The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-07-21


resisted-not so very surprising that the six per
cent. bonds issued in February, 1861, were sold
81 discount of six per cent, and not so very |
claimed the rebels 10 be lawful beligerants be- |
fore she knew a gun had been fired.
But IL was surprising That president OF the |
United states should address a special message /
to congress 10 persuade the public that al |
though the rebellion was illegal, yet the govern
ment had no right to suppress It: for by that
act he introduced to the world government. |
the like of which bad never before bee = :. en-.
revolt and by which IL was unlawful 10 suppress
revolt. Such governments is described nowhere
I'm political history, save in the message OF Pres
ident Buchanan.
such was the style of administration to which
me repqScan Paray sTcceedeo ON ans n 5.h bu
one duly. AS you had never known the nation
al II TO to d ySS ale
manded IL to save your territories from the de-
Element of avery; that was all.
That command has bean fulfilled There is
no slavery in any of your territories. That wiz
scarcely De denied. even bv the opposition jour-
the states. Something more than you then
thought possible has been accomplished.
OTHER THINGS ACCOMPLISHED.
But there is no need to dwell upon the nation
al achievements OF the last thirteen years-they
were too conspicuous not to have been seen
they are too recent to be forgotten. 1t will suf-
fee to present a schedule of the leading events
At home and abroad the Union was proclaim-
ed to be dissolved in 1861. The Union is restored
now.
Nine states then claimed to have left the pro-
lection of the constitution forever They have
that thou gavest me L have kept, and none Is
lost, said the Saviour of man. The republican
party mas preserve more thSh she nd s,a'eS ih gee
that we're lost.
In 1881 the confederate states of America" so
U aons Tere ler secS
pretenSe. Each one Of those great, bat misguid-
ed communities now has honorable recognition
as an integral part of the United States.
A race numbering millions has been raised
from the conuluoh Oh cnatels 10 the stale VI man
Human rights have gained the sanction OF three
new chapters added to the nationa' constitu-
ton. Murder organized in several states, bear,
ing the name OF uklux, wearing the garD ana
plying the trade OF fiends. has been exposed,
con victed, punished.
Abroad our career has been Sc rcely less tri-
umphant. Great Britain has corrected the mis-
take she made when she assum, that the APP
pearance Of the confederate states was the sure
States. She has done what Great Britain never
did before-she has apologized for a mistake.
Out of that mistake has sprung new era in
Without the employment of force, but peace
ably, the republic which was defied by her
own citizens, and despised everywhere in 1861,
has led Great Britain voluntarily TO submit b. r
conduct to the Judgment of nations, and in pur.
suance of their Judgment, she has paid a fine OF
fifteen millions for the wrong she did us.
That is not ell. Those islands TO which she
| quished. That claim Great Britain submitted
| to the Judgment of the EN- peror of North Ger
| many and submitted herself to the mortifica-
| ton ~ beino told to surrender it, She was not
| awarded an equivalent for it. She was simply
told she had claimed great possessions TO which
she had no right.
i That is not all. If there ever was one prin-
| ciple of English Jurisprudence which England
believed TO be irreversible and unalterable, Ii
was the principle that British-born subject
could never change his allegiance. "Once a
be- ixed as gravitation. She fought one war
with us in defence of I. But after seeing our
pitiful army of III ,0O men suddenly swollen by
volunteers to nearly 100 900. she wisely con-
cluds ii was not worth while TO fight another
war in de ense OF that principle and by peace
full negotiation she has repealed the law she SO
long and so obstinately held to be irrepealable
Germany b as followed that wise example, OF
rather set the example Belgium, Sweden, Nor.
way and Denmark have done the same, and
now when the republic gran the boon of citi-
zenship TO one of Irish, English, German or
scandinavian birth, the grant Is recognized In
the land Of his nativity.
OUR POWER vINDICATED.
When, in October last, a Spanish vice consul
in Cuba so far forgot the respect due to the
United States as to seize upon a vessel sailing
under the protection of her fag, Spain prompt
ly, without firing gun or spilling a drop Of
blood made that honorable reparatiOn which
every Just government is glad TO make Tor q
wrong done.
MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT.
And this is not all. Our material development
has kept pace with our political reforms, and
despite the discouragement to immigration. an6
the positive drain of a great war lasting foul
years, our population increased between 1860 anC
1870 more than seven millions. The increass
was but little more than eight millions duriD!
the previous decade. In spite of the enormous
muscle, our lines of completed railways have in
creased from 81 900 miles, at the close of 1861,
almost 72 600, al the close of 1873 One iron tracl
! more or less advanced in construction. Tha
: vast region between the Rocky Mountain rang
and the Sierra Nevadas, which was almost un
known In 1851, is now traversed by highways il
every direction. and its geography is as familia
5 to our children as the geography Of New Eng
land was to the children OF 1851. And here, with
in this very republic. which thirteen years ag
publican party % for burial, capital has combir e9
! to construct more miles Of railway than all tn
r rest of the world possesses. Harbors and river
: ern lakes and rivers now employs commercial
: marine exceeding 10000 tons.
: Enlarged facilities for trade have swelled tn
volume of trade.
2 PUBLIC CREDIT ADVANCED.
= Two facts are sufficiently eloquent of ma
: tional growth. First-The six per cent. bond
. issued in February 1861, sold for ninety-fou
cents on the dollar. The nation then owed bu
s s6O,OOO,OOO. The same bonds sold in June, 1871
as nigh as lZ22 cents on the dollar, in currency
o ton then owed s.. coo, O,OoO SecondTThe valu
e of annual exports of domestic commodities in
If creased from s373 O0OOO in 1860 to s6i9O0 900
1873, being an increase during the period G
> s276OOO,OO0.
e There are those bold enough TO assert that tn
3 country is now governed worse instead of bel
It ter than formerly. Some may be found wea
e enough to believe such assertions. But il re
a Quires a great deal of defamation TO prove ths
IS the day is cold when the murcury stands at
II in the shade. The mercury won't lie. Mer
II unhappily, sometimes do. And IL will requir
} great deal of rhetoric 10 persuade this countr
h that it is being ruined by government whic
l, in thirteen years has advanced its cred
)f throughout the money markets OF the Worl
II fully thirty-three per cent, and has nearl
Il trebled it's surplus productions,
70 LAND POLICY.
n But this is not all. Since the advent of tt
e republican party the finishing touches hay
q been given to our land system. 1t was long ag
l. adjudged that 81 25 was a full equivalent ft
an acre of the public domain. Accordingly tn;
I'd was fixed as the minimum price. That gave
Y, government 500 for quarter section of LAM