Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-31
From the Louisville Journal.
Meeting of the war Democracy of
Indiana.

The meeting of WAR Democrats" at Indi
annapolis turns out to be simply a meeting of Re-
publicans Of Democratic antecedents. The af
fair evidently belongs to that sort Of juggling
which comprehends the taking of a trick with
a pack Of cards. The gentlemen in question had
already once joined the Republican party. They
accordingly are past cards. They are PLAYED
out. They canno. again fairly take a trick in
the present game The attempt is contrary to
the rules of fair play. Being exposed, the at
tempt of course amounts to nothing, though
whether or not il carries with il a forfeit remsins
to be seen. If it shall not, the Republicans of
our sister State will have reason to congratulate
themselves on so cheaply getting out of a very
shallow ruse.
We observe that the name of the venerable
C.ss is so mixed uD with this meeting as to sug
gest his approval of il. This is an incidental
ruse even more unjustl6able han the main one.
General Cass has no part or lot with the Repub
leans in anv shape or under anv name. His DO
sition is fixed in the ranks OF the conservatives
Ii is thus defined nv himself in Il recent letter ad
dressed to The Democracy of the county Of W ash
ington in Pennsylvania
II have come to look with almost as much So
licitude upon the action of the Democratic party
in its primary meetings as for the result OF the
conflict in arms; for the reason thar IL is now
cleur that the perpetuitv Of our present form Of
government rests upon the patriotism. in,elli
gence. forbearance, and consistent course of nc
ton by the Democratic party. The Jacobins
and radicals who are the leading spirits Of the
political party in power seem quite "a intent on
destroying our civil rights as i'm whipping the
rebels into subsection. Ii is our duty to insist on
the preservation intact of the form of govern
ment established in 1889. and that the territorial
limits Of The nation shall never be diminished.
To attain this end. we must see that the govern
| mont il not allowed IN fall tn pfocaS We rnu-t
hold the executive agents Of the government to
their duty. until we can BY means of the ballot
box put i'm their stead these who will administer
the government as it was formed by our noble
ancestors
There is surely no installing this explicit lam
guage. and as little installing the position il
asserts for The position of the Republican party
The language is indeed leveled straight ut the
position of the Republican party. The venerable
Csss occupies essentially the same position that
our lamented Crittenden occupied He is a War
Democrat but not a Republican Democrat. He
is a Union Democrat In other words, General
Cass. though n Democrat in name and in svm
pathy. now stands in fact on the simple basis OF
that devotion to the government itself which
underlay the Old Wing party and the old Demo
cratic party alike, and to which the terrible shock
Of this rebellion has brought equally all the Old
Democrats of the North whose love of country is
fAOh@t tnNN CINt'Ah' h'hNt INV LCNt
combined. II is on this basis that enlightened patri
OTIS of whatever region and Of whatever party
an'ecedents are preparing to make n grand stand
for the rescue OF the Government from the wild
jacobins now in authority. The basis Mt the
lowest. not less Wing than Democratic, and the
milliOrs that occupy it, with the thousands that
are throneing to it, embrace the flower both OF
old Wing party and of the old Democratic party
Doubtless these millions embrace a considerable
| r,cho- &c raora f.of;ons 1aalate uLo-z .l.-o.-
make them appear ten fold more numerous and
a thousand fold more influential han they are;
but this is the fate of even the noblest bodies Ot
men, united in the nobiest of causes. Sincere
and intelligent PATRIOTS, keeping their eyes fixed
upon the great essentials in the contest, will suf
fer these clamorS to pass bv as the idle wind. II
behooves men, high minded men, such men as
constitute a State" firmly to put aside all such
clamors, or magnaninously to rise above them
They do not really touch the para mount issue
and can never touch il.
There are but two principal divisions Of the
people in the loyal States. One is the radical
party; the other is the conservative party. The
principles and the measures of the present AID
minisIration constitute the basis of the former
the principles and the measures announced in the
platform of the Union Democracy of Kentucky
constitutes the basis of the latter. Between these
two bases the people of the loyal States who have
not already chosen must prepare to choose
These are the alternatives before the people, and
not tn choose the latter is to choose the former
One or the other the people must choose. There
is absolutely no escape from the alternatives
The time has come when the people are under
obligations of especial sacredness to decide moi
according to prejudice or accident. but according
to the broad principles of justice and of truth as
Illuminated bv y pure love of country. From .
tlecisinn thus formed and freely rendered thu
Republic has everything to hope and nothing IL
fesr.