Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-09

An Eloquent Sentiment.

Governor SEYMOUR. of New York, in late
speech at Syracuse, in that State. very eloquenty
said:
For what are governments constituted? Not
in ORDER that they NAV gain wide spread domin
ION, not that they my attain great national
power not that thew may achieve splendid tri
umphS IL is tor purposes more sacred than all
these The greatest AID hi hest objects of good
government are that each man shall be in the
enjoy ment of his personal liberty; each home shall
ne sacred from intrusion; each conscience shall
be free to worship God according to its own die
tates; each mind shall be tree to exercise its Rn
God gwen functions. [Cheers.] rhe proudest
government that exists upon the face of the earth
is that of Great Britain, and its proudest states
man. when he would tell Of Britain's browning
glory did not speak Of is wide spread dominions,
upon which the sur never SETS did not say, as he
might have done that the beat of its morning
drum made continuous strain OF music round
the Hurli He did not speak of martial achieve
merts, OF glorious battle deeds and of splendid
naval conflicts; but he SAID, with swelling breast
and kidding. eye, that the poorest man OF Great
Britain in his cottage might bid defiance to all
the forces of the crown. 1t might be frail; its
rooi might shake; the wind might blow through
il storm might enter it; the rain might enter but
the King of England could not enter it. All his
powers did not dare cross the threshold of that
ruined tenement Great cheering ] see be
fore me persons in different conditions of life
some rich, some poor. You will go 10 houses
unlike in many respects; one may he embellished
by all that art can bestOw or lavish expenditure
of wealth procure; the other only precious by
the love that meets YOU thereby all the cher
ished relationships of life.
What is it that makes the American home
glorious beyond The castles of other portions Of
the world? Ii has been this that when you have
let down the lock into its lAtchet and have drawn
yourself by The fireside; have assembled around
YOU those whom YOU love. you could look about
YOU and say, This is nv castle; no man can
enter here unbidden" Enthusiastic cheering
Ii was constitutional rights that made your home
glorious. until you were called upon by men IN
power to say that this Constitution which pro-
tec:ed you might be trampled Spon under the
plea OF military necessity where war did not even
exist. in this great State of ours. lCries of
Shame, shame
What j. this Constitution of which men speak
so idly2 Study it. and find what il means You
men OF Germany. YOU OF Ireland, you of Eng
land, or any other European country, you know
what written Constitution means, though we
may have inTgotten its value. who had it written
down rs deed given 10 Us more precious than
the deeds OF eur homes, for it involves tue deeds
OF our homes, ana they are nothing without the
Constitution. which says that your property shall
not be torn away iron you without compensation
and without process Of law. [Cheers 1t was
deed that made your homes valuable and sacred
TO YOU II said that no man should seize YOUR
person except by due process of law. it gave you
the right to worship your God in sucf way as you
pleased il said that you should not be imprisoned
without the protection afforded 10 the innocent
thus imprisoned, 10y the h - ;as corpus You will
find that the Constitution attaches itself to every
thing that you value in life.