Daily State sentinel., 1863-03-24

ing wounds Of nv bleeding country This Gov
ument was made By compromise and conces-
sious, which procured the consent Of the gov
ernei and by thp~e means aiane can Il be re
ored 10 free Republican form These princi-
tses have represented in Congress, AMI in them
have been ndorsed bv the people If they h d
prevailed az es cry period of our history. no mourn
ing mothers desolaie wives. no sohhing
t'hans, no bereaved friends. woeld now 6ll the
land
But, gentlemen, bad as / conceive war to be.
at best a remedy for our national distress vet
il becomes infinitely worse when il is ,reacher.
ously and dishonesty prosecuted I will no,
dwell on the manifold violations of the public
condolences of which this Administration has been
guilty in the conduct Gf the war The country
knows all that by heart From the first blow 10
the present hour the abolition of slavery bv every
means-by cOnhscation. by proclamation. nv tax
alton the white laborer. and NJ last bv the en-
rolment of the black man alongside of the white
man in the ranks of the armv has absorbed the
energy and engrosSed the patriotism of the PreSi-
dent and his supporters If the Union was re
stored TO-DAY by their policy, it would not be the
/ Union of the fathers. liz would be a Union Of
prostrated States, and dscordsnt. mixed popu-
laton Of free blacks with the free white laborers
/ o The community Ii would he Union also #
/ centralized Federal power The purse has been
i graSped; the sword has been seized: the army -
/ TO be filled by fOrcibe cOnscriptiOn: habeas cor
pus is To be torn eway from the citizen all power
was surrendered bv the last Congress to the Ex-
ecutive, until his own organs assert that he has
more power than the Car of Russia rr the En-
peror of France. Gentlemen. this is not the feast
to which we were invited in the opening scenes
OF this This is not the kind OF Government
| for which your prayers ascend We demand the
old institutions of liberty "a Jefferson laid them,
and ~ Jackson supported them
Fellow citizens, we are in the midst of gloom
and trial. But | am not without hope. The
darkest hour is nearest day. The bow OF promise
/ is Just behind the clouds. They will vanish and
the hacyon davs of peace will return Let Us
ohey the laws until we can reach once more that
shrine of freedom and that terror of tyrants, the
ballot boy. and there. in peaceful wav, revolu-
/ tionize the Government. and change its policy
/ But you must preserve your liberties in order TO
/ do this Assert your sovereign majesty You
are the peers of Presidents and Kings Think
and act for yourselves The great battle of SEA
hes already commenced 1t is the Austerliiz of
| constitutional freedom on this continent Light
your camp fires now and keep them burning.
Advance the column. Rear the Constitution
aioit at its head. Let the people gaze on il as a
brizen serpent in the wilderness for the healing
of sins aud suIferings And when the
contest is over and the inalienable rights of man
are viudicated, may mercifu God give Us back
our old Government clothed IN the sacred habIli-
ments of liberty and Union
! During the whole of Mr.. VS. speech the masses
manifested their APPRECIATION by frequent and loud
applause. and when he concluded, the cheering
was continued and deatenng
Mr. Maginns offered the following, which were
adopted unanimously:
WHEREAS II Is Of the highest Importance the pres
et alarming state of affairs, tha the sentiment of the
people should be ascerained and expressed; therefore,
Res ilrsd by tie Phiyd Coagr. ssiogat District 81
Ohi, its Mass Meeting, az M~ city al HoDjhOU. That
we earnestly recommend Demccr tic National Conven
On TO be held in the city of Indianapolis the third
Tuesday of May ant request the DemocratiC
of the usages of former conventions and further
that the Democracy be invited with the delegates
in mass meeting, at the time and place
R,Solred, That by selecting candidate for Governor
of Ohio our choice devolveS upon Who out
steward and who for six consecutive years has beer
greeted with the Wel done. good and faithful servant
upon who with prophetic voice, gave to his peopl,
this solemn warning: n the day thou eatest the fruit
the Abolition tree, thou shalt surely die upon whS
loved the Union IL constructed. and the ConSttu
ton as il organized: upon whose imagination
aggrega ing the blessings Of the past beeued his udg
ment, and preserved his faith in the unity Of the
eminent long after had by the thuuderboi
and scattered by the storm; upon CLEMENT l.. VALLAS
DIGHAM.
R,slrcd. That the democracy Of the Third Congress
sioIa District of ohio send greeting TO the gallant
true Democrats of Come ticut AID hail with sing,
voice their great champion Of constitutional
Thomas Ii. seymour.