Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-03-24

OF n0fe. until II runs IN river OF blood. nave
re reached the haven Of pescef Ask the armies
and naviss still doing the vofk OF death; ask the
late order Tor the conscrpfion Of three hundr cd
thousand more men. additional TO the two million
and more already offered TO the Moloch of war
Have We saved the unioni LIS fate still haDgs 1
trembling upon the ordeal Of battle. Strength /
and victory seem now on our side, bat the race 1
i not alsays 20 the swift. nor the battle 10 the
strong Have We saved the constitutional Like
a di.bonored scroll !, has been iramped under
the feet Of the president and congress, aud two
millions and more Of voters who, but few
years ago. sang 10 posns in It's honor. now say
Amen" 10 It's dishonor
Few, sir, who witnessed il. will ever forget the
scene Of fes days ago, when The gentleman
from Ohio, Mr Ashley seemingly proud OF
his functions, oficisied high priest 10 this ball
While the constitution OF our country, the match
less work, and bearing the honored names OF
Wellington. tranklin, Madison. Ha milton. and
Their illustrIous cOnlpeers, was offered az sasl-
fee upon the altar Of the blood stained demon Of
political abolition. and the wild shouts Of law
defying multitude rang from the crowded CALLER
les applaud The deed: and. sir. the majesty and
dignity Of the constitution and the laws, repre-
sented 10 your place OF honor and power. seemed
10 quail before the exultan; shout of victorious
partisans. But. sir. ask sgain, have We by the
var and irs policy saved and protected the rights
OF the states-righis the maintenance Of which
inviolste, were not long ago declared TO be Is
sential 10 the perfection and endurance Of our
political fabric of federal unionf You who 80
declared on the 10Th day Of May. 1860 and your
president. Who 80 declared. under the solemnity
o his inaugural oath on the 4lh dav OF March.
1861, now laugh your own declarations az well
the rights OF the states 10 scorn. Has the war
Of abolition saved the lives and happiness of our
own white racer Inquire OF the countless dead,
SIX the desolaied homes. commune with the wild
ows enc orphans. measure the sorrow Of broken
hearts. ask the MANNED victims of the war, ask
the millions to whom the war and its policy have
brought poverty. sickness, wounds, sorrow sin
and death Have We lightened the burdens OF
the peoper Have we, IN the gilded phrase OF
your president, " liftei artificial weights from
all shoulders -
Look at the appalling figures OF our public
debt, measuring well high four thousand million
do liars. money more than enough 10 have bought
snd paid for eyerv slave within the United States
before the war began. and yet the arithmetic
mountain of iuolc dtbt grows without ceasing.
''Hills peep Ger hills. and Alps on Alps arise"
Are the burdens Of impoverished and despOnd
! iny tax PAYERS L. ht1 Ask them and ask. ais ,.
the contractors aud manufacturers. the national
bankers and fund nongers who are clothed IN
purple and fine linen, and whose eyes stand out
with fatness from the wealth wrung from The
hard hands OF the people 20 feed the voracious
sppetite Of war Have VIC saved aud protected
the rights and liberties of our free boin white
men! Ask martial law Let the response come
from the white slave Of the CONSUMPTION ls~
/ driven into our army. branded and chained like
1.-The quarry slave scourged TO hi. dungeon OF
sold INTO il. as slaves are sold in open market
| Question the writ Of habeas corpus suspended
and denied its rights before the ltw, suspended
and denied to white men. but by this bill extend
| ell and made active for the relief of freed negro
slavee. Ask also your political prisons. teeming
with the victims Of despoiic power whose cry
| for right has but lately found listeners in this
| hall. Ask innocent men and women time and
| again imprisoned and banshed, without cause.
without warrant. and without atonement or re
dress.
Ask magma chsrta, which has for centurie:
| guarded the humblest storm shaken. wind
| pierced cot on EnglsDd's soil as sacredly as the
/ palace of her. proudest baron; ask magna charta
il, in the midst OF the war OF abolition free
America protects the libertie. of white men
Ask also public orators senced, free presse:
suspended. peace tble assemblages OF the people
oserswed or dispersed courts of justice and trial
BY jury superseded bv courts OF military com
mission. Ask trucking, time serving judges
who in tbe very sanctuaries of the law in the
very temples OF public justice, are the minister:
of her dishonor Ask all these, ii the manager,
OF the crusade for negro emancipation, have
saved and protected our rights citizens anC
freemen before the law.
Have public and private virtue been promoted
by the war OF abolitionf Ask this city. the me
tropoiis OF the nation, and type of its morals
It's manners, its civllz atom ask the city of Wash
Ington, where RIGHTEOUSNESS riots in high place:
and crowds the public ways; ask the Thousands
of hspless, Inflated women. brought here by the
exlgencies Of war TO swell the tide of public de
mOralz alton: ask the plunderers of the public
treasury, of every grade, the cormorsnts snd
thieves that feed on the spoils OF war.
/ Has the negro been made free? Let tho hun
treds of thousands, yet dwelling in their house o
bondage. answer. Has the freed negro beer
made happier and better Ask the one fourth
of the slaves OF the south who. like the moth ths
courts The fame that kills it. or the Hindoo de
voices crushed by the idol they adore. have rush
ed To the federal flag. and fallen into the wake oil
the victorious armies OF emancipation. and there
starving, diseased. helpless, have found liberty e
die AK the dead negroes of the war. and ths
tens OF thousands of their race doomed also il
like ways to perish. Finally. sir. in summing az
the gains and blessings Of this war OF abolition
aud secession. ask the invaded, impoverished
blood dTenched, war SCARED, desolated south
and its maddened, desperate people, TO tell u,
what they are
Sir. in answer to all these questions there
come TO Us, borne on the four winds of heaven
myriads Of mournful voices pleading in the ma me
OF the union, the constitution and our common
country-yea, in tue name OF humanity itself
for end Of war. and for the spirit, the argu
ments, and the blessings of peace.
In the policy of this bill. in the policy of your
constitutional amendment, in the policy of your
party in the policy hitherto adopted by the pres
Ident. there is no biss nor hope for peace 10 the
southern people without dishonOr and who sir
would not say death before dishonor T.
IL may presume to counsel the sdministTa-
ton and congress. would say, make 10 condi
ton OF peace but union, on the basi. of the fed
eral constitution. as the fathers of the republic
made II. ard as il Was nterpreted for seventy one
years OF matchess national honor and prospect
". Cease to press emancipation, either by ex
ecGtive edicts congressional legislation, or the
coercive power of constitutional amendment
Emancipation will come; but, mindful Of the
wise words OF your Own president. that gradual
not sudden emancipation Is better for all" trus,
the people OF al the states concerned with The
question Of emancipation. and, with the expe-
| renee of the past thew. after peace is restored
will deal with il and It's consequences upon the
social aud political condition OF the negro, bet
| ter than We can now Repeal YOUR confscston
laws aud your acts and efforts to seize and parct
out southern lands Restore rights and frauchi.
ses yindicIiyels seized. Stop all your arbitrary
and vindictive proceedings. snd grant an amnes-
IS 10 all political offenders, making 10 test OF