Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-03-23

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Loyalty and disloyaliy are fAvorite terms ius,
nov with Republicans and AboIitionists What
IL their meaningf In a Democratic sense loyalty
Is adelity to the principle upon which the Gov
eminent i founded. and which End expression OF
repre .cntation in the Ccnstitstion. ~ mon
archie I Gosesnpentthe tern Is used % denote
"hde'ty - \ sovereign Ito the King; while a..
Loyalty conveys the opposite meanng-"inhieli
" 70 soveresen." Under our form Of Govern
ment these terms are not applicable. We have
no sovereign. the power and authority Of
the Gsvernmeu, il derived from the consent OF
the people The majority do or should rule
The present Administrator does not represent
the majority Of the people: its policy Is not the
policy Of the majority Of the people; hence IL Is
absurd 70 say that tie majority can be d's'oyai
to themselves. II the measures Of the Admins
trarion we're TO dsy submitted TO the judgment
and unbiased vote of the people Of what are
termed the loyal States they would be repudi-
ated by an overwhelming majority. There can
be no reasonable doubt buf such would be the re-
suit The elections Of last fall. and since then.
influenced a. they were by all the power winch
the Administration had at it, control, must sat
isfy every cansid mind that the heart Of the peo-
pie has no sympathy with the party and the men
who by accident have the direction of the Gov
eminent Now IL is not Government OF con
sent. and therefore It's administration is in antag-
onism not only 20 the majority OF the people, but
even to the theory and principles upon which the
Government is based.
Who then are disloyal. if we may use that termg
Who else can be. bat those who unfaithful-
false 20 the Constitution? Who else bat those
who refuse to let the wishes. the will of the ma
jority control the policy Of the nationf Those
only are disloyal who trample the Constitution
under foot and disregard the voice of the majority
Of the people
Fidelity 10 the Administration is not loyalty to
the Government. unIe.s the policy of the Admin
istration il in harmony with the Constitution
and has the approval; of the majority of the
people We may go even further than this A
citizen may criticise and condemn the acts Of NJ
Administration. and vet he loyal to the Govern
ment. The mouth r-ece Of the present Admin
his dispatches to the Minister At LONDON, Mr.
SkwARD says: haseux->
In this country, especially. 10 Is a habit not onl,
consistent with the Constitution, but even essen
tal % its stability To regard the Administration
at any time existing distinct aud separate from
the Government itself. and TO canvass the pro
ceeiinss Of the one without thought of disloyal
~ 10 the other.
And with this admission from the high priest o.
Republicanism, we fiud Republicans all over tn,
country crying out against every man who ha'
the manlness and independence to g canvass thu
proceedings OF the Administration. ""crucify him
cruelty him" The founde-a of the Republi
LETT the despotic governments of the old world
because the tongue and pen were manacled, ant
now some of the descendants of the men wh'
periIcd their lives and pledged their fortunes am
their sacred honors to establish free govern
ment are UNIV iIling to tolerate freedom of speed
and the press.
The meanest treason is infidelity to the Cousti
tuition. and The basest traitors those who disregard
that sacred chart Of freedom And the men wh'
arc willing to crush out freedom of speech an'
the press, AID who Justify n, despotic usurpa
tons of Iaithless administration. may justly b.
branded with disloyalty Such will be the recor
Of history, and blind is he who cannot now autici
pate the - sober second thought OF even hi
own Judgment upon the acts of dcspotism While
are committed under the sacred name OF liberty
The best test Of loyalty Is the determination t
maintain not only the form. bu, the spirit OF th
free government won by the valor ani moulde
by the wisdom of truly patriotic ancestry.