Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-06
The Prephec,ed Danger.


II. IL. and natrfotic men wbo founded this
Government clearly foressw the dangers 10 which
the people would be subject. and which, ~ not
resisted and overcome would result IN the sub
version Of the free institutions they bad estab-
Hsbed The greatest danger appTeheuded by
them vas the assumption Of arbitrary power by
the FeslersI authorities. and an atiemps 70 bring
all the States under a single government. IL
"a. hop.d By them that the reserved powers of
the States would be sufficient 10 defeat such
schemes, combined With the jealous care with
which the people would ever guard the liberty
and rights Of the citizen. JONI ADAMS seemed
20 have had prophetic view of the very evils
which have fallen upon the country He ssid:
Nip the shoots Of arbitrary power in the bud
II the only maxim which can ever preserve the
Liberties of any people. When the people give
vsy. their deceiver-. betrsyefs and desiroyers
pres upon them so fast that there j. no resisting
afterwards The nature of the encroachment i
"a grow every day more eucroaching; like can
Ger u eats faster aud faster every hour.
The people failed to nip the shoots OF arbi-
trary power in the bud" aud what Is the resulti
just what he prophecied. The encroachments
Of the present Administration have daily been
more encrosching-Iike cancer it has eaten
faster and faster every hour, until the country is
.. much subject to the arbitrary will of Que man
A. Is France subject 10 the will Of its ruler.
LoUTs NsPoLEos never exercised more power, nor
has he ever had more at his control. than has
ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Aud the people have given
away 10 this exercise of arbitrary power. az
though their liberties we're not worth preserving.
IL 1922. JEsrERsoS in letter to WILLIAM 7.
BasRr, from Montioelo. uttered the following
warning:
III ever this country j. brought under sin.
gle government. IL will be one OF the most
tensise corruption. indifferent aud incapable OF
wholesome care over the whole This will not
be borne. aud you will have 10 choose between
reformation and revolution"
And the very danger which JrfFERsos feared,
the attempt to bring the whole country under a
single government. is upon The effort 10
being made 70 obterate State lines, and through
the agency OF the sword and purse make the
States mere provinces dependent upon the Fed
eral Government.
The object of the new national banking system
IL TO break dows all State banking institutions
and make the whole money power of the country
tributary to the central authorities. and there
be no more pow eriul engine to effect the purposes
of those who conspring 10 bring the nation
vnder n single rule We call attention to what
JErrKRsox predicted would follow the centraliza
ton of power In that event. he said, the Gov
eminent would be of the most extensive
rupton Already We have an exhibition OF this
evil. 7 he corruptions of the party ia power
without parallel in the history of the country
in comparison the populations of previous Ad-
ministFaiiops sink into insIgnihcauce A single
governments. } JEFFERSON said. would be ''indiffer
ent and incapable of a wholesome care over the
whole" A country OF such varied interests rs
ours requires the wholesome care Of State or
local governments To properly protect aud de-
veIop them. With few exceptions. the thirty
four States are each nations themselves, and how
can il be expected that single government would
be capable of properly caring for them allH Our
system of State Governments united together
under one for purposes in which each have a
common interest. leaving to the local sovereign
ties the sole care of their domestic concerns, is
the best which the wisdom of man ever devised
We believe with JEFFERsoS that reformation or
revolution will follow the present condition of
affairs. Either We will 90 back To the old order
Of things. or else a revolution Will take place,
the end and character of which no man can
fJresee. The policy of the Administration
has forced these Issues upon the country. The
: longer the settlement Of them is deferred the
-. a.. III.
the country must pass, and it will be well if the
people will now heed the warnings and counsels of
the two sages We have quoted, whose wisdom.
sagacity and patriotism cannot be questioned.