Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-03-21

over the atrOct0u- dofrgs OF the nen ~ power
IL YOU had compromised with your consciences
and found an excuse here and an apology there
for what hid been done. YOU might have passed I
muster with the men ia power, and been voted |
patriots OF the second water. ii not OF the first
But my friends. il i better it j.. Who noble I
ends by noble means would obtain should not
count the cost Of the struggle Who would win
the crown must wressle with Wild beasts at Ephe
sus. and therefore rejoice that yos have taken
your stand in favor OF State rights and cOnsttu-
tiOnsl rights, and that YOU are determined 10
maintain these Applause Do this, and YOU
shall recover your Liberties Great applause /
Fail to do this. and YOU will be crushed between
the upper and neither milestone. Now. gentle
men, another thing; since YOU have come out thcs
boldly. as you should have done, the old talk u
revived here in this community about loyal and
dislOyal. and tests of this kind applied TO one
and another in the community.
Now, those who Use these words, in scorn or
in hatred OF YOU either DO not know the true
origin aud application OF these words or they are
troubled with what is called the Kings Evil
I Laughter SIR, what have loyal disloyal to
do with our insttutiOusI They are not IN
dginOus to our soil. any more than the Canada
thistle or the deadly Upas When the Amer
cans cast off the British yoke, they banished the
words ''loyal" and 'dislOyal' from our political
bible. They not To be found either IN the
Constitution ofyOur country OF III the psalm OF
81 jefferson and liberty" But | will tell you
where you find them: In the procla nations
of Lord Howe, and CORVALLIS, and CLINTON, ana
in their orders which gave the Jerseys and the
Caroinss TO fire and sword; and il you look fur
ther YOU may possibly find them IN the death
warrant which consigned the martyr Hale To an
ignOminious grave We are not called upon to
indulge in any such language as this. Devotion
to the Constitution and the Union OF our country
= - ND all htf NO
are called upon TO render. As for those other
words of treason and traitor" which political
hatred i constantly casting in the faces OF pat
riotic liberty loving men. they are OF little or 10
account. excepting when the lying tongue may
expose some individual odlum OF positive injury.
In such "a case let the traducers beware Great
cheering
But, my friends, again, the doings OF your
ConV ention have raised a camOr in this and other
communities, the amount of whichis that YOU are
about to inaugurate a civil war in the country
Now then, we will take care that there shall be
no civil war applause, and We will take care
that the people have their rights. Great APP
plauSe Who ever heard OF peace measures pro
vdking war and bioodshed? These men, | fear
troubled with dstempered fincies. They
have had 80 much TO do with blood letting that IL
seems to have discolored every thing about them
Ii they recall the mission of William Penn they
all are not SO very bad When he came to the
banks of the Delaware. it was wild country.
There he found warlike tribe. who had been
butchering each other. time out OF mind scalp
ing each other, knocking out each others brains
War To them was a paStime, and blood the IN
cense of their lives The story is touching
one. a grave man. animated by the true spirit
OF philanthropy. went IN among the red men and
talked to them rs Il friend lie got them together
HAD of
the divine principle OF charity that Was in him
The, listened 10 him ole sent by the Great
Spirit. and all ut once he held them, IA it were in
the hollow OF his hand. lnvolnntarily they laid
down their arms they buried the hatchet. and
forever after ceased to make upon each
other
But these men that have traduced YOU, your
principles ami your Institutions have conveyed
the idea, or sought To convey the idea, that, If
the Democratic party could get power-as have
no doubt they about to do this [greit cheer
ing the laws are 10 be overturned. All it is a
libel on great and numerous. and patriotic par
ty. Their history Is that OF a law abiding party,
as YOU, gentlemen. both of you Cunning 10 Mr..
Toucey and Mr Eaton.) very well know. Ii the
| old Wing party were in existence, they would tell
you SO. They will do nothing when in power,
either To grieve the living or sully the memory
OF tie dead. Let our conservative fellow eli
declarations OF this sort. but believe that in the
event OF any such triumph OF the party to which
refer the laws will be maintained, and that equal
aud exact justice will be melted out TO men of all
parties. aud sects, and peIsuasons Great APP
plauSe
Another thing. They talk to us of Govern
ment They say YOU must support the Govern
ment. Sir | understand perfect, well what is
meant by this cry. Support the Government.
IL seems. If il means anything at all, that are
10 support this Administration right or wrong
and that do not intend To do. Great cheering
| | en- see " zen wee m make distinction between
what i CALEB the Government and what i done
outside of the Government There are several
j. ol GOV erumenr. Their, is that Oft Sultan OF
| Turkey, "a government OF the one IN IA power. He
my send his mutes with the bow string 10 throttle
tho whom he fears or hates, or he may tie up
his women in sacks anu throw them into the BOs-
ph0rus. There are other Governments where
men in power act independent OF any Inv. except
| the law OF their own breath, and higher law,
which is not known to patriots Then there is
the constitutional form Of Government. under
which | WAS born. which have supported and
under which, when my time comes, ! would wish
To die Applause Now although the Sultan
of Turkey NAV DO what he plcaSes without being
called 10 account for it, there i NJ such immu-
nifty for ruler under republican form OF gov
! eminent htteA er j done III accOrdahCe Win
the Constitution of the Unite. States l. the Gov
ernmeut and a portion of our national life, and
whatever IS done contrary 10 that Constitution j.
no government ut all. such rs our fathers estab
| lished. but wick uSurpatiOn. Cheer. Where
are At the present davI Al the most valuable
rIgh hts OF the citizen, those especially that set
forth IN the twelve amendments cot the COnstltu
ton have been swept away by the men IN power.
and To day, | lament to have 10 he obliged 10 say
it. TO day living under different form oi
government from that which fathers founded
aud sealed with their blood Our remedy toI
pre>entabuses j. not in revolutionary proceedings
but in the exercise OF the right of ballot of which
| have just spoken.
Now. gentlemen. see around me quite mum
Der OF naturalized citizens and | wish 10 say
few words to them The time has come when
we NAV speak plainly to each other ask YOU
my friends, what induced YOU 10 this country
| ITO escape tyranny Don't think me i'm
pertinent for asking the question ami giving YOU
the answer 10 it myself Why did you leave the
Rhine and the Rhone and the borders of Like
Geneval Why did YOU leave Neuichatel and
Constaucer Why did YOU leave the Elbe and the
Scheldt and the Haeuel Why did YOU leave
sunny ltaly the scene of civil strife for more
than a hundred ,ens. and why the vine clad hills
|of France. Why did YOU leave CALEDONIA.
"stern and wild. and sweet Lakes that nestle IN
the bosom OF hiilSy Why did Won leave hil-
barney and Kilkenny. and those consecrated
places where CarraR aud Grattan Numbered
AZ alnst oppression. and where Emmet Land down
ms lifey Applause VII, did you leave the
graves Of your kindred in the Fatherland. 1.-THE