Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-02-16
From washington.
PRoeREss OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Power To BE
CONFERRED on Mr. LINcoLN-CoMPLErE SUB
VERSION OF CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT
The NEGRO SOLDIERS BILL.
Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago Times-l
WASHINGTON, February g.
JAcoB MAUSER, Sec'y.


Special Correspondence Of the Chicago Times.l
WASHINGTON, February g.
The passage of tbs three measures now before
COngress-the militia bill, the bill giving the
President power to suspend the writ of habeas
corpus, aud the financial scheme of Mr.. Chase
will constitute Mr.. Lincoln the absolute master
OF the rights, the liberties, the persons, and the
property of the American PEG lie. and will make
him, IN all except the name, an absolute mon
arch, deSpOtic sovereign, an autOcrat, whose
will will be the only law of the land He has al
ready assumed and exercised powers which, IL
they had been assumed by Queen Victoria at the
same time. would have brought her. ere now, to
the scaffold. A slavish and subservient Congress
have not only absOlved him from all accountable
ity for that great usurpation, but they pro-
pose to clothe him, under legislative action, with
more than imperial powers; to place his foot upon
the neck of a PROSTATE people; to subvert the
whole form of our Government; to sweep away
the Constitution as so much worthless rubbish
and to make Abraham Lincoln King of America
and King, too, without any constitutional limita
tons or restraints.
Have the people of Illinois examined the pro-
visions of these billsI Do they comprehend that
when they are pass d. the entire form of ouI
Government will have been subverted, and thai
We shall have returned To a despOtsm compared
with which the rule of George III. was mild and
the Times watch carefully the proceedings in
Congress these bills are brought up. They
will have the pride and satisfaction of seeing
them opposed and their hdeous features exposed
and held up to the scorn and execration of the
world, by their honOred Senator, Mr.. Richardson
and they will be opposed. too. nv MI Voorhees,
Of Indiana; Mr. Crittenden and Mr. Wcklife, oil
Kentucky; Mr.. May aud Mr.. Calvert of Mary
land; Senator Wall of New Jersey; Mr. Pendle
ton. Mr.. Cox and Mr.. VaIlandgham. of Ohio
Mr. Bddle, of Pennsylvania, aud no doubt by
some others. But there is little doubt of their
final dassage.
Then farewell. for few months, to American
liberty. These measures once passed, the army
the navy, the Treasury. will be under the abso-
lutte and unlimited control OF Abraham Lincoln
until next December. He will have absolute
power to force into the army every man whom he
pleases. and 10 shut up in las Bastles every man
who iucurs his displeasure. Freedom Of speech
freedom of the press, the liberty Of free locomo-
ton. will all be taken away. We will see then
how sweet it will be TO have lost our own Liberties
in giving freedom to the blacks
This state OF things will continue until the
meeting OF the new Congress. IL may be thai
foreign COMPLICATIONS the defeat OF our arm e.
mav make IL absolutely necessary for the Presi-
dent to call the new Congress together in extra
session. In this case the time Of Mr. Lincoln 1
despotism will be much shortened for, on the
day that the new Congress meets, the unjust and
illegsl powers that will have been conferred
upon him, will be taken away, and, il he is no,
impeached it will be owing to the long suffering
patience Of the American people.
In enumeratDg the above measures before
Congress, have not mentioned the negro sol
diers' bill, because the latter is more Ridiculous
than serious. Its passage will. indeed, exasper-
ate the South, but il will have very little practical
effect there Mr.. Stevens made theextraorlina.
that instead of having million Of men in our
armies, We only have 500 900. and that. of these
the time Of 300 600 will expire next May. He
brought forward this fact as reason why the