Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-25
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A distinguished patriot of this State writes to
US as follows:
"GENTLEMEN: Your paper says nothing of the
proposed meeting Of the War Democracy at
Chicago. on the 25th. Is it an abolition dodge,
or a enough affair? | always fear cat in
the meal in such cases. Yours. &c"
The fear expressed by our correspondent is
rational. and it justly applies to this case in par
ticular well as to such cases i'll general The
proposed meeting is called under the auspices of
men in Illinois and Indiana who have acted here
tofore with the radicals, and who intend to act
hereafter with the radicals. The men in
question radicals to all ntents and purposes
The object of the meeting is indeed simply to
reinforce the radical ranks in the coming Pres-
Dental contest. This fact is well underst TODD on
all sides, and is evinced sufficiently by the ap-
pause the movement receives from the most
ultra radical journals and by the condemnation it
receives from the most judlcious conservative
journals. For example. the Chicago Tribune, as
radical as its New York namesake. warmly APP
plauds the movement, while the Chicago Post "a
conservative its Boston namesake, warmly
condems the movement and 80 with the radical
aud conservative journals in general. The for
mer uniformly cheer the movement: the latter
uniformly stigmatlze IT,
Our correspondents suspicion is undoubtedly
Just. The affair is an abolition dodge IA cat
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kin second appearance in the conservative meal
tub. and particularly as he was both detected and
exposed on his first appearance, We think the
dodge may be fairly considered rs played out
The phrase War Democrat in the mouths ofthe
radicals has come to be very well compre
hended by the public Ii can no longer deceive
anybody. Every Democrat who is a cOnserva-
tive is really War Democrat, and the appela-
ton in the mouths of conservatives signifies no
mi ur loss han no tive
ITSELF though. the appellation is much
abused by the radicals, the conservatives would
in our judgment act wisely to drOp it altogether
Its Specification is very different in the
mouths of the radicals. and it is in
their mouths all the time. When the
radicals praise a man for being "War Demo-
GRAFT" or deaounce him for not being one they
do lot mean a Democrat who is in favor of tue
war, hut a Democrat who is in favor of the rad-
cal aim and management of the war-a Demo
crat, in short, who supports the radical ticket
They mean such Democrat as Benjamin +.
Butler or Andrew Johnson, or Robert Dale
Owen In a word. the phrase War Democrat"
in the mouths of the radicals is merely another
form of expression for abolitioniZed Democrat
Aud this the public now comprehend. Hence
the phrase has lost whatever power to deceive il
may have once possessed. 1t is fast becoming a
name of Opprobrum and of weakness, instead of
a name OF power. The radicals have diSgraced
il, as they disgrace or Tend to disgrace everything
else thew touch For this reason We do not
apprehend that the meeting at Chicago will do
the radicals much good or the country much hurt
II will be a sort of farce in which the actors laugh
in each others faces Louisville Journal.