Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-07-12

ouSht 10 ask pardon Tor thus coupling their
names together he would have collected an ar
my and invaded those States. who. parties to the
Union under the articles of confederation, re
fused 20 be members Of il under the Constitution
that their colleagues had formed: and he would
have sought, by force and civil war. 70 have
made a hated and detested Union-a Union only
IN name, but not in fact
General Washington was n statesman as veil
as patriot. and the men of his day would have
almost unanimously spurned any attempt TO bring
into the Confederacy an unwilling or conquered
State The new lights Of Abraham Lincoln had
never burst upon their vision.
Fellow citizens, Of all the wild vagaries that
ever afflicted a reasonable and intelligent man.
the idea that this voluntary union of equal and
sovereign States. which had been sundered by
alienation Of feeling between them could be re-
stored by the power Of the sword and the
bayonet and by gigantic civil war is the
greatest
Posterity will wonder that madness so
extravagant and palpable could ever have
seized hold OF intelligent and civilized
people
That madness combined with the fanatcal
and unnatural idea of placing the negro upon
the level with the white has deluged this land in
blood; has impoverished US with debt and taxa
ton, and destroyed that constitutional liberty be-
queathed to US by our ancestors.
Calamlties of which we previously had no
conception have been visited upon these unhappy
States which have already expisted in sorrow
and misery. the consequences of the mad AMI
fanatica policy of their unfortunate and insane
rulers
The question for now. my fellow citizens, to
consider. Is: Whether We are willing this state of
things shall continue. whether this new Govern
ment set up by Mr.. Lincoln in place of our old
free Government shall remain, or whether we
can overthrow il in its turn at the elections and
re establsh.in the remaining States is it place the
Government Of our fathers.
| confess to you that this, to my mind. is
question of great doubt; vet believe that if the
proper effort is now made, that if the great con-
sentative element which exists among the masses
of the people and is on the increase daily, is
now given an opportunity to unite upon a clear,
positive and unmistakabIe platform for peace,
immediate peace. upon the best and most honor
able terms can be obtained; but peace, the man
who now rnles by the power of his own will, aRd
the multiplied thousands who swarm around him,
in and out of Office, and who have grown rich
upon the spoils, the hearts blood of their
countrymen has been poured out like water, can
be hurled from power in the legally constituted
mode, through the ballot box.
believe the people, the great mass of the PEG
Pile, who neither hold Office nor are in any way
ment patronage are for peace; they have waited
patiently for the end of this bloody contest they
have seen their sons, their brothers. their friends
their neghbors and their countrymen ga forth,
either voluntarily or inyoluntarly as each call
has been made for more troops, and driven like
bullocks to the pen to be slaughtered They
have borne up under the pressure of taxation and
were willing to make one more effort, at the
opening OF the campaign. of the fourth year of
ha xpar pra1 fhor H.
mencement of each previous campaign. that it
only required one more effort to put down the re
bellion, end the war and restore the Union.
But alas, they again were doomed to dsap-
pointment. They were soon advised of disaster
to Banks and Steele in the Southwest. Instead
OF Sherman marching straight into Atlanta in
the South, there is a protracted struggle, obsti-
nate resistance, great loss. and doubtful result
Richmond is yet in the hands of the Confeder
ates, after two months desperate fighting mas
terly flank movements. and the loss Of over an
hundred thousand men, and while we are assem-
bled here to day Washington is again in danger.
and the President calling upon New York ana
Pennsylvania for the militia of those States to
save the Capital. All this the people have been
doomed to witness in less than three months and
before the campaign is scarcely half over. Not
only this, but the people are now Whiting in hour
ly expectation to hear of a new call for three hun
bred thousand more men to be drafted, and from
which there is no escape by the payment OF a
communication.
The question now presents itself squarely to
the people. Will you allow Yourselves TO be all
butchered. aud the entire nation to become =
common wreck, TO perpetuate the power and
crafty the insane and futile attempts of the man
who now occupies the place once filled by Wash
irgton, to subiugate eight millions OF people,
whose olfense. whatever IL may have been was
simply putting into practical operation the doe
trine advocated and taught them by Mr. Lincoln
himself, upon the floor OF Congress. In speech
which he delivered ON the 18th of January, 1siS3
See Congressional Globe and Appendix Of that
secession. page %. where he is reported as fol-
lows.
ANY people, anywhere. being inclined aud
having the power, have right to rise up and
shake of the existing government, aud form n
new one that suits them better" .
Nor IA this right confined 20 cases IN which the
people OF any existing government may choose
TO exercise ". Any portion OF such people that
can may revolution1e, and may make their own
80 much Of the territory ms they nhabit. More
than this. u majority Of any portion Of such peo
pie may feyolutioniEe. putting down minority
mingled with or near about them. who may OPP
pose their movements"
Now. my fellow citizens. | repeat shall the
work Of human slaughter and devastation 40 oh
until that acme of ianaiioal folly and insane cru.
city shall be fenchod-untl the last dollar aud
the last man has beeh taken,
! cannot believe, 10 this enlightened christian
age OF the world. " will ha permitted am
against til iniend With Gods help 10 lnlefpope
mt feeble eIlufta legitmaloy and constitutional
" as becomes - good citizen ~ the way ~ lie
further progress The fierce hounds ~ lanati
cism, urged OF 10y lawplng pyeophania, who count
their gain by millions No the war progresses may
bark ~ nay heels. aud the eowaflly mnions oi
power who fear open discussion, shut themselves
up Ia Loyal Leagues aud plot treason ~ mid
night, may aim ~ my threat, hut desplss them
oil, would rather die freeman than live a
slave
liut gentlemen, lot mo pot be nllsuadersl ood
! eonnsel ~ violence, | advise 10 resistance 10
Law coz legally constituted authority, bat ohedi-
enee and submission thereto There IA Yet y
mode eti us, whereby. as peaeeable, law abiding
citizens, We may redress the many wrongs aud
ouIrages perpelfaled by those In power stop the
Wholesale slaughter and bulohery now going on
before "ihe last man" and 'the last dollar" u
reached, and reclaim aud re-eslablish portion III
least OF the liberty bequeathed ua lay Our fathers
and our grandfalhera
The first step 10 be taken Il Ia declare for
peace Let II loo bold, manly, digniiied, but en-
platte, so clear and comprehensive that the com
monesi intellect can not be mistaken. Let u be
declaration a. positive ~ the Declarations OF
Independence. and let II be- signed aud adhered
90 with NJ irtn determination a. actuated the
signers OF that instrument, and the work l. hall
done 60 10 the people In this election upon the
l.sla na all fl.a.. ia. hal IA