Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-12-28

Recenstructien and Compromise.
stwrxpKLL PHuLLrrs represents the aboitionists
Of The nation and he probably. nearer than any
OTHER man. reflects their views and purposes. In
biyspeech in New York the other night review
ing the Presidents message and proclamation he
said he was willing that there should be compro-
I'M, e when and where the nation pleased, upon the
snfe condition "that the tap root of slavery
sh~ii he cut" He willing that
the Union restored upon the basis Of
impediate aud unconditional emanci-
ps}on. should assume he entire war In
mssing it sooss four thousand millions OF dol
lsrs. aud to accomplish the end poposed. he
thfught that would be light incumbrance in
cosslparison With the advantages achieved. And
ont the other hand presume Mr. PBILLIPs
ast his aboifion friends would not grumble if
prlvi,led '.the tap root OF slavery shall be cut, "
b. in abolishing one form of slavery. and that
Off subjective race. IL there not grea1
dagger of running into the other extreme
am imposing tasks upon the people Of our own
rA,e, grievous to be bornel A large public in
dettedness creates an sristocracy of wealth. and
Wiz it grinding taxation. This il the history of
nesry all the governments of the old world
IT, taxation occasoned by the public indebted
net Of the leading nations OF Europe has driven
thonsapds upon thousands Of their subjects to our
shores TO ESCAPE burdens which placed them in
the condition Of servitude to the governments
they owed allegiance. They felt it an oppression
and gladly escaped from a taxation which
was mortgage upon both mind and
muscle But the abotionists ink debt OF
four thousand millions Of dollars, -reater in pro
portion than that Of the most sorely taxed nation
upon earth. tut Of little consideration if they can
give the negro boon he cannot appreciate
unconditional aud Immediate emancipation-and
with no advantage. to either race. And il is not
dollars aud cents alone that is sacrificed schiev
this single idea of abo!itionism. The slaughter
of lite. the manning of bodies, which the war has
swellei up to countless thousands. and the pow
erty and degradation which has followe ed in is train
is regarded by these assumed negro philanthro-
pists rs of but little no Consequence
That class have not vet felt the evils OF war
Most of the New England abolitonisis are rapid
" making money out of the troubles OF the
country. The present prosperity cannot last al
WAYS aud the longer the crash which will eventu-
ally come IL put of. the more severe and wide
spreAd il will be. Then and not till then will the
visionary theories OF emancipation. reconstruction
.nI op,ia Viii he far atiefSu, Of n IA
country has forced upon the Administration be
properly estimated, and a revolution sudden and
sweeping will overtake the mep whose counsel
AMI influence have fastened upon the nation tho
calamities which have aud will grow out of thi.
war.
From q verbatim report OF Mr. PHiLLiPs New
York speech we copy the following ext c,ct which
gives the ABOLITION idea of reconstruction and
compromise:
Now ali civil wars are ended by compromise
Thete never WAS a civil war IN which one part,
got q clean sictory 10 my knowledgefin history
In war. oetw cen two nations IL has sometimes
though rarely. been the case: but in nation Iii
vided on its own soil there never cas- q strife thai
not ended by compromise. Ours gill no.
b. The only question is. what shall We compro
mise onf Once launched on the stormy and
turbid waters of politics. YOU cannot tell; bu
with she helm in our hands. YOU and +. ii faith
full. can say to the nation. you may ccmprvmis,
where and when you please. with one exception
and that Is the tap root OF slavery shall be cut
[Cheers Let thirty Senatorsana Representative.
enter Congress under this Proclamation and wha
will be their frat demandi twill be, Gentle
men. fluid our debt Your representatives will
20 TO the united body and want tariff 70 pay
Mr. Chsse's interest. The reply of the demo
cratic Southern majority, minority, wbatev eI
il may he then. will be, granted: we are ready
70 fund IL when you please. provided that yot
tack on 10 II, BY way OF rider tariff that viii
paw our interest too and only on that condition
shall you have policy which Is no, iantamouni
TO reputation You say that IL Is not possible
Let me see The builders OF pirate ships il
England have some one hundred millions OF thi
scrip, probably. Suppose they come 10 The door
of your reconstructed Congress and say, gentle
men, this paper Is not worth i've eents oI
the dollar: bus we will give YOU tveut,
millions OF il II BY your vote YOU will maxi
she other eighty millions worth par Did yo'
ever know Congress that could not ne boug n
with twenty millions of doliarsT Do you evsi
hope 20 see onef Laughter. Your Alexander
Hamilton. and the holders of colonial debt
which YOU would laugh at If should mention it
sent 20 Congress, and the question Mas. vii D
VII! Won no. give up the Government. or saw,
the Government. by funding that deot Al its orig
ipal FACE. Now that same Scene, with anoIhe
Alsxsnder Hamilton. is 70 take place IN the frs
RECONSTRUCTED Congress. Nov, therefore, TIT
erst ten OF compromise will be three or fou
thousand millions Of dsbt I 90 not o6jeci Il
that particularly myself. lis the atonemen
which God demands Of this nation for seven,,
years OF sin No sin j. washed out Nth word.
You esnnot cheat the devil OF his due Ou
fathers sinned against that victim race, and God
mortgages the right hand OF every living man
and every child that Is 20 be born for the pex
half century. TO atone fos that nations iuiquity
That is ole compromise There will be other.
Nov. IL - in sush time. aud With such a futur
mat Mr.. Lincoln enters toe held with Die pgoes
for reconstrucGion. " hat is the first element {
IL. generally eOnssderedf IL Is this be puts HI
own ACT aud The acts ct Congress at the foot {
the Supreme Court lie says the South Is
swear 20 support the various acts Of the govern
ment IN bis haDds and n the hands OF Congress
FAR a. che Supreme Court holds them to
valid. Now. am not saying that he could "a
anything else An ouly telling you what
doe say What does that proclamation mean
the PROCLAMATION Of the lss Of Jauuar, 1891