Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-01-07

ed With the stocks Of other state. bearing Hkssn.
tsrest. than ~ any former psrod IN her history
John X. Gspin. Esq mo Clerk 10 the once
OF TIE state Agent duTag the incUmbencV d Col
book, AM make the payment II the interest on the
State debt, st the tank D. house ri Nsssrs Winsow
l-snier Co, snd under thsir gene. direction md
supervsior- He hp- performed that duty nth
ability and to the Satisfaction Of Al paFtss and thus
far without con pen-stion- recommend 9 ~ pro
services.
sTaTE DAFT AND SINKING rCkD.
The subjects Of III state Debt and sinking Fund,
will ~ reer.ei 'or spe al CT mmun sstc1 20 the
Legislature 81 smother tme.
xxscUTIvE DEPARTMENT
The lsbors the Executive Department have
been greatly r'assd by re ~sr, and nv The pecu
lar condi, 20 the : sie GoFeru- for fhs I.si
TO year The force ~hch have emp'os,d j.
sran impaired With the amount q Wors sh'ch hSs
b@endons Much t. pons bility has ben dstolvei
upon the fins a. and Nts- aid fh>ir
lsbo-s haze t-esn most arauoU~ 90 Vim n Sch'a-
ter perfume the lies % htsy 80 etsty Tor
more than tree Year. ~ith uls-s "a shlty and hde
~. and TO The .ati-f' ton ny-ef and the army
Capt Geo X. " = and Capt. John " Commons
ave performed Nth efhcieccy and % nv entire sat
lsactoE me @hors sppe-tsin ng q their sks Col.
John g. New, En Abe AMI efficient office. hss
ceeded 10 the psce he by Col Terrell, who has been
appointed AdJutsnt General whioh ofnce hsd been
most Ably I'll ii ~ cen Lar noble
INJECTIONS AND cossPIgAcIEs
%his snsasss N :y gar Of gig.a's proper
Is results hsVe been peac- ably and readily scQul
esced q, and the bitterness and pe-sonsl .nimo~i-
ties which usually engendersd IA Such contest,
have passed away speedily snd perfectly IS II sny
former period in our history The alliy II the
people 20 come together under such circumstance.
sni peac ably elect chief mag'-trste ns. been
gsrded Ike ny the IT ends ami enemies 81 republi-
can institutions the great test Of their capacity for
re.u7. Of he late elections has nlsIs profound m
precision throughout the ola world and has given
renewed assurances Of tie perpetuty 4 our Govern
meut
/ cong Atulsi- you on the returning harmony Of
the people 81 our state. snd that the dangers which
threatened with internal H. senslOns, have sppar
entity passed sway Some misguided persons who
mlstoOk the bitterness OF party for patriotism, aud
ceased 20 tee the obligations o. allegiance 10 our
country sad Government. conSpred sgNrst the
State snd National Governments, sni sought 10y NIL
tsry force TO plunge u MO tn horrors OF rsyolu-
ton secret organ ration hst f-.en formed. which
nv 10 lectures and rtuas, nculcstet doctrines cub
,erslVe o. The Government, and which, carried 20
! their consequences, woult evideatly result the
! disruption SUI destruction OF the natl u. The mem
/ beers OF this organ Estlon were united 10y solemn
osths, which, n observed, bound them 10 execute
the orders of their Grand Commanders without de
! lsy OF question, however reasonable criminal
might lie their character. sm gisi 20 relieve that
the great ma OflIy 81 IL members regarded merely
a. political machine. and did suspect the ulte
nor reasonable seton contemplate hy u leaders
sod upon the discovery o. IL true character hsst-
eued 10 kbure I'll come lion with II. OF the
chief conspirators hsye been arrested and tried by
the Government. and others have fed their schemes
]
ably hope that State not hereafter be
gersd and dshonorei by tho removal OF these insane
snd cum usl designs
We the inid-t OF bloody evl war forced
I upon the Government by the nteious inhabitants
! OF certain States The theory upon which this
was hegun was the pretended right Of state TO With
draw from the Union whenever IT. rights under the
Constitution Of the United States VIOLA et. Of
which violation II hat The exclusive power TO Judge
! and dete rmine THIS clam wss founded upon the
" ef. of ware sQn
and inde pendent states, TO which they parties
in their municipal character; that the United States
we're not a nation hut an aggregation OF nstonates
united in aco-psrtnershp Tor certain purposes. and
upon ce' tain conditions, which were contained IN tie
articles Of co partnership known the Federal Con-
sttution. The exercise Of the right OF secession
withdraw al from the Union. justified by the allie
CATION that The people Of the Northern States had
violated their censt'uuond obligations by refusing
10 capture or permit 10 he captured IN their mldst
fugitive Slaves escaping from their masters, and by
various other acts OF hostility TO the institution of
slavery; and by the further dee ara'Ion that there
WAS good reason 10 believe that the Government OF
! the United States under the administration Of Mr..
