Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-01-20

"",,e' oa's on senator wilson. OF
ON Expulsion.
The resolutions were rad
Mr. Davis had not antici,.,.a "a.
IL was spring upon the Sens,s ~ M. .,,,,,,;..
ne hsd CONSIDERED ms resolutions well. and they
had his definite approval The i,nnd,cs1 n,,row
mind oil the senator from Massachusetts was
wholly unprepared 10 interpret them. nj. haa,t
and his mind totally disqualified him for the ,ask
He entered his solumn protest aeains, the seua.
tors version. and asked candid sensible Seuators
10 consider themselves He denied that he had
sa'd ,hat the army Dad been subsidized by the
President. aud that the heroe. Of our battle fields
were maligned What he said VS.. thai n IN.
present Executive indorses the .ne- alluded
TON his resolutions, these leaders, in the event
of the failure 20 reach their conclusions 10 effect
their neiatious aud reasonable objects would
throw themselves back upon The armed power OF
the government. against the lords of the land
lie stood up Tor hs resolution. and intended TO
abide his fate. He would read the 9th aud four
ieenih, and the section twelve. upon which the
learned. erudite and patriotic Senator bases his
Indictment His resolutions only proposed 10
institute plain and frank Investigation of the
measures of the Administration. and he intended
10 continue such investigations until the Senate
expelled him. and il the Senate should
do that. he had higher mission
American Senator and freeman, born un.
der the Constitution. which he had i'm
bued in his infancy and cherished in lis man
hood He would 40 home among the people OF
his loved native Kentucky and raise the cry OF
oppression. tyranny. usurpation. aud revolution
against the faithless men who have charge Of the
Government. We had falep on evil times. in
decd. We have great rebellion. second only
IN Importance TO that when Lucler was thrown
from heaven We have In this Administration
of the Government-in all the dcpirtments-
men who are sworn 10 support aud defend the
Constitution, not for the power IL confers upon
them, but for the liberties IL gives the people,
recreant 10 their high trust. and by the abuse of
power. both civil and military, trying To subvert
that Constitution and the proper liberty IL secures
to the citizen: aud yet ANY man having the au
dacty To question the wisdom and the constitu
uOnality Of the Administration j. branded as dis
loyal. We have had great men In the past: the
founders of the Government were great. wise
men and patriots. When he desired 70 learn
their principles OF government. he went To the
noble fountain OF political knowledge established
by them. Such men ~ the Senator from Massa
chusetts only perform the base office of muddy
ing the fountain He j. not fit for any other
work On this subject. Mt Webster held that IL
was the "undoubted right of legislators t. sean
the acts OF public men" That this right was ~
undoubted rs the right OF breathing or walking
the earth IL i the last right that he would
abandon He would exercise il az all hazards
At an humble distance aud IN his feeble
way. he INTENDED to follow the great ex-
FOUNDER oi the Constitution. The Senator from
Massachusetts seems u have installed himself as
sort Of Overseer OF this body, and he was
not surprised At the diet ,torit manner in
which lac hustled about. administering rebukes
in this and in the other House lie had persua
ded himself that he il the Government and j.
particularly assured that he j. the Senate. at least
the largest aud most important part Oft Laugh
ter But don't think there is person in or
out of the Senate who hugs such delu~ion Ia
his breast except himself Laughter He
would read the resolution of this learned Senn-
tor, this able man who distinctly understands ev-
erything in jurisprudence, administration, aud OF
war matters in the field 10 expel him II the
Senator had power commensurate with ms pur-
pose, IL would have been done: but he thanked
his stars there were iuster wiser ADLER, more pat
riotic men IN the Senate and the country than the
Senator. Ii there were not, God save the m irk
the country would soon go TO ruin. How long
did the Senator sit under the reasonable utter
ances of leaders in the rebellion three wears ago,
al the time he was engaged in his avocation AT
home. He occasionally adyerted To the debates
in the Senate and re 81 the reasonable illusions
of the banXof traitors who have organized the
rebellion He read the avowal of Toombs ia It
he was Il rebel, aud the world never saw a letter
10 the deci lratou of the audacious Mason that he
owed no allegiance to the Government. and to
Wigfall and others in their treasonahle utter
ances All this was done in the presence of the
just pure. courageous, patriotic Senator who
nained rs dumb rs a fish Laughter There
was the chance for the display OF the moral and
physical courage OF the Senator. When he read
these declarations his blood hOiled in his veins,
and had lie been present he dared say he would
not have kept silent like the Senator from Mas
sachusetts. Now the 5 nator has a mtoritv
here, backed by hundreds of thousands
of soldiers and officers who hold their
places 10 the will OF the power al the
other end of the avenue, and when they are
ordered to do the bidding Of that power, do il, or
suffer incarceration, court martial or death. The
Senator was 50 all icient. self sufficient and
Insufficient laughter that he did not consult
with a single individual. He wanted all the
glory Laughter. He calls the proposition for
a convention treason. He was told that the
Senator boosted that he was the successor of
Webster. Ye godsl what asuccession, Laugh
ter The Senator need not be afraid it will stop
the war. There is where the shoe pnches He
does not want the war TO be stopped I'LL the reb
els should have submitted To the Constitution and
laws of the United States. He would not prove
recreant 20 the Government, but would support
those who were administering II. however incOm
petent he deemed them The grand purpose of
the Senator 10 carry on the war for the de
struction of slavery, aud to pervert the war
power and all other powers of the Government
to this end He asked the Senator if the rebels
in the )uthern States were TO offer to come back
with their rights under the Constitution. save
where it forfeits to them their rights for their
belous action wOuld he agree that they should
come back? The Senator Is silent but his heart
answers the question. There Is no Senator but
what knows that he Is more devoted 20 the de-
structon of slavery than To the vinlictiOn of the
laws in the seeded States He would sweep
away the Constitution and State laws 70 abolish
slavery in violation of his oath 1 Senator. and
vet To hear him prate Of loyalty one would think
that there was no LOYALTY in the United States
besides lis He Mr. Davis assumed that il a
convention of all the States were called together,
and should resolve TO do away with the Govern
menr. that they had the right and power 20 do It.
He was oppnsed, of course. TO any such exercise
of power ~ practical thing He considered
this compact a political partnership.
jeff. Davis.