Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-09-15
How Can the Union be Preserved,

HOW Tan the union DC ETcse1beoI
We copy the following extract from the speech
of JAMES A. McMAsrERs. Esq, editor of the N
Y Freemtn's Journal, delivered at the Demo |
cratic mass meeting at Hamilton. Ohio, on the
10Th inst, not only on account of the many prac
teal suggestions it contains, but TO reproduce
some important statements in regard 10 the re
fusal of the Administration to entertain over
lures for peace upon basis which would be ac-
ceptahle to large majority of the people OF the
country. We have conversed with many leading
Republicans recently who profess be in favor
of restoring the same state OF affairs that existed
before the commencement of armed hostility
Mr.. McMAsrERs states in his speech
that the Administration were advised
through intercepted letters and before the
nroposition ,me Tor interview, that the object
of Mr.. STEPHENS mission was peace-the resto-
ration of the old Union upon terms honorable to
both parties and which would involve no degra-
dation to either Yet with the knowledge of this
fact Mr. LINCOLN states in his letter TO the
| Spring field, Illinois. convention that he never
had any intimation of Willingness on the part
|
Government SAYS Mr.. McMAsrERs
IT this Union was formed by consent. and only
| bv consent how was IL to be preServedF ne
progress of such political event as this must be
| corsonant and agreeable to its beginning; and
this Union never can be preserve, except by the
consent of each and every Safe that does, or
shall form part of it. Cheers In the yeT
le5S when \ miserable population. OFT Tar be
yond the Mississippi. on the territory OF lnsis,
having been Organized as party and made n
community OF freemen. ana authorized to form a
| constitution and come into the Union, when
she refused 20 come in under certain cOnstltu
ton on the ground that that constitution WAS die
tated to her. and not her free choice. and other
Democrats fought aud batted. because We he
LEV ed she had the right to say whether she would
come into the Union stay out. Ii the Union
can be preserved only by consent, then what
. other wav is there but force compulsion? And
are YOU going to compel freemenf Would you
let them compel your l"No. no Suppose in
9 the incurson or invasion OF Lee he had attempt
n ed TO come North to invade the Northern States
!, would YOU not a. your gallant VallandighaIn
predicted have resisted the invasion and hurled
Z him back across the Pvtomacr Suppose. IN
v stead of that he had marched on To the Della
q ware. and watered his horses there, what
would you have done? Greeley said il Les
y watered his horses in the Delaware. he fol
a submit and take Southern dictation. and give ~
10 them. and let them have the whole country
). Greeley said that. and would you say that
II mo" mo" and cheers No. not if yol
It agreed with every principle for which the Sou'l
4 is fghting-not if you had perfect sympathy will
them, in the defense of your own State, whel
e they ca me into Ohio. you would do what you die
81 to John Morgan. Buuernuts would turn on
% armed. as some of my personal friends did Owe
| a ...1, .r>rtSn
him as a marauder and all invader That i tn
way freemen do with those who invade their State
)r Now. suppose Morgan had got the better Of you
and Lee had marched up through Pennsyivani
\ into New York, and Lincoln had put on his Scotc
cap and military cloak. and had gone of To Cans
'e da and left us, what should we have dOnef Tn
IN Ahotiunsts tell us that they would cheer &c
ID Jeff DAVIS and take the Southern CDnfeierac
Just as tits. and go down on our knees and beg
20 he let in No. no; that's their lies recko
u. it is lie tell you Why think Jefferso
he Davis and his party speaking through the Rcl
n mnnd papers have nothing but hard words Il
Vallandigham while they have nothing but hem
- dictiOns for the AbOtonsts They do not LII
he our logic They saw take any form but that. whe
be we say stop ighting but We don say make pea'
"A ard let them 20: we saw let Us set down and q
cue the question. and see if they won't agr'
with Us, that there is no happiness for US and OF
Ell children unless We restore the Union So, the
III YOU would not have cheered for JEFF. Davis
a; these marau ders had run over this State nj
" begged them To take you into the Southern Co
federacv Just ns il i: and YOU have ever met wi
TO Southern men-l don't know but there are son
a. of our gallant soldiers here who have return'
from the war: If any ssch there be. ! would a
'y perl 10 him and ask. did YOU not meet with M
i As determined and brave a. you sreg DID "
ID not meet men rs willing to die IS you areT
- ak YOU who have met them in social HE, are n
Sontherners of your own boodr Are they n
"a freemen born and freemen reared, and do y
a. think that they will accept dict-ton az the Dol
OF of the havonetf | tell YOU never. Aud I"
~. tell you something more; if they would. Tor o
do not want them in Confederscyof tree Stat
," but one in which they would be in the position
,ur slaves, for ireemen they would not be In
how are YOU going u doy In the irst place
tel YOU, ii you overrun the land. and occu
IN every acre even II YOU had men enough to COZ
ma every acre. one million OF men could not ks
T dawn the South: nav. one million OF men COZ
mt keep down the freemen of the State OF Oh
Fighting then il not the way 10 restore the ni'
i've heeauSs won can not suisiue treemen on IN
=. own soil There i SSitzerland. with but Oh
" / millions Of popnlaiS'n. Vet she l. a. Tree
ee dsy as she vas FIVE hundred wears ago.
Houses Of Au-tia aud Frsuce have bait
in vain against brave free S~itzerland. To
gain, Belgium. with ner popuiatiun. reveF
Oh ceeing I'VE millions-and indeed IL never reacl
that amount I'LL the present cen,ury-hss n