Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-24


wHr-IxroIIcY or Grs MkApr's Posrriox
Special Correspondence Of the Chicago Tines.
WAsHISoToS. August 10
Nothing ms vet conc OF the gathering of rad
ical Republican politicians which TO take
place here this week. large number of them
have been here for some days, and many of
them have spent n good deal of time with the
President They have the ear of that function
AIRY whenever they desire, and he listens with
complacency to all that they suggest. They
delighted with the doctrines enunciated in the
letter OF Mr. Whiting, Solicitor OF the War De
psrtment, which. IL Is whisp ereC here. writ
ten at the instance of the President himself. and
contains a plain EXPOSITION Of the principles by
which he will be guided in the future prosecution
Of the And this, believe, is the reison
whv these radical politicians here are 40 quiet
and do not make any demonstration. They find
that in this letter. the President comes out ar
last. aid fairly and squirely plants himself upon
their pl,tform They caused the in order
that slavery in all the States might be abolished
in order that the Southern pleope might he either
suburated or exierminated; and in order III q
the estates of the Southern people might be con
fscated and divided among the fanatics of the
North In this letter of Mr Writings We are
assured that the Administration has adopted this
view, and al be guided in its future action by
these principles that the Southern States now
occupy no other relation TO the Government than
the relation of foreign countries with which we
are at war, and which are determined To con
uuer and subjugate; that the people Of the South
ern States are no longer our fellow citizens. but
that thew stsrd in no other relations toward Us
than that OF public enemies. whom it Is the in
tentOn Of the Government 10 conquer and sub
due: and that. after being conquered and sub
dued. those States are to oe treated as conquered
provinces and the estates of the Southern people
are 10 be cOniscated above all, that the South
ern States are neser 10 be readmitted into the
Union, NEVER. until they abolish slavery. Find
ing, therefore. that the President has adopted
these views and is shaping his conduct according
to them the radical politicians here md their ob
jecI attained. and that they have nothing more TO
do except 10 urge the President TO embody II
declaration of these views in his next mes
sage to Congress, which he has readily prom
Used to do.
Hero. then, is food for thought for the people
of the West They were deluded into this war
bv the solemn declaration Of the Administration
thai IL was to he for the Union The
peated declarations of the President the Secre
t,rv OF State. and Congress. to this effect are on
record and can never be effaced The Secretary
OF State went further, and assured the country
that the condition of every human being in the
Southern States after the var. should be the me
as il was before the war These solemn pledges
are now blown to the winds like cobwebs. The
radical Republican" members of the last Con.
cress passed measures which give 10 the PreSi
dent all the powers Of an Eastern despot, which
change tie form of our government from tree
republic 20 a military despOtism: and the Presi
dent has determined to exercise these powers
The matter is serious enough. and alarming
In oil tba do aof A
liberty are numbered The freedom of elections
in some Of the States is already taken away. How
much longer will it be before IL ia taken away
from all of them, and a Burnside or Shenck
found for each Statef Do the people still de
Jude themselves with the idea that they will be
allowed to hold another Presidential elecionl
Do thev not see that i, is in the power of the Ad
ministration TO prevent that election from being
held. or. rather, 10 have il held under bayonets
90 elections are now conducted in Kentucky and
MARYLAND. and no one but - Republic aus" AMI
soldiers allowed to votef And can il for mo
ment he supposed that the Administration will
refrain from the exercise OF that pOwerI
There il another very serious mater in rela
ton To which the people ought ID be warned
The recent elections for members of Congress
make il probable that there will be maioritv of
member In the next House of Representatives
In opposition TO the Administration. ID will be
very small majority, but still majority aud
they would have the power 20 elect the Speaker
who would undoubtedly be Fernando Wood. OF
New York The Administration have taken
means To prevent ths When Congress assem-
bles, men will present themselves from all the
districts in the Southern States now occupied by
our roops, and will claim to be- Union men,
elected 10 Congress by Union men in those dis
tricts Arrangements have been made to have
such men sent from North Carolina. Arkansas.
louisiana the western part OF Tennessee. aud
Florida These mon will really have been elect
ed hut it will he by m election held aud CONTROL
ed by military force. and at which no one will
have been allowed to vote except tools Of the
Administration need not shy that the voice
Of the peoOle OF the States have namel will not
he heard or expressed in those elections at all -
But the creatures thus elected" will come 10
Washington. and will demand seats IN the House
of Representatives The utmost power of the
Administration will be exercised IN order 10 have
them admitted 10 seats The money oi the Fei
eral treasury will he used in lIvish rrofusion to
effect this end II il il effected. if these mon.
even il Eve of them. admitted. { will turn
the balance. and tho Republicans" viii elect the
next Speaker. Already. by the Juggling Of the
last Congress in passing the bill for the dismem
berment of the State of Virginia. the Admins
fraflon has created for itself two votes in the
United States Senate The ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
game will be triei again in this Congress For
every State thus dsmembered. the Administer
ton gains two new votes in the Senate.
have had an excellent opportunity recently
of ascer;ainng the real facts in regard TO the ex
isteace of sny alleged Union feeling or Union
sentiment" Al the South The views of the
Times IA expressed in the editorial article on the
subject on the 18Th inst are unquesrionably cor.
rect OF all the decisions that have off cted the
public mind at the North for year past. this is
the most lamentabe There is literally no Union
feeling AZ the South nor has there been since the
President issued his emancipation proclamation.
A II the acts of the Administration, and OF Con
gress since that tine have ouly tended 10 crush
out and extinguish in the hearts of the Southern
people whatever love OF the Union they had pre-
viouSlv cherished; and tie whole South. as one
man, are now united in their determination TO
achieve their independence What else could be
expectedl ] he Administration now unblushingly
avOws Is intention TO exferminate or 20 subju
gate them, ami 70 confscate their estates Would
ihev be human beings II they acted otherwiser
! do not Justify them only state fact. For
the existence of that fact the President and his
advisers will vet have TO answer. Il is they who
have DESTROYED the Union.
There are some premonitory symptoms OF a
movement on the part of Gen. Lees army. but
none on that OF Gen Meade The Confederate
c,vary make reeounoisssnces in strong force. 81
mosi daily. TO different points along the line held
bs Gen Meade. AMI thus acquaint themselves AZ
curately with the position and strength of the
Union forces. Their latest dash OF this Kind
was made TO the left and rear of Gen Meade's
army. aud affords most convincing proof that
the line Of the Rappfhannock i no plsce for the