Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-03
From the New York world.
ConspiracT AEainsI Niafc HightN.

From the New York world.
Conspiracy Against state Rights.
The Republican plot tn extngush the State
sOvereignties ard consolidate all the political nd
military power Of the country in the Federal Gov
eminent, Is the most truly alarming OF the many
ominous signs Of the times This plot. We have
reason 10 believe did not take definite shape un-
al after the meeting of Congress last winter. al
though Il was dmly foreshadowed by vague out.
givings. in the Republican journals, from the
time the October State elections went sgains; the
Administration. The Times newspaper, which
seems 70 have been we'll posted il the cOunsels of
the inner circle Of Republican magnates. was. at
that early stage, lndscreet enough to suggest that
IL the opposition Governors should prove uncom-
plying or refractory they should be taken care of
by the Provost Marshals Similar limitations,
more or less vague. more or less explicit. we're
thrown out by various other Administration Jour
mails: but while the animus they disclosed could
not be mistaken. what has since trsnspired proves
that the method OF subvertng state sovereignty
had not then been determined on. The Admin
istratOn and its party had been taken too much
by surprise in their defeat in all the most impor
tant States 10 hit at once upon an Efficient
method for Deutralizing the effect of the unex-
pected blow. Had the State governments re-
NAMED in the hands their friends party disrip
line would have suffced 20 make them snbser-
we're unpreDared for a contingency which a zap
pointed their calculations: and it not Until
after the assembling Of Congress that the Repub
lican leaders had sufficiently consulted with each
other to determine upon the plan which VAS
finally adopted.
Their leading measure for the humiliation Of
State sovereignty was AT last selected with sngu
lar perspcacty. When the notorious Ben. tier
laid an attachment on the water wheel of Vac
he o a or q n
cunning The plan was TO eeislate the State
militia out of existence, by n Federal conscript
act which should dispense with the agency OF the
State Governments in raising troops, aud so pre-
pare the way for stripping the States of their
served rights by depriving them of All effective
means of resistance. The CONSUMPTION act. in
its present form, not military but political
measure. 1t would never have been adopted if
the Republicans had carried the State elections
last fall 1t was not passed as 4 means of putting
down the rebellion. but a. a means Of extnguish-
ing State rights. The method of raising tfoops
through the agency of the State GoveruDaents
had proved efficient and adequate, in the treat
and sudden strain that had been put upon il both
at the beginning of the and after the disas-
tiers last year in Virginia when IN a brief space OF
time. il gave the Government six hundrei thou
sand men. The War Department bad. in I'uhc
documents repeatedly boosted of the efficiency OF
the former method. and challenged the public
admiration for the creditable results Besides a
draft by State authority, if volunteering should
prove insufficient. would divide the odium with
the State Governments and in a great measure
divert it from the Federal Administration 4 But
the tried merits and manifest advantages a the
former system availed nothing against the eter
mnaton Of the Republicans to blot out ihs SOW
ereignty of the States. AMI the CONSUMPTION law
was cOncOcted and passed.
In nur.uapce of tho Dlot m VT ncuiSk State
rights. the Tribune has, ever since the patsag &c
Of the cOnscripton act, sought every Occasi IN 20
denounce and argue against State sovereignty, as
the Pandora's box of American politics. Other
Republican journals have chanted in the same
strain. But Of late they are troubled with ;-ppre
tensions lest the main feature of TIE plot should
miscarry. The invasion of Pennsylvania. and
the riots i'm some of our large cities. have created
demand for a refrigeration of the State. mill
tia, which threatens to upset the whole conspira
CIV The Tribune a few days ago. protest ed
against the military power of the Stale heinz per
mitted "tO lapse into the hands ofthe Governor
But in what other hands than his canAt be
lodged without subverting the State Cot Ftitu
ton. which makes the Governor CommanCkr in
Chief OF the militia? The Tribune divhlges
still more clearly this conspiracy to destroy
the sovereignty Of the States After q ',ging
out wild charges to the right and left a: INST
the Democrats. it deduces from thent thi:
most remarkable conclusions: Now ewheu
we consider these facts and draw from them the
only deductions that they possibly admit g. an
assertion that il is the intention oil the State Gov
eminent TO get into its own hands the military
power of the State is one which cannot b.: pru-
IDENTIFY diSregarded" Thus is the idea he'll, out
that it would be something very alarming. IF the
military power of the Site should remain where
the Constitution places il. and where the Fliers
Constitution recognizes it "a rightfully beloqging
The federal constitution expects the Stages to
preserve internal or,er by their own militia. aud
does not allow the interference of the cSnera
Government to aid in putting down disturbance:
except on the application Of the State Lcsiss aure
or Governor. Ii even authorizes the Stfte 10
keep. in time of war. regular troops and SHIPS OF
war in dditiOn TO their militia Ii must l:s evi
dent to the dullest apprehension that theirs is a
deliberate plot on foot 10 destroy the controI OF
the States their militia the great prS 'imi-
nary step toward the utter extinction of.Sate
sovereignty. and of the State rights reserEed by
the Constitution.