Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-16

to doy | can answer the question, at least, in
part. 1t means, in my opinion. to abolish slavery.
1t does not intend to admit the seeded States
back, If they lay down their arms and ask to re
turn to-day, unless upon the condition of abolish
ing slavery. or recognizing the fact that it is
abolished. OF this, it seems to me, there is no
doubt The whole line of conduct, from Chand-
lers blood-letting letter, down through The
to the current refusals of applications to return
shows this. Mr. Chase said at Indianapolis thai
the Government or the Union must be born
again. Mr.. Vice President Hsmlin said. lately,
in New ! FORK, that it was bad nonsense to talk Of
the Union as it was. The antecedents of the
Administration confirm this. Let US briefly
prove this statement.
At the formation of our Constitution, an apple
of discord existed among the UnitedStates sisters
that is to say, African slavery, and their only
way to get along in peace, while il existed, pas
for all to let alone; but that such should be the
case was, and is, moral impossibiiity. The
Constitution did not give protection enough to
slavery to secure it against the aggression of
Northern radicals, but il gave too much to render
that aggression Immediately successful in effect
ing its extinction or even its natural extension,
and too much to leave the Constitution accepta-
BILE TO those radicals. Hence. a portion of the
South was continually rritated by n orthern in
termeddling, and numbers of the Northern people
were as continually finding fault with and refus-
ing obedieuce to the Constitution. / might quote
| thousands of examples in proof. limit myself
to few, promising, however, that consider
these radicals "a controlling the Administration.
The National Convention of radicals which met
at Buffalo in lS43 and nominated candidates for
President and Vice President, adopted the fol-
lowing part of their platform:
''Res0lUed. That We hereby give it to be un-
derstood by this ma ion and the world, that as
Abolitionists, considering that the strength of
our cause lies in its righteousness and our hope
| for il in our conformity to the laws of God and
| our respect for the rights of man, it to
the Sovereign Ruler OF the Universe, IA a proof
of our allegiance to Him, in all our civil rea-
tionS and offices, whether private citizens or
public functionares, sworn to support the Con-
stitution of the United States, TO regard aud treat
the third clause of the fourth article of that in
strument, whenever applied to the case of fu-
gitiye slave, utterly null and void, and cOnse-
quentiy as forming no part Of the Constitution of
the United States, whenever we are called upon
or sworn &c support il. t."-LT Text Book, p IA
Again: The same parts, at its National Con
yention at Pttsburg. in 1882. adopted a part
! of its platform. drawn by the present Secretary
Chase. this resolution:
''ResOired, That slavery is sin against God
and crime against man, which no human en-
actment can make rig5t, and that Christianity
and patriotism alike demand its aboition.'
In 1856. in speech At New Ha' en-. Rev. H.
| w. Beecher is reported having used this Ian
guage:
"The Constitution Is the cause of every division
which this vexed question of slavery has ever
.aused in this country. IL has been the fountain
and father OF all our troubles. by attempting to
hold together AS recOnced two opposing princi
pies, which viii not harmonize nor agree. The
only hope of the slave is over the ruins of the
Government and of the American Church.
The dissolution OF the Union is the abolition OF
slavery"
In a speech of the same gentleman, now the
agent of the Administration, made in Manchester.
England, October 9th. 1868, one month ago to-
day. be bears this testimony as to the manner in
which the constitutional provision securing to the
South return of her fugitive slaves had been
lived up to in the North Speaking of the fugi-
tive slave law of 1850, he said:
Against the infamy my soul revolted, and
these lips protested and de6ed to its face the
Government. and told them 81 will have none of
of your unrighteous laws; send to me that fugi-
tive who il fleeing from his master, and | will
step between him aud his pursuer.' Loud
and prolonged cheers Not, once, nor twice,
have nv doors shut between oppression and the
oppressed; and the church itself over which
minister has been the unknown refuge of many
and many one [Cheers.
lie dehed the Government when executing a
law to carry out plain constitutional provision
in favor of the South. What is jeff. Davis do
ingl And why does he SAY he is doing it!
On the Nth Of January, 1862 Hon. Geo. W.
Julian, in a speech in Congress said Mr.. Chair
man. when say that this rebellion has its source
and life in slavery" a.; ''and the germ OF our
troubles, it DE confessed. as ia The C0nstitH
fioa itself" SO said John Q. Adams, and he
pronounced the bargain thus made by our fathers
..mcrally and politically vicious &c.
might exteul this list OF quotations by going
to The speeches uf Ghldings, Sumner, and multi.
tudes of Others but have presented sufficient for
my purpose
The radicals of the North have opposed the
Constitution while they could not abolish slavery:
but they vii! be satisfied with the Constitution If
they can be the party 60 stv what lt shall mean,
and can abolish slavery bv mears of the war; be
caase il there no slaves to be represented in
Congress aud none To be returned as fugitives,
! the Objectionable clauses in the Constitution,
having nothing to operiJe upon. will be harmless,
obsolete indeed, 50 that those radicals can now
change ground and 60 for the Constitution as il
is when tbey have destroyed the Union as it was.
Aud if | right ia the assumption that they
now have the control OF the administration, there
can be doubt but that they will avail taem-
selves of the present opportunity to abolish sla-
reTy. Indeed. they claim that il Is already done
in all the seeded States by tho Presidents proc
lamatiOn, and what Is left OF il in The border
States, l. not, under existing circumstances worth
a rush. Free to escape because the constitutional
provision for their return is disregarded; taken by
the army, taken BY the Government; who, uow
would buy negroesg "a bo could sell one? And
yet, do not Missouri, Kentucky. Maryland and
Delaware cordially sustain the radiral policy OF
the President? sss .-..-..--
The Presidents proclamation. he must, as
do the radicals, claim to be operative or
; else admit that, just as joke, he shot
pop-gun at fxed star. Ii the proclama-
ton valid, it a direct destruction of State
! rights, and slavery is abolished, In those
! States, by the General Government and they can
not return to the Union they were; and as TO
Virginia, she has been cut in two; how can she
resume her place in the Union AS cold Virginiaf'
: She can not. without ousting the new Virginia
crea:ed out of her by Congress. Hoy is this, in
a legal point of view, to be settledg Perhaps on
the score of profit, old Virginia ought not to OBJ
ject, as on returning, it would give her four Sen
ators instead of two But the point is this The
, Administration in accordance with, and thus as
committed to, the views of the radicals, has been
: treating the Southern States, in their State ca
: pacties. as annihilated, and can not escape from
the tolls in which il has thus involved itself.
WILL THE WAR BE SUCCESSFUL?
We shall conquer the South We can annihi-
late her II Deity does not prevent, twenty
! powerful States conquer. annihilate ten
weak ones This, with me. is not the the point
of difficulty. Ny anxiety is about bow we are
to settle the quarrel and reclaim lost liberties
after the conquest has been achievedf say our
lost liberties not that our people do not now ex
ercise much liberty, and so Do the people OF
] Russia, of Japan. of even Poland; but il is en-
loved by governmental permission, not by the
; noble and dgnifed and dignifyiDg right Of free
men; say this because. according TO the theory