Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-05-25

Democratic measure. The Democrats had pro-
vided literally for the comfort of the sick and
wounded volunteers The Republicans could
not vote against the bill. but they could not get
their thoughts off that corruption fund. They
wanttd the appropriation made. but they wanted
TO have the distribution of it in their own hands.
and that is why they could not vote for the bill.
They have all along been basily engAge1iR cir
culating their insidious poison into the minds of
odr soldiers ever since the beginning of the war,
and when we undertook TO take the power TO do
so hereafter out Of their hands by placing this
fund in the hands Of a Democrat, and an honest
man, they boited. They have done their work
and they are gone.
Ii is now two years before we the people of the
United States can change this Federal dynasty at
the ballot box. and IL is q long ttco years. In the
meantime, my countrymen, what duty d~evolves
upon usf These temporary usurpations Of pow
err. these orders, these arbitrary arrests, CALLING
as they may be. still leave in our hands a fearful
remedy for these wrongs. 1t will still be in our
power, when the time shall come for action, to
put these men out of power at the ballot box.
Until that time comes, it is your privilege to dis
cuss freely and fully all these great and important
questions of national policy, and then calmly de-
posit your ballots and hurl these men from their
places. one and all, from the highest to the low
CCNs Il " WV VIC ~ -
my deliberate conviction that the poorest and
most humble Democrat in the land is a better
nan for any Office than the best man in any other
party, and therefore just as soon as / know who
our men are that are in the feld. / know just
about how am going to vote at the next election.
The ballot box is our remedy for these wrongs;
and as long as that is left, we will use it. Free
speech. a free press, and a a free ballot box, are
your inalienable rights; and as long as they are
left unimpaired, your Government is just what it
should be. The storm will pass by; and when it
is gone, all will be well; but. if. on the other
hand, you are driven to armed resistance and
revolution as the only means of securing the re
dress of your grievances; If you are compelled
at last to break up this Government and make
all our hills and valleys battle fields; then even if
you shall succeed in indicating your rights, all
that shall remain, will be but the charred and
blackened remains of whatever is good and great
in the present or glorious in the past. Then you
will have to commence over again, for the past is
lost. Let me dissuade you then from harboring
in your minds any thought Of such results.
Abide by your constitutional remedies, free
speech, free press and a free ballot box. In
probably less than two years from to day the
| State Government of Indiana will be all that we
can call our own. Therefore, let every man feel
that he is a conservator of the peace inside of his
rights.
But let me urge you to turn your thoughts
away from all ideas of revolution. 1t is a matter
Of the utmost importance to US and to all who
shall come after us, that these difficulties and
these evils shall be removed without any resort to
the last remedy. But it the time ever comes
when peaceful remedies will no longer avail us,
and when it shall become our duty to vindicate
our rights by means of an armed resistance. /
know the people OF Indiana, / know the spirit of
her Democracy, and if that time ever does come,
| know YOU will v~indicate yourselves like men. ]
say to you to day-mdint5iH your rights.
Disturbances have already taken place in some
sections of this State. They may occur again,
but let no Democrat be the first to engage in
them. Do not allow yourselves to become enan.
gered because they call you harsh names ] do
not believe a Republican could possibly make
me mad by calling me any name. no matter how
insulting or undeserved.
I believe in my heart that they themselves are
the great source of all the troubles that have
come so heavily upon us. and they know il
themselves. 1t is that which makes them 50
spiteful against US. Therefore, whatever epithet
they may see fit to apply to You, do not you call
them names in return. Call them by whatever
name thev wish to be known, and if they call you
"Copperheads !" let them do it; and if they call
you "Butternuts.'' well and good; let them do
that; you can dignity any title they may give
you. But thew may select the best name that
can be invented, and in less than six months time
it will be a mark of 'infamy and reproach. Say
to them in all fearlessness, w are all here to
gether." We have as much at stake as they
our rights are equal to theirs. and our rights are
all we ask. Let them not trample these right:
so far under foot that there can be no more for
bearance: if they "rob us of name and pursue Us
with beagle" we will give ''their roof to the
flames, and their flesh to the eagle"