Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-10-21
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This nhr,se originated with the Church of Eng
land Cavalier party in the days OF James III
That orgamz ition cOEtended that government
was a divine i-hi; th,t no matter what the hing
might do, the duty OF the subject was 10 obey not
TO oppose or re,ist; that il men believed his
me ,sures wrong they might pray to God TO inspire
HIM with wisdom aud endeavor To persuade hun
OF his error: but that At such point Legitimate op-
position ought To end This theory WAS admra
BILE and SIMPLE so long ms Dissenters and Wings
we're To be fined mprSoned and Jud'cially muir
dored But hey prestol change; the King be
g.,n To attack the church III its conscience ana
property. The party that preached lamO IKE
docility to others showed the temper OF ll0nesS
bereaved of cub. and William of Orange soon
after occupied the seat from whlch Jame> ia"
been driven.
There j. no such word unconditional APP
plic,ble to any OF the relations OF life. The tie
between man and wife. between parent and child
between subjects and government. between
st,tes IN federal compact. l. conditional. n"
MN or community. ablurc law and claim
lt none can omit the obligations OF contract
aid claim the benefit of u contract. The Al
m.ni-tr,tion bears the same re alton to the Uni
tel States that hack driver does 20 hack
owner Its business = 10 drive. not to dictate:
and the reasoning which coufOunds the admlnistra
ton with the government, i Just that when
would confound the captain of steamb"a; with
/ the steamboat company. Ii a majority OF the
I neople of the United States were hereafter %
form political party for the purpose % assessing
/ the EXPENSES OF this var upon certain prominent
4 Republicans aud upon the Eastern States. we ap
prehend that the Times and Massachusetts would
not find unconditional loyalty quite SO inevlti-
! ble a. AT present We have great doubts whether
Massachusetts, would not talk secession and state
rights as loudly as she has before done, and We
mistake the spirit of the old Bay State if she
| would not call her sous around her and strike
alone for Independence.
There is no more necessity of unconditional
| LOYALTY on the part of the people than on the
part Of the rulers Indeed much less. Mr
Lincoln might have finished his four years with
out an opposition ii he had simply been content
10 perform his functions a. his predecessors had
performed theirs in times of war. He did not
he chose 10 assume that IN time OF war the rfes
dent becomes a dictator. with pOwer OF limb and
property and he absolutely kicked the Democracy
into opposition. And of what has the opposition
complained? OF violations of tire Constitution
What has il askeil Obedience TO the ConStltu
ton We DENY that Mr. Lincoln has any more
rights than Mr. Polk had. We assert that tC
make war successfully he need exercise no more
mover than Mr. Polk did We war i on'
business and politics IL another business. ami tha
there is no connection necessarily between thu
two
When a Sheriff summons posse contatus Il
enforce the law we not only see no propretv bu
yerv great Improperly in his using il for ioes
nolitics and the President summoned "A pOsS
: corifafns in the very language of the LAW Z
, suutre-s an insutrection against the law W
in-s, that. outside OF the limit. of military opera
! tons. the right OF every individual. OF ever.
State and the condition of property OF all kinds
j. the same a. before the war
For maintaining these sound principles OF gov
erumemt the Democracy has been as>aiied Wit
every epthet of contumey with every aceuS 'uo
Of dsloyalty. which men incapable oi answerin
. argument could devise. We know perfectly ~e
that in time men will be ashamed of Themselves
and will regret the impuiation of bad motive
which would stamp bali population with Jis-
: grace We are very careless OF this abuse.
= our opponents save the Union. we shall rejoice j
their success: If they fail. shall then posSio
be permitted to try our hand. snd We do not DE
so air of success even after the mismanagement {
!. fOtr years
tE-The Illinois Central railroad picked u
four and a half millions last year.