Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-02-04

81 sa-.na Years Z f.y ws-k-re-s IN evcry firm
all .dnsEis<sfoa Of t.sserrmsst-theocrsf G. demo-
erste. sooarcAic &T.rcA =. a>sgas sna mix~iif
re>e-rea snsrr ssscsnsanrho. nises~etsh
ceutury a toe % fsiss era trv the grand expcrsn
o. e.le "a sst costly md eigansie m q. rsePeriss
Of creating tere ey ferce aud deselapug frafnal ac
ten - ssEs and hstory vii record. Too. TIE ssme
pare tae atief Disastrous and bloody failure Of the
sxpe mat.
Bns 20 return: the country WIS at var; and I
belonged 70 that school Of politics which teaches
that wben ws are AZ war the Govern pent-l do
not mean the Executive alone, but the Govern
ment-s entitled 10 demand and have. without
resisssnee, such num5er OF men. and such amount
OF money and supplies generally rs may be ne
cessary for TIE var. until an appeal can he had 10
the people Before that tribunal alone IN the
hrst1nstance. must the question OF the contnu
ance Of the war be tried. This was Mr.. Calhoun $
opinion. AID he laid it down very broadly and
s'rongiy In q speech on tho Loan Bill, in ls4l
Spanking Of supplies. he said:
hold that there s distinction In this respect between
state Of peace and In the latter the right Of with
hodas supplies nush TO he held subordinate TO the
farssr .as rsss-s The wshoainx supplies. with view
Of foren<the country into dshoBoaole peace. a. not
only TO he~hs u has b~en called moral treason but very
little short Of actual itself
Upon this principle, sir. he acted afterward IN
she Mexican var. Speaking Of that war in le47.
he ssid:
Every senator knows that | was opposed IN The WAR
bat none kEows bat myself the depth Of that opposition
With M conception Of is character aud consequences, II
was impossible for me TO vote for IL.
Aud again. in ls4S:
Bat aner the war was declared by authority Of the
Government. scquicsced in what could prevent
and which IL Impossible for arrest; and then
felt II to be my duty limit my efforts 20 give such d.
rection the would far possible prevent the
evils AMI dangers with which threatened the country
and is Institutions
Sir. adopt all this as my own position and nv
II L I -.
fairly 90 farther in opposition could not, with
NV convictions, vote men and money for this
war. and ~oui! not, as Representative, vote
against th.m. / mean that, without opposition,
the President might take all the men and all the
money he should demand. and then To hold him
to strict accountability before the people for the
results Not believing the soldiers responsible
for the war. Us purposes. or its consequence,
l have never withheld my vote where their sepS
rate interests were concerned But i have de
nounced from the beginning the usurpations and
the nfractions. one and all. OF law aud Consitu-
tion. by the President and those under him; their
repeated and persistent arbitrary arrests, the sus
pension Of habeas corpus. the violation OF freedom
Of the mails. OF the private house OF the press
and Of speech. and all the other multiplied
wrongs aud outra- c. upon public liberty and pri
vate right. which, have made this country one of
the worst deSpossms earth for the past twenty
noynce them 20 the end and the people. thank
God have at last heard aud needed. and rebuked
them, too. To the record and TO time appeal
again for my Justification.
And now. sir. | Fecur to the state of the Union
to day. What j. ity SIR. twenty months have
elapsed. hut the rebellion - not crushed OUT its
military power has rot been broken; the iusur-
gents have not Dispersed. The Union is not res
torei; nor the Constitution maintained nor the
l.ur 49, th,aa hmm
dred SIX hundred days have passed; a thousand
millions been expended and three hundred thou
sand lives lost or bodies maneled; and To day the
Confederate h,g is the Potomac and the
Ohio aud the Confederate Go, ernmcnt stronger,
manv times. than the beginning. Not a State
has been restored, not any portion OF any State
has voluntarily returned To the Union. And has
any thing been wanting that Congress. or the
States. OF the people in their most generous en-
thusiasn. their most imp,ssIoped patriotism.
