Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-05-05
Prom the Philadelphia Age. Aprl q.
Henry winter Davis.

The individual whose name heads this article,
recently made speech in II smilton. Ohio. from
which We m he he following extract:
Il want YOU % understand that his CORN
raesf - gTeater Than fhe CoasfHaflon Tie Con
sttUtion Was made IN three months. md has Civ
en- ~ happiness for four generations Its Clio
rious instrument But t,ben Il Is found insult
Gent or the protection of ihe people Of me United
States. iot u 90. Applause | mean 70 have
freedom under the Constitution, Il can; ia the
midst Of MS ruins. # 4 eaRaot Loud applause ]
Rebelhons heretofore have gone so far that men
Who talked OF law were only talking folly. We
have not reached that poiut yet. but the Copper
heads. II they do not take care, may bring il on -
We believe that the author of the above signih
cant paragraph was imported into Ohio for the
express purpose OF endeavoring 10 cOunteract the
influence OF Mr.. Vallandigham in that State
Mr.. Davis Is well known la this community. be
enjoys the high reputation Of having been, for
several years. the representative man IN Congress
of the " Plug Uglies" OF Baltimore. While he
occupied that distinguished position. and IN order
TO gain u, there was no wrong be WAS not ready
70 sanction. and no outrage perpetrated that he
was not willing 10 endorse That he, who new
er, for an instant, regarded the rights OF the pe0
pie. should now be among the foremost IN tramp
hing npon the Constitution, Is not 10 be wondered
1t But how he can, in any degree be able TO
"any other man" the intelligent public in this
section Of the country will be AT loss TO lima CINE
more thorough demagogue never crept into
place and power. His whole political life has
been delusion and "A sham. To change. like
"the inconstant tide has been his rule of action
to be consistent. has been the exception. And
yet this trickster and changeling has been EN-
pioyed ms Jacobn missionary. 10 teach the PEG
pie of Ohio a new code OF political morals.
NJ n =.
than the Constitution This is but "A new way
OF announcing the Infamous doctrine of Mr..
Seward that there is "a higher law than the Con
stiruton' Tie Jacobins now in power boldly
assert that the Government and the Administra-
ton are one and the same. and that allegiance To
the one involves adherence to the other Hence.
we must infer that this Abolition orator. like the
rest OF his guilty confederates, regards the Ad
ministration of Abraham Lincoln a. greater than
the Constitution of the United States.
But the facile tongue of this plant dema gogue
does not falter at the utteranc of ranker treason
He wants freedom-ireedom for the negro-even
in the midst of the ruins of the Constitution No
matter VIII happiness for the white man is sacri-
hced-no matter what hopes of the future are
desirOyed-no matter what wreck and disaster
surround the millions who are gathered under the
protection of the sacred charter of American lib
erty-the altar aud the temple must crumble into
ruins, and the broken fragments must be swept
away, TO make an easy pathway for the negro in
this new march TO empire and civilization
As fit climax to the rawlings of this miserable
fanatic. he INDUCES in idle threat against the
"copperheads. He. too. in common with most
OF his Abolition compatriots, is greatly disturbed
by the numerical strength of those whom he and
they vainly affect to despise. When he asserts
that the time may come, when men who talk of
law will only be talking folly, Orchard is him
self again. He has for many years past regarded
law aud order ms mere foes The blood stained
streets of Baltimore fearful witnesses of the
contempt he has ever held such "foleS" The
murdered victims of the Reign of Terror which
he helped 10 inaugurate in that Ill fated city, will
mutely, but potently. attest the sincerity of his
uttertnce
As the advocate of anarchy and blOodshed. he
is 1.-THE right man in the right place" And per-
haps there l. not more proper instrument at
this hour for the Jacobins to use in the promuga
ton OF their lawleSs and destructive doctrines,
than Henry Winter Davis Could not the Jaco-
bin Leaguers of this law loving city be induced
to illuminate their sanctuary with the light of his
presence He will soon finish his pilgrimage in
Ohio and then he can visit the city OF Brotherly
Love, ana tell the faithful here of 1.-The good time
coming" when "to talk of law would be talking
folly" An address from him would be rare
treat, and particularly so. if he would illustrate
his brilliant theme with the suggestive story of
Haman, and the Jew Mordecai, who "sat in the