Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-09-26

hurtfui 60 far as lie own purpose i concerned.
IL Il mere brHfHn fufnea. but Il viii prove only /
to- edectual for the PURPOSES q the enemy. IL
i a gigantic usurpation. unrelieved By The prom
ise OF a solitary advantage hoeever minute and
faint, Do, on the contrary Hggfava;ed by the me-
nace Of great and uumixed evil
Kentucky can NOT and viii not acqHiesce in
this measure Never. As little viii she allow
IL % bill her devotion % tie cause thus cruelty
imperrllied anew. The Government our fathers
framed - one thing. aud a thing above prIce;
Abraham Lincoln, the Temporary occupant Of the
executive chair, j. another thing. AMI a thing OF
comparatively little worth. The one IS an indi
vidual, the sands Of whose Official existence are
running fast. and who. when bis ofhcal existence
shall end, will be more or les than any other
individual. The other Is grand political sfruc-
ture IN which i contained the treasures and ener
gie~ % civilization, and from whose lofty aud
shining dome, seen from the shores Of all cline,
center the eager hopes Of mankind. What Abra
ham Lincoln as President does OF fails 10 do may
exalt or lower our estimation OF himself but not
OF the great and benihcent Government OF which
he Is out the temporary servant. The temple IS
the less sacred and precious because the priest
Laws an unlawfal sacrifice upon the altar The
loyalty of Kentucky is not TO be shaken by any
mad act OF The President. II necessary, she will
resist the act, and aid in holding the actor To a
just and laviul accountability. but she will never
lift her own hand against the glorious fabric be
cause he has bndly or crimiualy smitten il. She
can not be so false 70 herself as this She IS in
capable of such guilt and folly.
The President has fixed the first OF next Jan
uary AS the time for his proclamation 10 20 into
effect Before that time the North will be called
upon TO eject members OF Congress, and the new
Congress will assemble We believe that the
proclamation will strike the loyal people OF the
North in general with amazement aud adherence
We know il We appeal TO them TO manifest
their righteous detestation by returning To Con
greSs none ont the ayOwed and Jealous adverse
ries oil this measure. Let the revocation OF the
proclamation be made the oyershadowing issue,
and let the voice OF the people at the polls, fol-
lowed by the voice of their Representatives IA
Congress, be heard in such tones OF remOnstrance
and Of condemnation. that the President. aroused
TO a sense Of his tremendous error, shall not hes
tate 10 withdraw the measure. The vital interests
OF the country demand that the proclamation
shall be revoked, the sooner the better, and, until
it il revoked, every loyal should unite IN Wig
orOuslv working Tor it, revocation. If the Pres
ident by any means Is pressed away from the
Constitution and his own pledges, he must be
pressed back again and held there by the strong
arm of the people.
The game of pressure is one that two can play
at; and 1t IL no slight reproach to the cOnserva
tive men OF the country that heretoiorethey have
not taken their fair share in this game played
at the national capital The radicals have been
allowed TO have The game too much 10 themselves.
We nope this reproaeh will now be wiped away
The Louisville Democrat thus crtcists this
traordinary document:
The President of the United States has st own
frequently determination 10 resist the radlcaIsm
of bis party although his efforts to resist appear
I'd 81. Twin
The proclamation of yesterday morning shows
that the Abo,ionsts have pressed him into their
SERVICE entirely, but virtually. The long
licted proclamation hes come. 1t Is virtually
what the radicals desire. Although they can still
find fault with il. they will accept it As a hopeful
sign OF progress. Those who desire the Union as
it was and the Constitution as it is can Low expect
little aid from the President.
On what shadow of authority can the President
rest this proclamation? VIII military necessity
cover act of this sortY Ii it WILL then may not
State organizations be abolished and State lines
oblerated by a military procamationg May not
political rights be conferred OF slaves bs procla-
nation in all the States, free as well as slavey
May not Indiana and Illinois be compelled TO al
low negroes TO make their homes in those States?
May not all provisions OF State Constitutions be
overriden by simyle proclamation. of the Presi-
dentf Slaves can nc. be set Tree in this State un
less they removed from It's limits; that is
constitutional provislon-can it be overriden by a
proclamation? fla State can not nullify plain
right OF the Federal Government, where does the
Federal Government get the power to nullify the
right OF Slater In our opinion the President
has much right 70 abolish tie institution oi
marriage or the laws OF State regulating the re
lation OF parent and child, as TO nuliy the right
of IA State to regulate the relations of the white
and black races. This atteDpt % execute laws,
by tFampling laws equally valid under foot. ab-
surd. BY all true interpretations OF military ne
ces>ity. the power dies with the necessity--it has
no permanent vitality.
Bat none are 10 he compensated until they prove
their loyalty. and how Is that 10 be doney How
l. man To give any demonstration of his loyalty
where loyalty is not pr0teciedi Cannot the Presi
dent reflect that il there no manifestations of
loyalty in the seeded States, il is the fault or
misfortune OF the Government itselfi The Gov
erament has not been able to protect the loyal
sentiment in the seeded States Indvidua ;
there under rigid. despotic, de facto Govern.
ment; they are forced To silent acquiescence ut
lest: and often forced into the rebel army In
vain have they looked to the Government to pro
tect them. Thousands have waited and waited
and given IL up IN despair; although far better
Union men than the Abolition cohorts who have
demanded this proclamation.
In the name OF Eternal Justice. what right has
Government To inlet penalties for disloyalty
produced by the impotence OF the Government
itseiif Let il first show It's power protect the
citizen against the deSpotism OF the rebellion, and
give him chance to be loyal and then punish
him Il he remains disloya,, by Constitutional pen
alues. not by arbitrary pr0camati0ns against laws
and Constitutions. When the Government is able
to do this, the rebellion Is over, and the military
necessity the only plea Tor this exercise of I'm
warrantable power, ceases. SO that there can be
rasionally no place for it.