Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-03-06

49, N v@ Deeoiae oi te iieert4e< 81 the peoufof
NJ "Hs uot "iIiihgt 70 sacrifice the liberties Of tie
peopie Tor the mere extension Of territory We
existed a. Republic. and a. A free ata hspoy
people, when We ha,. not two tfthsof our rresen,
territory Under the present policy he believed
tnar u Sas midsummer madness % attempt b re
store the Union by the sword. He moved 70
postpone the bill indefinitely
NIL urp'e said ne should vote 10 postpone.
NOT because lie would decrease by one lot tie
power 10 pat doRn tie rebeiiiur1 5ur because se
thought MS legislation unnecessary and uncon-
sbvlional. The bilI proposed 70 oblneraie one
step winch Dad always been taken TO raise troop;
they haa aiwlys been raised bf fequisti0n on tie
states In 1872 certain New EaglaBd States re
FUSED 70 furnish Their quota. q in this war Ken
lucky and Missouri had also refused 10 furnish
/ their quotas. These were facts, the merits of
which ne would not discuss.
Dir Howard asked il the Senator was willing
U continue this Inconvenience. and allow States
perhaps not loyal, TO refuse to furnish men,
Mr.. Iurpie said the inconvenience was simply
the lack of power He Was not willing 10 give
70 the National Executive the power TO violate
the Constitution. or take any step not contem-
plated by those Who formed the Government
lie oil gave The President power to raise armies,
which power was confined 70 Congress.
Mr. Howard asked how Congress could raise
armies without agents Would the Senator have
recruiting Office opened IN these halls by Con
gfessl
Mo. Turpie: There would be few recruits if
thew did
Dir. Turpe further contended that the bill
would take away all the power of the States and
make the President DICTATOR if he choose 10 ex-
ercse that power. There was 10 provision made
In the bill 10 limit the quota of any district and
he ch rged that the bil would be used for polit
80 Al IN. n
and avenge political defeats. He said we had
bad all sorts OF bills to put down the rebellion
But the Senator from Massachusetts Mr. Vii
SON had taken the most iu. enious ana unique
mole OF putting down the rebellion by boasts oil
MS own loyalty and mpugning that OF others
Al the rebellion was To be put down by vapid and
stale vOcieration oil the LOYALTY OF Massachusetts
then u would he put down surely. That Senator
talked about jackson. and Douglas, and about
the Democrats who had gone into the rebellion.
No Democrat had gone into the rebellion move.
ment. man who ceased to obey and reverence
the Constitution and laws of the United States,
ceased " DC Democrat. Had the Senator from
Massachusetts been in the Senate in the DAYS of
jackson. lie would have opposed him; and every
Islander uttered against that old hero would have
come from the lips OF that Senator. Though he
might have had some reverence for Washington.
had he lived IN the days OF the Revolution. he f.
would have been tory, and talked ippintly of
rebels. ana offered rewards for the heads oil Sum /
ter ana Marion; and he would have betray ed his |
country Arnold did. Had he lived in thed,ys 1
OF Luther he would have sided with the Pone. /
anu ieasted on the ashes of mirtvrs, and lighted I
the hires AT Smthhed He might have had some /
reverence for the Deity who Ca me TO save the I
worlu, ana IN has uame he would have burned I
Luther Had he Iivei in the days of Christ the 1
Senator from Massachusetts would perhaps have
obe!ed him; he certainly would have followed
nm TO the Garden OF Gethsemane aud TO the bar
OF Pontius Plate; and there his voice would have
been heard. but he would have said-.sRe!ease
unto Us Bdrabas but. for this Jesus let him be
cruched "
Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, said he had no
reply to make 10 the personal illusions of the
Sen tor from Indiana He did not know what IN,
might have been had he lived in former DAYS
But he knew that now he was no traitor no sym.
pathzer with treason: aud his associates were not
those who labored day and night to aSsail every
man that Was supporting the country. He thought
the senator had not the right to speak for the
soldiers as regarded this bill. The soldiers were
every day expressing their delight nc the meas
lre. The Senator also assaulted Massachusetts
or failure to respond to the calls for troops
Massachusetts had furnished 2.702 more men
IN IN were called for. and yet that Senator came
here anu repeated the slang Of the Copperhelds
d MS State who splt their venom at that brave
DID Comnonwe ,lth Bat that Senator could not
each Massachusetts, by his assaults
DIR Turpe "a d he had u H. ht to.spe,k for the
oidier, and he would speak for the Western vol
IN GERS who hated SecessiOnists and hated Yam
ices just as much The Senator had said that he
ould not reach Massachusetts God forbid he
yer should reach her or set foot on her soil
TIE Senator from Massachusetts, by his speeches
vas making the Rebels believe thar there was "a
'srty at the North hostile To the Government:
mi he was doing the dirty work OF scavenger
or the Rebels
Mr.. McDougall said the evil OF our times was
nat We were governed too much by particular
nd not by general laws: anu the Senate from
indiana had INDUCED himself much MS to pirric
lars. finding fault with details In times like
ms we should be governed by general principles.
hd give such power To the Government as would
i've ii vim and force in il action
MT. Garlic spoke at length against the bill
DESTROYED rather thai preserved the Govern
lent. taking away power from the States ana
wing II TO the President To-day We had a re-
elton stronger than when IL hrst commenced
o day we had divided North aud a united
outh-brousht about by Congress and the Elk
;ut've de was sorry TO see the party in power
prosecuting this war attempting 30 carry out
'rty d0smas and interfering with the institutions
the States. 1t policy had been pursued pre-
irving strictly the rights OF he States and had
been shown that this WAS not "A war against any
,mestlc Institution, he believed there would have
zen counter revolutions in the South And If
e policy OF the Government had not been
Hanged. and the President had resisted the pres
Ire against him, he belIev Ell there would have
zen peace TO day. He denied that the South was
unit. There were true aud loyal men there.
II was unit. then The Government might As
ell stop the war: tor il never could subuyate
at peopie. That Government was the hest
hcn most promoted the happiness OF It's people.
10 TINS thing we called slavery WIS nuthing bnt
form OF gov eminent for a class OF beings whose
pp'ne>s. comfort aud well being had been pro
oled TO greater extent than the same race had
er enJOyed before IN any other country on the
CO OF the globe five would look on this thing
means OF chrisiimizug this race aud fitting
em Tor chriStauzing ami civilizng their own
ope IN their noble land. there would be less
" horror :
Mr.. Carlisle concluded h> remarks Referring {
many OF the bills passed. By Congress he said r
eN evidently tended toward de- poii>m Heasked {
AZ the people should hot toe alarmed when they Il
III leaung paper OF The party IN power such :
e.egram a ne in the Nea York Tribune n
OUT the Connecticut copperlieads. swing that q
ere Was limit TO the torbe rance OF the Ad o
nlsiration. he warned the Administration q
u 1hefe Was a limit 10 lhe iorbear,noe of the n
lp'e And he was aStOhshed when he saw in :
u bnrn>des testimony before the " ar Com '
Iiee that he said, CONCERNING his attack on Z
eiericksburg ''that when he had lost as many "
u - ms "ruers required, he spendec the at n
K. Who was IT that gave orders how many d
u should DE killed in AN attack n
'siiveness under the Yoke-Iadica. :,