Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-09

The accidental Governor Of Indiana made
speech from the balcony Of the Bates House on
Tuesday evening, upon the occasion Of the
joieing over the capituiaron OF Vicksburg, in
which he expressed sentiments that may fore
shadow the policy Of the party inpower Slavery,
argued the Governor. the cause Of the re
belon. hence there could be no permanent peace
until that institution abolished He
therefore in favor of the prosecution of the war
until personal and political freedom were secured
and guaranteed to every enslaved negro, no
matter at what cost to the public treasury and
regardless of the consequences of such policy to
the white race. lie WAS therefore opposed to the
return of North Carolina. Louisiana, or any slave
State. now IN rebellion against the Government,
10 the Union. unless upon the basis Of emancipa
r ton. making that a condition Of receiving them
hack We Go not profess To quote the exact Ian
guage OF MoEroS. but such were the sentiments
he uttered He then stands opposed to a resto-
ration of the Union upon the same basis that ex-
sted before the breaking out OF hostilities and
the secession OF the States that
are now in armed rebellion against
the Government. but like BrRLtxcsMK
OF Massachusetts, and The radical Abolitionists he
is for Union. new Constitution. a new
bible and new God. for the old Constitution. the
old Union. the old bible and the God of our faith.
ers, under whom the nation grew and prospered
in an unparalleled degree tor three quarters Of
century. not good enough for the vrtuous
MoRroS. CARRIE FiLKISs. ABIGAIL FosrrR, and
hat efka ~ alT
When We have gently limited that the contest had
degenerated into mn Abolition war We have been
denounced by Monros & Co. as disappearing
and traducing the motives and patriotism of the
leaders of the party in power: but If MORTON did
not come ont square-toed in favor of prosecuting
the for the abolition OF slavery whichever il
existed all the territory that belonged 10 the
old Union. then We can not comprehend the
meaning of language. Perhaps His Accidency
was little too much exhilcrated over the gIori
Gus news of the fall of Vicksburg. and hence was
thrown of his guard
MoRros made speech at Cambridge City on
the 9Th of July. in which he took strong grounds
in favor of the Capitalization Of power in the
General Government. going even beyond the old
fe1eraittS IN the advocacy OF strong govern
ment He stated that the States bore the same
relation to the Federal Government that the
couutes do to the State and that they had no
MORE power or rights under the Constitution
Our system: OF State governments. controlled by
general government. of specified powers sur
rendered nv the several States TO promote the
common welfare and for protection against the
encroachments of foreign powers. has been
garded by the abest writers upon political econ
omy and the theory of government the hest
ever devised by human wisdom To secure Ia the
citizen civil aud religious liberty. But the Gov
eraor i OF opinion that the recen; exercise Of
arbitrary power by the Federal authorities. and
tho SUPREMACY OF military over CT, il rule in States
loyal to The Government: the overthrow OF the
liberty Of speech and the press and the suspension
OF the writ of haheas corpus. are better calcu
lated secute popular rights aud the freedom of
the citizen than the government framed by the
patriots and ssrgeS OF the Revolution. We are
vet believers IN the capacity Of man for self
government. and are opposed TO the Innovations
OF self constituted reformers in both morals and
politics