Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-03-16

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Go with me TO the townships in Indiana Mr. |
Speaker; go to the hamlets, go to the school
houses, and meet there the loyal farmers who pay
their taxes from their well worn pocket boolss-
not your fash spectators in stocks on Wall
street; not your political or banking gamblers and
swindling contractors. who control this Govern
ment, and who surround this Capitol like jackas
and uncean beasts, like kites and carrion crows,
watching and snuffing for plumber amid the mis-
fortunes that have befallen the country; not that
class of men, but men who are devoted 70 the old
| Constitution, who worship reverent'y after the
old forms of religion, who love their country and
maintain their own honor-gO and ask these men,
upon whom you have to rely for this Govern
ment, what they think of the removAl of George
b. Mcclellan from the command Of their sons.
They will tell you thut their sons love him as no
chieftain was ever loved by his troops since the
days of the great Napoleon. They will tell you
that, in spite of all ealousies and ASSISTANTS he is
! the only man who has ever gained battle at the
head of the Army of the Potomac; and as plain
people will tell you that in their minds his re
moval was caused by the Vaccinations the mis-
chievous Vaccinations. of the radical element
| which prevails here, and which is now running the
Government to destruction in this Capitol. This.
sir. is the 6rm belief of the country, ard you will
have to meet it. The removal of General McCle-
lan was simply another chapter in the history of
popular BETRAYAL aud deception. General Porter
fell under the same influences. and persisted be
cause he was McClelans friend. Men and meas
ureS must all alike he Abntiunzed or thew are
crushed. No man is loyal it lac fails To worship
at the radical shrine. | have no doubt YOU con
slider me diSloyal Tor this speech What do YOU
suppose | care Tor your opinion whether am
disloyaI or not? | return the compliment most
heartily and sincerely | think YOU are dislOyal.
and there we even. When Won say | am dis
loyal to my country, | repel IT, In return. |
charge that YOU dsloya to the Constitution,
and prove il. Aud he who is false to the Con-
stitution is false to the country. / know of no
country outside of that instrument
What is nv country when the Constitution
goes down? Is il land and water? Shall we
adopt the dogma of tyrsnts that a government
may exist simply 10y eaSOn OF for and power
throughout the boundaries OF given territory?
| 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 to might, on parting
l say to YOU that there is nothing lost on our
side so TAR as poor opinion of each other is con
cerned on that subject, You may call hs disloyal
if ii will ease your hearts any, but opinion
here upon this side of the House l. Just as firm
! eau speak for every one here-ls Just rs well
defined, just sharply and clearly made up. that
the majority of this House has been disloyal, in
the acts have enumerIed apd in the general
scope of its conduct. to;the Constitution of the
country, As if you had been convicted of overt
treason, and stood ready TO be executed accord
ing to law We go further We think that the
Administration itself has been ranklv disloval to
the Constitution, and in that opinion the advsn-
tage which we have over you is that the people
who made the Constitution. and who constitute
this Government, are of the same opinion, and
sustain US. while they repudiate 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, if you shall ever be able TO stand up long
enough before the people to be knocked down.
That is the only doubtful question left. 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 to despair For
this reason | lament and deplore your conduct.
| bewa the hard fortunes of my poor country
when such pilots are nn shipboard. I am sorry
YOU have violated your pledges and broken your
faith. | am sorry YOU have shown a total in
capacity to administer the Government And
am sorry, very sorry, that it is so long before
there can be total change of officers at the al
| of the Government
But there Is another feature in the conduct of
this Administration and its supporters that goes
as reason why troops cannot now be brought
into the field volunteers. and despOtic con
scription bill has to be passed. The people of the
country have seen public economy disregarded.
They hive seen thieves and plunderers in the
high places of the Government not only
buked, but rewarded by promotion to higher
honOrs in place and profit. They have seen for
tunes more than mountain high made in single
night by political favorites No. sir; keep still,
sir. The gentleman from Pennsylvania Mr..
Covode. who made remark in his seat can
inglv. have no doubt upon the sublectto which
] aude. He has his friend, the late Secretary OF
War, the late Minister to RusSii. the late candi
date for United States Senator in Pennsylvania,
! | presume. i'm his mind. i have doubt IL Is a
delicate point with him | have bv nv side. how
ever, nv very distinguished and reliable friend
from Massachusetts. Mr.. Dawes who ALWAYS
comes to my relief. and If | cannot prove Simon
Cameron and 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 e, zen 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 prohcacv
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 lamentable
stage.
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ers and lobby thieves surrounding this Capitol,
creatng swell mob in these galleries. the greed
lest of the greedy. the hunerest of all animals
tina: ever infested in droves and packs the haunts
of political offal They have heard them the
loudest and most persistent for the continued
prosecution of tins No abuse be de-
nounced that do not hear the cry of treason
from their hungry lips What does it matter to
them that the poor soldier laws stiff in the snow
unoD his Thin blanket2 They 90 uDnu the motto.
"Put money in thy pocket; put money in thy
pocket" IL you think that the people are blind
to this state of affairs YOU mistaken. They
know it all by heart. They know that these
lOathsOme cOrmorants are encamped here to eat
out their substance. They know that they are
the HeSsiauS of this war, and that no peace will
be permitted to revisit this bleeding land as long
as vilainy find pay in the Golfers of the Gov
ernmemt if this evil brood can prevent it. Bot,
sir, thank God that handwriting is on the wall.
The corrupt and mpions feast OF Belshazzar. the
king. his princes his parasites and concubnes is
about over They drank wine. and p:aised the
gods OF gold aud of silver of brass. of iron, of
wood and of stone" But in the same hour came
forth fingers of mans hand. aud wrote their
doom over against the candlestek upon the plas-
ter of the wall of the kings palace Ard the
fingers of the American people are busily en-
gagged in writing doom equally terrible against
those who have turned the temple of our 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-you men
who represent the spindles and looms of New
England; they have seen You coming here and
forcing on the agricultural portions OF the coun-
try a tariff which is robbery, "A direct plumber
on honest labor: they have seen you develop the
Sch element a