could he>towf Was il power? And did not the
party OF the Executive control the entire Federal
Government. every State Government. every
county. every city, town, and village in the North
aud Wesly Was il PATRONAGE All belonged to
il Was il influence? What morel Dad not
the school. the college. the church. the press the
secret orders, the municipality. the corporation,
railroads. telearaphs, express companies, the vol
untary associations, all. all yield il to the utmostT
Was it unanimitvf Never was an Administration
supported in England or America Five men
and halt score OF newspapers made up the op
position. Was it enthusiasml he enthusiasm
was ianati-aI. There has been nothing like il
since sh, Csszrsss-. Was 10 con6dencef Sir. the
faith Of the people exceeded that of the patriarch
They gave up Consultation. law, right. liberty.
all at your demand for arbitrary power, that tic
rebellion might. as you promised. be crushed out
in three months aud the Union restored Was
credit ueede,ll You took control Of country
young vigorous, aud inexhaustib!e in wealth and
resources. aud of u Government almost free from
public debt, AMI whose good name had never
been furnished. Your great national loan bubble
irilei mlserably. n IL deserved To tail; out the
bInkers aud merchants Of Philadelphia, New
York. and Boston lent you more than their entire
banking capital And when that failed too. you
forced credit by declaring your paper promises to
pay legal tender Tor all debts. Was money
waniedI You bad all the revenues of the Uni
tel States. diminished indeed. but still in gold.
The whole wealth OF the country. to the last dol
lar. lly at YOUR feet. Private individuals, mu
ncipa. corporations. the State, governments all
u, tiieir frenzy gave YOU money or means with
reckless prodigality. The great Eastern cities
lent YOU $3.50 DpD.D00 Congress voted. first.
the sum OF S259 Oh. 900. ami next $500, 400 900
IN lotn-; AMI then. firrt, S5o oo. 900. then
$40 900 900 mex S9l arc, 1JJ. aud. M July last,
$50. 0m nie sn Treasury notes: and the Secre
,a'y has issued also paper post tge currency,
IN sums a. low five cents, limited IA amount
ONLY hy hiS discretion. Nay. more; already since
the 4Jh col july 1861. this House has appropr
ated =. 400 .ODO 600. almost every dollar without
debate and without n recorded vote. "A thousand
millions have been expended since the l5sh Of
April. Iesl. aud public debt or Inability oi
81 800 900 900 already incurred. And In support
nj! this stupendous outlay aEd indebtedness.
system oi taxation direct and Indirect, has been
inauc urated. the most onerous aud unjust yer
imposed upon any but a conquered people.
Motley and cr~dt, then you have had in prodiga pro-
fusion And were mea wanieGl More than million
rushed nty-five thousand first. land the
country stood aghat the muudc) then eighty three
pusand more demanded and three hundred and
ten thou> ard responded the call The President
asked Tor hundred Thousand and Congress- in
and MT be Oudone. be took hundred and thirty
thousand Half Of these melted il their first
campaign and the President demanded three hundred
Thousand for the and then drafted yet another
hosts xerxe> have been ouinDmbered And victory
strangely follows the standard Of the foe Prom Great
Beth 10 burg the battle has not been 20 the strong
Yet every disaster except the last has been followed by
call Tor troops, and every time FAR they have
been DR. mptly furnished. From the beginning the war
kas conducted hike political campaign. aud il has
been the folly OF the party in that they bsve
sumr that alone would WIN the held ma evfes
with ballots bat with n4Iskct aud sword. But
bcrs have bad almost wftbcrt lumber-thc larg
best appointed best armed fed. AM clad host OF brave
men, well organized aud well disciplined I1arshad
navy. toe. the Formidable. perhaps, but the
and gallant. and the costiies IN the world
ami sgAin~t 70 almost without navy at all
Twenty million people. and every element Of strength
and force At ccrnrnandpowcr. patronage. influence
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