Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-10-17
From The Journal a Commerce,


IRON the elections, without reference 70 the
question which side = in q .m III nj irity. The
must important consideration j. the tact th,t the
country i 30 entirely divided in sentiment, aud
the forces OF the two parties are 20 nearly equal
IL becomes the Administration at " ashingtOn to
look at this matter with open eyes. For two
years, i has been pleasant pastme for men
connected With the Administration party 10 abuse
their political opponents. calling them traitors,
and procuring their seizure and incarceration "a
such. Newspapers have been stopped. mObs
have been lncitei 10 acts OF barblrOus violence
against Conservative eiUzens. Que and another
threat has beeu m sie, sni pat IN execuuDn. bv
virtue OF Administration power, against the un
fortunate members OF the opposition marty until
there j. ptrt Of the world where the new
american system Of arbitrary seizures ami pun
i-hmenfs u not told With wonder and aston n
ment To listening crowds vino have thus lost their
hope Of liberty in this land All this vas done
with the insane notion that il would frighten
American citizens and prevent the accumulation
OF an opposition party in this country. WHAT has
been the resultl IL has N ade This grand division
of the people OF the North which see,
and which will be illustrated by the elections this
fail. whichever purity shall be in the majoriiy IL
his built up "A strong INSTRUMENTATION party,
and bur for the strenuous eif,rts OF Conservative
men, il would have driven that party bodily into
a position against the war and against the Admin
lstrsiion in each and all of It's acts It was what
might have been expected. what wise men did
expect. You cannot trighien AmercianS. MS a
class by the threat of arbitrary Imprisonment.
There are some men who may be thus Influenced
enough under certain contingencies perhaps To
control election especially 1t the State be close
But IL is impossible Tor men to violate the lIber
ties OF free people. rs the present Admlnlslra
ton has violated them. in continuous succession
of instances, by a determined aud avOwed policy,
without producing result such now be-
hold--the appearance of strong opposition party
in the field, which holds the destinies of the ma
ton in its hand-, and which may save or destroy
the Government itself For that this power now
exists in the hands Of the Democratic party is too
manifest to tie denied IL ia To this that We
would direct the earnest attention of the gente-
men who ae in Washington, surrounded by the
m,sts which always prevent Washington politi-
clans from seeing the condition OF the couHIry.
Ii the opposition were to take the position which
the Administration year ago invited them 10
take. when il dismissed an officer from the army
Tor distributing Democratic tickets at the polls in
his own Stnte-iC the great conservative, Demo-
cratic, or mixed party, whatever its name which
will poll an immense vote against the Admins
tration policy. should indeed place itself on the
anti war. anti Union platform. which thee dmiu.
striton pre,ends To believe it is on. The fate of
the Union and of the Government would be sealed
within the next thirty DAYS, whether il carre-
| OHIO and pennsylvania. or is deleatel there. But
the fact stands out notorious TN Il the Government
| derives rs best support from these very men who
will this fall against the Administration
| From their rockets comes the money. from their
ranks the soldiers of the army. They have fur
nshed three put of every four Sighting men in the
cause OF the Union. aud they lave done Thu
under a storm Of oSliquy such as never before
! lpd Al . adj
! But the Administration party needs warning
not ~ continue the treatment which IN then
! temporary exercise o power they have been EN-
/ boldened to give 10 their opponents There may
| bea point ct endurance beyond which il is moi
possible To 90 Remember that, with all the pa
tronage, all the contracts. all the Offices ali m,
money! and with all the ability 70 affect Sttts
elections by sending home picked soldiers to vote
il il still question ot DOUBT whether the Admin
istratinn party can claim much one half o
the voters of the North At the best. il csnno
claim more than half If. then. the constant
| accusation is true that the opposition plrty sym
pathizes with the rebels aud il triitor0us party
if 1t he true that the great Democratic vote is
vote in the interest of jeff ID wis., then We hav,
staring IA in the face the terrible fact that ih,
rebel party his A M )rity in the United Stite,
| Just equal 20 the entire voting population of I'll,
S ,uthern ST te>l II the stories which the radica
| press t'u oftprS tell Us aDOut the DeUhfcracN
correct. it Mr.. Stanton's order dismissing m
off rer from the army for distributing Democratic
tickets proper order, one which ought t.
| have been nude in consideration of the treasOna
able character of the Democratic party. then it !,
time to abandon the war IA hopeless. for the
rebels. inste ID OF being in small minority art
in that case i'm 'joritv Of millioi,-i
Do the Administration really believe this? d.
they reflect on the position 10 which they are
| - a.,
are men in the Republican ranks who see thi,
| possibility in the future. and hope to have il be
come "A fact They desire diSunion. They have
| been working for il before the war and i'm til,
war. They would in all probability rejoice tC
see the Democrats of the North in actua
alliance with the rebels of the South. Sc
that d -union might be accomplished But the
conservative men in the Republican ranks are
blind 10 this possibility and allow themselves tC
| he used by the radicals for the very purpose OF
bringing it about When radical hbOlitioni>ts
abuse and Witty Democrats, they do no harm
| Their character i known, and their epirhets are
| harmless But when conservative Republican,
| allow themselves to become parties to the accu-
sation of their cons, rvative Democratic neigh
! bors Is traitors. they do great injury TO the m
/ tional cause aud incur great danger. Con
sentative men at all parties ought e. be acting
! together. The Presidential campaign Is ap
! preaching. and in that campaign the grand ques-
ton will be whether we shall destroy the nation
| by ahotionSm and its ahomInable and mora
heresie> rs old and sworn enmitv 20 the Union
or whether we shall cling to the Constitution ans
save the Union In that campniin conservative
men will work together il they are patriots
/ With reference TO that work in the future. i
would be we'll now to heel up these difference
rather than ageravate them. We have 10 hop,
in appealing either TO the Administration or the
radicals who claim and manage il. We do. how
ever. appeal To conservative men. attached tn
the Administration party by accident, or by for
mer ssmpathes. They must be prepared to ac
with the conservative party next year There i:
no better preparation than TO vote with it thi
/ year. In any event let them seek, as wise men
10 close up the division which radicalism h.
made among the people of the North Our
great national division and war, and also on
/ Northern political divisions now. are all cause,
hy abotionism. IL i destroying the Admins
tration party, and will. ii it can, destroy ,h,
/ Union.