Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-03-30

only entirely consistent with the Constitution. but
even essential to its stability. TO regard the Ad-
mlnistration at any time existing rs distinct and
separate from the Government itself, and to can
vass the proceedings of the one without a thought
OF disloyaliy to the other"
And shall this agent this servant-this thing
which you made and can unmake, take exseo-
sion~ to our meetings and discussions. because we
appeal from them, their judgment, their wisdom
to that of their masters. the people3
Shall a mob call us to account7 Oh, gentle.
men. mobs are lawless, destructive Of liberty,
destructive of rights, destructive Of good govern
ment. They ought to be put down by the Off
GERS OF the Government. Ii they are not so put
down. il is lawful to meet lawless violence with
force, and to resist oppression by assault.
We hear muci of disloyalty now a days. What
does il meant | don't find that word in the Con-
stifution nor in the laws. ! looked in the die
tiOnary for il, and find that loyal'y means fidelity
TO the King. | see in this mornings paper that
gentleman said in a speech last night to a Union
Club. that Abraham Lincoln was our King. Now,
if these people mean by loyalty fidelity to King
Abraham. | tell them frankly. that il will not do
to go a dollar on Democratic loyalty: hut if thew
mean by disloyalty fidelity to every constitutional
obligation. to the performance of every duty then
the Democratic is as loyal as any party which ,
ever existed Democrats d~isloyali Is not this
our RECOMMENDATIONS country? Did not our
tbttiClc ulAhC - stiu uElu ~ u NV VIC uOt
a share in lis greatness and glory and beneicencef
Has not the Democratic party administered it
successfully for nine tenths Of all its years2 Have
we ever held Hartford Conventions, or asserted a
higher lawl Democrats d;sloyall / say That
never. since the origin of the Government, has
there been a party more devoted to the Constitu-
ton, more devoted to the Union, more welded to
every principle of civil and religious liberty. more
determined to maintain them, than the Demo-
Gratis of to -day-peace Democrats and all. We
will not defend the Administration IN its errors.
in its cOrruptioDs, in its %fOllies. or in its crimes;
and If this constitutes dislOyalty, the Democratic
party is disloyal. We will appeal TO the people
we will discuss political questions before them
we will ask their judgment upon those questions.
We will prefer the judgment of the people to the
judgment of their servants. If this is disloyalty,
we are disloyal.
Let US see how this new-fangled doctrine
works.
have been to Washington lately. | have seen
the high carnival kept there. ] have seen the
dancing and 6ddling while Rome was burning. |
have seen the thieves and plunderers hang around
the Treasury rs crows do around the carcass; and
under the influence of an atmosphere which they
created. the President suspended the writ of Ia
beas corpus. and committed 10 his agents the
power of arbitrary arrest. i have seen military
men like General Stone removed from their com
mand, consigned TO close confinement, kept there
six months. and agai. without trial, without ex
PLANTATION. released from Imprisonment. and re
stored to his position. have seen women like
Mrs. Brinsmade, arrested in Washington, hurried
off to New York. and kept in close custody in a
station house until the fact and the cause of her
confinement were forgotten. believe the power
was usurped by the President believe that il
was exercised bv the officers under the influence
Of partisan malice and private i'll will. And shall
/, a Representative of the people. bow my head
in acquiescence, and hold nv tongue in silence.
lest If | speak | may persuade the people that l
am rightl And they may say to Mr.. Lincoln that
this uSurpation must cease, and these ~offenses
against personal liberty must be stopped. Under
the influence of these men. ] have seen Mr.. Lin
coln Weld To a pressure which he said he could
not resist, ard against his Letter Judgment Issue
his proclamation of emancipation which he said
was Of no more use than the bull against the
comet. believed he had no pOwer to issue it; |
believe it has resulted, and can result. in nothing
but disaster. believe il has divided the North
and united the South: and shall | refuse to say
so to the people. lest if | sneak. they may say to
Mr.. Lincoln. in tones which he can understand.
that his proclamation must be recalled, and that
policy must be abandoned?
| have seen these same thieves and plunderers
infest the halls OF Congress. and cry out prose
cute vigorously the war. more blood more bloOd:'
and ~instigate measures which would enable them
to plunge their arms deeper into the Treasury.
Shall | not say so? But IL | do, the Republican
party will be injured, and new representatives,
Democrats, will be sent in the place Of these Re
publicans. The majority of Congress have given
Mr.. Chase power to borrow 900 600 600 of Nancy
on the credit Of the United States, and for 4 great
part of il to issue bonds. or notes of legal tender.
as he may see fit. Shall I not saw that this is un.
wise, detrimental TO the interests of the country,
is Illegal. lest somebody may be deferred thereby
from taking the loan2
And when / see that a CONSUMPTION Act has
been passed. giving to the President the powers
of a Dictator, overriding State laws. State Con.
stitutions, State rights. shall | not saw so. lest
perchance the people NAV think il as bad as | do,
and at the first moment possible demand its H
peal?
And when ] come to ask why all these maeni-
fcent powers are intruSted to the President, and
| an told that - military necessity requires it:
and | further ask why the war is prosecuted. and
| answer the question myself by reading a letter
from Mr.. Postmaster Blair, the confidential
friend and adviser of the President. who
says in a letter to a Union meeting in York,
'that the prophetic heart Of the President long
ago foretold the issue which the Southern agitae
ors were forcing on the country. when he said.
in one of his early contests for freedom: : | see
that the United States must all be free or all
slave and this is the issue of the hour-not of
debate. but Of arms
Or by reading the letter Of Mr.. ThurIow Weed.
the bosom friend of Mr.. Seward. who saws: "But
/ desire to make this record: If IL comes to be
understood that the views and policy of Messrs.
Sumner. Greeley. Wendell Phillips. Ward Beech
err. &c. obtain in the conduct of the war. it will
result in the destruction of our Government and
Union, and n triumph for rebellion and slavery"
Am | to be told that ] am perSuahing the people
that this is n war, not for the preservation Of the
Government. nor for the restoration Of he Union,
but for the freeing of negroes. and that I am,
therefore. guilty. of a dsloval practicel Away
with al this doctrine that free s~reecl. free dis
cussion free opinion. is disloyal or improper.
IL is the doctrine Of slavery, not freedom-of
despotisms, not republics. Let us have this un
derstood Mt once: we know onr duties, we will
perform them; We know our rights. we will have
them. We will obey all laws, we will yield to
all lawful authority. we will have no violence, we
will trespass upon no man. If we do not like a
law, we will seek to repeal il; If we do not ap-
prove a policy. we will try to elect agents who
will reverse il; if we believe - law unconstitution
al. we will try the question before the Courts.
We will do all this peaceably, quietly according
to law, and through the agencies of free speech,
free press. free ballot. Leave us these orr un-
doubted rights. and We ask no more; we will use
them. II unsuccessfully. We will submit. If
successfully, the Republicans must submit. But
understand now, if we are deprived Of these, if
the agencies of successful revolution are Illegally
denied ia, we will then feel il TO be the datv of
freedom to maintain our rights as best we NAV,
even though it may be by the sword and the bay-
onet. We make no threats. We incite no VIC
lence. If there be violence. we will not beginit
If there be MODS, we will not incite them. If
there be trouble, we will not create it. We want
peace We want tn appeal to the people ms law
abiding citizens We intend to do il II we are