Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-02-04

NASDs THE SroPPAGE OF THE Wallis lDEA
OF THE RELATIoNs or rHE SrATks
From the Washington Congressional Globe Of the 18th
Of January
Ma NALLASDIGHAM-lndo at the recent
election within the same district for which still
hold seat this floor. by majority tour times
greater than ever before. | speak 20 day in the
name and by the authority Of the people who.
for six wears, have ntrusted me with the Office of
Representative Loyal. in the true and hig hest
sense of the word. to the Constitution and the
Union. they have proved themselves devotedly
attached To aud worthy of the liberties TO secure
which the Union aud the Constitution were e
tabliShed. With candor ami freedom. ther efore
as their Representative and with much plainness
of speech. but with the dignity and decency due
TO this presence, propose 10 consider the STATE
OF THE UNIoS TO dsy, and 70 inquire what The
duty is Of every public man and every citizen in
this the very crisis of the GFent Revolution
Il Is year, sir since Congress assembled soon
alter the Presidential election sectional artslsvery
party had just succeeded through the of the Con
sutution For the frt time President had been chos-n
upon platform Of avowed hostility 70 an institution pc
culia nearly half Of the of the Union
had himself proclaim q that there irrrprrssibe
conflict because Of that institution between the States
and that the Union could endure part slave part
free Congress met. therefore, in the midst Of the pro-
foundest agitation. here only but throughout en-
IRE south. Revolution glarcd upon u. Repeated tf-
ts for conoiation and compromise were attempted in
Congress and of H. All jscted by The party
just coming into psweT except Oy the promis n the
las hour OF the session and that too against the con-
OF majority OF that party both IN the Senate sni
House that Coneress-not the should never
be authorized thosh lnerfer with slavery In the
wher. eisled South Carolina seeded; George,
Alabama, Florida Mississippi Louisiana aud Texas speed
lily followed The Confederate Government estsl-
lished. The otherSlave States held back Virginia de-
manded a Peace Congress The Commissioners 1. and,
after ayr ed upon o. final adjustment
But neither IA the Seuse the House they al
lowed even respec ful corsid' ration The Pre>id' n
eeci left h hpm ebru ~, and iourncyed toward the
captai, ie>ng he pruclamlng that the crsi,
only artificial, ami that 'nabcdy WAS hurt. III,
tered th- city Of night IN dsgui-e On
the h OF March he inaueu uratvd, surrounded b,
sodiery and swearing TO sGpport the Constitution of tue
United States, annOun ed IN the bre.rh that the
platform # his party should be The la unto him. From
that moment all hope Of peaceab.e adjustment fed But
title while. either with unsteadfa~ sincerity in
premeditaled dec II, the policy OF peace was oclamed
the Of and the other Federal
fort and arenas in the secee Sta. WhA that policy
was suddenly abandoned time viii fully disclose.
But just alter the spring elections. and the sc
cret meeting IN thu city of tie Governors OF sev
erd Northern and Western States fleet of -
vessels, carrying --men. was sent down osten
sibly to provision Fort Sumter The authorities
OF South CaT0lna eagerly accepted the chal
lenge. and Lombarde1 the fort INTO surrender.
while the fleet fired not gun, but, just soon
As the tiag was struck. bore away aul returned 10
the North 1t Sunday. the l4th OF April.
1861, and thar day the President, in fatal haste
aud without the advice or consent of Congress,
issued his proclamation. dated the next day call
ing out seventy five thousand militia for three
months, to repos-ess the forts, places and proper
" seized from the United States. and command
Ing the Insurgents To disperSe in twenty DAYS.
