Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-09-22
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER %, 1862.

Ours shall not be the language of discord and
violence We deplOre the passionate and vindic-
tive assaults of leading Republican journals upon
thOSe holding civil military stations. Above
all, we protest in behalf of our common countrys
honor and dignity against their insubordinase and
disreSpectful language towards the President of
these United States Such language wrecks the
authority of Government and tends to anarchy
and public disorder.
For another reason We can not disband our Or
ganization No other party can save this coun-
try. lt alone has clearly defined purposes and
well settled principles. 1t has been we'll said in
our Congressional Address, that under its guild
ance:
From FIVE millions the population increased to thirty
millions. The revolutionary debt extinguhed Two
foreign wars were successfully prosecuted with moder-
ate outlay and small army and navy, and without the
suspension of the habeas corpus without niraction
Of the Constitution; without u>urpaon of power;
without suppresSing single newspaper; without imps
Oning single editor without limit The freedom Of the
press or Of speech in or Of Congress, but in the
midst of the grosest abuse Of both aud without the
rest Of single traitor though the Hartford Conven-
tOn during of the wars, and in the other Senators
invited the enemy 10 greet our volunteers with bloody
hands and welcome them to hospitable graves''
During all this time wealth increased, business Of all
kinds multiplied, prosperity smiled ON every side, taxes
were low, high, the North and the Sou fur
shed market for each others products at good prices
public liberty was secure, private rights undisturbet;
TO a passports for travel, polc. spies,
no nformers, no bases; the right TO assemble peacea
speech free ballot and free press; and all this time
the Constitution maintained and the Union of the States
preserved.
WHY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY CANNOT SAVE THE
COUNTRY.
On the other hand, the very character of the
Republican organization makes 1t incapable of
conducting the affairs of the Government For
a series of years it has practised system Of CO.
alitiOns with men differing in principle until it
can have no distinctive policy. In such chaotic
masses the violent have most control They
have been educating their followers for years.
through the press, not to obey laws which did not
accord with their views. How con they demahd
submission from whole communities, while they
contend that individuals may oppose laws opposed
to their conscience>? They are higher law men.
They insist that the contest in which we are en-
gagged is an irrepressible one, and that therefore
the South could not avoid it. unless they were
willing the outset to surrender all that the alb
OtiOuists demanded. To declare that this con
test is irrepressible declares that our fathers
formed Government which could not stand
Are such men the proper guard ans of this Gov
cTnmentr Have not their speeches and acts
given strength to the rebellion and have they not
also enabled its leaders TO prove to their deluded
followers that the contest was an rrepresSible
one?
But their leaders have not only asserted that
this contest was rrepressible, unless the South
would give up what extreme Republicans de-
mand, (their local institutOns) but those in pow
er have done much to justify this ebellion in the
eyes Of the world. The guilt of the rebellion is
determined by the character Of the Government
against which /. is arrayed. The right OF revo-
luton, in the language of President Lincoln, is
sacred right when exerted against bad Gov
eminent
We charge that this rebellion is most wicked
because it is against the best Government that
ever existed. 1t is the excellence of our Govern
ment that makes resistance crime. Rebellion
is not necessarily wrong. 1t may be an act of the
highest virtue-it may be one of the deepest de-
pravty. The rebellion of fathers is our
prOudest bOast-the rebellion of our brothers is
the humiliation of our nation, is our national dis
grace To resist bad Government Is patriot
ism; to resist good one is the greatest guilt.
The first is patriotism, the last is treason Legal
tribunals can only regard resistance of laws as
crime, but in the forum OF public sentiment the
character of the Government will decide if the
act is treason or patriotism.
Our Government and its Administration are
different things, but in the ewes of the civilized
world abuses, weakness or folly in the conduct of
affairs 20 far to justify resistance. | have read
to YOU the testimony of Messrs Greeley Weed
Bryant, Raymond and Marble charging fraud,
corruption, outrage and nconpetency upon those
in power. Those who stand up TO testify TO the
incompetency of these representatives of Il dis
cOrlant party 10 conduct the atfIrs of our Gov
ernment are politically opposed TO US. Bear in
mind that the embarrasSments of President Lin
coin grow out of the conflicting views of his pO-
litica friends, and their habits and principles of
insubordinaton. His hands would he strength
ened by Democratic victory, and ii his private
prayers are answered, we will relieve him from the
pressure of philanthropists who thirst for blood,
and who call for the determination of the men,
women and children of the South. The brutal
and bloody language OF partisan editors and pO-
b.. ..Ft
civilized world in a contest where all mankind
should be upon one side.
Turning to the legislative departments of our
Government. what do we sect In the history of
the decline and fall OF nations there are no more
striking displays of madness and folly. The as
semblage OF Congress throws gloom over the
tiOn its continuance III session is more disastrous
than defeat upon the battlefield IL excites alarm
and disgust.
The public are disappointed in the results Of the
war. This is owing the differing objects of the
people on the hand. and ianaical agitators in
and out of Congress on the other. In the army,
the Union men of the North and South battle side
by side, under one flag, put down rebellion and
uphold the Union and Constitution. In Congress,
fanatical majority make war on the Union men
of the South and strengthen the hands of Seces-
sonists bv words and acts which enable them TO
keep alive the flames of civil war. What is done
on the battle field by tn, blood and treasure of the
people, Is undone by Senators. Halt OF the time
is spent in factous measures designed to DESTROY
all confidence in the Government at the South,
and the rest in annoying our army, in meddng
with its operations, embarrassing our Generals
and in publishing undigested and unfounded scan
dal. One party is seeking to bring about peace
the other TO keep alive hatred and bitterness 10y
interlerences. They prove the wisdom of Solo
mon, when he said: 1T is an honor to a man 10
cease from strife, but every fool will be med
| ding"
This war cannot be brought to a successful
conclusion or our country restored to an houora-
| BILE peace under the Republican leaders for
! other reason. Our disasters are mainly due TO
the fact thai they have not dared 10 tell the truth
to the community. A system of misrepresen
tation had been practised so long and sue
cessfully that when the war burst upon us they
feared to let the people know its full proportions
and they persisted in assuring their friends that il
was but passing excitement They still assert
ed that the South was unable to maintain AM
carry on a war They denounced traitor
every man who tried to tell the truth and TO
warn our people OF the magnitude of the con
test.
Now, my Republican friends, you know that
the misapprehensions of the North with regard
TO the South has drenched the land with blood.
| Was this ignorance Accidentally l appei! TO you.
Republicans, If for years past, through the press
and IN publications which have been urged upon
your attention by the leaders Of your party, you
have not been taught to despse the power and
resources Of the South? | appeal to you to say
ii this teaching has not been part OF the ma
chnery by which power has been gainedf l ap-
peal to you TO answer il those who tried to teach
truths now admitted have not been denouncedr
appeal to you IL book. beyond all Others,