Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-04-09
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, SATURDAY MORNING


In each House this action was had before noon
Immediately after the organization, and il is man.
ifest il was the result of party dril-in a word a
caucus movement 70 hinder legislation. II nre.
ceded anv act Of legislation The vote for
Speaker showed the Democrats had a majority
of near twenty in the House, Br. Rep. D. i and
on President of the Senate n majority of about
six in that body. Coming, as these resolutions
evidently did, from a caucus of the Governor
and his friends, II was intended an imputation
upon the patriotism of such majority. II was
in effect saving to them you are disloval. and
we will now let YOU know that we so understand.
On account of that disloyalty YOU are not com.
petent 10 choose officers, and we the minority.
will dicta'e the class of persons from whom vou
NAV choose. And vet the Governor talks about
pdrtyism at that session. Who introduced il 2
But let us follow this little further. In the af
tenoon of the first day of the session the Re-
publican members absented themselves from the
5 nate chamber on the plea of celebrating the
victory of Jackson at New Orleans BAH A
Republican celebrate victory gained BY Jack
son. 1t is ridiculous. On the next dav quo
rum thirtv-four Senators, were not present. two
or three Republicans were in their seats. the hal
ance were gone-bolted from their duty without
stopping to legislate at all upon any subiecf. Br
Rep. p. l3. Without quorum no business can
be done. On the next day, Saturday there was
still not full Senate, although quorum was
present Br. Rep. p 81. What was the excuse
that these men gave for thus acting! To pre-
vent an election of Senators to the United States
Senate, by the majority, unless that majority
would agree, in advance, 10 choose men arouino
doctrines TO smt the minority. In other words
striking directly at the right of the majority TO
govern. To show that this is not mistaken
view of their action we will give extracts from
the speech of one of the Republican Senators
who remained in his seat, Mr.. Browne of Ran
dolph He said:
! am not here ambassador or minister penipo en-
tary Of The nb~r> OF the Republican party who dis
cover this morning did yesterday aern oon are alb
sent from ih.ii In he S-nste | doubt
very much wherher any can conscentously nb-
hm ef the legislative body for the purpose of
embarraS ing the ton Of he reopes ,entatives
IN uk the repre.e of the people for the pur-
poses OF legisis the PEOPLE themselves aud IL
YOU at 'mpt to free them ofg lat" contrary their
nvc'i n. you 81 TX the foundation Of republican
institutions Itself Br. Rep. H.
And again
u i ,a.d that want to prevent the election Of u 8
senators. Ge tenien. let LAY the people Indiana
expected this Leg aure eec United States Senators
and pubic e. ing ind aed ver cerrainly that Tbongs
A. Hendricks would be elecied Tor the long lerm
The Constitution of this State ,ke> the GUY this
Lv ature elect Utited STATES Senators, aud my Re
7 publican frends do 10 propo TO shrink from H.
Denagogues and poli' calls only ax conditions their
fealiv. . believe much believe any OF her
10 NC, at b' the same oeer Ou deprive rebel OF his
Sit ~hich h" shoots down loyal Union soldiers by
that power strike down the relation
whicb exists hrtw Ell him snd ht> Save.
Thomrs A. II ndckS Is loyal man Of that conditional
scao9i iha dou't conc up my IDEAS of what oS al
slodd b., but y'u may elrct him, far |
coacer ed wond avert The calamity if could do %
By legal end constitutional means lie l. omnsled.
You have The po"tr 10 elect him. Br. Rep l5 l6
In these extracts, as in the tooth of rattle
snake, we frd com PRESSED the poison that.cor-
I fisa of opI ell
tefs. Hendricks was the choice of the people,
and they expected his election. But the will of
the people must be defca. ell, in tile manner that
was thus acknowledged 10 be unconstitutional,
because he ,r0s not 4Joi,tioast. His sentiments
were known TO the people OF the whole State-a
majority had said, elect him. But these plotters.
in their midnight caucus, had said, he does not
come u 10 or I'd as, and We will defeat the will
of thai majority Whether Morton was looking
to the place, if he could stave off the cleo
ton. we need not inquile.
Thank God, the public Indignation was made
manifest in such unmistakable manner, that
hcse plotters, against this right of the majority
TO govern, were compelled TO sneak back to the
discharge of their dutv and no pledge was given
by Mr.. Hendricks at their bidding He was
elected, and but lately has given another evil
dcnce of hls frmness in standing up against
these IDEAS Of loyalty, entertained BY these Abo-
hIionists by resisting an attempt 10 announce
from the United States. Senate that equality is a
right Negroes may claim with ah,tes. as NAV be
seen by reference to debate published in the
Congressional Globe, PIP. $685., of Senate
proceedings, on the 10th of February, ls64
Sumner, that most ultra of all fanatical Aboli-
tIoni>ts read letter from negro signed by the
name of "A. /. Augusta. NJ. b. VI. B. means
mule breaker, we suppose, In which he COM
planned of having been prevented from entering
a street car 1t will be remembered that there
are street railroads in the city of Washington,
upon which cars run for the accommodation of
passengers. Summers resolution looked to fur
ther legislation TO prevent such outrages upon
humanity" :" rs he said AMI he further said, that
"an incident like that, sir, is worse for our coun-
try al this moment than defeat in battle :" and
+" 90 further: | believe that the rejection of a
Senator from car would not brin. half the
shame upon this capital that the rejection Of this
officer necessarily brings" The officer il aD-
pears was a Major in the army. To the same
effect were the remarks of Grimes, Wilki,on,
Wilson, Pomcroy, and Clark. MIR. Hendricks
showed that there were cars specially provided
for colorcd people, and that this an attempt
to force them into cars with whites; that whilst
this noise was being made about this one negro,
thousands and tens of thousands of white vete-
ran soldiers, returning from the Rapidan, came
under the eve of Senator'S into the citv in cattle
and burden cars in the cold lCedfter and uittom
fire and vet the voice of these Senators was not
heard in their behalf The answer to ali this. as
to whie soldiers. was that ii was necessity that
compelled the course, and "a TO the negro that
" the true policy is TO let men stand equally be-
fore the law" The resolution was adopted bv
4 the Republican votes.
| Ii was long since said that coming events
cast their shadows before" If so, then certainly
it was these coming events. or the secret voice of
an overruling Providence, or thorough convic-
ton of principle. that so effectually admonshed
/ and fully enabled the Democratic Senators and
/ Representatives of 1868 TO turn deaf ear 10
/ the blandishments. and firm front to the
threats of those in power.
But look for moment upon the feast 10 which
We are invited. Ii is equality, social and polti-
] cal, before the law, of the white man and the
black. II il is necessary 10 accomplish this seas
of blood-the blood OF Uhite soldiers, must how
We a'e told il i better that we should be de-
j fcatcd in battle than that one impudent negro
should be treated as an inferior 10 white men, or
a unfit TO associate a. an equal with white Ia
/ dies Debated in battle. What does defeat
4 IN battle necessarily involve. in this warl The
loss of life to manv brave men. Yet in the esti-
marion of this cold-blooded idol worshipper This
idol is the negrol, such loss would be as nothing
when weighed in the balance against the great
I injustice OF preventing greasy negro from fore
! ing himself into the company of white ladies
and gentlemen. 1t is useless foriwestern men to
/ saw we do not svmpathisc with these ideas nor