Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-08-11
rCs,eluS,d from ta< Fourth Pso. !


LosisisB.. Hamilton. Of Texas. and excepting
such mea AZ Branch OF North Carolina. Rust. OF
ATkzbsss. aud Taylor. Vt Loasians. disgrusttui
Of secession "a the cure Tor sthern Ills, though
less pronounced 10 their NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. /
those and lee Others DOT conspicuous.
The whole array Of Southern talent. led By |
Miles. Girtrell. Pugh. Tot Alsbam-). Boeocks.
@ burnett, Snish, PyOr. Cr.-ford' Curry /
Hindmsn. McRe., BIk-d,le. Lamar, Wright. |
ami keItt-beafly all. except PSgh aud Smith, |
young men-v.s throvr 10 favor OF preciPit-te
action without any zeal. d little attempt 10
com JrOmi-e Even such men NInsos,
Snllth, and BrsBch. of North Carolina, ano
Reagan, OF Texss. elected conservatives
against the disuni0n sentiments Of their de
uists, covered before this 1and OF Southern
talent and the pressure brought to bear from
their homes, INSPIRED by hope Of Independence
The wives, dsugbte >. aud Other female coDnec
tons Of SJuthern -rn0ers. sere 10 the gsllerIes
Constantly. 10 cheer. by their presence aud smiles,
the fervent efforts OF these secession orators
For iDpetuous debate, there was Lamar, OF Mis-
sisslppi. scholarly AMI def ant. Cor logical humor
GeseInOr Ackea. OF the same State, successor
10 General QatmaB, one ct the h1pDiess OF
speakers, AL Orziu4l slave trade seeessionisi.
though educated IA OhlO. Tor parlia mentsry
skrmishing. there w.s BJcOcKe. OF Virginia: Tor
vituperaIise phlIppic. there was Roger
Alexander X BoIeler. OF Harpsr's Ferry. for
staggering Dr4vado, toned Nth an elegant phra-
seology, there was the vain and clever keitt.
for smooth aud treochsnt dIslectics. there was
POrcher Miles OF Charleston, Who earned his
place 10 Congress by bis care OF the sick 10 the
fever stricken cits OF Norfolk ia 1855; for states
manliko and vigorous debate, there Was Branch
Of North CAroliBa: Tor broad Wit aud hearty
blows. there ,- Glmer. OF North Carolina; tor
anffI - Al fha G.tn n.lfS
vas Pogh, OF Alabama. who had all The pfn.
Without the srtlstIe kno~lecge, OF his colleague
Curry; TOR otfeusIye aad yIyacious resoiness'
there wss HIn1m4n, who almost alone OF these
leaders has Ueeu Conspicuous ia the var Dranep'
Ruin, Keitt, jenkins, Bnksdale and husI have
had important commands. aud have ali met that
death OF which they Wanted 90 much rather
than submit - the Federal authority.
In looking this ROLL caDnot but regret
that 80 much OF genus, energy, and goodness
have been misled TO their rum aud that oi
their States. Among the most eloquent OF this
remarkable body hot thus mlslsd. vas Nelson,
of Tennessee; the most scceDtrIc aud iudomit
able genius Tor pOlIucs, was Emerson Etheridge;
the clearest heads Tor political economy, meta
physical Refinement. and historic research, we're
William W bo,ee and Jonu ; Mlilson.
Ia We 20 " me Republican side of the House.
We hnd COrsiu, OF ONO, incompsrbis Tor his
fun. bis piIbOs, aud bis soul sIlrring elOquence;
Charles Francis Adams. with readiness as "a
speaker, out profound thinker; hi haysr, 81
Practicable "a steam engine, Tut WITH all Ola
motive power occasionally getting out ot
order; Morrill,, OF Vermont, whose skill ia tsrin
calculations never tagged Ounbg the excite
menIs OF the war; Roscoe CouKiIag. with rare
gifts OF ready aud pure elotuIIon; JOhu hlck
man, OF Pennsylvania, straightforward aud
dashing, with a scholars taste hidden under tue
toga; Ihaddeus Stevens, the AeIternieh OF Re
puoiIcsnism; Galushs A. Crow, quick IN The
manual LII sgucy ia bravaco toward bis oppo-
nents; Stanton, Sherman and Bingham, IRON
Ono. all men of experience IN legislation aud
leaaers of the then rising party; Coliax OF lu
diana, wnO. like GfVw, rvse W prominence by
his ch.mOioung with much nueDcy aud energy
the pietisuc humaEItsrisui.m OF his party; Love
Joy, OF lliIHois. ~bo cultivated all IgnOrsnce OF
parliamentary law la Order 10 say tue most Ia
decOTods thing-, and hose rugged yehemeuce, u
not oratoTy, taken Tor IL by thOse who
look mVre 10 Tue manner than The SUBSTANCE
These, with The ahlUle speaker. Pennington.