Again the gage WAS taken up by the South. and
thus the flames of civil war, the grande>t, the
boodies, and saddest in history. lighted up the
whole heavens Virginia forthwith seeded
North Carolina, Tennessee ard Arkansas fol
lowed. Delaware. Maryland Kentucky and
Missouri were in a blaze OF agitation, and, within
a week from the proclamation. the line of the
Confederate States was transferred from the Cot
ton States TO the Potomac, and almost to the
Ohio and The Missouri. aud their population and
fighting men doubled
In the North and West too, the storm ragged
with the tury - 4 hnrFictne Neycr in history
was any thing equal to il. Men omen and chill
dren, native and foreign bonn. Church and State
clergy and laymen. we're ali swept along with the
current Distlnciien II aee. -eX. station. party f.,
perI,hel ii an instant. ng.auds bent before
the temresi; and here mad there only one
louisd bold enough. iuOihardv enough it may
have been, 10 bend nDi. ,nd Hl'sn hin! II fell a
con um ng fire The -p.rif of persecution for
opinion siAe, almost eNilnci II tue Old World.
now, by some n,t> esi,u- trsii~ m -Fation, ap-
pcRicu Hcfiuftc lil lllr y f>.lff t felatiOfG-
were dissolved; friendships broken ~; the ties Oi
family and k'n ~nappe,. asuu,ier. Stripes
AM han -iug were ewes, here threst-uel. some
times executed ASS st-siuati0n Invoked
slander shupeued h. toeh: f,l>eno u crushed
truth 10 the EARN; reason de-. mauness reisned
Not Justice onis s~cs,r % 10 tie skies. but peace
returned to The blsoni OF q "a. hence she came
The gospel OF love peri>he j. 'ste 81 ~ntaroned,
ana the sacrifices ~ haman blood smIkeJ upon
every altar
But The reign of the m,b was inaug arAted only
to be supplanted bs the iron domination OF arbi-
trart powers Coast uiiaud limitation was bro
ken down habe0s corpus fell; liberty of the press
of speech, of the person. OF mails. OF travel, Oi
ones own house. and Of re sion the right To bear
| arms due process OF law. iG1ieiIi trhl, trial Oy
| jury. trial at ALL every badge and imminent of
/ freedom in republican government or kingly gov
| ernment-all went down at i,lO~. The cniet law
officer of the crown-i beg pardon. -iT iut II Is
easy TO fall into this courtly laugua-e-the At
torney General first OF all men, proclaimed II
| the United States the maxim 10 Rpmsn serviity
WhateUer gleGSes the P5esldeHt. that - idr! PRS
ones oi State were the iir-i heard oi here. Mid
night aud arbitrary arrests commenced; irave
was interdictel: trade enIbareoed; passports de
manded Basiiles we're introduced: strange oath
! iuvented; secret police organized; piplng" be
gan; iuOrmer> multiplied; ,pe- ..Ow first ap
pe4Fei IN Aulcs4cf uS F-at 70 declare war
10 raise ami support aImie>, and - provide ant
/ mtirtaiti "A n-rv Wa> u~uFpel bv the Executive
| and ia little more thiIl wo mouths naval an'
land force oil over three hundfei thousand mei
were in the field or upon th. se@. An army O
public pianderer- fo.lowe,s aud corruption streg
! gIed with power IL friendly strife o.. the master
| at home
On tire 4th of July CougresS Iset. Lot to seel
peace, nor - rebUke the gsarpttiOG. nor TO re
strain power. not certainly 70 desbeF4te: not eve
To legi-i4te. bat - register aud ,atiy the edict
and acts o the Executive. Al n your language
sir upon the hF-S dav = ths session 80 invoke
universal baptism - tire el,d blood amid the los
OF caHnon aad tie cil u bsttle. Free speec
vas hsd only Il the fsk ot a priso.s: possibly
life Opposition ~ si.encea ~ .ne ieTce ella N.
OF ''disloyalty." AL busluese 10. ct war "
voted oat VI oTder. Five Luadrea thousar
men, an immense navy, aud two hundred an
tt,s millions OF moEev we're speedily granite
| In twenty. at most siaty DAYS. the rebe.iic
was 10 re crushed out. To doubt i; vas trea -
AbleCt s15mission was demanded. Lay doS
youg arms. sue for peace. surrender your lsade
forfeiture. death-th.s vas the olly lAagual
heard OF this Aoor. The galleries rsspopde
the corridors echoed. sud cou;ractorS aud pIsc
men and other yeual patriots every where gnash.
upon the friends o. peace as they 2assed by.
FIVE weeks seventy eight public and private &C
and joint resolutions, wiki ceclaraI0ry resol
tons, in the Senate and House, cutie as hume
Gus. all full of slaughter, were buried throu.
without de iav and almost vfth,ut