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

aud TIE 1tterauCs OF his aOOitOu principles, Dut
there h4. been verv happy sccord between
them since 1856 Which OF them has changedg
Certainly rot Mr. Giddings Let "a see. IL
Mr. Giddings's testimony Is 70 &c believed the
whole Republican party have arr4yed themselves
along with him for the advancement Of aboli
tioni-m Al the Inauguration Of the "vigvam"
Al Chicago. IN which Lincoln aud Hsmlin were
nominated. Gddings made 4 speech in which &C
Cured the following paragraph:
NY friends. emotions have rushed through ne
since came here. that | have not language to
describe hi l. entirely unexpected-this vast
audience. this elegant ball prepared for The cause
Of republicanism, the hearty sympathy which
seems TO pervade the whole assembly, the enthu-
sisstic cheering. the ieeDg-all these rush upon
me aud bring 20 my mind food Of recollections
which have no language TO express. When
look back but the short space Of twenty wears
remember when alone-a. Col. Benton says
solitary and alone ! set this ball in motion;
when stood IN Congress without q single sym
pathetic heart. trhen there pas proclaiminG doc
trinss rhick We ALL, rhieh THIS VAST
HOST OF REPUBLICANS ALL NOW Elk
ULT IN UNFOLDING. had no conception
OF living TO behold the time when ! should see
THIS the preuaiiinq sentiment throbbing in eYefy
heartl'
Henry Lane sat upon the same platform be
side Mr. Giddings and made the very next speech
Instead of rebuking the old white headed traitor
and denying that the Republican party endorsed
his rank abolitionism of twenty years growth
instead OF doing this Lane branched out as FOL
lows:
Lest YOU should De deceived as to my autece-
dents ] must meet charge that the papers have
been making from time to time that ON an ab
oiitionisf. The terror OF that tcOrd is ,reH niQh
passed apay. and ii Is fast becoming the SY-
OF VI - Y v -
AMERICAN PATRIOTISM
The long continued, unwise and unnecessary
agitation of the slavery question, the TRADES OF
abuse against the Southern people and their in.
stitntions from the pulpit the stump and the
press had produced the effect designed The
people Of the North had learned 10 hate their
Southern brethren, and regarded them as aliens
and enemies instead Of friends sAd fellow -citi-
zens They had been brought into active and az
gresSve hostility TO the South and her insttu-
tons.
Thi. course OF conduct ia the North had its
effect upon the South. The Southern people
were induced to regard the people of the North
as their enemies They learned to hateus The
fre-eaters broke up the Charleston Baltimore
Convention and nominated candidate of their
own. The two extremes met aud aided each
other. The FIRE eaters aided TO elect Mr.. Lin
coin The Republican party tEiumphed and Mr..
Lincoln was indicted into office What was the
resultl just what they had a right to expec;
just what had been prophesed by all The fathers
of the republic Disuuion and cioH par The
Democracy had faithfully warned them OF what
would follow the success Of their party. They
disregarded the warning voice of Washington
Jefferson. and all the patrioi fathers The old
Wings disregarded the advice aud warning OF
Clay, Webster. DR.. Breckenridge and other lead
of their marty WashinptOn in hia Farewell
Address. said:
lin contemplating the causes which may dis
turb our Union. it occurs, matter OF serious
concern. that any ground should have been fur
nished for characterizing parties by geographical
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and SoutheTn-Atan-
tic and Western: whence designing men may
endeayor to excite belief that there is real
difference of local interests and views. One of
the expedients OF party TO acquire influence with
in particular districts, is to misrepsesent the
opinions and aims of other districts You can
not shield yourself too much against the Jealous
les and heart burnings which spring from these
misrepresentation, they tend 10 render alien TO
each other those rho ought 10 be bound together bV
traternaI affection"
In another part OF the same address, he saws
Aud Indignantly frowning upon the first
dawning OF every attempt to ALLEVIATE any portion
of our country from the rest, or to enieebe the
sacred ties which now link together the various
parts
On the 18th of April 1920. Mr. jefferson
wrote to Mr. Short as follows:
The old schism Of federal and republican
threatened nothing, because il existed in every
State, and united them together BY the fraterpism
of party. But the coincidence Of marked prin
ciple, moral and political. with a geographical
line. once conceded. feared would never more
be obliterAted from the mind; that it would be
recurring on eyerv occasion and renewing irrita
tioos until it would kindle such mutual and
mortal hatred as TO render separation preferable
10 eternal diScOri
Again. on the Odd of April. 1870, be wrote to
John Holmes:
But this momentous question, like fire bell,
in the night. awakened and filled me with terror
considered il at once As the kneil of the Union
1t is hushed. indeed, for the moment But this
IL repreye ODly-nOt a final sentence A geo
graphical line coinciding with marked princi-
pie, moral and political. once conceived and held
Up 10 the angry passions OF men, will never be
obliterated. and every new irritation will mark.
il deeper and deeper"
In 1899 Henry Clay said:
land the third class are the real ultra aboli-
tonsts. who are resolved To persevere in their
object at all hazards, and without regard TO any
consequences, however calsmitOus they may be
With them the rights of property nothing; the
deficiency OF the powers of the general govern
ment is nothing; the Acknowledged and incon
testible powers of the States are nothing: civil
wal, a dissolution of the Union and the overthrow
of government in which are concentrated the
fondest hopes of the civilized world. are nothing
A single idea has taken possession of their minds
and onward they pursue it, overlooking all bar
riers reckless and regardless OF all consequences
With this class the immediate abolition of slave
~ in the District o. Columbia and in the Terri
tory OF Florida. FLORIDA was not then in the
Union.) the prohibition of the removal of slaves
from State to State, and the refusal 10 admit
any new State comprising within It's limits the
institution OF domestic slavery. are but so many
means conducting to the accomplishment OF the
ultimate but perilous end at which they avowed
ly and boldly aim. are bur so many short stages
in the long and bloody road TO the distant goal al
which thes would finally arrive Their purpose
- abolition. universal abolition. peaceably il il
can, forcibly il il must"
La $50 Daniel Webster said:
1T the Internal fanatics and sbo.itionlsts ever
&c, the power in their hsnds they will outrde the
Constitution. set the Supreme Court at defiance
change and make laws 10 suit themselves, lay
yiolen. hands on those who differ with them in
their opinions, dare question their infalb-
", and finally bankrupt the country and deluge
il with blood
The AbolitiOnsts are loud ia their praises of
the Rev. DE-. Breckinridge. of Kentucky, at the
present time, a. be now supports the whole abo
ton scheme of the present Administration. but
be is a recent convert; and the strongest reason