Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-03-19


.ent TO foreign Governments C N CI,y, wh,
lsd publishes for miny wears an Abolition paper
N Kentucky until the honest iisIi IA stiou al that
peJpie cOuii stand Il no longer and suppre--ed !
10 Would ties hare sent Helper afro d. a man /
So base TO libel his own State and bring down /
upon himself the contempt Of all decent menI 1
No, gentlemen. these creatures were spurned
from them as uncleau beasts The ruth i. from
the President down 10 the meanest tide waiter our
officers and rulers in civil affars are the men who |
a few short years ago politically de,ested by
u all. What must be expecte of Their policy
Coald We expsct them to take the Constitution
for their guideE No; they said it was leigue
with he'll and covenant with death Buringa me.
another foreign representative. said in his speech.
The times demand. AMI we NUT have. new
Constitution. new Bible ana new Cod" These
are the men who nave the ear OF the President and
nian the ship. Cln weexpecl them 20 follow the
chart OF the father-y No. fellow cit zens
these men have left the faith. and i: is Ia
their policy thtwe may trace all tie untold ills
that now nerve the arms OF the Siuth and unite
them with hooks of steel, and also divides AMI
disiract- the North IL Is against this party that
the Democracy battles aud invites all conserve
tive men OF whatever past ppticu creed TO join
with u in fighting. not with bullets, but biilots,
and We intend to fight on and fight ever il God
IN bis mercy slare- Us a country. until the angel
OF God standing with one foot upon the land and
the other upon the water, shall proclaim that
time shall be no longer
| need not repeat the arguments Of our oppo
nents in past political contests against our pre-
dctOns of dsuuiOn Suffice IL TO say that we
were told that unnecessarily alarming
The public mind. that We did not believe them
ourselves Even our present Governor IN his
canvass told the people that there was no danger
OF disunion. that the threats OF the South
meant nothing that the South could not live
without u, and it they wanted to 90 they
coCld go and try il, that could get along
better without item; and even after disunion
was accomplished fact. they for letting
them 20 in peace; and this latter proposition
was, | confess, one consistent with their past
history. But that was like their name. only 10
answer for the hour. and then to be laid aside.
But tie election over and disanon commenced,
they soon changed DiSunion must not be al
lowed. Then there was large Union party in
the South TO be savei The President told u
that there was "A large Union party at the South.
and thar he wanted an amy To go down there
and releise them from the iron despo,ism of the
usurpers; that all thu Was wanted there was the
presence Of loyal troops. aud that then the 10y
alty OF the South would show itself aud put down
the traitors. Nj Lincoln right There was
L non sentiment there Bat when think of
The treatment they have received ia the policy of
this Adm nstraton, my heart bleeis for them
and NV country for | cannot but think, had il
been dealt with properly. they. and Us. would
have been spared the bloody horrors of iratricidi
Ii was my fortune to he in New Orleans during
the session OF their convention which took the
State out of the Union There popular
majority in that State against secession They
c'ltel them selves Union men. But we in the
North did not understand them. They were con
duioaai Union men The only difference be
tween the two parties not To what were
their rights. for in this they all agreed. but as to
the manner OF getting them. The Union men
said. We think get them without war
AMI disunion.'' The others thought dissolution
tie only remedy ii we of The North could have
heard The patriotic appeals which were daily made
through the press and upon the stump. which
he trI made; il YOU could have herd Mr.. Rose
lin, with the proud and honorei banner of our
country floating over him. IN Ike the appeal To his
fellow citizens which he tde in the City Hall OF
New Orleans, and could have seen the streaming
ewes of his audience he looked above his head
upon the stars and stripes aud exclaimed with
pltriOtic ferver, IL will never no, never WELD it
M. until 4 IN al have met my brothers of the
North once more in council. and once more ask
them to return To the teachings of the fathers
before il shall be everlastingly too late To save
the country" Ii all Of Us could have beheld
this scene. then could appi ecate the Union
sentiment OF the South. But, alas, the golden
moment fled unimproved, and | lear fed for
ever
The party in power charge upon the Democ
racy dsloyalty. How are disoyal2 We are
for the same administration of the Government
as when YOU called US Union Savers" We
have not changed. Are we dislo,al because we
denounce the usurparlOns of the Pre~ideutg Are
we diSl0yal because We denOunce the umcOnSttu
tiJnal acts OF the last Congress? Are We disloyal
because we will not quietly submit to the de>truc
( on and overthrow of the CunstituiOnl IL this
l. dsloyalty | confess myself unable to compre-
bend the me ming oil the term | count th At man
loyal to his Government who supports the Con-
stItution and who denuunces all nirtctions OF its
sicred injunctiOns, who Obeys the law made bv
the constituted authority and it matters not to
Us whether the law j. such our jud gmeut APP
proves or not; still while IL is the law we Obev.
denounce that man as di>oyal who wiiuIly
trampicS upon and dehes the luudamentil law
and who assumes powers and authority not
granted by IT, The truth il, gentlemen, our op-
pouentS do not think us dIsoyal Ii is a false
issue: they try 10 coniound obedience 10 the law
with Obedience to The administrator the law But
we see wide difference between them: we know
that man may he loyal To the country and Yet
oppose The policy of the Administration. and we
have The highest authority for it. You remember
after the last elections. it WAS thought (they
having gone against the Lincolniies) heir effect
upon foreign Governments would he hurtiul 10
US Mr. Seward 1T once set TO work to prepare
an aIitidoir, and he wrote 10 our ministers abroad
that the elections must not be resarIe,! bv them
n a Judgment that the war must no, be further
prosecuted; that our Government was built unon A
different heor, that here The citizen had a ri. ht
TO crtic>e their rulers without being considered
disloVal 70 the Government
Again ask. why do they call us disloyal? 1t
is because we do not approve OF the war policy oi
the Government Why do we di.approve that
policy. Because they have deceived us and the
country upon it l. the purpose OF the Admins
tratiOn now what il WAS when the war began?
mean the ar0lred purpose. Look the record
Mr. Lincoln said: Il have no purpose directly OF
indirectly To interfere with the institution
of slavery i'm the States where is exists: / be-
lieye have no legal right TO do SO; and have
no inclination 10 10 50
You know he told Horace Greeley. in public
letter. the same thing la substance.
You know that he told the Chic go committee
the same thing. You know that he instructed
Mr. Seward 10 instruct our Representatives al
foreign courts that whatever might he the result
of the rebellion the Southern Institutions would
remain unchanged. You know that they passed
resolution in Congress. Offer ell by Mr.. Cfitten-
den, prOcamug 10 the world that their purpose
| in prosecuting the WAS not To Interfere with
the rights. dignity equality OF the States. tout
to leave them IN this respect unimp,rei. You
all remember the history of the while they
were kept You know they had but % unfur