Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-02-05

at sl,e n O. ny -fr-n,,-- 81 tie sinod There
is'''s eee kiuf -s ,-,tth Pvlscsi~ kng.
Bas &, rctan. New Jersey, TOO. i bound
clss-iy - TIC tsou n, and TIE South ~ her and
rao.c sn.leioarcr thxn any other STATE, she re.
n snssred bot.s her dufv % fIe Csastisu ION and
hcf iatercss IN inc Union And Pennsylvania,
sort Of miiiIc -rcund. Just between the Worth
aaf the Soufh tnd cxfcaffny also % the West,
isu,itci By nearer, Il not stronger. te-, 20 every
sccliou than any other one State, unless u be
OiiJ. She was-slse II yct--thc kcystope N the
grcas, bat now crnmbng arch Of the tbion.
Sic Il border State. and, more than thf. she
has less within her Of the fanstcal or disufrbing
elem NJ than any Of the States. The ~ pie OF
Peaas ylvania are quiet, peaccable, practi VI, and
eatcrpiiny, without being aggressive. Iiey
have mDre Of the honest old English and { srdan
thrift than any other. No people mind more
dig ntiy thcir own business. They have bui
on ii5gvncrasy or spcciaity-t1e tamil; anu
even that Il really Ia more matter Of tradition
than Of substantial interest. The industry, en-
erprise ani thrift OF Pennsylvania are abund.
anflv able 10 take ease Of themselves against any
competition In any event. tue Union Is Of
msre value, many times, to her than any local
Interest.
But osherti~s also bind these States-Pcnnsyl-
vania AMI New Jersey, especiallv-to the South.
AMI TN South 10 them. Only an imaginary line
sparatc. the former from Delaware and Mary
lsnd. The Delaware river. common To both
Pna-ylvania AMI New J .rSev. flows into Della
ware bay. The Susqu hanna empies its waterf,
t1rou n Pennsylvania and Maryland, into the
Chesa scake. And thar great Watershed itself
exfen ling to Norfolk. an |, therefore, almost 10
the North Carolina line, does blong, and mat
ever blony, in common 10 the Central and
Southern States, uaic- one Governments or ele
the linz Of SCAR itiDn will be the Potomac 10 IL
hcaiwat.r. All 81 Dclawae and Maryland, and
tn coun.iss Of Accomac and Northampton. in
= - Z -. a
of the Northern Confcscracy. In fact, sir, di IA
gr-eable as the liza MY be to many within their
linis on boti sides N man who looks OF the
mtp an then reflects u ION history and tho force
OF natural causcs, and con;ide.s the present &C
tut AMI tic future probable position of the hos
tile armies AMI navics at the end of this war,
on at for a moment TO doubt that either the
Sssscs AM cvul les which have named must 60
with the North or Pennsylvania and New Jersey
with tie South. Military force on either sidc
en- MT control tie de tiny of the States lying
between tic mouth of the Chesapeake and the
Hiison. And If that bay were itself made the
lie. Delaware and the Eastern shore Of Mary
lani an Virginia would belong to the North ;
willie Norfolk, the only caoacious harbor on the
sout'icnstcrn coast, must be commanded by the
guas Of some new fortress upon Cape Charles !;
AMI BtliimoTc. the now qucenly city, seated then
u,on the very boundary of TWO rival, yes, hostile
Confcderacics, would rapidly fall into decay.
And now, sir, l viii not ask whether the North
w.st can consent TO separation from the South.
Nsye- Nlfusc forbils We are only part Of
tic great Valley Of lhe Mississippi. There is no
lin; Of latitude u.pon which TO separate. The
South would not dc ire the oil line of SO deg.
81 min. both ,ile of the river; and there is
MUTUAL boundary east an west. The nearest to
il are the Ohio and Mi sissippi rivers. But that
line wouli leave Cincinnati and st. LQnis, a
border Cries like Baltimore, TO decay, s..d ex
III. l.. 81.
become the scene of an eternal border warfare
without example, even in the worst of times.
