Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-16

the hope that the Union Is To be restored.
Never Whatever others may DO we will
lar % il las the mariner clincs TO the last plank
when Bieht and the tempest close around him."
No matter what NAV hsve been done North or
South to produce IT, this terrible ordeal OF blood
which bas been visited upon Us ought 20 be suffi
cient 70 bring ne all back TO consciousness Of
responsibilities and duties
The emotions OF all good men are those of
sorrOw and shame aud sadness now over the con-
dItiOn of their country. when they retire at night
and when they open their ewes upon tie dawnng
day, struggle against them though they nav
WIZ should they attempt 10 Disguise III SOlici
tude which hinges upon apprehension OF personal
loss, and that alone. Is contemplate. Triaing
men may indulge IN trihng word and thought,
while the foundations laid by the Fathers are
crumbling beneath their feet but the artiicers
who laid those foundations found time for
trIting while engaged in their grand and serious
work, nor can you. They could lift up their
souls in prayer, but they had no heart for evity
and mirth.
Nv friends. Won have had most of YOU have
had-great sorross, overwhelming personal sor
rows, it NAV be; but none like these, none like
these which come yelling up. day by day. from
the great fountain of national disaster. red with
the best and bravest blood of the country, North
aud South; red with the blood Of those in both
sections OF the Union whose fathers fought the
common battle of Independence Nor have
these sorrows brought with them any compensa
ton, whether of national pride OF Of victorious
For il is not vain TO appeal 10 YOU To raise
shout of jov because the men from the land of
Washington Marion and Sumter are barring their
breasts 10 the steel of the men from the land of
Warren, Stark aud Stockton; or because, If this
war IS ~ continue 10 be waged. one or the other
must go 10 the wall-must he consigned TO hu-
initiating subjugatiOng This fearful frutleSs,
fatal civil war has exhibited our amazing re
sources and vast military power. 1t has shown
that united. even in carry ing out in its widest
Interpretation the Monroe doctrine on this cont
nent We could. with such protection as the broad
ocean which flows between ourselves and Euro
pean powers affords, have stood against the world
in arms. | speak OF the irutless; for it
is clear that, prosecuted upon the basis Of the
proclamations of September % and September
"a 1862 prosecuted, AZ must understand those
pr0clamatiOns. TO say nothing of the kindred
brood which bias followed. upon the theory of
emancipation. devastation, SUI ugatiOn. II cannot
fail to be fruitess IN everything except the har-
vest of woe which it is rpening tor what
once the peerless republic.
Now, fellow citizens after having said thus
much. is il right that You should ask me what
would you do in this fearful eS remty? Voices
That's what we wanti'l | reply, from the be-
my hope has been in moral power There it re-
poses still When in the spring of lc6l had oc-
casiOn TO address my fellow citizens OF this CITY
from the balcony OF the hotel before US | then
said had not believed. and aid not then believe,
aggression-by arms was either suitable or pos
sbe remedy for existing evils Voces-"Good.
good" and cheers. All tina has occurred since
then has but strengthened an confirmed nv con
victions in this regard. ! releat, then, my judg
ment mpels me to RELY upon moral force and
not upon any of the coercve inStrumentalities of
military power We have seen in the expert
ence of the last two years how futile are all our
efforts to maintain the Union by force of arms /;
but even had war been carriel on by US success
fully. the ruinous result would exhibit It's utter
impracticabity for the attainment of the desired
end. Through peaceful agencies and through
such agencies alone, can We hope "tO form a
perfect Union, establish Justice, insure
domestic tranquility, provide for the common
defense. promote the gene Il welfare and
sure the blessings Of liberty to ourselves and
posteritv," the great objects for which. and
for which alone, the Constitution was formed
If YOU turn round and ask me. what if these
agencies fail; what if the PASSIONATE anger of both
sections iOrbidS what il the BALLOT box is sealed
Then, all efforts, whether OF w-r or peace hav-
ing failed, my reply Is, you will take care of
yOurnelvcs; with or without srms with or without
leaders, WILL at least with the effort TO defend
our rights free people. build up great
mausoleum of hearts to which men who yearn
for liberty will in after years with bowed heads
and reverently, resort, as christian pilgrims TO
the sacred shrines of the Holy Land. Loud
applause.