Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-04-06
An Indiana Demagogue i'm Conncc-
ficur.

The New York Tribune Of last Saturday pub
fishes a report Of speech made By old JOE.
WRIeHr, at Norwalk. Connecticut. the evening
previous. Humbuggery, demagoguery, ignor-
ance. misrepresentation and conceit character
izes it throughout His talk was about 'the
Government" Throughout the speech it was
Government" Government" Government -
In aluding to Mr. SEYMOUR. the Democratic can
didate for Governor in that State. he said: mo
man was his Gov WRIGHr's) friend, socially or
politically, if he was not for the Government and
the Government alone" This man WRIGHT
claims to be a follower of Douglas; he has as
sumed to be the eulogist of that departed states
man and the exponent of his sentiments. This
charlatan can no more comprehend the princi-
piles and sentiments of DOUGLAS than he can the
simplest problem in mathematics, and nobody
ever suspected him of the latter. If the idea of
the man WRIGHT should prevail. there never
would be any resistance to governmental Oppres-
sion and tyranny. WASHINGTON and his com
patriots were traitors. according to WRIGHT. be-
cause they "were not for the Government and
the Government of George the III alone" I"
He cannot sympathize with the gallant Poles in
their struggle for liberty, for the re that they
are resisting the despotism OF the Czar-they are
not for the Government of Russia, which has de-
prived them of their civil. and. as our Declara-
ton of Independence says. inalienable rights.
DoUGLAs uttered no such sentiments as those
put forth by the man who apes to be his successor
In of his most eloquent speeches he thus
answered the question. Have we a Govern
ment7''
Sir, this question, "have a Government"
has been propounded bv every tyrant who has
tried to put his feet on the necks of the people
since the world began When the Barous de-
manded Magma Charta Of King John at Runny
mede, he exclaimed, "have we government"
and called his army put down the disconten-
ted Barons When Charles / attempted to col
ect shin money in violation of the Constitution
of England. aud in disregard of the rights of the
people, and resisted by them, he exclaimed.
"have we a Government We cannot treat with
rebels; put down the traitors; must show that
we have Government" When George III
called upon his army, to put down the rebellion
in America, Eorl North cried Justify, "nO CON-
promise with traitors; let Us demonstrate that we
have a Government When, in lS4S, the peo-
demanded guarantees for their rights. every
crowned head exclaimed, ''have we a Govern
ment2" and appealed to the army to viDdicate
their authority and enforce the law
Governor WRIGHr says that arbitrary arrests
the suspension Of the writ of habeas corpus-the
abridgement or suppression of the freedom of
speech and Of the press are nothing. but the
great question is, "have we Government" In
his speech, he remarks: 1--WE have been at war
wenty months, and there were not twenty men
10 the country who complained of being wrong
fully arrested" The Government baste in this
city can tell a different tale from that. At one
time, nearly that number of citizens, arbitrarily
arrested, were confined there for weeks, aud
then dismissed without trial. And yet Governor
WRIGHT has the effrontery to say that not twenty
men in the country complain Of being wrongfully
arrested. Not one of these men felt otherwise
than great wrong had been done him. They
knew it. The day will come and it is not far off
of despotism and oppression, will receive the re-
buke and be regarded with contempt by an
indignant and outraged people.
Says celebrated logician and author-"The
government of man should be the monarchy of
reason: it is too often the democracy of passions
or the anarchy Of humors." The latter must be
Governor WRIGHrs idea of government, or, a
better definition is. the anarchy of humors. In
illustration we make another extract from his
Norwalk speech. He said: "The obligation to the
government stronger than that to amily. for
if we had no government zoe had no family rela
tions. If when our government was in danger,
ace talked about aHythisg else on earth. were
not loyal" That's WRIGHrs idel Of govern
ment, and his standard of loyalty. He says the
Government is in danger, and hence the man,
woman child who talks about anything else
on earth, is disloyal. And the statesman(1 y who
utters such trash goes down to Connecticut and
perambuates the country generally. sniighiening
the people about government and their relations
to il. and instructing them to their duties as
citizens. We must confess that if an enlight-
ened, sane people, can tolerate such humbug-
gerry, such mposture. our faith in their capacity
for self government is very considerably shaken,