Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-17

. wxsHlxeros. Dec IL.
The passage By the Hoase OF Representatives
OF the bill which had already pissed the Senate.
for the admission into the Union ct the bogus
State of West Virginia" is an instance. and
perhaps the most glsring and hagrant example
that will be furnished during the whole session.
Of the ~1lleD and d9cged determination OF The
radical majority 10 aide f0ughshod over the Con.
sfitatIons vi the despOtic powers which the PreSi
dent his assumed; AMI OF the fearful danger we
are running OF losing every sesiige OF ia I form
OF government which established by Wash
ngtun and bis contemporaries. The secret facts
connected with this matter are follows:
Soon after the commence ment of the present
troubles. certain ambitious republicans resid-
ing in the western part OF Virginia came tn this
city and had an interview With the President aud
with all the members OF the Cabinet except Mr.
Cameron, who was hen Secretary of War. They
gave out, while here, that they had teen sent for
10y the President. and the probability is that they
told the truth Certain II l., they returned to
their homes elaled az the prospect of very soon
beng the Governor, the Senators. the judges,
and the other chief State officers OF Stale:
and very soon after, the incpent steps were taken
la order To cause a few OF the western counties
III Virginia To secede from that State, and To torn
new State, which was to have the eupnonlous
designation OF hanawna.
1 need not reeapituIate the arguments proving
the unconsiitationafty OF the admission as a
State of these counties They will be found in
the able speeches of Mr. Conway, OF Kansas;
Mr.. Logan. of Virginia, anu Mr.. Thaddeus
Stevens. Of Pennsy Ivania, who. ~ his honor be
it said, refused 90 be dragooned into the support
of the wicked bill. But the readers OF the Times
ought TO keep constantly in mind the following
facts in relatiun to this grave subject list, The
State of Virginia is as murh one and indivi>able
the State Oh Illinois Ii is not IN the power of
a small fraction OF her people ~ divide her any
more than IL is in the power of large portion OF
her people 10 dra. her out of the Union. The
people oil the north vest counties OF Illinois have
much right to seeede from the State oil Illinois,
ana form ''the State Of Gnlena.' the people of
these westerns counties OF Virginia have TO form a
new State out OF part OF Virginia. The fact
that the State of vi, gina is ia rebellion does not
altes the case Virginia Is still one OF the nied
States. No one can deny that Whenthe Union
Is restored. she will take her place again IN the
Union a. one oi the States. But never, necer vii!
she return to the Union shorn of her strength.
curtaiIed OF her fair proportions. or with an inch
OF her territory taken from her.
2d The designs of the President and his Cabi
net are 10y these Developments completely un-
masked Those designs contemplate nothing
less than the assumption of irresponsible and die
tatoral powers by the Administration; the crea
ton OF at least six new States carved III this man
ner OF six existing States: the admission INTO
The Union also, as States. OF tour or five new
Territories with the certainty of getting from
these ten or eleven new States less than
twenty or twenty-five new Senators, creatures
who will owe their seats in the SenaIe to the IN
trieues OF the Administration, and who will be
but the savish instruments TO execute the be
10 ffx+..
These are the risks We are running from our
Republican" Administration; Ks involving
the utter subversiVn OF our republican form oi
government, and It's chinge into the most grind
ing tyranny and the most absolute despOti>m
Perhaps the lesson needed. in orrler that the
people might learn tile value OF Democratic
principles Certain il is, that when year from
next fall, the people have an opportunity to ex
press their sentiments IN regard 10 "Repuhllcan
rule. they will do il with emphasis that will be
the end OF this bogus kind of "Republicansm
forever.
Ii is pleasing to look through the gloom that
now envelops the nation to the bright future that
is certainly IN store tor two Years hence. By
that time the madness which has ruled the hour
hitherto will have passed away. BY that time.
the Congress. whose powers will legally com
mence on the 4th OF March next will have done
much toward preparing the Wa, for a restoration
OF the Union When once the South is con
WINGED that the Northern States have repuii.te ed
that odous political heresy, modern "Republi-
canism" ami have returned To the Democratic
faith, aud have planted their feet firmly on the
rock OF the Constitution they will have object
in continuing the war any longer. but will la,
down their arms and return to the Union. There
is little prospect that the war will terminate he
fore that time unless it is terminated by foreign
intervention Ii it is managed in the future as
il has been i'm the past. il will certainly not have
successful termination. But il may be dragged
on Tor two Years longer. till our rivers run red
with blood, tiIl half million of men have fallen
victims to Republican" fanaticism. and till the
land is filed with widows and orphans, whose cry
for justice will not lie uLheeded
Then. when all this is past. will come the re
action. The Union will be restored az of old
Congress will once more reas>emhle, with tull
delegation IN both houses from the fifteen South
ern States. 4 Democratic President will send in
Democratic message. Ii will have something
TO say about white people, and the interests OF
white men. The Congress will proceed 10 bust
ness Il Sumner, and Lovejoy. and Wilson, and
W ade and Ch indIer are there. they will take care
To keep civil tongues in their heads. and 10 speak
gingerly when they allude to ''our maynard sis
ters'' United aud powerful once more. no foreign
nation will again dare To insult us. The Monroe
doctrine will be revived and enforced All things
will be restored a. they were before the war, and
before the election which led To the The
stars and stripes will wave over every State. But
the institutions OF every State will he LETT for each
State tn regulate for themselves. Slavery being
"A necessity in the Southern States, it will exist
there. All the unjust and Illegal and unconstitu-
tional legislation OF the present Congress will be
repealed by the Congress If The Irhole nation then.
The men who strut their briei hour now will then
be consigned to an endless oblivion. The -four
Years OF " Republican" rule will be IA thing of the
past--an epoch OF warning for the future We
will be weighed down by the burden OF heavy
taxes and enormous debts; but we will be once
more united and free The land will be filled
with de~olate homes and aching hearts. and for
these there can he no earthly recompense. But
with the Union as it was aud the Constitution as
il is. We Will take fresh start ia oar national
life with the terrific experience OF the past Tor
our warning in all ages 10 come 1t Is such "A
conSumma,ion which the radicals of this Con
sress are striving TO avert. y.