Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-12
speeeh OF secre,arY xeward.

Ar. SEwARD. Secretary of State. made a speech
at Auburn on the evening preceding election de v
in which occurs the following psr,g-noh relating
TO the conditions upon which ne ,ee : sttsin-ble
The abestOrs Vi the rebeliun are trouOlei for
fear Se shall not leave ~ TeDels, ~iea they
have SUBMITTED, enough vi slavery aud slaves
They want 10 know what We propose about th 4
Ny answer i that It they had subuittei 10 Aura
ham Lincoln AT The beginning they would have
retained the ~hOie They have lost 10y resist
ance, on an average. 10000 slaves month
Each month OF prolonged resistance increases the
loss. aud they are ver.ng upon the time when
SUBMISSION, coming tUO late, will leave neither
slavery nor slaves IN the iaud. This question OF
slavery u their business not niue % long ~
they propose no surrender, they are entitled tO
= terms. What has happened To slavery
thus tar has been the legitimate fruit ol their own
crime; put It was fruit not orGuued by
NUT but OF God. Without seeking 10 divine
bis way. i thlnk that the future will be like
nrtoI the npast The usurrection will perish
under military power, necessarily aud therefore
lawfully exercised aud slavery will perish with
II Nevertheless. am willing that the prOuigaI
son shall return The doOrs, 50 far as | am con
cernei. shall always be open To him | he longer
he i content 10 feel upon hu-ks, the sooner he
will hunger. The longer he is content with his
dalliace With the harlot OF rebeilion the greater
VIII be ms Ultimate disgust with her embrace
The gre,ter his hunger and his disgust. the
deeper viii be his repentance and the mure lasting
his reformation shall send no invitations litter
hun; aud yet. speaking not tor myself. but tor
you and The whole American people, ! express
the conviction that he'tler men nor angels can
pre-, ent the iattei calf being slain for his vel
come. wheu he does come back -aving penitent
~. "Bro'hef, have offended, and desire recon
citation"
The mpithizers with the Confederate, tell us
OF debt. taxes and blood Was ever sovereignty
and freedom saved without tie expenditure OF
money ana OF lief IL is the lot appointed 20
nations 10 endure war and its evils as we'll ~ to
eIJ y "t Intervals peace and prosperity Who
caused the debt, the taxes and the shedding Of
blood2 The cnnnonade OF Sumter answers the
whole question at once.
In conf ct like this the question is not one of
abstract suffering. but which of the contendiug
parties suffer most Viewed in this light. the
whole o. the suffering Inch the war has produced
has fallen upon the insurgents acI the loyal part
OF The United States j. exempt In the Insureent
States shere i one citizen who i not the
poorer aud the more unhappy for the war In
the 10y Il regions there i not a State which i
not stronger, nor a citizen who il not richer for
the same cause The increase of wealth which
arises from the new national discipline OF indus nv
which the war has Obliged Us to adopt. has ena
bled Us TO pay our increased debts and taxes rs
easily ~ we paid the debts aud taxes existing
when the war begun. Nor must We forget that
II is only question of whose debts aud whose
taxes We. shall ptY-not whether shall pay
any We pay either the debts and xes of Abra
ham Lincoln and his administrator, or the debts
md taxes Of Jefferson Davis and Robert p
ToOmhs. In one case we.have an equivalent OF
dollar tor dollar for what pay and the gre ,ter
equivalent of national safety and honor. In the
other case We ply twelve dollars in gold for one
dollar of Confederate money. with the additional
loss of eternal disgrace and ruin