Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-02-05
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unite. then uDon = ~ terms. Sir, between The
Sui, and most q the STATES Of tic North, and
all 81 &c Wet sherc i 5ut one suhce. N cot
trosersy-slavery. IL j. tie oaly gu sion, said
NJ Calhoun fwentY-iiye years a-o, o. ulislent
MAGNITUDE and po.ency 20 divide TINS tni n; ard
divide il It will, he aided, or drench the country
in blood, not arrested. II has done both But
settle II on the original basis of TIE Constitution,
and give 10 each section the power TO protect II
self within tie Union and now, after the terrible
lessons of the past two years, the Union VIII be
Stroneer than before aud, indeed, endure fOr
aces. Woe TO the man North or South, who, 70
the third or the fourth generation, should teach
men disunion.
And now the way 10 reunion; what % easyl
Behold TO-DAY two separate Governments in one
country, and without q natural dividing line;
with two Presidents and Cabinets. and double
Congress; and vet each under Constitution so
exactly similar, the TO the othef, that stEan
ger could scarce discern the difference. Was ever
folly AMI madness like thisi Sir, it is not IN the
nature o. things that il should so continue long.
But why speak Of ways or terms of leu
Mon nowi The will Is yet wanting IN both
sections. Union l. consent and good viii
and fratcrnal affection. War Is force, hate,
revenge i the country ut last tired Of war
Has the experiment been tried long enough.
Ha, sufficient blood been shed teasure expended
and misery inflicted in both the North and Souih<
? What them Stop fighting. Make an arni- tice
-no formal treaty. Withdraw your army f.om
the seeded States. Reduce both armies to a
fair and sufficient peace establishment. Declare
absolute free trade between the North and South
Buy aud sell. Agree upon zollvcrcin. Recall
your fleets. Break W your blockade. Reduce
your navy. Restore travel. Open up railroads.
Reestablish the telegraph. Re-unitc your ex-
press companies. No more Monitors and IRON
cads, but set your friendly steamers and steam
ships again in motion. Nisi. tie North and
West. Visit the Souh. Exchange newspapers.
Miga;e InlermaTy. Let slavery alone. Hold
elections at the appointed times. Choose new
s President in Ca And when the gospel Of peace
shall have descended again from heaven into
their hearts, and the gospel of abolition and OF
hate been expelled, let your clergy and the
churches meet again in Christian intercourse,
North and South. Let the secret orders and
voluntary associations everywhere reunite as
brethren once more. In short, give 10 all the
natu al and all the artificial causes which lInpel
u together their fullest sway. Let time do his
osiice-drying tears dIspelling sorrows, mellow
ing passion. and making herb and grass ana tree
to grow again upon the hundred battle fields of
this terrible war.
But this Is recognition" 1t is not formal
recognition 60 which | will not consent. Recog-
milton now, and attempted permanent treaties
about boundary, travel and trade, and partition
of Territories, would end in war iierccr and
more disastrous than before. Recognition is
absolute di~nnion; and not between the slave and
the free States but with Delaware and Maryland
as part of the North and Kentucky and Missouri
rs part of the West. But, wherever the actual
line every evil aud mischief of disunon Is i'm
piled i'm L. And, for similar reasons, sir, would
not, at this time, press hastily Convention OF
the States. The men who would now hold seats
in such Convention would, upon both sides, if
both agreed TO attend come together full of the
hate and bitterness nscparable from a civil war.
No, sir 1t passion have time to cool and reason
TO resume its sway. 1t cost thirty years of des
peraic and most wicked patience and industry 10
des.ioy or impair the magnificent temple OF this
Union Let Us he content it, within three years,
we shall be able to restore it.
But certainly what propose is informal, prac-
teal recognition. And that is precisely what
exists to-day. and has existed, more or less de-
fined, from the first Flags of truce, exchange
of prisoners and all your other observances of
the laws. forms and coutertcsies of war are acts
of recognition Sir. does any man doubt TO-DAY
that there i n Confederate Government at Rich
mond. and that it is "belligerent!" Even the
Secretary of State has discovered it at last,
though he has written pondcrous folos of pol
ishcd rhetoric TO prove that it is not. Will con-
inued war. then. without extended and substan-
tial success, make the Confederate States any
the less Government in fact!
But it confcsses di-union." Yes, just as the
surgeon who sets your fractured limb in splints,
in order that it may he healed, admits that it is
broken. But the Government will have failed TO
"crush out the rebellion" Sir, i. has failed.
You went 10 war to prove that we had Govern
mcnt. With what result! To the people of the
loyal States it has, in your hands, been the Gov
ernment of King Stork, but to the Confederate
States. of King Log. But the rebellion will
baJ Ior t,op
ten wears hence. But l deny it. The rebellion
will mt last be crushed out in the only way in
which il was ever possible But no one will be
hung at the end of the war" Neither will there
be, though the war should last half q century,
except by the mob or the hand of arbitrary power.
But really, sir, if there Is to be no hanging, let
this Administration and all who have done its
bidding everywhere, rejoice and DC exceeding
glad.
And now sir allow mc word upon a subject
of very great interest at this moment and most
important il may be in its influence upon the
future-foleign mediation. | 81 eak not of armed
and hostile intcrv, niion, which would resist a
long n but one man was left 10 strike blow at
the invader. but friendly mediation The kindly
offer of an i'm partial rowcr TO stand a DAYS
man between the con ending parties IL the most
bloody and cxhaustn- strife, ought to be met in
n spirit rs cordial and ready rs that in which il
is profcred. Ii would be Cherish TO refuse.
Certainly il i not consistent with the former dig
niiv Of this Government 10 ask for mediation;
neither, sir. would it bcft it. ancient maenanim-
ilv To reject il. As proposed bv the Emperor Of
France / would accept il at once. Now is the
auspicious moment u i the speediest. easiest,
most graceful mode of suspending hostilites
Let u hear no more of the mediation of cannon
and the sword The day for all that has gone
by. Let us be statesmen at last. Sir, give
thanks that some. M least among the Repuhli
party seem ready now TO lift themselves NJ
TO the highth of this great argument, and TO
deal with it in the spirit of the patriots and pub
lie men of other countries. and of the better days
of the United States.
And now, sir. whatever NAV have been the
motives of England, France and the other grea
powers of Europe, in Withholding recognition 50
long from the Confede States the South and
the North arc both Indebted 10 them for q great
public service. Tie South has proved h, 7 ability
10 main ain herself by her own strength and &c
sources, wi hou foreign all, moral or material
And The North and the WcSt-thc whole coun-
try, indeed-thesc great powers have served
incaleulably by holding back solemn proclama-
ton to the world that the union of these States
finally and formally dissolved They have
left to Us every motive and every chance for ie-
union; and il that la. been the purpose Of Eng
land pccially-ouv rival 30 long: interested more
than any other in di>unon and the consequent
weakening Of cur great naval and commercial
power. and suffering, too, n she has suffered. 50
long and seyelelv. hecau-e Of this war-I do not
hesitate to >av that She has performed an act Of
un>eltsh hcroism without example in history