Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-15

Governor Seymour's second letter 70 the Pres
ident i brief but strong. and will produce a de-
cided impression ON the mind of the country.
Nr. Lincoln himself can not fail 10 be moved by
It. With tremendous force the Governor re-
minds the President that driving men into a con
s%cription. like "'bullocks into a slaughter pen :"
which Is the Presidents illustration Of the South
ern conscription. is much more tolerable If il be
uniform and impartial. than a scheme which
should fraudulently force only a portion Of the
community into the military service. The Pres
ideni has no desire 10 foster or aid in such a
scheme This must be taken for granted He
can not fail therefore 20 rejoice. in common with
all loyal and honest citizens, al the exposure made
by Governor Seymour Of one Of the grussest at.
tempts at fraud in political history. We hive
sought 10 account for The great decrepancies in
the enrolment by various means. such as the ac
cidental enrolling Of names twice, and the TEN
porary increase Of population in particular local
tiles: but all these reasons f,il 10 satisfy The mind
now that We learn the extent TO which the fraud
has been carried. and the astounding political
discrimination which the accidents, IL thew are
accidents, seem TO possess. They are certainly A
most remarkable class OF accidents, happening
all on one side. and all in favor OF the party to
which the enrolling oficeIs belong. 1t is plainly
manifest that these accidents are the result of
manipulation by men who were 50 foolish as TO
forget that figures generally tell the truth, and
that a fraud In numbers is very sure to be ulti
mately exposed.
And we are led on from the question how the
discrepancies arose. to the next question, who is
responsible for them? We heartily acauit the
President of any knowledge of them Not so,
however, his anxious friends here in New York
IL il too plain for denial that some "gerrymsn-
dering" has made these terrible differences in the
enrolment. Look at the figures. Here they
stand:
9 Democratic Districts-.~...."-.. 1928 33.72s
10 Republican ..."....... 457,257 $3.50
Who managed this? Who did this beautiful
trick. whereby the Democrats should be drafted
and their vote not be materially affec,edf We
have no hesitation in saying that the history of
journalism has never seen such an exhibition of
guilty age aud malice at the exposure of wrong
a some of the New York radical papers are max
ing. They are in ecstacies Of anger, and wholly
because OF the detection of this wickedness l.
there any doubt of their snare in the guilt? Does
any one know of the secret meetings of radical
men here in New York to arrange all these
things? The President has been grossly deceived
by his radical supporters in New York. Such
men ~ Senator Morgan, Senator Harris, Mr..
Weed, and others whom we might name, have
had no responsibility or connection with this
fraud. They have not been in the ring. But
there is a class of radical partisans who have been
at work. !Oolishly as they always work. and they
have struck their heads against n rcck-to wit
Governor Seymour-snd their rage is but the
open confession OF disappointment.
On no other theory can any one explain the fe-
rocity of the Tribune yesterday morning. Ii
abused Governor Seymour in columns of billings
gate foG his exposure of the fraud. It dared not
deny one statement of fact, but proceeded to pour
out its hot fury on the Governor in phrases like
the following. which we extract from the Tri-
bune:
The JEFF Davisites Of our city understood
this from the outset. They fought for the same
cause with Lee, and Bragg. and Johnston, and
Pemberton. and like them were beaten, though
the ''hank movement" of their Governor on
Washington was aptly timed and vigorously
made. Their weapons were diverse, but their
course the same"
Can this insanity Of rage. wasting itself in such
words. be accounted for on any theory except the
recklessness of exposed criminality? Perhaps
the intense heat OF the weather has made them
mad in the Office of our contemporary. If so.
judicious applications OF ice. and other cooling
processes. sprinkling the roof of the establish
ment, and careful attention TO diet, NAV bring a
return of reason. We must either pity the Attic
ton. or fall back on the certainty that the rage
OF the past two weeks proceeds from the fact that
Governor Seymour has foiled these men in n foul
plot which they had concocted. without the know
ledge of the authorities at Washington, and in
company with the SAINT mea who have heretofore
plotted the overthrow of Mr.. Lincoln as Pre-
ident.- n. I. Journal of Commerce.