Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-09-17


The character Of radicalism has been illustrated
by the personality with which IL has conducted
il discussions and endeavorei TO disseminate It's
creed and doctrines. There i no radical news
paper in this country, 50 far as We know, which
gives credit 20 it, opponents for sincerity IN Their
opinions. Instead Of meeting argument with
argument, and manfuly attacking a theory OF n
policy which i believed To be erroneous, the rad
ical always attacks the man who upholds the op-
posing theory, deDounces him as a criminal and
attempts to destroy the force Of his arguments by
destroying him or his reputation. This has al
ways been the case in all countries. For rad
calism has had It's day in every civilized country,
and In all has eliminated in one or another dis
aster.
The prosecutions which have from time to time
blackened the history Of the church have been the
product of radicaiism in the high places OF re-
ligion or politics For let no man make the errr
OF supposing that radicalism is a vice of the popu
lace alone Monarchies become radical, Popes
and Cardinals become radical. Church judicato
ries and conventions become radical, all on their
Own special themes and plans. and the result IS
always the same, and always will be the same un-
Ill the heart of man is changed and instead of be-
ing radically bad is radically good.
During the past year of war there has been a
constant danger that two extremes OF radicalism
might be brought into collision in the loyal States
set a course of vindictive persecution of all who
differed from them. They affixed the title of
traitor to every man who did not 20 the whole
length of radcalism with them against Union
and the Constitution. They lodged informations
against loyal men, charging them with crimes,
for the sake of procuring their arrest and impris-
onment. Whenever man was arrested, they
descended in cloud like ravens on his unfortu-
nate reputation and tore it to pieces They de-
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mics of the country, and all the time they were
secretly undermining the foundations of Govern
ment, and rejoicing in the progress they made to
ward the overthrow of the Constitution The
difference between them and other men was that
while they worked for radical change in Amer
lean Institutions. others worries for the preserva
ton of institutions that bad been tried and found
good But the radicals have never attempted
gument on this subject. They have shouted
aloud their party cries and they saw another class
of men elevating party standard they have sud
denly taken up-a new cry of mo party" They
held conventions 20 resolve radical measures, but
unsparing in abuse and accusation of all
those who held conventions TO resolve c0nserya-
tive measures. They organized Union parties
and declared that any one else who organized a
party for The Union" was traitor
The result of all this likely to be the driv-
ing of thoughtless or passionate men into equally
radical extremes on the other SIDE The arrest OF
Democrat for Democratic speech, naturally
led men to demand the arrest of Aboltionists for
Abolition speeches. Men called on the Govern
ment to arrest both sides. One class of men ad-
vocated the arrest of those who denounced the
Administration for failures in the war, another
class called for the arrest of the men who de-
nounced it for failures in what they desired to
have its policy BY this means it came to pass
that there great danger of the two classes OF
men who demande violent measures for sup
pressing doubtful loyalty, becoming so violent in
their opposition to each other, that they would
unite, rs extremes in radicalism sometimes do
unite. in forgetting wholly the great principles of
the Constitution, and the construction of the
American Government.
But thus far the good education, the sound
loyalty of the American people, has successfully
resisted all the temptations to anarchy. Ii speaks
we'll for our people that this is so. A few ex
cited gatherings of people have INDUCED in local
demonstrations against negro labor The at
tempt of the radical papers TO charge these de-
monsuations as political plots of their opponents
failed entirely The people have been marvel
lousy well educated to patience in trying times.
The worst provocatlOn which can be given to a
populace violent and abusive attacks on
faithful and patriotic Generals who have served
their country we'll Even such attacks have led
tosnothing more demonstrat've than the contempt
VI TIC puUllC IOT TIE TduCdl Sittt l.ldt vi ldltc
them, exhibited in the ordinary way of "lettng il
alone" Surely the experience We have gone
through justifes the highest confidence in the
people. the Government at Washington may
rest perfectly confident that the people under
stand all the necessities of the times, that they
can be trusted in any emergency, that they are
true sons of America. 1t is we'll known that
radical advisers have endeavored to disturb the
confidence of the authorities in the state of the
public mind. But the best evidence that can be
given of the calm and intelligent state Of that
mind is found in the present attitude of the whole
people, exerting every energy to throw forward
the men and the means which the Government
needs, while the latter withh0lds from them the
intelligence of events which would serve to in
crease and animate their devotion, aud while, in
their political preferences and convictions such
immense numbers of the people are utterly op-
posed to the Administration, and are already or
ganizing their forces to vote against the men who
sustain it, Americans distinguish clearly between
the Government and the Administraton-N. Y.
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