Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-09-29

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destined 20 do in the high places OF the land as p
well ~ on the field Of battle. Loud applause OF
And vet lef me not seem for moment, leiion ~
citizens a. put the great issue OF the aPPeoaSH .
ing election OF any personal grounos' iue VI
question before us i not about Candidates ou' OF
about our country: not about The relative Claims
or merits Of Abraham Lincoln aud george q. u
Mcclellan. but about the nations welfare and u
tho nations life Three cheers Tor Mcclellan I.
In .hose hands will that precious life be saiesti 9
That's the question: and DO not forget that u e
j. a question Of opinion. on which every man ma .
a ricbt T. fofra and every man has r'ght 70 90. J.
low his own opinion | DO not forget, eitnef' I
how mauy honest and excellent men. ia my own /
and other parts OF the land, with whom nave
heretofore delighted 10 take counsel IN private
and public AFFAIR." have come 20 different con
clusious irOm my Own. But have not oesn
able 60 resist the conviction my iuenGs' uA' 'ne
heat interests OF the country, and the best hopes
of restoring the union of the country empna'
| ically and urgently demand change OF admin
istratiOn at the approaching Presidential elec
I ton rCheers / cannot resist the conVicuoh-
or certainly the deep and earnest apprehension
that if the policy adopted and pursued oy re-
ident Lincoln and his supporters during 'he ias'
two wears is TO be persisted IL Tor Tour years ~
come we shall find ourselves plunged lrreI.eva
biz into the fearful and lathOmless abyss OF IL
union
/ polcv on this occasion; nor can 1t wisely DC cs
cussed on any occasion Ia the hearing OF our
Southern enemies. | only say that, III my
humble Judgment, il has been policy fatally
: calculated to divide and weaken the councils oi
!. the north. TO unite and concentrate the energies
of the south: and beyond all question, II mas ac-
/ comnlished that result, If no other. why, my
. friends the important end Of re-establishlng the
Unien has been almost shut out OF sight; so
mixed up and complicated has II been VIII,
schemes OF philanthropy on the one side' anu
g with schemes of confscatiOn, subjug4uon anu
d determination on the other. Instead oil the one
GREAT constitutional idea of restoration We nave
re- been treated to all manner OF projects ana
,oA theories OF reconstruction There would almost
W seem TO have been willingness, IN some guar
IN ters to vie with our enemies themselves IN uls'e
so oarduo and DESTROYING the old Constitution OF
80 onr fathers- At one time We have had solemn
w propositions for annihilatng whole States, WhOie
IN systems Of States and blotting out their stars
or from the national hammer At another, we nave
as heard opeH declarations from the hlgh places Vi
% the land that we never again we're 10 DE per
II mitted 20 have 1.-The Constitution as u Is ahu Tue
Il Union rs il was" Good heavens, what else are
ch we fighting for? What other Union are We
of striving 10 establish! What other constitutions
are we struggling to vndicaiey What othei
Of constitution are our rulers aud legislators Solemn
he ly sworn TO support We might expect sucl
Nv declarations as these from rebels in arms agahs
TO the government, but who can listen 10 ucH
TO from loval Inns without recalling the waruln:
led words of great English statesman and orator
nd wbes he bade us look with horror on thos'
MD children of their country who are prompt rash
I'm, To hack that aged pareat to pieces ana put hu
re into the kettle OF magicians III hopes 'ha',
bv their poisonous words and wild incantatons the
BILE may regenerate the paternal CONSTITUTION a."
ed renovale their fathers life Heaven save
eat from any such regeneration ald reho'au""
one that Great applause
led Fellow citizens, we all know that il was ii
success of the Republican party, WITH us aiiege
I'm sectional organization and sectional objects ,whc
m furnished the original occasion four years ag
pm for that atrOcioUs ana ungO6ly assault upon On
, of government which initiated this gigantic CIV
ZINC var f"That's so" Applause We all kno
: that the secession leaders of the South, who d.
ines So long been medtatng the movement IN val
The exuted in the election of Abraham Lincoln
hch that day-as fully believe they will exult aga
EN- if he j. re chosen in November-becanse II :, ~
now p,ied the very fuel which was needed Tor hihui
,lat this awful conhagration. That assault upon u
,se government can never be characterized ID teri
day of 800 severe condemnation; and II railing
.a,es the rebellion or its authors would do any go
ners: this eveaiDgif it would be anything better III
re having at yonder moon-l would join with "
the in denouucing il until the vocabulary Of conce
use nation was exhaused Bat we ali kno" that |
phia, whole north rose no0y up Us one man. ~i'"'
nee distinction of party, to repel that assault;
Nc that they have sustained the government-De
nber ocrais Republicans and conservatives alike
rhich with ali their hearts and hands, pouring out IN
more blood money like water from that day 10 u
iay's And the loyal States will continue TO sust
may tho novers Ina, be In all their constitutional
Jnion ton. until the enh OF tne'f 'ei W. """' -
even be the result of the pending elecliOn-not all
nthu- them by any means approving the po'ey
o. on the administration but all of them as recoSnz
andi- its rightiul possession of the authority OF
+, are government. Bat consideration OF loya
f res or OF patriotism, call upon them TO 20 urtI
Con. r.sNo" and cheers
O,;s No considerations of LOYALTY call uOon Us
rable prolong the supremacy OF a party whose act
{ onr part il has so eminently been 20 extinguish
Gales most every spark of Union sentiment IN
them Southern breast and mplant there IN Its >,
. for. desperate and defiant determination never Il
70 had reconciled, to submit OF YIELD never &c
9 but 10 come under rulers, whom. reasonably or
nation reasonably, they have learned TO hate no c
nding sideratons of patriotism call upon "a to re
10 the the official term of an administration whose
no the culiar policy by inspiring this spirit OF uesP
v re ton and hatred has rendered the victories OF
" the armies hundred fold harder TO achieve, ana
k the robbed them OF 80 many OF their legitimate
IRE Sc suits after they have been achieved For ne
Dyern- nv friends DO victories cost SO much and c.
TO so little as when they wrung IRON
which who has been goaded and maddened TO desl
under This sort Of goading and msddenng pro
crate NAV answer well enough for increasing the
have at Bull Rua. I"Good." laughter and chez
Ieade And fear the day is still distant when It
sarge secure ~ that sort of victory which we
by so reasonably hope to see followed by Union
All peace.
,batta- Nothing could be further from my PuFpos'
Mobile these remarks than cast the slightest Inn
ey are ton upon the patriotism of President Line
"a. ard or ANYBODY else No one can doubt ina
whose wishes TO write Ms name ON Tue IOi. " n.y.
: we're the restorer of the American Union IL
n have title which mi hi satisfy the most exalted
ord Of ton. He NAV well be excused for his eager
duripo 10 remain in Office until he has sceompsheC
Noun work He may almost he pardoned Tor We
Ter Il i the enormous patronage and power when
as the longs 10 the Executive IN war like tins u
cam curing his own nomination and ms own elee
Cousti. if be really believes he can accomplish T.
ms and those who are OF opinion that he Is just aoo
lis sey saceeed-Thether within sixty days or y
of Ms dAvs-beiore Christmas after-are Hg
accept give him their support. We would all su
n who him if we were OF their opinion, for we wal
, coun country saved, 10 matter who Il 10 nav
glory
rot for But President Lincoln i evidently iooAin
service ward 20 another title in the history OF the IL
sforn He desires to be considered the great iib
FORGOT of the African raee--a glorious title also
"a sum. could be egitimately obtained. But
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