Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-06-30

INTEREST 90 the >tnfe Debt.
The Journal states that winslow. Laner 4
Co. of New York. by encouragement with Gov
ernor MoRroS. have agreed 10 advance the July
interest. and also the January aad July interest
Of 1854. II the dead lock IN the Treasury Is not
removed previously A ,eisgrsphe dispatch
from this S,sy 20 the .csAcisaA,ir commercial.
states ths. ce.ooei " ALxsr. the Asentoi State.
Wa notisel that ,he money was rssdy V pay
the inteiess. bat be refused TO receive il. or in
ssv way 10 recognize the revolutionary and ua-
lawful action OF Governor MoRToS. This !.
he CASE presented By His EKeelleucy-it is his
s,dr 81 The story. -Bui the Journal or the Gov
ernor hes 10 one statement. That print. the
codrt organ Of Is ExceiIencs says:
The money j. IN New York to pay the inter
e.tia che nsnsl Ssy. s,i'Jett % The cbeck OF the
State A gent IN the ordiuary form in which IL has
aIwaysbee paid: and. IL il = not paid the respon
sib,liiy viii rest with him and the foul conspira
tor. with whom he is associated
The money is not in New York in The usual
eay This he yell knows Governor Mon
ros in defiance of the Constitution, in dc
fance of law aud in total disregard of his oath
of Office, has set up revolutionary government
The laws establishing and regulating the State
Treasury explicitly provide that all public mon
eys must pass through the Treasury, and that il
can not he disbursed from there except upon the
warrant Of the Auditor Of State. What is the
use of Constitution and laws unless they are
obeyedf The duty Of every State officer is plain.
IL i made the business of the Governor TO see
that the laws be faithfully executed But in
stead Of that We see the Chief M gistrate of the
State trAmpling the laws under his feet though
they waste paper. and setting the example
OF disobedience to law to every citizen of Ind
ana What better is he, then, than any other
vioIstor of the law? The Governor affects 10
believe that refusal 10 obey the conscript law
is horrid crime. and that the whole power OF
the Government should be employed TO enforcet
But with what consistency he connsel'obe
dience to that law when he, himself, is
transgressor of law without apology or excuse.
The highest Judicial tribunal in the State has
construed the .aw regulating the Treasury.
There i not a respectable lawyer who will deny
the correctness of the decision. And until the
Legislature changes the financial laws of the
State. every State officer is bound TO respect the
decision OF the coart. No State offic er can be-
come party to the unlawful acts of the Gov
ernor without recognizing his revolutionary
ton. This the Governor understands, aud he
has sought by every means in his power to obtain
the assent of the State officers his usurpations.
We know nothing of the interest transaction in
New York except what comes from the Governor,
but il the money was rendered to the State Agent
in the way stated. be rightly refused il upon the
ground that he could not officially recognize or
justify the unlawful and revolutionary usurps-
tons and schemes of the Governor The Agent
oil State could not identity himself with the
"knav>h politicians" who are striving to precip-
itate revolution and civil war upon the State to
hide their delinqueucies and perpetuate power in
their hands
The Journal charges that have misrepre
senied the cause oil the Governors absence from
the city. Ii there any lying about the Gov,
errors object and whereabouts during his receLt
absence from Indiana, it was upon his own au-
thority. His deputies gave out in the first place
that he had retired for n few days to the classic
snades OF MS DeioVed Centrevllie, there 10 recu-
perate his exhausted enersies-then that he had
gone to Cincinnati to announce from the balcony
OF the Gazette Office, we suppose. some other
institution ~ he did in 1856. to a sea of upturned
faces, Behold in me the Governor of Indiana"
Why the necessity of this deception! But few
cared whittier lie went or what he went for. for
an "appreci~dng community" knew that his Oh
ect was not to see the laws faithfully executed
But We challenge the Journal to show any "ma
lgnant abuse" OF His Exeeleney in the Sentinel.
unless the truth he abuse. and il makes him a
trtrgressor We are willing, as ever have
b.en, to accord all praise to the Governor when
he does right but can urge obedience to law
upon every citizen his highest duty and then
Justify the unlawful and revolutionary usurpa-
tons of His Exceencyf We are anxious that u
noble Governor should discharge his whole duty
a citizen and the chief magistrate of the
State. by setting an example of strict obedience
to all constitutional obligations and laws so that
he NAV build up an enduring fame upon which
he may look with profound satisfaction when
like Cincinnatus, ne voluntarily retires from the
cares of State and speeds the pillow. aud watches
the rpening crops in the rich fields of his much
coveted retreat in his own charming Centerville.
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