Si-, we not, ought not, will not separate
from the South. Aud If YOU of the East who
have found this against the South and for the
negro, gratifying TO Your hate profitable TO
your pulse. viii continue it till a separation be
forced between the slaveoiding and your non
slavcholding States, then, believe me, and accept
1t, a, you did not the other solemn warnings of
wears past, The diy anhict dicides the North from,
the Soih fhd, ssf-sme dIy DEGREES eternal dlrorce
5efssea the West and the East.
ST.. our destiny is fixed There is not one
drop of rain, wai n, descending from the heavens,
and ferilizng our soil, causes il to yield an
a5un liant harvest, but flows into the Mississippi,
AM there mingling with the waters of that mighty
riysr nnIs its way at last to the Gulf of Mexico.
A III W. mu 4 and will follow il with travel and
tale. not by treaty but by right, freely, peace
ably, ami without restriction tribute. under the
stn, Govcnncnt AMI fla, to is hom in the
bosom OF that Gulf Sir, W. will not remain after
sc ,a-aion from the South, province appan-
az, OF the Eat, to bear her la dens aud pay her
taxe.; nor hcmmed in and isolated as we are and
without n scacoa,r, could we long remain dis
tia:t Conied:-acv. But wherever we 20, married
10 the South or the East, we bring with three
foa tbs of the territories of that valley to the
Rocky Noun. aims, and il may be to the Pacific
the y'anl,st ami most magnificent dowry which
bril ever had TO bessow.
Tlsn si-, New En- slanl freed at last from the
DONNA sn of her So ohisers and dreamcrs and
hi :ots apl re stored to the control once more OF
hos fnrmcc lib raj, tolerant aad conservative civ
iizaiion. will not stand in the way of the reunion
OF tlesc States upon term of fair and honorable
a lju tim M. AMI in this great work the central
frsc and border slave States. TOO, will unite heart
ani hand To til, West 1t Is II necessity. and
she dem ,nis il. And Let not the States now
called Confcdei att insist upon separation and
in lie ,cn len, C. What did tley demand at iir,i!
Sc,-u itv AGAINST Aboli.ionism within TIA, Union.
Psotcciion from The 'Inepscssible conflict and
IA, Il lmina.ion of tic absolute numerical MI
iori.v. y change OF public opinion, aud con G.
qucniiy Of political paris in the North aid
Wet, So that ttcr local ins;isu ions and dom :
til peace shoull no longer he endangered. And
now, sir, a ter Two years OF persistent and most
Cl-ani G fort the part of this Administration
10 con .ci them 10 submit. bu- with utter AMI
slFaal flll1fc. TIC nCeAie ol TIC iltt S+t { a4t
now OF a. fiss becoming satisfied that tie price
OF III Union /. tho utter Suppression of Adolf
toa.m o. an / slavery n n political element. and
"a, com dec subordination of thc spirit of fanaf
c: IN and iEc me liing which gave IL birth In
any event, they a-c ready now, If have not
greatly misrcai the signs of the times. TO return
I, the old con .tituonal and actual basis of fifty
years ago-shce e-lifths rule of repre>entation
speedy return of fugitives from labor. equal
ri shts in the Territories, no more slavery agIta
tioa anywhere, and transit and temporary soourn
with slaves. without moles;ation. in the free
States Withou. all these thcre could be neither
pca>e pcrfnlnsnce TO restored union of
s ates part slave and part fsc,." With IL the
SIN H. in ailition 10 all the other grcai and mul
ii piled be seiits Of union. would b. far more
cue in her slave property, her dom site institu
tons, than under a separate government Sir,
lcs NJ man North Or West tell me- that this would
pcrpciaa,e Al lean slavery. Iknowit But so docs
the Con sfiution repeat sir IL Is the price of the
Union Whoever hates negro slavery more han
he loves the Union, must dcm md se)afaion at
last. think that YOU can never abolish slavery
by tishsng Certainly YOU never till YOU
have hfst dcStroye tle South. and then in the
Ian suigc first OF Mr. Dou slas and aftcrwaid of
M seward. converted this Government into an
imperial dcspotism. And, sir. whenever | am
forced II a choice between the loss to NV
country AMI race. of personal ana poll ical liberty
with all Its blessings. anil the involuntary dom s.
tn scrvUa'.e OF the negro. should not hesitate
one momsnt 10 choose the TAI ter alternative