made up the philabx upon which the Southern
c0hOrt hurled IIsei III debate. As recall the
~hich 10 X place at my cesk he
tween k.Itt aud GrOw. during the preceding
Congress. after the hUur ot Midnight. when the
psssl0us IncaTnats IN that
Congress and at that hOuI a. l repIcture the
fierce clutch aud glarlug eye. aud the strugg le
between these heady cusmpIous, there CON,
trooplny dow The e. % uIemoiy, tneI C mt
trooplug down the aclg,l alsles VI the House, TIA.
bellIgeteut members, With ashbuIne. OF ILL
nOis aud Potter, OF Wisconsin, Leading the one
extreme aud Il sksdsie aud Lamar IeadIHg tn.
other: Inen comes the melee lie Struggle. the
pale face OF the Speaker Calling 10 Urder. the
Serge ant alarms iushsns IutO The area before
the Clerk desk, the IN ace as his ~ nIool oi ~
thOrity. with It's silver eagle moving up and down
on the wave OF passion aud cOnhict; then the
dead hush of the hot heart. aud the glare vi deb
ance across the h,ifi A. th.s Seenc Is TeslsIted
looking At II through tie red storm OF w,r,
cannot but think that then anu there vas tpltV
mized all that has made that HaT body anu
de-perste. Thea. TOO, there rise up the forms oi
those who we're then accounted moderate aDu
middle men. Ike DAVIS aud HOLMAN, ~ luuIana
McClernand abd Logan, OF IlIuOIs, Mallory and
Stevenson, OF keDtucy, PeudletOn AID ' allan
dgham. vi ODiO. Florence aud Montgomery, oil
Peunsylvanis, Siekles anc COchrane, OF New
York. ~ho stood. like Douglas. BIgler, l. .tham.
Pugh. Johnson anG CrIttenden, ia The Senate, NJ
the break water against the conteDdIng tides
From these dlsJeets menibIS OF tins remark be
Congress, the Ie.uer may gather some idea vi
the force aud energy. tact aid elUquence. pas-
sion aud pref udce, shtt b composed IL.
Some of the great questions ~ni h arose we're
foreshado~ Ell ia the Presidents Message: Tor III
stance, the power 10 COerce a STATE Dub tnert
were other questions, concerning the acquisition
of territory. and the governments Ot the Terrific
ries; the effect OF the decisions OF the Supreme
Court; various amendments OF The Constitution
80 as 10 prohibit Congfts- aud the people from
impairing the right OF property IN slaves. etc
the fugitive slave Law; tugltses from justice
the right of transit ia Tree S.a es ut persons with
slaves the nulliiyiDg acts vi Safe Legislatures;
the abolition of slavery aud the internal slave
the Executive Ottce. snd veto power, be rests
ration of he equilibrium beta ecu the slave aud
free States the voluntary division Vi slave s,er
into tao more States: giving the slave States
ay1te on ali questions vi slavery; making The
amendments proposed unamenaaUie; granting ~
the States power TO appoint the Federal officers
In their midst; the peaceAole vIthdrassl of Ssates
and apportionment OF the public debt dual Sen
ates and dual Executive; the orgaulz ,son at once
trade; the acquisition OF foreign territory by a
vote of Two thirds; questions as 10 ordinances OF
secession and their effect. preventing Africans
from becoming cItzeuS; Constitutions
Convention. These aud many other questions
we're debated aud referred TO The Committee oil
Thirteen in the Senate, and Thirty three ia she
House They we're the result of anxious coagi
tsiIon on the problems which threatened TO Gis
part the country. They remain upon the record.
TO illustrate the variety aud magnitude of The
inteSess springing out OF the institution Oi
slavery and The duplex character OF our Stat,
and Federal Governments. They we're, for the