Liz coin. would perform aet- OF violence subyersve
OF the prosperity and even the exis-Dce of slavery
| To have conceded the right claimed, and permitted
number o. States pescerbly 10 Withdraw from the
Union would have involved not only the destruction
Of the Goyernmen Mt but the absolute dissolution OF
the Nstonb eakng II into many fragments rs there
States, each claiming sovereignty and indie pend
ence a. to all the others. When the war begun,
therefore, there was hut ore of two things Tor the
| GoveFnmsnt to do, eiiher TO suppress the rebellion
ami ASSET it. integrity Nation, TO aDdicste it's
author snd confess ltse without night 10 enforce
it, deere and perpetuate ts existence by concedng
the want Of national unity snd the right OF secession
II must lie admitted that between these Two there
Was middle ground, and the Government
forced once y choice between national life and
national death, the life only TO be preserved by the
! total suppression of the rebellion that ueuaced n
! between these contending theories there could. IN
! the nature Of the case, he compromise, a. they
were utterly sntagonistic aud lrreconcilsbe. The
! which it must stand or fs and as resisted by the
Government upon the ground th-tits own life could
not be preserved, II the existence o. this right
/ IN any manner or 20 any extent conceded.
IL IS hardly ~orth while 70 consider what would he
/ our condition II this Rebellion successful The
most thoushtless or stupid mind cannot tai ~ per
that ths everal states fragments OF a
happy and powerful republc could not 1--we gethsr
IN prosperity ami peace; but III 4 Nal fclowlng upon
war, anarchy and me Destruction Of rsoDs hbei ty
would inevitably result 60 De succeeded 10y the NIGHT
Of despotisn, bury'Dg utter darkness the far
/ hopes and glorious prospects which once uml-
! mated national hOrizon. Whatever may
w 10 preserve the Union. ~ may be assured u vail
cost every thing TO lose u. refusal TO prosecute
the war be ause Il is expensive, would Ut he unlike
the Gaze OF man Who should resolve to = because
! the employment OF pnysIcisn would sm'arr.-. his
hnar cisl AFFAIR." Nor would II be les absurd g.
! fuse 10 sustain the Government aud prosecute the
war, upon the pretence that by dong const'tu-
tons rights and per-oDal liberty would I've endan.
gered when 8e know perfectly vel that II the e.
belon eds, civil and religious liberty and
sttutonsl ghts, OF whsiever kind, will be over
whelmed In one common rnin.
Let us hope that human slavery, which has ever
been the source OF national dssensions and heart
| burnings; which from the beginning has arrayed our
people ntO classes. aud fTetted them into mutual
hatre.. and for inc preserystion and tyosp.rtv or
which II has been solemnly syowed that this mighty
warsnd mo-t bloody re belhOn weh begun and pro-
secuted; has received its mortal wound, and will
be con,lgned 10 the comman grave Of losthsome
tyTannes from which there il resurrection.
Should the Congress of the United states pass n
JOINT resolution TO prohibit slavery, Involuntary
servitude throughout the United States do moot
earnestly hope that the people Of the several states
will hssten to give 1t their sOemn sanction, that
II may pass into fundamental law and go out ~
all the world, that our country IN fact as IN name,