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

"a outlaw liberty Sir, bo such law can be eu.
reed II vii no. ;or one moment. he obeycd
he Courts wii. obes The Constitution. md 90
m the people. hu they viii lrrit such law a.
~ a an infruIer aud q mi-creant un the statute
,ok and bid il defiance Sir. we must look the
ality in the face. though Ne shudief a. it ter
Die features We ere treadng on the thin crust
"a flaming volcano There is coming woe aud
a disaster ia the very air around US The ire
lor OF the approaching earthquake = visible IN
e ground on which tread. The signs ct the
vastating whirl~iud gathering IN the angry
y over our heads Already the deep mutter
- OF IL wrath can be heard in the distance
Ill YOU stand It'll IL stubborn mutiny against
e raging elements OF popular Indignation which
Justice and political debauchery have aroused.
nd be crusheslg There j. but one pathway OF
cape and safety. IL is the pathway ou which
le light of the Constitution j. shining IN all IL
riginal luster IL y the pathway OF the fathers.
which the footprints of Washington aud the
lges of that hallowed period are yet plainly visi-
e. IL Is the pathway Of Justice, OF truth and
e honor. IL is the pathway OF constitutional
reedom, and leads to national life, Union and
eaee.
Mr. Speaker, am done | take leave of this
inject. 4 greater or more important one 10
very generation OF men, in my Judgment, was
ever submitted 10 the consideration of n lcgisla-
we body. | have confined myself 60 the discus
ION Of single issue; but the principles which
oyern IL are Observation-Disclosures With eternal
dfe, clothed with immortality. The proudest
works of human hands decay the brightest mod.
els of human wisdom grow old and give place 10
others: Governments are rocked To and FRO by
fierce revolutions. and fall to the earth 20 rise
again In some new form: We all hasten on In our
brief journey. soon To take up our abode IN the
silent Necropolis-the city of the dead: but LIZ
fRrY. LIakRry-that divine emanation from the
bosom OF God 10 the soul Of man-wll survive
every mutation. every shock. every change But
IL We expect to retain the illumination and glory
of It's presence ON these shores: " We expect "a
transmit 10 our postefity the exalted and prceles'
blessings which u bestows; IL we expect To escape
the reproach OF being false 10 the great trus
which our fathers reposed In our hands for pres
ent aud for future ages, II We would avoid tho
utter and absolute overthrow of every principle
which has signalized this Government as n repub
lie, and not despotism; II We, standing here OF
this narrow isthmus of time which divides III,
living and the dead. with the graves of our AN
cestors stretching back into the past and the nd
vancIng footsteps Of rising generations coming
up IA the future, would flee from the Just anc
awful condemnation ui both. We must rctutn--re
turn without dcay-to the plain. the safe aud the
immutable prccepts O. the Constitution, Lee
those who control the Administration now IL
power give over their wanderings into dangerous
ATTITUDES Lct them hastily retrace their steps
aud take their stand within the limits of the law
Let them abandon their impious claim of power
outside OF the provisions OF the Constitution Let
them purge their minds Of that madness which
dares 10 treat American citizens ~ slaves. lie
this be- done. and public confidence will ono,
more brighten the fncc of the country. and n new
strength will spring up from sense public 80
curity. Let this be done. aud though deep mn,
dark calamties may overtake "a. Yet the primar'
and fundamental object for which this Govern
ment was iounded-the establishment OF libert'
cannot be defeated II. however. the Iresen
policy IL 10 be pursued nc there l. 81 bc chang
In the destructive career which now usurps an'
supplanls the Constitution and the laws then
declare my solemn belief that scene of ruin !
near at hand In this once favored country. NOR
mournful than that over winch Matius wept OF
the plains of Carthage. and more terrible than tn
picture OF dcsoation which marked the doslruc
ton of the holy city of David