Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-03-14

crushed No man j. loyal il lle fails 10 worship
AZ the radical shrine. have 30 doubt you con
slider me disioyal Tor this speech. What DO you
suppose ] care for your opinion whether am
disioyai or notl | return the compliment most
heartily and sincerely think you disoyal.
aid there Ne even. When you say am dis
loyal to nv country. | repel II. la return.
charge that you are disloyal 70 the Constitution.
and prove it And be who is false 70 the Con
sttution - false 10 the country. ] know OF no
country outside of that instrument.
What i nv country when the Constitution
goes DOWN. Is il land and water Shall We
adopt the dogma of tyrants. that government
may exist simply by esson OF for e aud power
throughout the boundaries OF a given territoryl
say YOU are false and disloyal to nv country
the country of the Constitution. Then we are
even. No. not even: Tor prove my assertion,
and you do not. And here 10 night, on parting.
| say 10 you that there is nothing lost on our
side so Tar as a poor opinion Of each other l. con
cerned on that subject You may cali Vs. disloya
If II will ease your hearts any, but our opinion
here upon this side of the House j. Just n frm-
! can speak Tor every one here's Just a well
defined. just as sharply and clearly made up. that
the majority of this House has been dislOyal, in
the acts have enumerated and in the general
scope of its conduct. to the Constitution of IL
country, as if YOU had been convicted of overt
treason. and stood ready To be executed Accord
ing To- law. We 90 further We think that the
Administration Itself has been rankly dsloyai 10
the Constitution. and in that opinion the advau-
tAge which have over you is that the people
who made the Constitution ard who constitute
this Government. are Of the same opinion. and
sustain us. while they repudiafe you That is
our advantage on that point
Mr. Moorhead in his seatl We will have it
all over again.
Mr. Voorhees,: Yes, we will have il all over
again. ii YOU shall ever be able stand up long
enough before the people 10 he knocked down.
That is the only doubtful question LETT. If We
were simply PLAYING political game YOU have
done Just what your worst enemies would have
wished But YOU have ruined the hopes of the
country, and driven the people 20 despair For
tins reason lament and deplOre YOUR conduct.
bewail the havd-l--.nues OF my poor country
when such pilots are on >hiphoard. I am sorry
YOU have violated yoHr pledges and broken your
faith. | am sorry YOU have shown total in
capacity to administer the Government And
am sorry, yer, sorry. that il Is so long before
there can be total change of officers at the al
of the Government
But there another feature in the conduct OF
this Administration and its supporters that goeS
rs a reason why troops cannot now he brought
into the field as volunteers. and a despotic con
scrpton bill has to be passed The people of the
country have seen public economy dsregarded
They We seen thieves and plundererS in the
hugh places of the Government not ouv unre
buked, but rewarded by promotion to higher
honors in place and profit, They have seen for
tunes more than mountain high made in a single
night by political favOrtes No. sir: keep still
sir. The gentleman from PENNSYLVANIA Mr.
Covode. who made remark in his seat. can
speak feengly and knowingly and understand
inglv. have no doubt. upon the subject To which
! allude He has his friend, the late Secretary o.
War, the late Minister to Rus,i the late candi
date for United States Senator in Pennsylv ania
presume, in his mind have no doubt it i, a
delicate point with him have by ms side how
ever. my very distinguished and reliable friend
from Massachusetts, Mr. Dawes, who always
comes To my relief and IL cannot prove Simon
Cameron AMI some of his friends plunderers and
public thieves by him. | will give up the case
Laughter hope the gentleman from Penn
sylvania will first settle with his friend from
Massachusetts before he looks toward me
again Settle that question among yourselves
The public mind has settled it long ago re
peat, the people have seen fraud and prohgacv
prevailing in high places They have seen an
other thing in the progress OF this war; and eSpe
cially at this time and in its present amentable
stage.
They have seen these contractors and plunder
ers and lobby thieves surrounding this Capitol,
creSsing a swell mob y the3 galleries, the greed
tina; ever infested IN droves and packs the haunis
Of political off,l They have heard them the
loudest and most persistent for the continued
prosecution of this war No abuse be de-
nounced that we DO not hear the cry of treason
from their hungry lirs. What does it matter to
them that the poor soldier lays stiff in the snow
upon his thin blnnketl They 90 upon the motto:
Put money in thy pocket: put money in thy
pocket" II you think that the people biiyd
to this state of affairs YOU are mistaken. They
know it all by heart They know that these
loathsome cormorants enca mped here TO eat
out their substance They know that they are
the HesSians of this war; and that no peace will
be permitted To revisit This bleeding land rs long
as vlliaiuy can find paw in the Golfers OF the Coy
eminent if this evil brood can prevent il But,
sir. thank God that handwriting is on the wall
The corrupt and impious feast Of BelShazzir. the
king his princes. his parasites aud concubues. is
about over. They drank wine. and pa>ed the
gods OF gold and of silver, of brass of iron, of
wood, and OF stone" But in the sa me hour came
forth fingers of mans hand. and wrote their
doom over against the candleStck upon the plas
ter of the wall of the kings palace Ard the
fingers of the American people are bu~ily
gagged in writing a doom equ ,lly terrible against
those who have turned the temple of fathers
into den Of thieves.
The people have seen other things however
To discourage them in the prosecution of this
war. They have seen YOU take advantage OF
the political condition of the country-vou men
who represent the spindles and looms of New
England: they have seen Won coming here and
forcing ON the agricultural portions ot the coun-
try ariil which is n robbery, direct plumber
on honest labor: they have seen YOU develop the
most selfish. greedy. degrading element OF the
human heirt-ihe love Of gain bv unfair means
-tsxinS the whole ciluntr, for the purpose oil
carry my out merely personal interests. To day
the Western Farmer tiie Western mechanic. pay
three or four times the ordinary prize for the ar
tlces which he has to buy from 'Ou. aud which
he can buy nowhere el-e
The people understand it well They know
that this Increase OF price does not go into the
ueisury of their helu,e1 eyunlr,: that il does not
- even in'n the golfers "whcrr thieves bre k
throu-h mi ste ~ bnt that il goes directly into
the pockets ei The nlliionlire the nahob. the mo-
nopo!rt at 'he manufacturing districts. They
know al lhit II Hlakc- them tired of war
They ~1te al he ~. aif. see no hope Of sue
cess. justice, unuu constitutional liberty al
youf hai->
All Hou' boasts Of patriotism. ail your inspiriu g
appeais 10 tle people. ial hollow and empty upon
their z irs. ON nte 10 them ani in their sight
Ike whiIcd sepulcsiers fam and enticng without,
tut iul OF rOtrenne.s and dead men : bones with
IA. You have been iaise - your trusts. false in
the conduct of the war, aud false 10 the declara
tons IN which Won let forth the purposes foI
which tie war WIS tn he carried on. You have