Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-08-14

sympathy with the present rebellion, and, in an
emphatic manner, announced TO them that their
conduct was being observed by Uigilant men, and
the moment they took single step beyond the
strictest legal limits, they would be dealt with &C
cording to the sternest mandate of the law"
What does his Excellency, the CommaEder-in-
Chief of the Army and Navy of the State of
Indiana, ard head of the secret police thereof,
mean by these declarationsl 1t has either some
significance or else il said for buncomb.
Who is he driving att Does he mean JOIN G..
DAVIS? If so, we venture the assertion that Mr..
DAVIS has more true patriotism and sincere desire
for the perpetuity Of the Union in his little finger
than his Excelency has in his entire big bodyl
Does the Governor intend to set up standard of
his own-a MORTON testify which to judge the
loyalty of the free citizens Of Indiana who may
not happen to think as he dOesg We say in all
candor that more devish sentiment, in the
sense the Governor intended it, was never uttered
by any despot who has disgraced Gods footstool.
Its object is mischief 1t was intended to stir up
civil strife in Indiana; to crush out free speech;
to incite prejudice against the true men of the
State, who, while sustaining the Government
cheerfully and zealously in the hour of its trial,
still think that the war could have been avoided,
but if continued. should be waged to maintain
the Constitution, not to subvert and overthrow IT,
We know of no man in Indiana less loyal to the
Government, and less anxious to preserve the
Union in the spirit and for the objects for which
it was formed than OLIVER p. MoRroS, notwith
standing his affected regard for the "stars and
stripes" There is no sympathy in Indiana for
the rebellion except by such men the Ed
itor of the indianapolis JournaI-but there is a
deep-seated and inextinguishable opposition to
the doctrines and policy of the Republican party
The leaders of that political organization
brought the present difficulties upon the
country, and they incapable OF
extricating it from the dilemma in which they
have placed it. They have succeeded in destroy
ing, but they are unable to preserve or recon
struct For years the Democracy have been pre-
dieting the present state of affairs, if sectional
and geographical party should triumph. And
now, when a fearful crisis is upon the country
contest brought about by the dogmas of the Re
publican party, Governor MORTON, in his Rock.
vile speech, argued ''that there was no parts
question in it," Who have voted steadily at the
last and the present sessions of Congress against
all propositions, honorable and equitable, thai
would have restored peace and harmony to the
country? The adoption of the CRITTENDEs
propositions at the last session of Congress
would have satisfied the South--we state
this upon the testimony of JEFF. DAVIS anc
ROBERT TooNBs-but the Republican Represen
tatives voted them down. And yet Governor
MoRroN publicly announces that "vigilant men
are DIGGING the tracks of the men whose sho,
latchets he is unworthy to unloose-men who
with unsel6sh patriotism have always sustained
the Constitution and the Union. What would
Governor MORTON have done without Democrat
ic support, and where would President LINcoL,
now be if he was not sustained by the gallan
Democratic officers and men, who number more
than half the armyf Yet Governor MoRTo'
threatens to hound the tracks and paddock tn,
| lips of such men who dare question the sagacity
and policy of the Republican Administration
His Rockville speech, in the spirit in which it wal
intended, will be worse than a blister to hin
through his political life.