present time. and eminentlv worthy of considera-
ton BY every good citizen:
Mr.. Cox said all our interest are bound up TO-
gether. The interest Of Democrats is equal TO
that of Republicans, in the unity and value OF the
Republic. If the vessel goes down, our freight.
our homes. our all. is whelmed by the same
food. We, Democrats, pay the same taxes, owe
the sam allegiance as Republicans. If we are
lost, so are the Republicans. We are all in the
same boat, though we row with different skulls.
Why then this idiOtic denunciation OF Democrats
as disloyal.
When violence is done to our laws and liber-
ties, all feel il. Our vigilance and criticizm is
necessary. in time like this, Ehen war tends to
aggrandize power. 1t has come TO this now,
that security to life, liberty, and happiness is the
exception at the South, and violence is the rule.
The same result is threatened North. But he
die not despair. The Union foundations re-
manned. though the fabric was partially shat
tered by revolution. Revolution in the South
was open; in the North il was insidious. The
one makes bold It's designs and bare its arm Of
treason: the other takes the dangerous form of
patriotism. and strikes at our constitutional vigOr
and life. In this chaos of violence and doubt
the mind turns toward the Democracy party
ever Jealous of the encrOachments of power
which ever took reprOach to avoid disunion-
which guarded State rights. while it deied for
eign dictation. The speaker looked upon the
Democracy as the only hone Of bringing about
the reunion of this discovered land. They would
do it BY the action of the States under the Con
s%titution, and in a National Convention. In ali
their conduct they would adhere TO the law. If
the laws made recently to Cypress them and
break the Constitution we're declared by the
courts to be illegal, the Democracy would stand
- .ba , ord u, dafa,oa Of clio 1,vv ~ irta-
preted by them, they would dare all. If the laws
were wrong. they had the ballot TO reform thems
and if the attempt be made TO wrest that power
from them, they would defend it with their lives.
So long as the war was conducted for the main
tenance of the rightful authority of the Govern
ment, they gave it their means, their men, and
their whole heart. When it was perverted, they
entered their protests and will continue to pro
test, because such a warfare brings disaster and
disunion. Every day of failure shows it The
Democracy were in favor of all Constitutions
ways to reach the old Union. They were op
posed to any peace with disuniOn; opposed to any
war which would bring dIsunion. They are in
favor OF trying reason to reach the hearts and in
terests of the recusants, as well as force. Force
alone would prove utterly futile. All the acts of
the recent Congress seemed designed to prolong
and embitter the conflict. They were in deroga-
ton of the traditions and Institutions of this
land. Therefore they fail They failed to unite
the North; they served only TO unite the South;
they were revolutionary and seditious; and we
Democrats as the Constitutions Opposition, %
will and do d~euounce them.
Mr.. Cox discussed the confscation bills, the
proclamation and the conscription law, the in
demnity bill and arbitrary arrests He discussed
these matters at length. In speaking Of the fiscal
measures of the late Congress, he charged that
the immense banking system of Mr.. Chase was
a partisan scheme; that il was part of a plan to
control all the interests of the country from
Washington asa centre. He opposed this con-
solidatiOn Of the Government, and defended the
rights Of the States. As properly interpreted
they neither lead to secession or Abolition. On
the financial question, Mr.. Cox said:
"As l would not place in the hands of one
man unlimited control over the muscle of all the
militia of the country, so neither would | trust
Salmon p. Chase, or any one else. with all the
money and money making Of the country. Yet
this Congress has done it. They have not even
had the grace to follow presidents, and trust the
President with the power to issue Treasury notes
Search as 1 have all the laws from June 80, 1912
to the act of Dec. %, 1857, and in these eighteen
acts, by name the President is to issue; but under
Mr.. Chase's auspices as chief fiscal clerk to the
President. beginning with the act of July II.
1861, the Secretary of the Treasury is made
the trustee Of this immense power II is a power
that no man can. or ought to exercise. Millions
hundreds of millions of his greenbacks ill tht
land bonds. as boundless rs the wish of Fortuna
tus. are at his disposal: machinery is authorized
to be fixed in the Treasury for the engrav
ing and printing of these paper promises; tn,
centres Of trade and the circumference Of
commerce NAV be rocked and startled, at tn,
will OF this Prospero of the green ocean 0
money.
Taxation. to the amount of S1sO, 900 900 pc
year, gathered by his thousands of paid collect
Ors and subOrdinates, depletes the people and fill
his Golfers. The estimates to July J., 1863, wer,
estimated by him at 1888 coo. 900, and to July !
1864, 81 10000 600 and the actual appropriation
were near two billionsl Connected with this i'm
mense receipt and disbursement. is system o
banking, based on his bonds, more extensive thar
ever Biddle dreamed; a system which would
make JacksOn's bones writhe in their sepulchre
Who is not enamOred of this splendid Govern
mept? How millions play before the eve wher
hundreds were once seen! What a government
of strength is this. where once it was scarcely fel
or known What ample cOrkage now holds IN
anchor of the ship, where once a silker. threa,
PLAYED with the easy vessel, which never strainei
its gossamer flml How nearly We approach
with our standing armies, by CONSUMPTION. on
grand debts. our magnificent banks, our dictate
rial assumption Of power, the monarchies Of Eu
rope RUSSIA ana turkey are Tree, France ant
Austria are constitutional; England and Ital
are a wild democracy compared with this new au
tocratic system at Washington
And IS this creature of Congress-, this iacon
vertible paper money, used to pay all debts
All, no. IL will do for the soldiers and the peo
pie. Itdid not answer to pay the four millio
debt of iS47, or the interest on the public debts
Gold for these. Paper will do for the people. bu
not for the Custom House; and why? Gold
worth a premium of % cents; and, to pay tn
customs in coin, il gives that much more of
protection to the mOnOpolists and manufacturer
Of New England. This despotism of purse an
sword at " Washington, is held together by the CO
hesive power of public plumber. / do not meat
the plumber of the millions to jobbers, f~avorite:
contractors, Cor clothes. and shOddy, shoes, guns
ships, and mules; though these are rank with tn
corruption of shameless officials. l do not mea
the ready millions which those who bask in Elk
ecutive favor receive for their hatterv. | do NO
mean the promotion given TO the lackeys of DOW
er over the soldiers who have undergone tn
h~ardships of the field. But ! mean that svster
of scandaIous favoritism promoted by the tariff
which Is gradually impOveriShing the West, 3
glut the pockets of the New England nabobs.
did my part to expose this inequality Of taxatio
in Congress, especially as it bore upon the Wesr
For this | was met with abuse from every ignc
rant echo of the Abolition mercenary who put
Hsned a newspaper IN the W est. But l am Dc
termined the people West shall know il, whethe
il makes them love New England or not. | al
fra thatth high tariff. combined with an incor
vertible paper currency, do favor the New Eng
land manufacturers enormously. as their enoI
nous profits vOuch; and that these profits ar
sucked ont Of the veins of western industry. tn
bounty to the manufacturer should be estimate
at the point where the fabric goes into the hand
Of the retailer. At that point the cost under III
paper basis is S2O9. which gives a protection (
90 per cent. At the same point, under tn