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

eahoren are stufe snd uarder. Cain froabed himsed
about be sacrifices - Abe snd ss~ hiu Most q he
var snt conienf ixnsoo srl tlool.h~c froun
tbs evgiun N q tne have ben frss ne s28rs
90 not believe thst slavery h.s nss,r sx.c her- w-
would h@ve h.d no sectional ooursvtr-,ss NJ ssyy
years later. otbsr and stronger csS.es a 81 -
ef cisunor may ~ have existed bssses. - s.ss~s
-tsriy Tss spiri; q iDssrvssSsos ssssz y. e.
Aooosisn. eScauss slavery odlors Il nsas A. hs
70 sot 30, &c oeesess -stts.
the TOO secfions Tbe south bsrssf Z bsr ssriv so1
later esors &c be rif q n bed sxo-c tie a. ssE
edans ssa sss Der q l.s 20 .-ss sr co. sssos =.
Assumed social eoScoue sD1 pohesssi D<ns sol
ottbe institgilop-
But there never was an hour from the begin.
ming Nhen Il did not seem 10 me clear ss the
81 broad noon. that the agitation any form
IN the North sBd West OF the slavery question
must sooner o. later end ia disunion and civil
war. This Was the opinion and prediction foe
years Of Wing and Democratic statesmen alike.
AM after Il unfoi tunate dissolution of the Wing
party IN 1854, and the organization of the present
Republican party upon an exclusive anti slavery
and sectional basis, the event inevitable;
because. in the then existing temper OF the puelic
mind, and sitter the education through the press
and by the pulpit. the lecture and the political
canvass tor twenty years, OF a generation tangh
TO hate slavery and the South, the OF that
party. possessed as II was Of every engine Of Do
ticAl. business social and eligious influence Was
certain. Ii was only aguestion OF time, and short
time. Such vas IT. strength. indeed. that ! do
hot believe that the union of the Democratic
party IN 1861 any candidate. even though lac
had been supported also by the entire - -callesl
conservative anti Lincoln vote ot the country
would have awaited 70 defeat IL: AID 1t il had the
success OF the Abolition party would onl, have
been postponed four years longer The disease
had fastened too strongly upon the system To be
healed until IL had run It's course The doctrine
Of the 'irr-pressible conhict" had been taught
too long and accepted too widely aud earnestly
10 die out until II sl5uld culmrate ia secession
and disuni0n; and, n coercion were resOrted 10,
then in civil believed tnom the first that
it the purpose of some OF the apostles oi that
doctrine to force collision belReen the North
aud the South. either TO bring about a separation
or to bud vain but bloody pretext Tor abolishmg
slavery in the States. Ia any event. knew. OF
thought knew. that the end was certain collision
and death 10 the Uuipn.
Believing thu, have or years past denounced those
who taught that doctrine with ell the veherence the
bitterness, If YOU ehcose thought rig hteous. pat
r1ouc bteuaes-f an earnest aud imgsssOned nature.
Thinkin- thus furwaried ali Who beieyed be doctrine
OF followed the parry which taught u, With siEees!
AID d. p.h o. conviction profound penetrated
The heart OF And when, Tor egut Years pa>t.
and again. have proclaimed u the people that the
Z sectional la cry party Oul be the be-
ginning ~ di>unon and VII war ia America believed
| did. ! had history, aud sfldied human ua-
tur ana ed ted fer Aesrs upon the ehar.cfer 81 cur
institutions and form OF Goversment, og the people
O The South well North. aud could not ooLbt
event hu the people td ot believe me noT those od,r
and vi and greater th The, rejected prophecy
anu stoned the propuet~. The csncaae OF The kepubl
parry chosen President Scce>son began. vi
war was imminent IL no petty insurreosicn.
