Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-04
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The whole affair was. therefore, an expression
of hostility to the Administrations, without any
expression of hostility to the rebels.
The best answer to this lying declaration isthe
action of the Convention itself. The third reso-
luton reads thus:
That the Constitution. the American Union,
and the laws made under and by the authority of
the Constitution, must be preserved and main
tanned in their proper and rightful supremacy
that the rebellion now IN arms against them must
be suppressed and put down, and that it is the
duty of all good citizens to aid the General Gov
eminent in all measures necessary and proper TO
that end.
The rebellion against the Constitution, the
American Union, and the laws made under and
by the authority of the Constitution, must be sup
pressed and put down, says the Convention. Is
that not expression, a most decided expression, of
hostility to the rebels? Did the so. called
Union Convention express itself in terms more
decided?
The Convention also declared that it is the
duty of all good citizens to aid the General Gov
eminent in all measures necessary and proper TO
put down the rebellion. Yet the Journal charg-
es that the entire proceedings of the Convention
were an expression Of hostility to the Admins
tration. We fail to see any foundation for its
charge.
But the Journal is dissatisfied because the De
mocracy will not furnish all the men necessary
to fill lndiana's quota under the recent call OF
the President. OF the sixty or seventy thousand
men Indiana has sent 10 the field, at least four
ffths are Democrats. 1t is certainly no more
than right that the Republicans should furnish an
equal number, especially as in offering and
contracting, in the positions of honor and profit
they have had the lions share.
The Republican organ, while protesting 'no-
partyism," looks at the war, and the means for
its prosecution, only through partisan spectacles
1t SAYS:
If the army is not recruited, the rebels will be
strong enough to defeat the Government. If i
is recruited, it will be solely from the ranks oil
the Union men, and that increases BY thousands
of votes their chances of acquiring power which
they mean to use at once to give the rebellion
free course ami final success.
And then it adds:
We don't believe, we knolc, that the mel who
are leading this movement would use the frs
moment of power to give the rebels all they de
manded, aud that is their purpose as surely as Goo
lives.
What is the meaning of these lying declara
tionsI Nothing less than to advise the Republi
cans to cease recruiting and stay at home to re
tain partisan power. That is the sum and sub
stance of its appeal. 1t would like to see tn,
army filled up entirely with Democrats, to have
them make all the efforts and sacrifices necessary
to overcome the rebellion, and let such Republi
cans as the editor of that print stay at home to bt
who talk the loudeSt upon street corners about thu
necessity and duty of suppreSsing the rebellion
should illustrate their boasted patriotism by facing
the foe and taking part in the toll and p%rivatiou;
necessary to accomplish that result. The logic o.
the Journal is as much at fault as its facts. i
charges disloyalty upon the Democracy and sym
pathy With the rebellion, and then censures then
for not recruiting, or rather for not filling up th,
ranks SO that its party may stay at home. IL know.
that il utters a most infamous falsehOod when il
says the Democracy would use the first moment
of power to give the rebels all they demanded
Whatever difference of opinion may exist as t.
the cause and necessity of the war, they recog
nize the fact that "war exists" and that it is th,
duty of all good citizens to aid the General Gov
eminent in all measures necessary and proper tc
put down the rebellion. This duty tEey will. "a
they have, cheerfuIly render.
What constitutes the rebelliOnl Is il not dis
obedience to the Constitution and the lawsl /
we disregard the Constitution and the laws do W,
not become equally criminal with the rebels
The Democracy want to uphold the Constitution
not overthrow it; they desire to preserve thu
Union, not destroy it, and they wish to secure t.
the citizen that individual liberty and freedom o
opinion that until now has been the distinguish
Ing and attractive feature of American institu
tons. To secure these ends they will make
every sacrifice, but they can have no sympathy
with a policy which looks to the destruction o
constitutional liberty.
The Journal. as a representative of the public
sentiment like it. is unable to comprehend thu
motives of the Democracy. We kRoo that bu
one consideration influences them. and that is tC
preserve both liberty and the Union-the incom
parable blessings which the American people
know from experience flows from a free, consti
tutional Government. The Democracy are pow
erless in the prosecution Of the war, and all thel
demand is that it shall not be conducted solely L
secure a Government, but the Government unde
which for three quarters of a century we attained
power, wealth and happiness unequalled by an.
other nation.