Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-02-12

Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago Tines
WASHINGTON, February O.
The passage of the three measures now before
Congress-the militia bill, the bill giving the
President power to suspend the writ OF habeas
corpus and the financial scheme Of Mr.. Chase
will constitute Mr.. Lincoln the absolute master
Of the rights the Liberties, the persons. and the
property OF the American PEG le. and viii MAKE
him, IN all except the name, an absolute nOn
arch. despotic overeign. an aUtocIat, whose
will will be the only law of the land. lie has al
ready assumed and exercised powers which, "
they had been assumed by Queen Victoria at the
same time. would have brought her. ere now, TO
the scaffold. slavish and suoservient Congress
have not only absolved him from all accountable
ity for that great usurpation, but they now pro
pose TO clotbe him. under legislative action. with
more than imperial powers; 20 place his foot upon
the neck Of a PROSTATE people: TO subyert the
whole form of our Government; to sweep away
the Constitution as SO much worthless rubbish f;
and to make Abraham Lincoln King Of America.
and King, too, without any constitutional imita
ti0ns or restraints
Have the people Of Illinois examined the pro
visions Of these bilIs7 Do they comprehend that.
when they are pass d. the entire form OF our
Government wi, have been subverted, and that
we shall have returned % despotism compared
with which the rule Of George III. was mild and
benefcentg Ii is even Let the readers OF
the Times watch carefully the proceedings in
Congress as these bills brought up. They
will have the pride and satisfaction of seeing
them opposed and their hdeous features exposed
and held up to the scorn and execraton of the
world, BY their honOred Senator. Mr.. Richardson;
and they will be opposed. too. nv Mt. VOORHEES,,
of Indiana Mr. Crittenden and Mr. Wicklffe. of
Kentucky; Mr.. May and Mr. Calvert. OF Mary
land; Senator Wall. of New Jersey: Mr. Pendle-
ton, Mr.. Cox and Mr.. Vallandgham. OF Ohio;
Mr. Biddle, of Pennsylvania, and no doubt by
some Others But there is little doubt OF their
final dassage.
Then farewell. for few months, to American
liberty. These measures once passed, the army
the navy, the Treasury. will be under the abso
lutte and unlimited control Of Abraham Lincoln
until next December He will have absolute
power to force into the army every man whom he
pleases, and To shut up in his Bastes every man
who iBcurs MS dspleasure. Freedom OF speech,
freedom of the press, the liberty of free locomo-
ton. will all be taken away. We will see then
how sweet il will he to have lost our own Liberties
in giving freedom to the blacks
This state of things will continue until the
meeting of the new Congress. 1t may be that
foreign complications the defeat of our armies
may make il absolutely necessary for the Pres-
dent to call the new Congress together in extra
session. In this case the time of Mr.. Lincoln
despotism will be much shortened for, on the
day that the new CongreSs meets, the unjust and
illegal powers that will have been conferred
upon him, will be taken away. and il he is not
impeached it will be owing to the long suffering
patience of the American people.
In enumeratng the above measures before
Congress- 1 have not mentioned the negro sol
diers' bill. because the latter is more ridiculous
than serious. Its passage will indeed, exasper-
the South but il will have very little practical
effect there. Mr.. Stevens made the extra0rdina-
~ statement in the House of Representatives
that instead of having "a million of men i'm our
armies, we only have 500 900, and that. of these,
the time of 800 900 will expire next May. He
brought forward this fact reason why the
Government ought to raise 500 900 negro soldiers.
Other reasons were advanced by other members
such tn t there more white soldiers To
be had, aud that the draft had proved to be a
failure, &c. But this remaI kable statement OF
one of the great leaders of the Republican party.
man who is known TO enjoy the entire conf
dence of the President. will give more aid and
comfort to the enemy than victory gained in the
field
The census of 1850 shows that there are i'm all
of the free States together only 235, 62l blacks;
men, women and children. OF these the able
bodied men amount To only 10000. Say, how
ever, that there are 80 900. How many of these
can he prevailed on to enstY lt will be found
that not one in FIVE, or 5000 out of the whole
lot. They understand very well that they will
not he regarded by the Southern troops sol
diers. but slaves fighting against their masters
in other words ms slaves in insurrection-and that
all who are taken prisoners will be hung the
fest tree. Now. the negro is not as brave as the
white man. Yet how many white soldiers could
we have procured for this war il every one OF
them knew that death by the cord would he his
portion when taken prisoner Brave as our white
soldiers are. they not brave enough to face
death IN that shape.
So far as regards the raising of nego soldiers
from the ranks of runaway slaves, the attempt
will be greater failure still. Ii regiment OF
fugitive slaves should be raised, the enemy would
not fight them with guns and swords. a dozen
feroeious looking Yankee overseers, with their
long whips. would SO frighten the patoons OF
Cufiees. Samboes and Johnsings, that they would
drop Their guns in an agony ot terror. aud seek
safety in flight. The attempt to raise the negro
race To equality with the white soldiers Will
fail, because Il is an attempt TO subvert the fun.
damental laws OF "A wise Providence. Those laws
have assigned TO the negro particular sphere,
and out of that sphere the negro cannot exist
In spite of its ridiculous features, there is Sc
rious SHE also to the negro soldier business. Let
but 10 600 negro soldiers be raised. and our army
i. gone. Our soldiers will not endure the desra-
dation of fighting side by side with blacks From
our cradles we are told that nature, aud human
and divine laws. have decreed tie eternal seDpr1
ton of the two race-, except in the relation ut
master aud slave Black children are not nj
lowed To attend the same schools as white child
rem Negroes are not allowed To- settle or To
come into our State, and ia many other States
the same laws exist White men will not permit
negroes To set down ut the same table with them
and with good reason IL Is iclt 10 be degrading
To Ice compelled IN associate. IN any manner will
negroes Now. az one step. all these barriers az,
placed on the same level. to be on perfect
equality, with our brothers. our fathers aud ouI
sous Who have been tor months fighting the bat
ties OF the country. umsn nature will not stand
such degradation AS this. Our troops will not
fight with negroes
There Is another point worthy of notice The
border States have remained IN the Union up Il
this time. because their citizens love the Union
and have chung To the hope that Congress would
have some respect for their feelings aud their
interests. This hope has been growing weaker
every day. apd IL j. now entirely extinct. Tn,
debate in Congress CA this bill has shown that i
j, regarded with such dctestauon IN kentuck,
that it, passage will lose that State and lenue,
see to the Union. This bill passed. the people o
those two States will he compelled. ia seli.de
Tense. To join the Southern Conieieracy Ii thu
great misfortune should take place. IL will bring
the war directly into Illinois.
My forcbodings IN regard 90 Gen. Franklin
have proved To oc correct lie did not ask TO b,
relieved from his command but ordered her,
90 be tried by court martial. His Oiiense Is tina
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