Year: 1863

popular strength within As State were too Sc


rious obstacles to be light, overcome. The


COpperheads, therefore, undertook to plead


their own case with the people, and appointed


Legislative Committee whose nominal duty


was to agree on some plan Of arranging diff.


ferences between the majority and minority


that is, between the traitors and Ioyalists--in


the House. That Committee reported on the


2sth of February-the day before the War


Convention was held in Indianapolis. The
numbers and enthusiasm of that popular gath.


ering are better evidence of the sentiments


and purpose of Indiana than any traitOrous


cabal can offer, yet the report OF the latter


shows Just how far they think it prudent to


disclose OF present the reasonable purposes OF


the Copperhead Conspiracy.


There is nothing in this report materially


different from the resolutions of the Connect.
cut traitors recently assembled under the name
Of Democratic Convention, or from the
speeches Of Members of Congress of the Val
landgham pattern, or from the language Of
Rebel newspapers throughout the North. The
style of it is opposition to the war, abuse OF
the Government, WORKOUT platitudcs about the
Constitution as it is and the Union o. it was,
and malignant hostility TO the Proclamation OF
Freedom. If the Government will shape the
conduct of the war against Southern traitors
to suit the notions of their Northern allies,
then it can have the support of the latter; 9TH
erwise not. Here is a specimen of the sup
port youchsafed at present


Whe State possesses no power In theory In fact to ssy
the which ssud in battle and THouoh rHE
Christian AND HUMANE INDIANA MONT DEsiRR
TO sKE THIS yYu,los PREVENTED 1T, ALAS! Is
PowgRLEs cARsA8s WHICH IS HuKhrisG
HER Sons TO KARLr AND STRANGER GRAygs
The Committee 10 far from thinking that h tho rshtfu
remedy for our national troubles They believe the
10 be true This Committee. and trust
this House. believe ths, national troubles might have
found peaceful solution by compromise early In 1861 and
ta. the only remedy proposed by the Adminra
Hon. believe Ii should be conducted with reerorce to
restoration OF the Union. and cot By making war in the
Of tho ss. Illinois Senator the rights of the
southsrn Sss upon their institutions upon their rights OF
persons property and above ALL not for the euancipa


on or purchase Of slaves the expense ofths white sace


Compensated Emancipation and the Abolition
Of Slavery in the District of Columbia are
mildly denounced as the measures of bandits,
who


never told the people stand aud deliver but seized the
nations purse without the nations consent and whue the
rspsssd the confidence ha. sir Con'tiution wss
h,i against robbery they swcks from their unbsr only
10 end th., tho power demanded that farmer
should buy negro Tennessee Kentucky In order save
The Union"


These Indiana Secessionists, therefore, are
just as openly arrayed against the Government
and tho War as their Democratic brethren 10
Connecticut. They are equally well aware
that Peace, unless as the result of victory, can
only be had on the basis Of Disunion. They
know that their efforts weaken the Govern
ment and strengthen the Rebellion. That is
exactly the object they have in view. The two
parties East and West. are working in complete
harmony of purpose, and wholly in the interest
of their Southern leaders. They are well or
ganized, well supplied with funds, determined
and confident. They appear to for
get only one thing: that this Government is
trying to save the Republic, and that its atten.
ton is not so wholly absorbed by armed rebel


lion in the field that it may not presently find
time to crush Northern treason which is con-
spring to destroy it by assassination.