temporary tcn 70 obstruct the of the
law, IA certain ate, but CLIFTON, systematic de-
lberae. det rnl.ued. ard With the consent 4 msjoIitv
OF the people oi each State which sooeded oasssssr,
may have beeIi wckcd IL may have been, but there IL
not 10 be RATED sil les 70 be laughed but
be dealt with by statesmen fact Nodi> lay Of vigor
or force alone however sudde1 great ceud have
I'D the Il dsupion al last. The
wolf had !, u civil war lad yet followed In
my deliberate and nost solemn Judgment there was but
one and mastery mode "f dealing wiih IL Nonco
ercon would avert civil war, and compromise crush
both Abo nj i,In and Secession. The parent aud the
ehid would thu bo perish But resort 10 force
would at once precpate hasten secession. extend
diSulon and. REe t lasted utterly cur OF ell hope n
cornpromi-e believed that ~sr n long enough eoI.-
IL; and accord ngio the utmost ofmy ability aud influence
ell eli g. behalf of the toiicy nau-coercia
It was adopted y Mr. Bucbauan, Administrator. with
The almost unanimous -ent Of the Democratic and
C0nst uiionai lnOn parties IN and out Of ongress.
and. IN february WITH the % majority 81
tie LepuDscaB party IN tie Senate this House
that parry. dsarousy tor the country. refused all
compromise. How indeed. could they pt ans! That
serrafive parties q the North and West. willing
grant and which alone could avail keep the peace
save The Cnon implied surrender Of the sole vital ee-
pie in fact upon which il bad just won the contest for
the PIesdencl not. decd, BY majority Of the popular
Note-ibe majority wa neay m llon against it-but
under the Of the Constitution. the crime
i,s ffsai 70 ~ ~ ss nSs = aeS-
upon basis and doctrine wholly inconsistent
stability of the Constitution and the peace Of the Union
But TO resume: the session of Congress ex-
pired. The President eject inaugurated
aud now, il only the policy of hon coercion
could be maintained, and thus averted time
would do it, work ia the North aud the SJuth,
and final, peaceable adjustment aud reunion be
secured Some time in March il was announced
that the President had resolved 10 continue the
policy Of his predecessor, and even 20 a step fur
ther and evacuate Sumter and the other Federal
forte and ar~ena- ia the seeded States His own
party acquesced; the whole country reioiced
The policy 1T non coercion had triumphed. aud
for once. sir. in NV lite found myself in i'm
mense majority No MN then pretended that =
Union founded IN consent could be cemented bs
force Nay. more. The President and the Secrc-
tary ol State vent further Said Mr Seward in
al official diplomatic letter to Mr. Adams
sFor these rea ois he he rresideri would not be d.
pOed % fecrt caroa dogma of theirs. the Secession
istl namely he Federal oiernneut could not re.
Though he wetc easpascd question that proposfior
Bn in fact the President ~rgiy accepts it a. rrGr.
onlg imperial poiic goveTnni.. "A ,ufsussfs
thoroughly ci.aAected and insuTrecsi0nary ueu5s
the state
Pardon the. III. but I be- TO know whether
this conviction of the President and his Secretary
i not the philosophy OF the persistent and most
vigorous efforts made by This Administration and
first Of all through this same Secretary. the mo-
nent broke out and ever since till the late
elections, TO convert the United States into al
imperial or de-potic Government But Mr.. Sew
ard aads. aud agree With him:
This Federal Republ can system of g. Of all forms
OF government, the vers which ur1ttec Tor
such labor"
This, sir the 10th Of April, and yet
that very daF he feet under Tor Charles-
ton. The policy oi peace had been abandoned
Collision followed; the militia ere ordered out,
civil var began
Now. SIT. on the iith OF Apii. believed that
coercion would bring on var. and dsunion
More than tilat; believed. what YOU all IN your
hearts believe to-day. that the South could never
be conqueFei-neVer. And not that onlv; but
was satisfed--and you OF the Abolition party
have nov proved il 10 the wOrld--that the secret
but res.i purpose OF the to abolish slavery
il the States. Ia any event. did not doubt that
Whatever might be the momentaTy impulses OF
these ia power. and whatever pleiges ihey might
make IN the midst OF their iary Tor the Consttu-
ton. the Union ard the has. vet the natural and
inexorable logic Of revolutions would sooner or
later drive them 70 that policy. and With II 10 its
fna but inevitable result. the change OF our pres
ent democfaticai form of Government INTO an in
perial despotism.
TheSs my CONVICTIONS the ifih q April. Had
banged Them the IS b. wAss ID &c Pre- dent's
and Convinced f-rt ] had been