Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-02-20


unless the country j. saved during thu Aimnis
tration Il cannot be .aved az all. | am OF the
contrary opinion | think that 30 Car a. the psss-
ent Administration - concerned, the Executive
has lost the confidence OF the people Of both sec
tions 81 this land He has los, the confidence OF
the North and the South He Is thoroughly i'm
buei With the fanatical abolition notions OF the
New England shool. Il would be impossible Tor
any man or any set OF men 10 operate harnonl-
oasly and enectually during the existence Of this
Administration for The purpose Of uOiag the coui'-
try any good. or taking ans important step toward
final restoration Of the political relations Tor
merly existing between hese States.
know. sir. that Senators are constantly talk
ING about the Union I do not wish . be ex
ceeded by any man in my devotion 70 the Amer
can Union have spoken for the Union; have
written for the Union; I have fought and acted
for TIE Union when those who now claim % be 10.
ardent friends were willing, under certain contin
gences. to let IL slide Bat ask you. sir. what
do Senators mean by the Unoni II Is by what
they mean. not whstthe say. that ve must judge
them. Ii IL IS meant by the Union 20 purchase
the negro slaves OF Missouri or elsewhere. and
paw tor them out Of the peoples money aud the
public Treasury. am not for IL. IL yoa mean
by the Union the support OF these fugitive con
trabands. these parisns of the South who escape
within our military limits. and the feeding and
walton. aud de-tituuOn of the soldiers of the Eel
eral army-if you mean that by the Union. am
not for IT, II YOU mem by the Union the ABSORB
ton by the Federa Government of the reserved
rights Of the States and the people. am not iorit
But IL yoa mean by the Union the restoration OF
the national authority upon every foot OF the ma
tiOna SOIL If you mean by the Union the preser-
walton Of the national fame and of the national
hsg; the flag which waved at Bunker HILL. at
Il. A lfa fhantl
tepec. at Shiloh. and at DOneison-that dag with
not u stripe oblitera'ed and with every star III
dmmel: the only Asg in the world which floats
over a limited Government and free penp'e-ii
you mean that by the Union, am for II now aud
forever
But, sir, il is said as an additional reason Why
We should pass this MEASURE, that II will aid the
State OF Missouri IN emancipation The object
j. said to be humane and philanthropic. IL may
be extremely charitable; but ask you, SIR. why
has Congress. why has the General Government
exclusively confined its charities To Africans III
seryitude and % the wants OF the negro racel
Are there no other sufferers upon whom thi-
money might be expendedy Whole regiments
how serving under the dag of your country have
gone unpaid Tor months The wives and children
OF soldiers, vast constituency ut home, are beg
ging daily for bread. | should sooner vote an
appropriation Of ten or twenty millions for sucl
purpose than for any purpose presented in tins
bill
What l. our action and what can be its result
Do YOU call this strengthening the hands OF Oh,
Presidenty Do YOU call IL tightening the AL
miuistraIionr Do YOU call il filing up the rank
ot the army and encouraging the Union cau.e'
/ ssy thar this course of conduct can bring moth
ing but dagger and dshOnor upon the country
Ii will be seen that millions OF the national Treas
| urv are -auandered tor abolition purposes in Mis-
a a.
field remains unpaid. and sometimes uniei an'
unclothed | take il that the Senators would show
their devotion to the Union in passing by sucl
measures rs the at present urged. and givin,
their attention solely aad wholly To the condition
OF the country. and the wants OF that large con
stituency of unpurchased aud unpurchasable pt
! triotsm which has shown its love OF country b.
bearing arms in the field Talk about the loyalt
| of Mssouri-the purchased love OF the prostitute
one that has to he bought with money, and pa
for with money! Would YOU foster and cheris
that feeling ii such exhtsy | would not dishono
tue State by saying that believe In its existence
| but would YOU foster and cherish that mercenar
affection To the destruction of the interests of al
those portions OF our fellow citizens who are de
handing this money. and demanding in fact al
the resources aud support OF the Government
which we can possibly give themy
Why should there be an interv ention and inter
and New York were formerly slave States. A
the close OF the Revolution large amount q
capital was invested in thuse States in slave proI
erty The institution has disappeared from thos
States, and howg By virtue OF the voluntar
legislative action of the people and their repre-
sentatives | ask Senators why should the slav,
holders OF Missouri be paid for their property OF
of the national Treasury any more than the slave
holders of New York and Pennsy lvaniaY | a.
fiariu will mo in ics
faith; Ask those Senators who have built up pc
litical fortunes upon their pretended hatred TN
institution. aud their pretended opposition
Southern rights. why they now propose 10 Tx I'll
free people of the loyal North aud South. VIII
they propose to tax the national Treasury for I'll
special benefit OF the slav eholder. the slv,
breeder. and :he slavedriver of Missouri
Sir. the State which | in part represent wi
WELD To no State ia the Confederacy ia IT. dev,
ton to the Union Indiana. the gilt of VIrsni
10 the nation. loves the Union Tor the giver's SAX
She hopes vet To see the mother OF States an
statesmen restored and reconciIei To all her chi
dren Although the people OF Indiana, at an
time before the existence of war by the act of tf
public enemy. at any time before the Fe'ler u II
was fired upou by the traitor band OF South Car,
lima nj Sumter. would have accepted the CrItteI
zen proposition the border State proposition.
any OF those propositions, AS settlement OF I'll
dilncultles between the sections, vet Wne0 W;
came she waged war; not because she desired i
but because she believed we must have war {
worse: we must either have dissevere
nationality: we must either war or abandon ti
Government to its enemies Indiana still follow
the tsg of the Union The bones of her gallar
sons fallen M this great struggle mlngle IN 81
soil Of every battlefield from Missouri To ii
Rappahannuck Indiana now not for war-sl
never has BEEN she * not for peace; she i not Il
either of these things except rs a means TO a
end-that end the restoration of the Union M
the unity OF the States. Ii the war is not wage
+ with that purpose. am for peace to-day. Ii
Z i found that that purpose L. impractcable or in
possible. am for a cessation OF hostities TN
moment
Sir the people of Indiana have not gone INF
this contest blindiolded They surve,e ell II
{ whole field. They counted the cost. They kne
. what il would cost them To make the effort The
knew il would cost more not 10 make IT, The
are not Tor separation. They are Tor nation,
integrity at whatever cost and hy whstev,
means whether belligerent pacific. by whic
that object may toe effected. Ii mediation is
be proposed ~ a settlement. the people OF Indian
will ask whv the mediation of New York. of Ne
jersey. OF keutgcky, OF Illinois; why the me,ii'
ton of these sOvereisntie> should not be receiV
and accepted welt as the mediation OF Frame
or England. either in regard 10 the terminate
OF the or the policy with which u may
conducted They will ask why was Crittende
rejected a. a mediator and anv one else preferred
That they will ask. and they will require All nj
swer As dear as the Union j. 10 Indiana, an
a. dear n 1t i 10 every loyal citizen il l. not
more value than the rights OF the States aud tt
j, people The same treasure and the same bloc