Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-02-05
From the Washington Congressional Globe Of the 18th
Of January
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Wal, anu 10 inquire whether they are eternal aud
ineradcabls in q eir nature, and at the same time
powerful enough Ia overcome all the causes and
considerations which impel 10 reunion.
Having two wears ago discussed fully and elab-
orate'y he more abstruse and remote causes
whence civil cUmmOtIOns IN all Governments aud
thOse also which are peculiar TO our complex and
Federal system, such the consolidating ten
demcies of the General Governments, becnuse OF
Executive power aud patronage, and OF tile tsritf
aud taxation and disbursement generally, all un-
just aud burdensome to the " est equally with the
South, pass them by
What, then, | ask. is the immediate. direct
cause OF disunion and this civil warf Slavery, it
i answered. Sir. that is the philosophy vi the
rustic IN the pal-"that great cause OF the
night Is lack oi the sun Cert,inlv slavery was
i'll one senSe-very obscure indeed-the cause OF
the WAT. Had there been no slavery here this
peculiar war about slavery would neV er HAY been
wased. In Il Ike sense, the Holy Sepulcher was
the cause OF the war of the Crusades: aud had
Troy or Carthage never existed. there never
would h ve been Trojan or z ,rthaeinian war, and
no such persunages a. Hector aud Ham bal; and
no llad or Ehead would ever have been wyii ten.
But far better say that the negro Is tile cause OF
the war, tor had there been 10 negro here. there
would be no war just now. What theny Exter
inmate himl Who demands III ColOnize him !
Howl Wherel When7 At whose costl Sir,
But slavery is the cause of the war. Whyl
Because the South UbSlinately and wckedly re
fused to restrict abolish il at the demand 0f the
philosophers or fanatics and demagOSueS OF the
North and West. Then, sir. il was abolition. the
purpose 10 abolish or interfere with and hem ia
slavery. which caused di>unon and war. Slavery
is only the SHIject but abolition the cause of thS
civil war lt the persistent aud de ermiued
agitation III the free States of the question oi
E. a.
alleged "irrepressible conflict" between the forms
OF labor in the TWO sectiOus. in the false and
mi>chievOuS cant Of the day. between freedom
and slavery, that caused collision OF at
last ST, that conflict was not confined u the
Territories Il was express., rroclsimel by its
apostles, as betM cen the States Also against the
institution ever, where. But. assumin, the plat
forms Of the Republican party n tie standard
aud stating the c'~e most strungly ~ favor Oi
that plrly i was she refusal OF the South 10 cen
sent that slavery should Toe excluded from the
erritOTeS that led 10 The continued agitation,
North and South. of that question. ant finally To
di>uniun and civil war
Sir ! will not be answered now by the old
clnmor oi the "aeeIessioiss ui the slave power.
That miserable specter, that unreal mOckery. has
b5en exercised and expe d by debt and taxation
and blood II that pow er did govern The country
for the sixty years preceding this terrible revolu
ton. then the sooner this Administration and
GWernnieut return To the principles aud policy oi
Southern state-nrah-aie The better iot the coun.
try; and that. sir. i already will be. the
iudg gmeut of tie people But deny that it was
the ''slave power that governed tor so many
wears, and wi>e'y and we'll. 1t was the Demo
cratic party. and its principles and policy nodded
anu control ed. indeed. largely D, Southern states
Neither Will | be stopped by that other
CRY Of mingled iauaticiSm aud hypocrisy, about
the SIN aud barb iri>m of African slavery. SIR. |
see more OF barb irism and sin, 4 thousand times
III the continuance ot this war. the dissolution Oi
the Union the breaking up OF this Government
AID the en>ayement OF the white race by debt and
taxes ami arbitrary power. The day OF fanatics
and sophists and enthusiasts thank God, is sOn,
at lust; and though tie age of chvalry may not
the age OF practical stateSmanshp Is about To re
turn.
Sir. accept the language and intent Of the In
diana resolution TO the iul-''that in considering
terms of settlement We will look only TO the vel
fare. peace and safety of the white race. withOu
reference To Ihe effect that settlement may hav,
upon the condition of the African. Aud whei
We have done this. my word for It, the safety
peace and aellre of the African will have been
best secured. ST. there j. fifty pd less anti sliv
ery sentiment TO day in the West than ther,
Is was two years ago; and 1T this war be continued
there will be still less year hence. The peopl,
there begin, II last. to comprehend that domestic
slavery IA the South is question, not of morals
or religion. or humtnity. but form of labor
perfectly compatible with the dignity of free
White labor in the same community, aud with IA
tonal vigor power aud prosperity and especial,
with military strength. They have learned. O.
begin 10 learn, that the evils ut the system aiec
the master alone. or the community and State il
which il exists; aud that We of the free State
partnke o. ali the material benefits of the in>titu
ton. unmixed with any part ot its mlschieis
81.
/ gro race TO the white where they both exist TO
gether and that the condition OF subOrdnatOu
A. established in the South Is far better ever
way Tor the negro than the hard ser,itude o
/ poverty. degradation and crime, To which he
subjected in the free States All this, sir, NAV b
'pfO sayervsm. it there be such word. Per
h,ps it l.; bur the people of the West begin nov
o. think il wisdom and good sense. We will no
establish -lavery in own midst neither vii
4 abolish or interfere with it outside Of our Ow
! limits.
S.r, an anti slavery paper in New York. 9TH
/ 1ribure) the most Influential, and. therefore
most dam erOuS of all that class-it would ex
hi'it more of dignity ana comm1nd mOIe of III
fuence. ii il were always 10 discuss public ques
tioks and public men with "A decent reSpect-lay
ing aside nov the effthets of ''Secessonist' am
I Traitor has returned 10 its ancient pOlitica
nomenclature, and calls certain members of til
/ House ''pru-slaverv" Well -ir, in the old sens
OF the term as applied 10 the Democratic party
will no, object. | said wears ago, ami it Is a tit
ting time now to repeat u:
'If love my country 20 cherish the Union; 20 rever
the Constitution: Il abhor the madness and hate th
treason wh ch would ft up sacrilegious hand again
either read that N the past behold IL 10 tie pre-
ent fore>ee IL the future of this land. which
more value and The world for age come fha
al the multiplied mil iOns who have inhabited Afric
from The c.e iion this ds If this i be pro-,Ave
then in eve- fiber. vein bone. tendon, Joint
IgAmeut, from the tOpost hair OF the head The Ia
extremity Of the foot, an al over AID altogether pr
slavery man"
and now. sir. come TO the great and control
ing question within which the whole issue
! union or disunion j. bound 10. Is there '.irr,
/ pre>sible conflict" between the slavehOhing an
non-slaveholding States. Must "the cotton an
rice fields Of South Carolina. and the sugar plsI
tltOns Of Louisiana" in the language Of NJ
Seward. 'be ultimately titled by free labor, Al
Charleston and New Orleans become marts {,
legitimate merchandise alone, or else the r,
fields and wheat fields OF VI tssachusetts aud Ne
York again be surrendered 10y their farmers
slave culture aud the production of slaves. 40
Boston and New \ Ork become once more ms
kets Tor trade IN the bodies and souls Of menl
Ii ~. then there i al end OF all union and 10
ever. You cannot abolish slavery by the swor'
still les by proclanatOns. though the PresIdel
were 10 proclaim every month. Ot What %
sIble avail WAS las procls nation OF Septembei
Did the Soath submitG Was she even alarme,
And vet he has nov iulmined another "bu