Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-09-30

might resolve on revolution The resolution would
be he cnn-umm ttiOn ct tie N.rk
u the merits 50 the suggestion contained in
the Presidents message, the Com merci.l say-.
Beyond the mere DECLARATION Of It's position TO
the institution Of slavery, and manifesto 10 the
worlf that his Administration stands ready % do
All That can, within constitutional limits. 20 re-
street and diminish the source Of 80 much evil so
ciai AMI political, the message Of Pres,lent LIN
coin Is inconseqnental The proposition which
u urges upon the attention Of Congress > imprac
tlc"o'e. even II Il we're adopted by Congress. rat
Incl by the people and accepted by one or more
siaveholdng States The Government has
neither the money. nor the authority % use it u
u had. Tor any such purpose Il contemplated in
the Presidents plan OF emancipation
We are Cope heads. too, TOR opposing this
'impracticahle proposition IL j. n part OF that
settled policy" and the whole must he indorsei
by every body. The soldier who does not, must.
!: he Is an officer, ne ''of course di<honoraby dis
missed from the service" aud the private 'in-
stanily seized and sent to the guard house" AMI
all who do not indorse il must be puntel
traitors. "Copp-rhetd-" must not be tolerated.
Who are "copperhead-g" You. Why7 BE
cause yOu d. not indurSe ms opinions These
are INV opin Ons; they who are opposed To them
are traitors M dpxy i orthodoxy; your doxy
Is heierOdoxy." Nv oninions are PATRIOTISM
e.
Webier) "men with whom everything is abso
lutte. absolutely wrong, or absolutely right They
see The right clearly: they think Others ought so
to see &c; and they are disposed 10 establish "A
broad line of distnctan between what is right
and what is wrong"
Taking their opinions as the standard OF
right, they see the right so very clearly that thew
think all who do not see the right they see il.
are either fools or very Ignorant that they don't,
or, seeing IL, knave> that the, do not acknow edy e
it. WISE AMI honest themselves. they have no
respect for the ignorance that cannot see, or for
the dishonesty tn 1t seeing it. will not acknowl
ecige the right This feeling is just as strong,
however siverins their own MY have been.
Suggest to tn their vacillatiOns as an evidence
OF their Availability. and they will gravelv TELL you,
times ard circumstances change These do
change But truth is eternal" and Justice i'm
mnt-he
Exultations on account of outrages committed
against voters for hallooing for their favorie can
did,tes; driving voters from the polls; the arb
trary arrest. trial. punishment and Imprisonment
of loyal citizens. for pretended aud undefued
olfenses:" the suppression ot free speech, free
press aud free ballots; the calling of loyal men
'butterndts," "cOppeiheads' aud traitors tor
honest differ ences OF opinion about questions OF
policy, aud attempts 10 incite violence against
them, and all such acts, no. prompted bv pa
triOtlsm, but nv partisan hatred and the spirit ot
intolerance The same spirit which, Ia 1854.
would have had the "capitol burned down and
everything beneath il perish" rather than have n
certain act of Congress passed-the same spirit
which would not then allow Douglas to speak in
Chicago 1t manifested itself less then th n
now. because now il has more power and better
pretext Dnuglas was then a. much hated. and
bitterly denounced as any Democrat now. anu.
had power and arms not been wanting. military
necessity" and "Snsrpes rifles would have ban
shed him and driven his supporters from the
polls in le6O Douglas WIS, in 1851. hung in
etfigy. aud Vallandighnm now The spirit that
then hung and now hangs the efiigy. would then
have hung aud how hang the mtn, 1t it had
the power To render the net safe. At
first that spirit wants a pretext. In the end. Il
asks only power. GIVE il the mastery over the
people. and silence will be the fate of ali oppusi
ion. az any cost Of money and blood aud by any
kind ct Ourrages. A. power increases il swells
and at itS elimination it, altar l. the stake and
fire. and It's mercy the guillotne or hal er Yet
whatever il dueth j. always done in the name OF
something goods now IN the name ct patriot
Ism. With thuSe who are actutted bv that spirit
the fear of losing power alre ,dy possessed in
crease~ their malice. But;ernut enlbiems
much les offensive before the last f, elections
than after Before then We had militar,
orders against their use, and lever mu-kets,
loaded, to shoot Northern traitors" mnd no
bavonets around the polls Events are crowding
upon History is lastly .beiug made
SOLOMON CLAYPoOL.