Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-06-10
4 Remarkable speech by senator
Trumbuii.

MrAsUKEs-HE AREAieNs rHE ADMINISTRATIONS
FOR HAVING COMMITTED FATAL BLuSDlRs.
&C, &c.
AZ the Republican meeting In the Court House
square or Thur~dsy evening. alter speeches by
Hon. William Kellogg and Senator Dooliille. OF
iscon-n, Hon LYMAN Irumbull. Senator fos
Illinois, introduced. He vas announced
amid perfect storm Of cries fur Jeunison the
murderer. which had saiute,i the Of prev
Gus speakers Of the meeting whenever the
crowd neared their barricsde The crowd evi
IDENTIFY wished ~ get rd Of him. expecting. from
the events the two previous days the senii
ments they had heard. The speech -ignih
cant one. aud. in view Of the remarkable change
Of policy in the Republican party. which il fore
shadows. will attract universal attention.
Mr.. Trumbul said:
IL was rather embarras sing 20 speak n an audi
ence which Insisted on hearing some one ese. bnt
solemn convictions OF duty compelled him TO
speak when under ordinary Circumstances be
would have remIined silent.
lie did not come 10 inAame their passions. al
ready too much aroused. Their country was ia
danger. and they must look the peril in the face
No adiectives he could pile up. no vile names he
could apply 70 those who do not agree with him,
calling them copperheads and traitors. would a.
stat in arresting this rebellion in asserting the
supremacy Of the Constitution and the laws
He did not desreto inspire them with hurrah
but he wished To talk to their judgments and in
spire them through appeals to their reasons
The times. he said are grave. A majority Of
the people of our State taking ground against
the Administration and whyI In the name Of
Heaven why is this? I will tell YOU why 1 will
point out TO you some OF our mistakes that they
nav be corrected in the future The reason Is
we have not adhered to DAVID Crockett's motto.
"Be sure YOU are right and then go ahead . a
voice-"We ALWAYS right ] have lived
long enough To know that | not infallible,
perhaps YOU are; | have some respect for the
opinion of others
One Of our mistakes is that we have allowed
our opponents to make false issues. But this Is
not the worst The great change. the change
that has damaged the Administration above all
Others is that we are in favor of the exercise OF
arbitrary power. that weare opposed To the free
dom or speech and opinion. to the freedom OF the
press, in favor Of curtaing personal liberty. and
in favor ola deSpotism Now should not al
low these things We have been the advocate
of free speech for the last forty years, and should
not allow the party which during that whole time
has advocated the gag To usurp our place.
We fighting for the restoration of the
Union. and the preservation of the Constitution
and all the liberties it guarantees to citizen
And il makes me feel bid when hear some hon
est friend brimming full OF PATRIOTISM say he
want Ia have il forced into his wav. or thrust in
mis- face until the is over The Rebels can
not thrust il in his face. for they have no rights
under H. m rights under II. save the RIGHT To he
tried and hung for treason Continued ap
planse
In certain districts the military law Is supreme
Gen. Grant j. in command Of army in the
State of Mississippi. which is in revolt Will
any one deny his right to make arrests. his right
n "A IN. a1 fro 10
those around YOU to night. i'm order to get a
range for his guns? No And yet these are all
arbitrary powers But these exercises oft are not
the Troublesome ca.es The grelt difficulty il in
those districts where rghtful civil government is
in operation. where the judicial tribunals are
open, and the laws respected-the laws which at
ford remedy for every wrong As rule we
must remember that the civil law is superior To
the military law, and the cases are rare. very
rare. where the rule can be reversed. Ii here
resolves itself into the plain, naked question Of
whether the President and his Generals. by the
simple clicking Of a Geographic instrument, can
cause the imprisonment Of A, B, or G. f. one
General can do il. another car do it, and where l.
the end2 who will fix the limit? rGreat sensa-
ton and nurmurs
Do YOU propose to interfere with the ballot boxf
fCries Of mol MOI" Never, Never" from all
parts of the meeting | am glad to hear
saw that. and glad YOU are SO unanimous. Did
il ever occur TO Won that the next election NAV
put an entirely different face affairs? The
next election NAV bring great and deplorable
changes, when ValIandigham and men of his
class may determine who to be arrested
Cries of mo, that can never be-" Never.
never" from all parts Of the crowd Well
gentlemen there is i'm closing your ewes To-
the facts which exist around YOU on every side
| told YOU I came here to address myself to vour
reason and not your passions and in view of that
hight. ask YOU. who are being elected Govern
ors Of loyal States who compose = majority
of the LEGISLATURE Of the loval State Of Illinois
and who was recently eectel Mlyor Of her princ
pal aud most loyal city. and in view ofthese facts
what may the future not hive in store? Cries
of "Jennison ""Musc." 1--WE don't want To he n
yOu.' You sent a telegram tn the President
know am dstisteful. but am | not TRUTHFUL
| would claim vour reasons Invested Of passion
The same chalice Won hold to the lips of yonr
adversares TO dav. To morrow NAV he returned
to your lips Would YOU like to drink of IL?
Close NAV there Is 40 safety for
us. no safety for Won and | and every American
citizen. now and in the future, but in an unvarv-
ing adherence To- the constitutional landmarks OF
our fathers Farther cries of "Jennison, -" Mn-
Sic" and much dissatisfaction
You are wrong-it is your creates, and gravest
mistake-in allowing vour aiversaries 10 place
Won in the position of being opposed 10 the Con
StttutlOn. CrieS Tor 'JcnntSOn. and Give
us somebody else p" | see that | am dstaste
full. but | cannot help il, and will not detain
Won long
Who is there among YOU who does not believe
in adhering strictly 10 the Constitution in these
times and extending to every citizen of the loval
States its guarranteesf Who monc Won is ure
pared TO saw the Constitution is n fine thing for
peace-good enOugh-but when war comes il
must be rolled up and laid awayf Or i'm other
woris-for il means the same-whO among Won
ready 10 substitute the will and opinion of one
man, who NAV be another Vallandighsm, in
place of the Constitution "a the supreme law Of
the landG Cries of 1--WE don't want any more
of that. What is that band for?'l We'll hear
me through. for will not be long and the CUES
tons before YOU of much importance and
gravity that YOU should listen patiently and. not
ony that, decide dispassionately.
The Constitution is broad Il grants all pow
ers necessary. even Tor suppression OF treason In
the North Applause Yes. gentlemen. Il /.
just a. legal and binding upon the General in the
field and the civil officers OF the nation as il i
upon the hun,blest citizen Of the land Has A.
come this. that YOU will deny. in the fee city
OF Chicago. the right of a citizen TO discus, the
acts of the President Cries of ~ wont nj
low u. and None but copperheads do that, and
will stop them y l. there man in the au-
ence who has not expressed 10 dlv his dissati-
faction with some nc; of the President Cries
of ~ e.. YES We have none of u expressed any
dissatisfaction All. do al Of YOU. then. think
the Presidents revoc,rion OF Gen Burnsiie'>
or'ler. suppressing the Chica 20 Times was right
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