Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-03-02

tiirty years on the page Of history? II his lie
was spared seventy years he would fght-fght
on. fight ever. He would war against these
Southern tyrants as long as the SpaniarGs warred
against the Moors-seyen hundred' wears He
related the incident OF Paul Jones shooting the
officer who pulled down the flag with the remark
that he just getting ready to fight. We are
just getting ready to fight.
To show what the South thought OF the Rebel
sympathizers, he read from the Richmond Dis
patch an article giving a gloomy picture of their
affairs, but drawing comfort from the alleged dis
affection in our army, and a quasi rebellion ia
the loyal States They relied more upon our ii
visions here than upon the strength of Their
armies. He asked his Democratic friend here ii
they would not buckle on their armOr and give
aid to the lOyal men SOUTH The time is now
to be united, and the best Government ON earth
could be speedily restored. He took a view Of
the field. The Mississippi opened, and Chatta-
nooga and Weldon in our hands, and We had the
rebellion checked. Crush the rebellion first, and
then quarrel about the Government. IT you
have got no Government, there is nothing to
quarrel about.
But the armistice-the Constitution as il is and
the Union as it was. Why, the rebels don I want
any compromise What sort of thing is it?
What are you to put in itl He would show that
the whole thing was spurious coin. In 1861 Mr..
|fhOm IS COIwln came forward in Congress with
proposition to amend the Constitution in refer
ence to slave property, so that it could not be
again amended That covered the whole negro
question. 1t was passed by t~o-thirds vote and
submitted 10 the States. Has any slave State
adopted itI IL has been nearly two wears since,
and not one has adopted il. Why nOtg Because
they did not want it. During the session three
territorial bills passed. and the sixth section
of each of these bills contained n provision that
no law should be passed impairing the rights OF
private property-the negro included. Here were
bills protecting every Southern right and yet
they reject them
Il brings Us back to the conclusion that COM
promise Is the last thing they want. They have
lost confidence in mans capabHty for self gov
eGnment. They want strong government.
Take all their writings aud they converge To one
point, the establishment OF "a negro autUcricy.
and ultimately despotism, with Jef DAVIS ar is
head. Divide here, end they will betyOur mas
ters
The time has arrived in connection with the
down. trodden ia the South. when the bonds will
be broken aud the capliyeS sci .Iee. ] have lived
in the South and picked out cOitn wlth my own
asHds. / own niggers; made them by ms own
Industry. I had ten-but hy way OF giving me
my Southern rights they took my tea nggegs,
ANA turned nay wife out ofdoors Bat the cr0all-
ers talk OF the niger bill in Congress. | am for
the Government on the great principle OF tie
Constitution, and il the niseefs get in the way,
Jet them 20. Is this great experiment Of Ameri-
can freedom to compare with slavery or King
Cotton? Some feopie in tie Northern States
thaiS il Kin. Cotton don't reign they can't sell
mule How long has cotton been supreme :
Ih.s woriG pro>perei nearly Six thousand wears
before cotton became article Ut commerce, and
il would 20 Un Il the plant was extinct. The
world would nos stop II cotton and nj-gers were
both out sol: the country. lie was Tor the Gov
eruwenJ. niggcrs or no nigcels. lie would see
the ui--ers all back in Alr.ca and Africa itself
aaateI into space, rather than see the Govern
ment iail.
lie had enlisted IN the cause Of tie Govern
meut ior durin. the war OF ior his natural lie
lie would say io the Southeri. ssmpathizcrs-
men wnO syGpalhlZcd with South Carolina, 10 20
there, and they would not be suffered TO look Into
the lover branch @, the Le-islature 1t required
a Thousand acres of land there, and ten nigcers
to work il, 10 have a seat there. He told his
friend 3reckinridge, when ne was talking OF
going there TO set his rights that be would not
be aOle 10 get seat III the lower House there.
This is the ariStocracy YOU sympathize with.
Compromise with such treason. never Treason
must be made Odious, and you may well com
meuce now. The Government was passing
through It's third ordeal nOw. The INST was the
revolution, the second the war OF 1872, and YOU
are now in struggle with treason aud traitors at
home Succeed and there viii be no further re
beilion; but COMPROMISE. and the precedent 5 set
tied, and il will not be six months until an)ther
rebellion succeeds, and another and another, and
the Government is compromised away. You are
paving now the price OF tue best Government on
earth; and if there has not been enough blood
shed, enough sacrifice, he would saw TO Him WHO
rules OH high to name the price, ana il need be
the nation should be bathed IN blood 10 pay it.
Ii may be the providence of God that the nation
needs chastising. and if lie bowed in humility
TO the decree.
The speaker here Travelled back through the
history of the world TO show how nations had
been chastened by war; and had arisen powerful
10y the struggle. He resumed:
The time has comes now upon us-to teach
the North and TIE South that institutions corrupt
cannot exist. But how long has it been since the
institution of slavery could be agitated! Can
slavery agitate the Government. and IS not the
Government To agitate slavery lt was absurd.
d must be put down
He had detained the audience longer than lie
expected Though 4 stranger he believed there
was mesmeric influence that created sympathy.
He the sol citation OF citizens, and Tor no
improper purpose. 1t he had said anything TN
kind il had grown out of the subject II was his
habit to speak plain. He rendered his sincere
thanks FOR his reception. If he had succeeded IN
making lOdgment in one mind of the great
principles that he conceived TO be right, it would
be reward enough. lie trusted in God that if we
did our duty that the baleiul planet that had
deuged the land in blood would disappear and the
star of peace arise. Then we can have an
armistice. Never ground your arms un-
ill the integrity of the law is re-
stored He had travelled in storm to uphold
the Government, and he intended 10 cling 20 1t.
Ii the Government is to be Overthrown he wanted
to be entombed with the flag of the stars and
stripes as his winding sheet. Cling to it then.
Indiana has won "A name highest in the Mich of
fame Will YOU turn your back upon your blood
shed in glorious cause? Never. If need be to
carry out the glorious cause, shed your own blood
and spend your last dollar. When you talk of
giving up the contest | feel like turning Peter
the Hermit and preaching a crusade. When /
think of the brave boy who sleeps in death with
out board to mark his humble name, feel like
preachin. crusade days of old the Knights
went forth to redeem the sepulchre of our Savior.
To the ladies he would say, if their sons were
required, saw as the Grecian matrOn did TO her
boy as he buckled on his armor, come with it or
upon it from the field. Talk to your bows as did
the Grecian. Ii the sword is too short tell them
to step little closer 10 the foe. This country
will be dsenthralled from Southern traitors and
Northern sympathizers. There is a power be
hind the throne greater than the throne itself.
Say to your husbands, we would rather be sol
diers widows than towards wives, and you will
be understood.
Gov. Johnson spoke for over three hours and
half. OF course the sketch given above
mere synopsis, but it embraces the points of his
Speech avoiding his frequent repettions, and
clipping the rounded periods After he ha'i ad
dressed the ladies, he said, in conclusion, he
spoke at considerable length ai,out he si:udJiou
of East Tennessee and the loyal inhabitants of
that region. their snflerings and l'rivations.
While Gov. johnson was engaging The crowd