Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-04-14

statement % facts as 90 the conditions Of the
Uuion To-Day and sor doug which have no
doubt the usual charge ct "encouragement ior
the rebels +" "the psonu gatioh OF the var The
rebels sr- ailed by Their ffiensls this fl or.
and the Ike charges. will be repeated agsiu by
gentlemen on the opposite side OF the house: and.
a. have heard such charges repeatedly Tor
the past four months. sav now and here that
the real friends OF the Coofederates-ihose Who
give them AID and encouragement. aud enable
them 10 ears on the war-are on the opposite
side of the House and in the control OF the Gov
eminent. Your c0nhscation resolution, voted tor
and passed by the friends 81 the AaministTa alton.
bv which you propose tn thrust your hands into
the coffin OF the deceased father. and take al he
may have left At his death TO hrs widow. ard IN
nocent and unoaendne children. Is worth more
than hfty thou-and men 20 the Confederate army
The order issued by the President TO Gen. Sax
ton dividing up and parceling out the State OF
South Carolina among the negroes and enterpris.
ing Yankees of Ma~sschu esIs. gives courage,
energy and enthusiasm 20 the men DOW in arms
in the Confederate States ! he order Of the
Pr, sdent to his military commanders IN Lousi-
aud Arkansas, and the order ISSUED IN Dursu
ance thereon BY General Banks to the people Of
Louisiana-in which by "a single dash OF hs per,
he suikcs out OF existence the Constitution ana
organic law of the State. and by virtue OF the
power vested in him as a Msjor General, proceeds
10 call and hold an election. and inaugurate State
officers. and up a State Government and the
legislation cOnsummated and proposed BY Con-
gress. and speeches made upon this floor IN sup
port Of Radicalism, is strengthening the war
Herein Sir is where they find strength; the true
friends Of the Confederacy in the North are radi
cal Abolitiouists and the radical Press, goading
on the President to issue prOclamations and mill
tary orders which provide food. rament, strength
and support tor the Confe1eracy.
If Mr. Lincoln had made a gift of millions OF
greenbacks to Jefferson Davis TO be used as
bounty money in recruiting the Confederate
army, he could have done better service 10
the cause Of the South than ne mas done by his
silly. absurd and insulting Amnesty PrOclama
ton, and his equally absurd attempt TO create
State Governments by dictatoria power He
has in effect said TO the Southern people: ~ on
shall not return to the Union except under such
local Government | and my military officers
dictate" and with the aid OF his friends in Con
gress he l. enabled To add, Gin the event Of
your submission and return, your estates shall be
conhscated your property, personal and real,
shall be taken from you: your children shall be
dlsinherited and left homeless and penness to
starve under the scorn and hatred of y Northern
fanatics, your lands and manor houses shall be
parceled out among our retainers: the negro
(freedmen) and adyenturer shall sit and rule at
your hearthstOneS, and yOu-beggars and out
casts-Shal be forbidden representation ia our
national councils, and be shut out forever from
Offices Of trust and honor Such is the Ian
guage IN which Lincoln and this Congress and
the preceding Congress have spoken. and are
speaking to the people Of the Southland now
SIR. with such prospect before them the Sc
que of submission. Outlawry. disfranchsement,
social, moral and political degradation, penury
for themselves and their chill iren. decreed
their portion will they throw down their arms
and submit To the termSl Who shall believe
that the free. proud American blood, which
courses with a. quick pulsati0n through their
veins own. will not be spilled to the last
drop in re-istanceI THIS is the source. Sir. from
whence comes encouragement, strength, support,
and su-tenance for the COnfedera.es; herein lies
the secret of the unity OF their action, the pro-
longation of the contest, and the desperation of
the conflict produced. not by anything said. or
measures proposed nv gentlemen upon this side
of the House, or bv any measures proposed or
policy advocated by the Democratic party. but
by the acts of the gentlemen who make the
charges and the President and his military COM
manders, who issue the proclamations and mill
tarv orders.
Mr. Chairman: have deemed il proper thus
TO advert To the charges OF encouragement TO the
Confederates. so repeatedly made upon this floor
and | again recur TO the consideration of the
Union: Can the Union be restored by war?
answer most unhestatingly and deliberately. no,
never: war is final. eternal separation" NV
tirst and highest ground OF opposition TO its fur
Their prosecution. Is that il is wrong: it is in vo-
lation of the Constitution and of the fundamental
principles on which the Federal Union was
founded Ny second objection is that. as a poll
lev. it is not recoDsructive. but destructive: and
will. if continued result speedily in the destruc
81. tl,n 81 anil
erty TO both North and South; aud il ought
therefore. Immediately cease
In order, Mr.. Chairman. that know what
views were entertained upon the right well as
the expcdency OF coerclng states into submission
BY some OF the departed as well as living states
men OF the country. previous To the commence
ment OF the present war. | propose to call the
attention of the House and the country 10 "A few
extracts which To my mind are worthy OF consd
Grafton AT this time
In 1927. during the administration of J @
Adams. when the Legislature of Georgia had
passed an act setting aside the laws of Con
gress regulating intercourse with the Indian
tribes within her limits the messages OF the
President the 5th and slh of February. 1897
in relation thereto, were referred to select com
mttee of the Senate of which Col Benton WAS
chairman. and of which Martin Van Buren and
Gen Wm II Harrison, each afterwards President
OF the United States. were members. The com
mttee in their report SENATE documents. second
session. Nineteenth Congress-Document No
Co., say:
1T is believed 10 be among these axioms
which in government like ours no man may be
permitted to dispute. that the only security for
he permanent union of those States, j. To be
found in the principle nf common affection. rest
ine the basis of common interest. The sane
tons of the Constitution would be imp0tent 10
retain. in concerted and harmonious action
twenty four sovereignties hostile in their feelings
toward each other. and acting under the impulse
of a real or ina gined diversity of interest The
resort To- force would he alike vain and nug,tory
It's frequent would subject il, with demonstra
tive certainty to ultimate failure while its tempo
rary success would be valueless for All purposes
of social happiness In such contests. however
unequal and however transient the seeds of DIS
union would he thickly sown and those who may
be destined to witness them will speedily there
after be called To lament the destruction of the
farest prospect of civil liberty which Heaven in
its mercy has vouch>afed TO mar The com
mttee will not enlarge upon the frightfu conse
quences of civil wars. They known to be
calamitous to single governments, and fatal 10
coBlederaeies -
The prediction OF the committee of the destruc-
ton OF the fairest prospect OF civil liberty which
Heaven in its mercy has vouchsafed TO man. is
already in great danger of being realized aud
everv hour the i continued only widenS the
separation aud Increases the danger. But >ir
propose 10 introduce the ooinlon of another lie
parted statesman. ut the school of politics 10