Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-12-11
WHOLE NO. Ito.

well known that for years the editor Of this pa
per has been the opponent of Mr. BnIeHr, and he
has manifested Il whenever necessary. We
know nothing Of his plans or movements, but
when the man is dowr We viii not be 50 ungene
rous as 70 take advantage of it. Mr. BRIeHr Is
in Washington. If he is tainted with treason the
Administration and the Senate must know il. II
they permit him to hold his seat it IS the best evi
dence of the falsity Of these charges. And il IN
becomes the Journal to abuse man that il and
its political friends took to their bosOms in 1860
and who did more than any other individual in
rbe Northwest to aid the election Of Mr.. LrNcoLs.
Gratitude for past services should certainly make
these men little more generous now.
But to the conspiracy" The Journal admits
all that we charged upon Governor MoRros in
reference to his making an effort to induce Mr..
CHASE TO withhold the Indebtedness Of The
General Government OF the State as an offset
to its portion of the direct tax. The Governor
has no warrant in law to make such an ar
rangement. 1t Is an usurpation Of power But
His Excellency to advance bis personal interests
and schemes kicksaway with the utmost indifIer-
ence all the barriers of the Constitution and the
laws. The journal unites with the Governor in
doubling the loyalty and integrity of the people
of Indiana. Ii charges that they win not pay the
tax imposed for the maintenance of the Govern
ment. 1t states that the direct tar "wiIl just
about double the tax of every man in the North
for this year, and they expect the odium of this
heavy taxation, coming at time when all taxes
are so hard to meet, will create a fierce and un-
comfortable resistance 20 the Government" or, in
other words, if the collection of the tax that Con-
gress thought necessary to levy to maintain the
Government is enforced, that il viii create re
bellion in Indiana-that the people viii not
dure the war if they have to pay tax for It's
support. That, in the Journals and Governor
MoRToN's view, is the extent of the patriotism of
the citizens Of Indiana. And to keep down this
rebellion the journal advocates the increase of
our State Indebtedness, roll il up indefinitely just
so long as the State has credit to borrow money.
What is million of dollars to the people of
Indiana in a crisis like the present. 1t is but
about seventy cents to each inhabitant, yet the
Journal charges rather than pay that small sum
they would organize "a fierce and uncomfortable
resistance to the Government" People of In
diana, will you permit your loyalty and honor
to be thus impeached by dirty dsunion sheetf
But the Journal goes one step further in its
ISLANDERS upon the loyal people Of Indiana. We
copy what it says, so that injustice may be
done it.
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Districts, and portions of some others, these com
binatons exist Ito resist the collection Of tax
ss The tax in these localities win not be
paid. The property taken to pay il will not be
bought when exposed TO sale. Thus the Govern
ment will lose the tax, or a large portion OF il,
and have to bear all the odium of imposing and
collecting it."
If such state of feeling exists now, will il
probably be changed in the futuref If fact
that such combinations are formed TO resist the
colection of the tax now, is il not reasonable to
suppose they will be strengthened in the future
by the imposition of additional burdensf IL
taxes are hard to meet this year viii they not be
more burdensome as they are increasedi Such
is the apology Governor MORTON offers for
financial scheme, which he has no authority
whatever to execute more than any other citizen,
merely to prevent the assembling of the Legislas
ture where the power does rest. If an emergency
exists for borrowing money to pay the Federal
tax, the more the necessity for convening the
General Assembly. But this attempt to justify his
operations by charging disloyalty Upon the people
of the State is not only reprebensible in the ex-
treme but it is calculated TO njure the credit of
the State by destroying all confidence in their
good faith. Now the Journal and Governor
MORTON know that it is lie manufactured out
of whole cloth, to charge that dangerous COM
binations exist prevent the collection of the tax.
Citizens of the Seventh, First and Second Con-
gressional Districts ("and portions of some 9TH
ers' how do you like this wholesale libel on your
loyalty, your patriotism and your integrity by the
Governor of the State and the central organ of
the Republican partyi And it is no less SANDER
upon the fair fame of Indiana by those whose
highest duty it is TO zealously maintain and de-
fend it.