Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-04-03

him 10 carry on the State Government IN spite OF
the refusal Of the Democratic Legislature to make
any appropriations. lie visited the Army OF the
Potomac the first Of this week making speeches /
% the Indiana regiments. and being received with
great enthusiasm lie speaks in Albany on III |
day night, the text night IN New York. and on
Monday In PhiIadeIphia. at Union meetings
We end the foregoing in the special Washing |
ton dispatches 70 the Cincinnati Gazette That
paper Is The court organ or oracle Of His Excel
lency. and We suppose. therefore. speaks by /
authority So IL appears that Governor NoEros
has secured the payment of ninety Thousand
dollars due The State Of Indiana" from the Gen /
er.I Government That amount i the money OF
the State In 1859 the General Assembly en-
acted law 10 provide "for the manner of
receiving. holding and discussing the public +
moneys Of the State" IL provides that "all
moneys aud interest thereon arising from the
sale Of property belonging to or held in
trust by the State. . every fee. perquisite or
bonus received by any State officer in the dis
charge of the duties of his Office, and all in
terest. profits. income and accretions Of every
kind, shall be paid into the State Treasury"
The act passed in 1861. known the embezze
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person charged or ir any manner entrusted
with any money, fund. securities other
property belonging to this State. or be
longing 20 any fund under control of
this State, or under the control Of any
state Officer shall convert to his use. TO
the Of any other person or pe,@ons, corpora
ton or corporations. IN any manner whatever
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ment in any kind OF property. or shall loan either
With without interest, shall deposit with any
person or persons, corporation or corporations
contrary TO law. shall exchange for other
funds. except allowed by law. any portion of
such money fund.- securitie . or other property,
he shall be deemed guilty of felony. and upon
conviction thereof. shall be imprisoned in the
State Prison not less than one nor more than
twenty one years. and be fined not exceeding
double the value Of the money. funds, securities.
or other property unlawfnly used. converted
invested. or exchanged" This law approved
by Governor MoRrox. and il was enacted by the
the Legislature To prevent the officers of State
from assuming the responsibility of dsbursng
the public moneys of the State only as prescribed
by Law. or appropriated by law to the special
purpose to which it is applied
This sum-" saws the telegraph. the $50 900
"sill enable Governor moron to carry on the
State Government in spite of the refusal of the
Democratic legislature to make any appropria
ton There refusal the part OF the
Democratic members of the Legislature to make
any appropriation necessary to carry the
State Government 1t is an impudent
fAlsehood to say charge herwise. The
appropriations failed for the reason and the sole
reason. that the Republican members of the
House seeded. bolted, broke quorum, for ten
days previous to the limit fixed by the Constitu
ton for the adjournment Of the Legislature This
wicked act of the Republican Representatives
stopped legislation. There no more reason
or il s,ifcation for this revolutionary action on
the part Of the Republican members. than there
for the secession of JEFF. DAVIS and com
pany The apology offered by the Republicans
is that minorities have the right, under the Con
sttution. To defeat what thew may deem Cypress
i've unjust legislation. by setting at naueht the
organic law of the State. II that position be
correct. and the Republicans say it is. it is q
complete Justification and vindication of the re
beIlion which the Administration is exhaustng
the treasure and blood of the nation to suppress
For two years Governor MoRToS has been ex
pending his eloquence in denunciation of the great
crime of the Rebels in trampling under foot the
Constitution and the laws What does he pro-
pose TO do. il the telegraph reports him correctly?
Garry on the State Government on his own
account The first principle of government
il obedience law. The Constitution
Of our State makes il the duty of the Governor
to take that the laws faithfully execnt-
cd" When assuming the duties OF the office he
soemnly swesrs to support the Con-titut m.
The monev he has received from the Feieral
Government belongs to The State II is his duty
to deposit il in the public Treasury And it can
only be drawn out of the Treasury in pursuance
to appropriations made by law. If the Legisla-
turefas to make appropriations the Constitution
provides remedy for the failure II provides
for the very contingency which has occurred
The Governor has the right to convene a special
ses<ion Of the Legislature whenever in his opn-
ion. the public welfare shall require it. He has
No right whatever to carry the State Govern
ment. only in subordination to law. If our Cen
stituton has anv vitality. he the same obedi-
ence to law the humblest citizen II he had
exhausted all constitutional remedies 10 relieve
the State from its emharrassments then there
might be some apology for assuming the re<pon
sibiIities which he proposes But he has not When
the Executive of the State boastfally sets nj de
hance the restraints imposed uDon him by the
Constitution and the laws. il il an example which
NAV lead to general anarchy. Ii those whose
duty IL is TO see that the laws be faithfully exc
cnted become vioators OF Inv themselves the
effect must be 10 loosen. IN weaken the authority
Of government upon and over all 1t is we'll for
the conservative men of all classes 10 think of
this matter There will he hut little security for
property and life when the obligations of the Con
stution and laws disregaried. and the people
act upon the convection tha. there is 4 law or that
there are obligations higher than the Constitution
Diplomatic Correspondence ON Our
War.
From the London Pest Of xarch IA
Three series of dispatches on the ag,ir. of
North America have just been published The
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