Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-09-20

ster, Breckenridge and Thompson, had been lis
tened TO and needed. They we're only prophetic
then, but they are history now. written in the
blood of country men. and read by the light
OF our burning cities, towns and houses, and
each page,of this history is blotted with the tears
OF the widow and the orphan: and each line of
this sad history Is blackened by the conviction
that all this desolatiou. ruin and sorrow has been
brought upon the people in the insane attempt to
elevate an inferior aud degraded race to the
proud position occupied by the white race, who
made this Government to secure the happiness,
prosperity and glory of their own race.
ITO be Continued
An Eloquent OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of
Judge Comstock, of Syracuse. New
York.
Extract from a speech OF Judge Comstock OF Syracuse
New York, at the Brooklyn ratification meeting New
YORK.
For more than three years has this terrible
struggle carried mourning, grief, desOlatiOn, and
ruin throughout the land An awful waste OF
human life, and a fearful demand for men has
been made by the joking Nero at Washington.
Loud Kisses He calls for more victims for
battle and disease. The smoke of burning cities
the flames blackening the -kies, the groans of
the wounded and the dying ascending from the
fields of slaughter to the very God OF Peace, all
these appeal with irresistible eloquence and pow
er for great and noble effort TO peaceful ar
rangement OF the strife. Immense applause !
To that effort we are pledged, and il is the no
blest pledge ever given by political convention
of the people. Loud cheers And why, let
me ask in the name of the peaceful religion
which We profess; in the name of that divine. in
structOr who said TO his followers blessed are
the peace makers"-why should we not make
one effort TO a peaceful arrangement of this con-
troversy? Loud cheers We cannot fight Ell
ways, and negotiation in some form must at last
terminate the controversy. Then why not nego-
tate now, if any honorable negotiation is posi-
BILE. WINS not now invoke the white robed angel
of peace 10 descend between the conflicting hosts
aud the conflict? Why should not the
still small voice OF reason and conscience be
heard above the roar OF arms, the thunder OF
cannon, and the murderous rattle of musketry?
Fellow citizens: | propose to stand upon this
occasion, and on other occasions, before the as
sembage of the people one of the accusers
OF the opposing political party, aud of the man
who, az its candidate, represents its principles
and its purposes. Cheers | impeach them
for crimes and mlsdemeanors against the Consti
tuition of the county against the peace and order
of sOciety-crimes aud misdemeanorS which
name. Christian and a free people. 1t is
scarcely more than eight years since the Repub-
lican party arose in one section OF the Union,
and cast it's OMNIBUS shadow over the whole
land After four years OF agitation and reckless
appeal to all that is bigoted and fanltical in
human nature it attained to power BY the votes
OF little more than one third OF the people Of the
United States and Abraham Lincoln. beca me
President. Loud Kisses. Became, say, Pres
ident of the United Stales. Renewed Kisses !
That was the saddest day in our political histo-
ry-in all our history. Four years of agitation
sufced for them to attain the power Less than
four years OF actual possession OF lie power has
been enough to accomplish the ruin of the
ton
If the Providence OF God mad sent upon this
nation the calsmities of pestilence and famine;
it the destroying angel had spread his wings over
H. des0latlOn could not have been more com
plets. As the result of this brief but disastrous
combination, We nave mad nearly million of
lives sacrificed to the MOlOch of Abolition philan-
thropy not less than three thousand millions of
Federal, State and municipal debt. taxation such
as no people ever suffered. and which must be
endured from age To age. unless the country sinks
into the fathomless abyss of bankruptcy aud re-
pudlatlon. And to this NAV be added the de
struction OF property beyond all the power and
been consumed by the flames; vast tracts OF
country once inhabited by thriving and pros
porous people are now desolate and laid waste
and. above all, fierce and mpacable hatred
has been planted IN the bOsOms OF American citi-
Width this record of humiliation and
crime-a record which time cannot blot out;
which ages of repentance cannot wash away
the same political organization now asks q new
lease of power.
It's leaders exhibit no change OF heart or pur-
pose. Instead of repentiug in dust and ashes
tor their criminal acts: instead OF calling upon
the rocks and mountains TO shelter them from
the wrath of the people; instead Of penitentisl
gratitude to heaven that they have not been con
sumed by lightning. blasted by Ihundegbolts
the same leaders ask four years more to
reve in the desOlaton they have caused Ap-
plause. And even Abraham Lincoln loud his
se> chosen Is our constitutional aCistrate,
clothed with the highest of all human trusts.
with his oath trampled under his feet. aud the
Constitution bleeding under his feet. now
stretches forth his hand for the imperial purple
Loud groans for Lincoln say the Imperial
purple. because know, after years Of devoted
study TO the Constitution and laws of the coun-
try that he hs. administered the government OF
this county OF toe principles Qf pure and sim
pie despotsm-a despotism nnres,raned by one
that, II the people should scquiesce in these vast
usurpatons should once more eoihe him with
power, It will be deliberate abandonment OF
the Constitution il will be national suicide. and
the throne OF Abraham will be more despOtc
than the thrones Of the pOtentates of the Old
World
i impeach Abraham Lincoln and the Repubh-
can party impeach the Republican party and
it, chief because they did not ard would not.
when they could sayethe country from the revo
luton which has overwhelmed II | impeach
them. because IN tue frenzy of passion and paTti
$50 hate they saved platform and rushed upon
the ruin OF a nation Who does not remember
the breathiess suspense IN which the country
stood between the election and the Inauguration
of tbs new President. Mr LincOlni Who does
not remember that. when the threatened storm
VAS gathering, when the lhuuders were mutler
ing. and the very earth vas shaking With the
throe- OF revolution. the compromise OF the
patriot Critieucen came-a compromise which
Welded nothing TO Southern feeling and Southern
rights. nothing but a rock bound terrtors which
contained less than fifty slaves Even that wss
no concession IL was less thsn = constitution al
rCh.. shemnit proclaimed by the highest tribunal
of the nation Nov, the evidence il overwhelm-
inc that, If this measure had been accepted. the
rebellion would never have reared it, crest and
the nation would been saved
IL vain were Lincoln, Seward, Sumner and
Chase appealed 10 ~ az anxious people 70 ap