Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-12-11

tegrity of the Union prominent as the first object
of the contest on our part, leaving all questions
not of vital military importance to the action OF
the Legislature Battles are about the most vio-
lent and remorseess struggles. War is carried
on by violence. IL aims to kill on the largest
scale, and in the most remorseless manner. The
ingenuity of mankind is strained to invent arms
and projectles to kill more numerously and re-
morsely OF course the President does not mean
that he has endeavored TO carry ON the war in
such way that nobody shall be hurt. He does
not mean that he has tired to avoid battles; and
vet battles exasperate the contendng armies 20
the highest pitch of rage.
The President indorses again his inaugural ad-
dress and his previous message. as containing the
whole duty Of President; and declares that like
the book of the Apocalypse, nothing can be ad-
ded TO or substFacted from those documents He
reviews the rebellion record, and shows the pro-
gress the Government has made in the regeneFa-
ton Of Maryland. the conversion of Kentucky,
the liberation of Western Virginia and the rescue
of Missouri, which he says ais comparatively
quiet" and he believes "can not again be over
run by the insurgents." 1t is probable that this
part of the message written before the retreat
from Springfield Events have somewhat modi-
fed this comparative quiet of Missouri He also
shows that the cause Of the Union has advanced
southwark TO Port Royal
Extra Session OF fhe Legislatures.
We understand that his Excelency, the Gov
ernor, had determined not to convene this body,
notwithstanding the very general opinion among
the kiowing ones to the necessity for such
convention. Whether the Governor has resolved
upon this course because Of the necessity of avoid
ing exposure OF the management of the fnan-
ca affairs of the State, whether it is the result
of a conviction on his part that there is no ex-
isting necessity for II, we are not advised; but
charity inclnes lean to the latter conclusion.
But the mode proposed by his Excelency to avoid
calling the Legislature together is one that, in
our Judgment is utterly inconsistent with Off
cial regard for the honor and integrity of the
State He proposes that Secretary Chase shall
refuse TO pay over to Indiana the amounts which
the State has advanced to the General Government
in armng and equpping the troops now in the
field, and that those amounts shall be credited
upon the assessment of the direct tax that will be
due from Indiana. Should Secretary Chase adopt
this wise financial scheme of the Governor, il will
be, on his part, and on the part of the General
Government, n declaration to the world that In
diana is either disloyal or dishonest; that the
Government has an apprehension that Indiana
will be too dishonest to pay the tax, or too
disloyal to permit the Federal officers to col
lect il.
session, in order to aid the General Government
in suppressing the insurrection. authorized loan
of two millions of dollars, and in the act proVi-
ding for this loan also provided that any amounts
which the General Government might thereafter
reimburse to the State, on account of advance
ments so made should be sacredly applied as a
fund for the eredemption of the bonds sold under
said act. A very large amount of these bonds
have been sold, and the holders of them look to
the returns from the General Government as an
important element of their security Hence the
Governor would ask the Secretary of the Treas
ury OF the United States to strike blow at the
credit of the State, and thus commit an act of bad
faith which neither the acting Governor himself
nor indeed the Legislature would have the power
to do.
Now we don't know whether there is any ne
cessity for an extra session of the Legislature,
but whether there is or not, we protest, in the
name of the loyal and honest people of the State,
against any stain upon her credit or honor for any
cause whatever. Let ten extra sessions be call
ed, rather than dishonor our public character,
even though the ambition of twenty politicians,
whether in our out of Office, should be sacrificed
by exposures Of their public record. Individual
ambition will not weigh with the people against
public integrity; and fidelity 10 all our engage
ments will be maintained, though the ambitious
schemes of every politician i'm the State should
be crushed thereby.
Neither do we believe the General Government
will require Indiana to pay her portion of the
tax year in advance of any other State, or..sid
or assist in affixing stigma upon her fame by
the suspicion of ber honesty or loyalty, to aid
Gov. Morton in advancing any of his schemes of
ambition, or to postpone record that may be
damaging to him and his co-otficials. Indiana
has not deserved such treatment at the hands OF
the General Government, and her delegation in
Congress will see to it that she will not be thus
disgraced at the solicitation of her Governor nor
of any other individual who may hereafter incline
to seek promotion or security at such fearful
sacrifce.-Madison Courier