Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-01-10

have no rights-that all power is really csntered
az Washington. Each Of these dOcmas i in d.
rect coniiict with tire theory OF our Government.
and each 1fthem. II carried ost mustTesnIt in
tlle creation OF despOtc system IN the place OF
The Constitu;ion.
dent, denied all necessary power by the Confei
crate organization, must become a usurper in or
der to govern successfully. The assumed sover-
eighty OF the States would. n; critical moments,
conflict with the safety Of the nation or with his
ambitious views. Necessities. too will arise
which will compel and Tor the time Justify. the
use OF authority which has been expressly with
held. 1henceioFth the Constitution Is waste pa
per. The Northern beresy, however, IS more di
rest 10 is path 10 the rain Of our present free
dom. While is Southern co-laborer concedes
too little strength 20 the General Gov ernment il
demands for il TOO much The whole abolition
idea Is founded on centralized and absolute pow
er. Ii IS \ departure from no. wrong con
struction Of, the Constitution. IL assumes
grounds OF conscience. military rights. and above
ALL the necessities of a political party, the ba-
SIS of it, action, instead Of the plain terms of
that instrument Ii never has denied this. Its
Greeieys. Summers, Hales and others, have had a
short and plain expression Of the intensity OF
their reasonable sentiment in their maxim that
the Constitution is a league with hell and a Gov
luton az an opportunities a means 20 an end
a workman would a convenient tool. They
desire to use il 10 change the Government. They
nourished it into life for that purpose. They have
voted men and supplies for that. and that alone
and the instant they find they cannot be success
full, they will submit to any terms. however hu-
initiating, IN order 10 get the South out of the
Union. They are endeavoring 20 institute n rev.
olution in the North. while they pretend to OPP
pose rebellion in the seeded States.
IN pursuance of this project they have gener-
ally favored the most brutal revolutionary meas
ures against the enemy. They have clamored
for the hanging OF priyateersmen and other pris
oners, when they knew that to do so, would be 70
sign the death warrant Of hundreds Of loyal off
GERS and soldiers IN the Confederate prisons
They have demanded, and still demand. the
emancipation and the arming of slaves. when
they know that, 10 do So would drive every
Union Shareholder to the cause of the rebels and
would make the land such scene of plumber.
lust and olo0dshed, as would arouse the ndigna-
ton and active effort Of every civilized nation
against Us. They have wiliully proposed to treat
the slaves of loyal they would those of dislOyal
persons. They were proscrptiye and tyrannical
when the war broke out; resolute TO gag public
opinion; in favor of suppressing the freedom o.
speech, and OF the press; in favor of illegal i'm
priSouments, ana of every measure of severity
which either fright or vindictiveness suggested
| They are somewhat cured of this last, now that
| they find that Mr.. Lincoln will not be supple in
strnTnent in their hands, and that II il as easy &c
send an Aboiitonist as a Secessionist to Fort La.
fayette or Fort Warren.
These men in minority in the nation, but
they constitute strong body on the floor of Con
gress. Their very action and expression Is widen
ing the breach between the North and the South
increasing the expenses OF the war, and deierrng
the restoration of the Union. They act as if they
were fighting foreign foe and not men with
whom we are again to live in peace aud fellow
citizenship. They discard the idea of concila-
ting or even OF respecting the loyal shareholders
They are blind 10 the advantages of any policy
by which they may reassure the deluded follower:
of Jeff Davis of the safety Of themselves and
their property under the Government. The,
persstently treat the present crisis as the end OF
Democratic institutions IN the United States, for
they Danish the Constitution, which alone EN-
bodies those institutions, from their principles and
their actions.-DefToit Free Press.