Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-04-08
the QUESTIONS or THE DAY.



The Greencastle Press psblis5es the following
condensed report Of the speech Of Hon. ID. W.
v~oozHrrs, at Greenosstle. on Monday. the ID
inst. upon the present condition Of public affairs
and the issues involved in The controversy 10
Which The nation 10 involved:
Although Il is . busy season. and the tosnship
e~lsctions we're being beld throughoutihe county.
yst Q crowded audience. comcosed largely OF
both parties. net Mr.. VOORHEES, At the court
house on Monday. He commenced by saying
that although no election OF Importance vas
pending this summer. yet it needed no apology 70
Justify a representative Of the people IN address
ing bis constituents on ell proper occasions The
personal and political relations Of = representa-
tive and those rho employed him in that c4pzci
ty. shocid sl~sysb be Intimate aud clearly under
stood. Ia this way alone the people could Ger
tainly determine whether their public servants
we're faithful in the discharge Of their duties
One Of the mort dangerous signs Of the over
throw Of our Tree form of government consists
In the fact. that too many OF our public officers,
from the president down. appear TO feel them
selves independent Of the people, who sre the
correct source OF all poser and who bear all
burdens Of government.
Mr. V. said he came here 20 Day acknosledg
ing hs obligations 20 those who had placed him
II omCts hul ~ Qt-lit1 ID Dlslus- IN = Cdim tuo
friendly spirit some Of those leading and %c0n,roll
ing n1tional questions on which he had been
called TO act and in which bis hearers, without
distinction OF party. had q vital interest. Ia or
der TO do this. be would FIRST lay down a PROPOSE
ton which no honest or candid man would gain
cav or deny. All men Of all parties in Indians
and throughout the north, with 10 exceptions,
entitled 10 respectful consideration. desired aud
nov desire esrnestiy. truly snd sincerely. 10 pre-
49, the Ar errCa Mo Naod L aid The
speaker, stop to defend the democratic party
against the common and worn out caluDny that
IL is in favor OF disnnica? Look at every plat,
form adopted By every democratic convention
which has met IN the county of Putnfm since
the var began and you will ini n.hem all a firm
resolution to mAintsin the union "a our fathers
made it. ! have been nominated in this district
three times for congress aud each time elected
What was the ~lsngage Of tue platforms on which
stood. and OF shieh you supported met They
were plain and out sookea-Ill receiving -
maintain onr ancient government. Indiana has
often since the war spoken IN state convention.
Has she not from the frs. maintained that she
would never consent TO a dissolution OF the mi
ont Who dares stand up here now and impesch
the record OF the democracy Of Indiana on this
great and vital point2
And what il true OF Indians is true Of every
other northern state. Where il one in which
the democratic party has signifei its consent TO
: dissolution OF the uniont You will search IL
vain for such an Instance. And when the whole
party met in national Convention at Chicago, the
united voice of Lh9 united democracy sas hesrd
throughout the world IN favor 81 maintaining ami
preserving the union OF these states upon the
principles Of the constitution. Are sll these pto-
fessions false? Have millions OF honest men
been lying all this tioef You democrats here
to-day know hos true i. IS that sc would give
oil and everythiug-life i~tself-io restore once
more the glorious heritage OF union, liberty and
law. which we obtained from our fatkers But
We have been deniad our method ut restoring
the union. and one far difereut from Ehat our
minds commend has been adopted by The party
in power; and here arises another question or
which the democratic party has been bitterly ana
most unjustly assailed The administration hss
clothed ia measures with the authority oflaw.
and We have done our duty in obedience 20 Law
though often condemniug the measures which
we're 10 be carried out. Who will say that the
democracy mas failed 70 meet it, fair portion OF
the burdens Of this war; Have not our sons and
brothers gone Ia the war. as many a. their repub-
lican neigbborsf Have they Dot forght a. we'll
when there. though they may have wanted To
vote the democratic ticket and did not believe
in Lincoln's proclamations nor the equality OF
the negrof When the draft came did democrats
shrink IRON It's hsrdshiDs more than republi
csnsf
" believed when this war commenced that i,
vas q bad remedy for a broken union, and so be
lieved also Stephen A Douglas. The New York
Tribune. The Cincinnati Commercial, The In
disnspolis Journal and kindred persons and pa
Ders OF lesser roie. We believe that the Crit
ienden compromise vould have settled all ,rou-
BILE, and we have the testimony OF Jefferson Dt-
Wis aud Robert Toombs, and various other public
men OF the south. 10 the truth Of that fact. We
believed too and still believe that the war since its
commencement has been wickedlv and u~nlawful
ly perverted from It's hrs, avowed objects. and
has been made a war in support OF revolutionary.
unconsttutional ana ~fsnatieal partisan ideas
All these things we believe. but rather than con.
vulse our own land with civil war-rather than
bring still greater calamities upon tho country
rather than put Ourselves in the attitude OF
higher Law di-obedience-rathe than give aid to
those Who are already trying 10 destroy the
union, we have borne all. and made our full
share Of sacrifices in money and in men. How
are We repsid for this sublime devotion 20 our
countr,f We dared to think-ve dared 20 have
opinions, and we dared TO utter and print them in
opposition to those which the administration held
Oar services al once went for naught, ard a err
SADIE the most di-graceful and infamous in the
history OF the civilized world, WIS thereupon in
sugurated against the democratic party. We
we're required 10 become vasssls IN mind rs we'll
"a bondmen IN body. There VAS To be no indie.
p~en4ence OF lhough,- no freedom of speech.
But what were some Of these differences of
opinion Tor which We have been 50 s0rely nef.
.ecu,ed9 We have hsd different nlsus for pre-
serving the uniou. Ours ives compromise snd
peace before the war began. Il has been ue.o-
tistion, compromise and peace since the war be
gan. AL SAYS some one. there i. is again, ne
g~otislion with armed rebelsl We'll. YES. there il
"a. and what ofitE We have been denounced for
this position With rsncorous fury IRON the first.
We pot q 10 the Chicago platform and the sup
porters of Mr. Lincoln made their main fight on
that point and elected him in opposition 10 IL
We we're traitors. IL vas said. because -e avo~ed
such doctrine. and yet as soon az the election is
over Mr.. Lincoln gets on this plank. this odious
plank of our platform. aud putting Sir Seward.
Ms premier. on il with bin. they start do-n 70
Fortress Monroe. and there meet Hunter,
stephens and Campbell, the author 1ed commits
sionsrs Of JET Davis. and there open ncgolia
tious With armed rebels. How about that. YOU
friend Of the administrationf D0n't ven think
yon arc estopped OF tha, pointl Dom, you
think ths, this can be plesded IN bar against your
clsmor on the subject OF negotiation With srnci
rebelsf Don't yeu think Mr. Lincoln has En-.
dorsed and justified tho democracy OF that oues
ton AZ laslg What co you think o. his coudpc,
on that pointf DID he 10 right o. Gid ne do
vrongi | think he DID right. aud il gives me
great pleasure to fnd something 10 his admins
,rs,ion n approve Then here se are all 70
scsher srAin on the second proposition FIR, We