Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-10-14

mian -. Biaeks o. rennsyfvonias n
wiiiiamspors, sept. ssth. II
"wha, sort a. = governsea. shalItAe South
haveI Can there be two anssers % that inter-1
sogatoryf Not acm the hps of Dsnoerat
We deal only 10 government OF one kind. and |
that il the old Constitution. which you have all
seea sitb the name of George Washington |
gned al the foot Of Il. We would give them |
this because Ne are sEOfa 10 administer DO
ofhss % any cosnfn ~ vihia our jurisdiction,
or under our power. and any policy not sane
lioned BY i must haEs .psuRsy for its corness
stone. Besides, We suppose that the restora-
ton o. the Goasti,ation and tbe laws passed in
pursuAnre Of ito their just supremacy through,
out the sbele cosalry vas the object of-ihe
sas, and we know A. 70 be the only legitimate
object for which such a war could have been
sAged. II that be not the result Of The var.
Iheu il i most ignOminiOus. failure Ii is
something worse than a failure; Il IS the most
stupendous sEindle than ever was perpersted
The Abolitionists themselves. when they called
on the people for blood and money to prosecute
the var, declared that its purpose was TO vim
dic4te the Constitution and laws, and compel
obeiieuce 10 them We were told this in ever
form, Official and unoHicial-in the proclamation
Of the President when the fret call was made for
seventy five Thousand men-in solemn resolutions
passed through OSngress--iu dispatches ana
orders from the departments-and sin one of
the resolutions PASSED ~ Bsluwore, when
Mr Lincoln wss nominated the last
time, IL was declared THAI the war was. 10
restore the paramount authority Of the Constitu
ton in the Southern States. If they now say
that the success acquired IN this way is TO re
used Tor other purposes, and the Constitution
shall not De restored. they confess that theY have
| oil afned fouI rhVussnd millions of dollars, aud
halt million Of lives, upon false pretenses II
| any Individual would get five dollars from his
neighbor upon pretenses equally false, nothing
but peryersion of The law and Justice could
save him from condign punishment crimi-
| ual. To deny the paramount authority of the
| Constitution now, 10 the face OF these facts is
| TO break the faith which holds the moral world
together. Our theory is very simple. We al
Ways averred land SO did our opponents for the
| matter of that, that the ordinances of secession
were mere nulhtes-thatthe States were legally,
still in the Union--thst- the rebellion consisted
ID the determination OF individuals to resist the
execution OF the Federal lRws-that our war was
| against these individuals and could not be levied
against the States az States, without treating
them foreign power. aud thus recognizing
the constitutional right OF secession; and If We
acknowledged that right, We took from under
our feet the only ground We could stand on in
making any war at all. The General Govern
nent.in executing its laws. acts upon individu-
ala just 4 State Government doee. Ia sup
| pressing an insuuect0n the one does not make
war upon county, nor the other upon State.
| In these views of the universal Democracy
Am glad to say that the Prealdent of the United
States does most heartily concur When give
| you this assurance you are not TO understand me
as speaking from rumor; or report, or common
| iame-I know whereof / affirm. Ii that dis
tngushed gentleman were standing here he
would express the same opinions, only in Ian
guage far more forcible, vigorous and clear. He
has not given up one inch OF the high ground he
| took when he was Senator before the war broke
| out IL may reasonably DE expected. also, that
very large number OF the men who have here
t5fore called themselves " Republicans will
dnd the mseves with us, since they cannot act
against US without & ossly violating the faith
which they have SO often pledged
bot the Abolition party proper is against Us as
a unit. The man Mr.. Sunner) who leads them
in Congress, and out Of doors, as he always led
whatever party he belonged 10, expresses his will
and they must obey his dIctation He propounded
bis doctrine. the other day. in State Conven-
| ton, and not man vas found TO resist him; he
announced il elsewhere, and il was received BY
his followers with universal applause il has been
echoed back already by his disciples in Msssa
chusetts -
| "They propose to hold the Southern States in
absolute bondage. They would not govern them
at all, for Government implies law OF some kind.
The Southern people are to be disposed of with
out the slightest reference 10 the Constitution,
| or TO any law. State national. TheY must
have no voice in the regulation OF their Federal
duties, or in the administration of local affairs.
When they laid down their arms il is to be deem
ed aud taken that they submitted not to the
Government of the United States, that is to the
Constitution and laws but TO the mere will oil the
dominant party in the North. They shall have
no representation in Congress aud no vote for
President. They are not only to be denied all
political privileges, but their natural right TO life
and property, which the Declaration of Indepen-
dence declares To be nalenable, will also be
taken from them With regard to lie, Mr.
Stevens says he has not yet made up his mind
| now many are TO die, out when he does come 70
conclusion on the subject We may expect the
slaughter 10 begin. WHAT form it will take We
are not told. except that the victims TO
have judicial trial; that is secuted as a mere
Absurdity. Those who spared will be monu-
ments OF mercy, and those who are killed TO
De killed because they have no right to their lives
As TO the right of property, that Is clean entirely
out OF the question, and is not acknowledged for
moment. The Chancellor OF their ExchequsF
has actually at down and calculated how much
oil their. lands and goods he will take and what the
value OF them will be- He ciphers it up 70 three
thousand millions of dollars! All this property
is to be taken without reference TO the personal
guilt or innocence Of the individual owners
| That is pslpable the face of the proposition
| itselt. mau who owns two hundred acres of
land, or has personal property worth ten thou
sand dollars, shall be stripped of his all; but his
neighbour. who has less, may keep what he has,
and may be guilty and the other innocent, or
both may be guilty, or both innocent. but that is
not the question; the value of their respective
estates is the only inquiry made. Why this dis
| tinetionl | declare don't know, unless il be
that ole is worth rObbng aud the other is not.
Women and children. Mr.. Stevens says may be
driven into exile. Aye, thatthey may, and rob-
bed into the bargain. An orphan ak months
old, if it within this rule, will not be
spared. They may take the clothes off its
little body, and the spoon il is fed with.
| WhyI Not because the child has committed
! any sin. but because it happens to be the
| legal heir to property Of such value that the
Abolitionists cannot forego the temptation to
appropriate it, Suppose widow to become
The object of their delicate attentions. They
do not iuquire into her history, even so far TO
asceriai- what her "sympathies" were during the
war But they take an inventory of her furni-
tare, value her live stock, couut her spoons, ex
anime her dresses, and if their value can be
figured up - ten thousand dollars. they cease 10
be hels uy Abolition arithmetic. Or they send a
survey or our, with compass aud chain 10 measure
her land and If. By any means, he can run in
two hundred acres, the investigation 10 ended
She may take hs children and 60 into exile, If
| she eau travel faout mouey : If not she eau