Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-03-23
IFrom the New Hnren Reri.ter.l

US, anu WHICH u i manifest W De II SEVERE one, L
am not to forget that it is no cause of mine. but
it is your cause. and mine and yours together.
Applause And believing it to be just and up
right, / cannot for a moment believe that there is
to be any failure about it. (Cheers The voice
that comes on the breeze to US from New Hamp-
shire lcheersl tells US. I'VE have done what we
could for the cause. and it il for you TO take
up that cause and carry 1t on and cover your
selves with imperishable glory" [Great APP
plause
Gentlemen, l have spoken Of the crisis in our
affairs. The world has never seen one exactly
like it. Our rights have been taken away Ly ar
bitrary power The sword and the bludgeon have
been called in 10 effect these most wicked out
RACES. What have we to oppose themT The
ballot only but the ballot is mightier than kings.
Applause The poet has well described how it
''As lightly falls
As snow fakes fall upon the sod,
But executes a freemsn's will
As lightning does the will of GodF-
I-[Great cheering
Now, my friends, what is required Of Us at
this ~iuncture in our affairs? l address myself
unfortunately to all those who have enlisted
under our banner for the vigorous prosecution Of
peace. [Great applause What is required of
US, | sayI Perfect freedom OF speech, abnega-
ton of self, self possession. steadiness of purpose,
and u firm and unalterable resolution to stand by
the Constitution and the laws. Well now, your
declarations, my friends, in regard to these great
objects of your party organization, as expressed
in the proceedings of your convention, have raised
"A storm about your heads, and it is raging at the
present time. | am glad that it is so. ] see in
the very fury of the gale the means of deliver
ence. Applause Gentlemen, / crossed the
Black Sea once in a fearful tempest-a tempest
that sent the waves chasing after Us like so many
fends; but it was the wild winds tn 1t drove away
the mist then along the coast, and opened to our
u1aru tho anrhnrana nf thu RocDhnrnnC II II
had not been for the gale, we might have driited
toward the Asiatic coast and been caught between
the Symplegades. Now, the rage of man is as
the raging sea, and those that fear either will not
do to pursue the leviathan under the tropics, or
to grapple with the hydra of Federal Abolition.
ism. Applause
Gentlemen. the doings of your convention have
my hearty approval. They have called out all
the bitterness of the opposition. Now, it is la
mentable that there should be so much bitterness
at the present day, but | suppose that it cannot
very well be helped. If you and those associated
with you in drafting your resolutions had CLOSED
over the atrOeiOus doings of the men in power
if YOU had compromised with your cOnsciences
and found an excuse here and an apology there
for what had been done. YOU might have passed
muster with the men in power, and been voted
patriots of the second water, if not OF the first.
But my friends, il is better as it is. Who noble
ends by noble means would obtain should not
count the cost of the struggle Who would win
the crown must wrestle with wild beasts at Ephe-
sus, and | therefore rejoice that yOs have taken
your stand in favor of State rights and constitu-
tional rights, and that you are determined to
maintain these. IApDlause Do this, and you
shall recover your liberties. lGreat applause
Fail to do this, and you will be crushed between
the upper and neither milestone. Now, gentle
men, another thing; since you have come out thcs
boldly, as you should have done, the old talk is
revived here in this community about loyal and
disloyal, and tests of this kind are applied to one
and another in the community.
Now, those who use these words. in sc0rn or
in hatred OF YOU, either do not know the true
origin and application OF these words. or they are
troubled with what is called the Kings Evil /"
Laughter Sir, what have loyal or disloyal to
do with our Institutions? They are not in
diginOus to our soil, any more than the Canada
thistle or the deadly Upas. When the Ameri-
cans cast off the British yoke, they banished the
words ''loyal'' and "disloyal" from our political
bible. They are not TO be found either in the
Constitution OF your country or in the "psalm" of
Jefferson aud liberty" But | will tell YOU
where you NAV fiud them: In the p~roclamatiohs
of Lord Howe, and CORVALLIS, and Clinton, and
in their orders which gave the Jerseys and tine
Carolinas to FIRE aud sword; and it YOU look fur
ther you may possibly find them in the death
warrant which consigned the martyr Hale to an
/ ~ ENaNC. w III nOb OAllC UD0u ~
indulge Ia any such language as this. Devotion
to the Constitution and the Union of our country
is the sentiment of our heart, and is all that we
are called upon to render. As for those other
words of treason and TRAITOR" which political
hatred is constantly casting in the faces Of pat
riotic. liberty loving men, they are OF little or no
account, excepting when the lying tongue may
expose some individual odium or positive injury.
In such a case let the traducers be ware [Great
cheering
But, my friends, again, the doings of your
Convention have raised a clamor in this and other
communities, the amount of which is that you are
about to inaugurate a civil war in the country
Now, then, we will take care that there shall be
no civil war [applause,] ard we viii take care
that the people have their rights. lGreat APP
plause Who ever heard of peace measures pro-
voking war and bloodshed? These men, | fear
are troubled with distempered fancies. They
have had so much 10 do with blood letting that il
seems to have discolored everything about them
Ii they recall the mission of William Penn they
will be apt TO conclude that peace measures after
all are not so very bad When he came to the
banks of the Delaware. it was a wild country.
There he found a warlike tribe, who had been
butchering each other. time out of mind; scalp
ing each other, knocking out each others brains.
War to them WAS a pastime, and blood the in
cense of their lives. The story is a touching
one. A grave man, animated by the true spirit
of philanthrophy, went in among the red men and
talked to them ms a friend. He got them together
in council; lie breathed into them something OF
the divine principle of charity that was in him.
T Th7y listened to him ms one sent by the Great
Spirit, and all at once he held them, as il were. in
the hollow Of his hand. InvOluntarily they laid
down their arms, they buried the Ratchet. and
forever after ceased to make war upon each
other.
But these men that have traduced you, your
principles and your institutions, have conveyed
the idea, or sought to convey the idea, that, il
the Democratic party could get power-as | have
nc doubt they are about to do this great cheer
ingl-the laws are to be overturned. Ali it is a
libel on a great, and numerous. and patriotic par
ty. Their history is that of "a law abiding party
MS you, gentlemen. both Of you, turning to Mr.
Toucey and Mr.. Eaton.) very well know. Ii tho
old Wing party we're in existence, they would tel
you so. They will do nothing when in power
! either to grieve the living or sully the memory
of the dead. Let our conservative fellow citi
q zens. men of property, give no heed to rumors anC
+ declarations of this sort, but believe that, in tn
event OF any such triumph Of the party to which
refer, the laws will be maintained, and that equa
{ and exact justice will be meted out to men of al
parties. and sects, and persuasions. lGreat ap
plause
3 Another thing. They talk TO us of Govern
ment. They say you must support the Govern
mat. Sir. | understand perfectly well what j
/ meant by this cry. Support the Government.
! Ii seems, If it means anything ut all. that we ar
: to support this administration right or wrong