Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-14


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II the strange speech made by Mr.. Seward TO
his fellow tuwn~men II Auburn intended bv
him merely asa coup lie main against the Chase
faction OF ms OWL party. he and his friends are
welcome to consider il Of IL 40 strikes them) as
clever political stroke If the extraordinary
docrrin. snnouncej by the Secretzry OF Stare. on
that occasion, Is well founded besides certain
broader consequences this slso will follow: the
Republican party cannot. without injustice. select
anv other candidate than Mr. Lincoln for its
Presidential candidate in 1854 Thus our astute
diplomstist. by this singular fetch of ingenuity.
renominafes Mr. Lincoln. demolishe- the preten-
I sious OF his Cabinet colleague. Mr. Chase. aud,
i like another Curiius. lelp-. mounted anu capsri
soue1 into the gulf vhich swallows up hi- own
+ long cherished aspirations. Let u not be
ceived cries this shresd political crotcheteer,
Abraham Lincoln must Re President of Spu'h
Carolina and Georgia by virtue OF the election of
/ lr60, or not only the peace OF the Union but the
Union itself is forever lost" 1T il injustice and
downright robbery of Abraham Lincoln TO refuse
him the full enjoy ment OF the authority conferred
4 upon him by that election" Mr. Lincoln has
vested interest, ii would seem III the presidency {:
| AMI If he eujOys only a fragment Of IL the coun
try is bound to indemnify him for the residue
{" IL a man has horse. boat, and il is
taken from him. all socie'y combines TO restore
/ IL I'd Ms Idls-c--lon mere en- DC no l'tt'e
and quiet until Abraham Lincoln is elected Pes
ideut of the United States " In other words.
! Shylock must have tie pound OF flesh nominated
1 in his bond even ii il is cut from nearest the
! nations heart II this odd argument had no
wider application than the establishment of Mr..
/ Lincoln's claim to- the succession as against Mr.
Chase. we would leave the Chase men chew
and swallow IL. and wish them comfortable d.
gestion. But iuasmuch It's scope and tenden
r4rLf I'M saf
Lincoln. a. against All pretenders whatsoever. il
becomes a grave matter.
This is certainly a most extraordinary doc
trine TO he put forth by the first cabinet minister
! Of the American Government It degrades our
great struggle against national dismemherment
into an affair of the personal rights of Abrah'G
Lincoln II is not war for the Union /: il does
i not even rise TO the dignity of war for enamel
patton IL is not a war for a great cause AT all I:
il only concerns the cl,ms of individual man
to the exercise of an Off .ial power This extra
ordinar, doctrine asserts that the land must con
tinus be drenchei in blood for worthier
object thin To compensate Abraham Lincoln
for what he has not tasted of the sweets OF
power
In our poor iudgmc the man. Abraham Lin
coin. will have no equitable ground for repris.ls
| against the United States even il he goes out of
Office with this war still in existence. Tie ar
resrs, or deficit. of authority which his premier
asserts must he made 10 10 him. do not cOnst
tute a valid claim in country where public Off
GERS are merely the servants OF the people. en-
ployed by them to perform certain duties Tor an
adequate compensation Mr. Seward might have
made out more plausible case, aud one which
would tell equally against Mr. Chase II he had
| rested the personal claims of his chief ON the de
felt i'm his salary Occaisoned bf his being paid in
greenbacks. and thence argued that Nr Lincoln
had an equitable right 10 remain in office under
the election Of 1861 until this loss was fully made
up to him as to the sweets OF authority, he has
enjoyed more than the Constitution allows; the
balance is On the other side Ii his election Ell
titles him. As Mr. Seward argues, certain
definite amount of this kind of personal grstif-
cation. the debt is mere than discharged already
He claims that the rebellion has clothed him
with tremendous powers. which none of his PIE
decessors never thought of exercising Elected
as Republican President. he has welded the
authority of m oriental despot Even in the reb
ell States. he has exercised an amount OF power
Whose validity he at least is precluded from
questoning) which dwarfs into iusignfcance all
the powers exercised in those States bv all other
Presidents He claims 10 have revoluliOnized
the structure of society in those States for all the
coming time; he has unrooted their domestic in
stitutons, aud vet his Secretary of State asserts
for him personal claim founded on deficit in
the sum total OF authority III WHICH MS electlOn
gave him PROPERTY
The downright robbery of Abraham Lincoln
savers of rieas which belonged to the seventeenth
century bnt which We had hoped were obsole'e
pin the nineteenth The house of Tudor aud the
house of Stuart claimed personal property in
the supreme power OF the State; but the right
divine OF kings has long been exploded IN West
er Europe Neither the first the third
Napoleon dared to brave the public opinion of
the age by resting his claim To- dominion on any
other ground than the good Of the French nation.
1t is reserved tor American Republican to hear
ther rulers make the rights and the pace of the
nation subservient To one mans title TO power.
Considering the precious blood thrt has been
she'd the countless hecarombs al lives that have
been offered up. the domestic affections that have
been so cruelty tom ami lacerated. ami the gil
gantc debt that has been piled up To burden this
and future generations. it is atrocouS and revolt
ing TO hear American statesman, high in au-
thoritv. belitte this mighty and desolating con
test with pititu person i question respecting the
robbery of Abraham Lincoln.
Our foreign secretary is model of logical
consistency. Whar is the prominent topic of his
endless aud verbose dispatches? Why. that A
great wrong WIS penetrated IN recognizing the
rebels as beligerents 1t is mere insurrec
ti0n-he is never weary in telling the foreign
powers-which IN way impairs the unity. SOW
ereisnty. authority of the nation. He hos
written To our foreign ministers that they are no
less repre- entatves of the whole country than il
10 rebellion existed II Mr. Lincoln has a rever-
siouary cl I'm tor y deficit ot personal authority
why not Mr. Adams and Mr. tyton wellr Ii
they are ministers of the whole country, why Is
not lie equally the Pre-lent of the whole coun
tr,-at least far 10 bar his claim To repris
ais on the next Presidential term t. make good
the defcency? Abroad. Mr. Lincoln has exer
.-f- k..la IN
his office: at home where obedience has been
refused. he has exercised the right to punish.
The nation has still great work to accom-
piish for its own sake: hut its conscience IS not
burdened bv anv personal debt to Abraham Lin
coin IN Y World
v-Prha nemacra.ic Marty which had virtually gov.