Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-04-12

iitiot. Of tie country cannot be worse than n y
nos Ii the Democrats succeed ~ securing an |
election they can but fail IN their efforts - re
store the Union upon the basis OF the Con-ttu
ton We eau try aud Il : certain that any
change j. better than the present condition OF
Attire Liberty cannot be less secure. our insti-
tutions cannot be les permanent under some other
Administration than under the present.
The Senator | thought rather unguardedlY, /
said that this was the day be bad long desired the
das be had long prayed for. / have heard that
sentiment from pulpits. and seen IL in the columns
Of f4nstica newspapers. hut had not before heard
IL in the Senate of the United States, BODY in
which men are expected to express well matured
and considered opinions What does the Senator
End in the present condition Of his country at
which he should rejoicel l. it 10 the fact that We
are engaged in war upon the most stupendOus
scale that the eve OF man has ever wItne>setF
l. il the fac, that We have called into the field
above two million men from the North. and that,
in proportion to their population, larger force
has been called into the field IN the Sonthy IL
il in the fact that one-tenth OF the people OF the
North have been called from the pursuits of IN
duslry 10 the pursuits of war; from the business
Of producing TO the business of consuming and
destroying? Il il in the fact that instead OF pro-
ducng and adding to the wealth of the country
we are consuming and destroying tg Is u IN the
fact that Of these two million two hundred thou
sand men that have been called Iuto the held
from the North during the past three years more
perhaps than two hundred and fifty thousand OF
them occupy the green graves along The border!
Is il in the fact that ia two hundred and nifty
thousand homes there is mourning and sadness
instead Of JOY and re0iclngl Is il IN the fact
that instead of the mothers and wives of the land
being happy aud rejoicing they are clothed in the
weeds OF monrningY Is il 10 the fact that We see
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friends, one with an arm gone, another with
another limb gone. health DESTROYED, and happi-
ness departed from them3 Are these the sources
OF qualification 10 the Senator and the party he
represents! l. il in the fact that during the
past three years and the year that i TO come
We have imposed upon the people of the United
States debt OF 81 900 900 000i The Secre-
tary's report will not show much, hut
think it is known to the Senators that when
this war IS closed if it be closed within the
coming wear, our national debt must be nearly
81 900 900 900 What Is the proportion of that
debt TO the property of the country | turned
my eve this morning to the fact as stated in
the late census:
Tke Marshals Of the United States directed 20
obtain from the records Of the and Territories
spectvey Of the value Of real and personal
assessed tor taxation instructions given
these officers add the proper amount the assessment
that the should represent well the in
trnSlc value the inadequate sum generally
TO property for taxable purposes The result OF tins re-
by all the takers will be found in table No
%, whereby II will appear that the value OF individual
property the and exceeds the of
thousand million dollars representing increase
OF one hundred and tweny-six and half per cent in
ten years in value IA the aggregate and an increase Of O.
per cent. per crI,itt OF the free population
Then the value OF the personal and real prop
erty OF the people of the United States. North
and South. Is stated in the census tn be 1000.
OaO 900, and our debt ut the end of another year
will be 81 600 .0O1 900. being one fourth the en-
tire property OF the people of the United States,
North and South and there is To he added To
this the enormous debt incurred by States. by
counties, by cities, by towns and 0y townships
What they will add to the burdens of the people
OF the United States shall not undertake to e.
innate. Perhaps might say one half of the
general debt OF the United States. Then. sir
against the property OF the people of the United
States. North and South of S 8 900 900 .000 We
have an Indebtedness by the General Govern
ment. by the States. bv the cities bv the counte,
and townships, of $4,000 900 900. more than
one third OF the property of the United States
Does the Senator contemplate with pleasure that
upon the people of the United States there viii
be ut the end of the coming year burden Of
debt such is not borne in comparison to thei
property by any people upon earth?
| suppose the qualification OF the Senator
arises not from the effects o. this calamtous wal
upon the people of his own race. He know.
there Is no happiness, no prosperity TO come &c
them from that He knows that there IS but
misery. death. destruction, embarrassment, debt
bankruptcy To the men, women and children Of
his own race But | suppose he is gratiied wher
he cOntemplateS the effect upon the four million
negroes in the South Is the Senator right sure
that il il going to add To the happiness and pros
perity of those people in the South? Is he SURE
nal fnu m ~ o no nanpa npp
of this war. had masters to take of them. i
turned loose and made dependent upon their Owl
efforts for their subsistence and their prosperity
Till he happier alter that state of things thai
they were when they were taken care Of by thei
masters in the SOUTH | am not sure that it j
going To he so.
The Senator cOntemplates that thew will b.
free. that they will 20 when and where the
| please: but when they come into the Northern
States among n people not accustomed to them
aud commence 10 crowd the free white labor o
the North, these unfortunate people will com
I IN contact with Northern prejudice that vii
/ be hard upon them and upon their prosperity
But. sir, with all the calamIties and misfortune
that have betallen twenty-six million white PEG
! Pile. the Senator is grathed when he contemplate
+ the happiness that NAV possibly by chance com
upon TOUR million negroes.
Does the history OF the last year and hal
/ lu-ulN the SENATORS eNultaton ana Joy Lt
him go along the Mississippi. and instead @
hndIng the negroes there happy and nduStriOu:
/ ne will Ind them without protection. and, a
the reports are. without provision aud almOs
without clothing. and a large number OF thet
prematurely dead The Senator from Ken
I tncky Mr.. DAVIS suggests to me that At eAs
two hundred thousand OF them have alretd
persisted prematurely. And yet with this stat
OF facts before the Senator. ne expects goo
time Tor these unfortunate people vet to come.
Are they 70 remain among u. can say I
the Senator that they never will associate wit
the white people of this country upon terms
equality. 1t may be preached il may be Leg:
lated Tor; 1t may be prayed for; but there Is tia
difference between the TWO races that renders
impossible. Ii they among Us as a free PEG
pie, they are among rs rs an interior people tn
Senator from Delaware Mr.. Salisbury mo:
happily expressed il. that this difference betw ee
the races Is not chargeable upon US: it is no
chargeabe upon our institutions: il is not charge
able upon the condition in which these peopl
have been kept Tor many generations past; il WI
the pleasure of God 20 mark that difference upo
the races: a difference in intellect. in tastes. IN
tie qualities that enable race to 90 upward an
onward. which God himself has made and i'm
pressed upon them
| will ask the Senator if he can refer to III
negro in any land. in any age in which his cor
ditIon was better. in which his physical comfort
We're secured 10 higher degree. in which hi
intellectual and moral elevation w4s promoted
higher degree. than in his connection with III
white people OF the United States since he VIZ