Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-03-22

and all under the sanction IT the principles and
and practices daily exemplhed by the Admins
tration which now hurls 10 ruin.
But the domestic tranquility, = has il been In
suredI When the present party came into power
the road to an honorable peace on the basis OF
the Union was still open Before the inaugura-
ton of Mr. Lincoln his friends and supporters
held the issues of lie and death, PEACE and war
in their hands in this capitol. The records of
the last session of the 36th Congress are immOr-
til. Tbey cannot d rh O ID as the woes and
eslamities of the peop.e thcken and magnify by
the frghrful war in which we are engaged, thew
increase IN value TO p0-lerlty more RAPIDLY than
the leaves of the sybilline book The baleful
brood Of political destrnctiOnIsts VINO now an
happily possess the hi seats of national authori
" did not then want public tranquility. They
invoked the storm which has since rsnei blood
upon the land They courted the whirlwind
which has Frustrated the progress of century
IN ruins. They danced with hellish gee around
the bubbling cauldron of civil war and welcomed
with ferocious JOY every burtiul mischief which
tiickered in It's lurid and internal flames. Com
promise. which has its origin in the love and
mercy of God; which ma ie peace and ratified
the treaty on Calvary between Heaven and
the revolted and rebelious EARTH which is the
/ fundamental basis of all human associations
and by which all governments the world ever
knew have been created and upheld: compro-
mise. which fools pronounce a reasonable
word, and skilful knaves cover with reproach.
because they are enriching themselves at the
peDse OF the national sorrow and blood was dis
carded bv the North and accepted by the South
when offered by Mr. Crttenden. By il domes
/ tic tranquility could have been ensured. But an
Interior and destructive spiri: ruled the hour and
Hood the nation with misery And since the
breaking up of the fountains of the great deep
who of this party have labored TO tranuuilize
our disordered affairs? Who has endeavored.
! in the name of Christ and bv the omnipotent
power of the principles which He lett His
Fathers throne to proclaim and for which He
drank the NORWOOD and the gall on the
cross, 10 expe the cruel and ferocious demon
of civil that has howled so 6ercey for
the last three years among the tOmbs of our
young and heroic desdg Not one, sir: not
one. Wise ard Christian measures. looking
10 reconciliation and peace and union have
been repeatedly spurned by the Executive and
this legislative department which be holds in dur
ess. At no distant day. when the horror of this
war no longer he horne, the various PROPOSE
tons which have been made and rejected i'm be
half of enlightened negotiation and constitu-
tiOnal restoration will be gathered up and hurled
at those IN power a an accusation more appalling.
an Indictment more damning, than ever lev
they. in that hour of their fear and calamity at
which the righteous world will laugh and mock,
hide their guilty heads under the assertion that
the South will not treat for peace; yes. peace
/ which shall restore the Union under the Consti-
tuition as it written by the fathers, and as il
has been interpreted bv the supreme judicial tri
bunals WHY came that wasted figure, that
gifted child of genius, the pure and elevated
Stephens of Georgia. from Richmond, on his way
TO this Capitol in the midsummer OF 1868? Was
it frifling cause that moved himl All the
world knows that his Judgment and his heart
chung ;ondly and to the last to the old Govern
ment in whose councils he had won so
much tOnor 1t is equally well known
that he has never embraced the suicidal doctrine
of State secession The right of revolution is
the ground upon which he stands The malig
nant portion of the Southern press. too. such mis-
chievous and damaging prints the Examiner
and Inqnrer at Richmond and the Register at
Mobile. who continually cripple the interests and
! friends of humanity in this baleiul contest. as
sailed Mr. STEPHENS for his attempt at negOtia-
ton. which they averred would lead to reunion.
! Yet with these things well known, ard per ps
much more. which now sumbers ia the secret
drawers of the Executive. this great messenger
of peace. this most acceptable mediator between
an estranged and msled people was denied a
hearing-turned back in silence; and the festival
of delth commanded To proceed. The hook OF
time il. all its ample folds contains no more in
human or revolving spectacle. Those who love
war for the mere sake of war, when the same
/ objects can be better attained by the gentle and
hoiv influences of peace, are monsters OF such
friehiiul depravity that the blacklist Of those
/ numbering ministers, who in their sightless
/ substance wait on natures mischief" appear as
angels of light and benevoence in the compari-
son
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