Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-04-15
Governor Horton IN New york-who
responsible for thc Censcript Act


HIS EIcellency. o. P MoRros. has been feast
Ell and toasted in New York The Herald Of
Friday ssss:
A complimentary dinner ~as given Iast even
ing At the N ,isop Djfee. o. t,oyernof Morton OF
Indiana. 10 come seftiemeB OF TIE kspshlic"n
party of this CITY Tie dtluer vs.
laid with gsfs nee eorers and eOttsuup IA
the highest s3le Of ne salia~Ey art
IL mus, have been a recherche sfAir--only
thirty tse covers. and ~e suppose they must have
been TIE elite 81 the Republican party.
The rem rks OF the Governor upon the occA
sion we're fehash u bis old speeches. with one
or two exceptions he has 20, one rev idea at
lest IL referring to the means which be
thoagl.t necessary Tor the suppression OF the re
bellion. he said:
Th.t must be done by the army and the navy.
and to do IL the ranks Of the army should be re
eiutal. How vas that 10 be done IL could
ONLY be done by CONSUMPTION. Applause Con
sequentiy the enforcement OF the conseriPtIOn
law became an absolute necessity. II any man
wfx op,u,sed To- the enforcement Of that law it
VS. ecsuse he did not want the ranks OF the
army Ia he recruited. II was Lecause he want
Ell the war TO tail On part tor want of
nv Applause There we're good many
person. opposed 70 the cOuscripti0n net /, but
who were the authors Of that Law 2 Who were
the men Who had brought II on the country p
They we're the men who had engendered state
OF public opinion which had suspended volun
teeringl The Government did not want TO re.
port TO that policy; buta party had arisen East
anI West attempting TAI make the war odious To
the people, by representing the Prpsldent as
standing wiIh las foot on a broken constitution
declaring that the being waged Tor the
purpose 0i promoting negro equality. and thus
creating a stale oil feeling IN the community
which had efiectually prevented all volunteering
These mea ReIe tse au hors OF the CONSUMPTION
set. aud these ihe who should be held
responsible Tor II. (Appiause) DesertOn had
been encouraged Thousands OF letters had
been written the army encouraging men to
desert. aad Tor every deserter some MN had 10
be drafted Those men WhO encouraged desertion
were also the aathOrs OF the cOn-crIptlon act,
and should 5e held resp,ns BILE for It,
Who are.'ihe men who eugendered a state of
public opinion which had suspended volunteer
insf' AID while We condemn. equally with the
Governor. ANY encouragement OF desertion, who
has engepdered the state ut public opinion which
has encouraged sol,liers to desertf The Presi
dent. the Administration and Congress at the
commencement OF the VAR. solemnly assured the
psople ;nat {" this wal Is not waged on their part IN
any spirit OF oppression. or Tor any purpose of
conquest subJugation. purpose OF overthrow
ing VI interfering with the rights or established
institutions of those States. but TO defend and
maintain the supremacy Oi the constitution. and
preserve the Union ith all the dignity. equal
ity aud rights vi the several States unimpared;
nj hat are IN
p.shed, the war ought to cease
Upon that platform and Tor those objects, thus
solemn, ard distinctly set forth, the people rail-
lied with an unanmty aud good will 10 the sup
port at the Administration that has no paraI-
lei ia history The calls of the President for
men aud money promptly complied with
Immense armies were raised by volunteering, and
ia response the first calls men offer
ell their services than were asked tor. But, az
the Governor says. char &c took place, and
whyg The policy OF the Administration chang
ell. The President yielded to the radical pres
sure and the programme Tor the conduct OF the
war. and the spirit and purposes for which il was
To be waged. as declared ia july 1861 by Con-
gre-s. and which met the approval of the people.
were disregarded and reversed. This cannot lie
denied iva the Presidents abolition proclana.
ton = which e,igeudered state OF public opinion
which had suspended volunteering THIS every
body knows II tie sar had been continued in
the spirit oi the CKITrESpES resolution Il would
have been ended ere this and by volunteer ar
nv Who, then are the authors of the cOnscripl
act? L. u not clearly those who brought about
anu Who sustain the present policy and objects
Tor winch the war Is wagedY Volunteering was
suspended when the President issued his FIRST
proclamation threatening emancipation. That
act united the South. and caused division vi SEN
tin,eut in the North Hence. Tor the present
condIuOn aifiIrs ami the necessIi, OF eOnscript
act the sole responsibility rests with the Repub-
lirau party, or those of them who inlriated or
approved the present radical measures OF the
party in power.
The best for the suppression OF the
rebellion Is To return 10 the policy which had the
approval OF the entire North, and wage the war
hereafter ina the Sp,it and for the purposes set
forth IN the CRiTrk>DEN resolution