Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-11
The NATIONAL carnival.

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The -ocit a.pscs IT thi. great Wsr we are
wtsin. not ~ lest interesting Important
fe'tures. We ar, in the misi,, ol -uch . etrnival
OF blood as The world his DOT seen b. q -enre 81
centuries. All the habits OF tue nttiun IA We 20
three ears time been chang ID ues IDEAS, lev
emotions, new interests domiaeer throug bout the
land, and II II does not ye. clearly appear What
the American people are 10 become. II Is past all
sane doubling. already. that what the American
people were, that they Can never be more again
Even At points remote from the actual stress
and ebullition Of battle the caldron j. already
bubbiug Ia a strange AMI significant fashion
Humln Ute j. held chesier 20 das 10 M 1'fk
thfn u 49, I'VE te,Ts 40 aa g. .iO1rtr- oi tle
With hum N lite hGu an ch-rtc'e. ha-
grown les -arrei LIZ b la-ine it- bold nlnu
The teipeci even 81 those e.as.es Who o iNe the
most direct ard deepest iute ~ in lsw \ ia rye
OF treason l. hurled more lightly nov At the
elected chief magistrate ct a Site than charge
OF bribery would have been At captain of
shoulder hitiers before the war. Men whose
LareS and Penates. the honor Of whose families
aud the heapcd-up treasures of whose homes. are
defended, not by few miserable inches 1T black
walnut aud brown stone nor even by the good
looking pp!icem tH VIM studies astronomy "a the
area, but by the I'll persading imp, lptbe sane
tty OF established order. IN ke mock of consii-
tutiOus and scuif at the red tape restrictions OF
acts and statutes Executive Officials are ap
pIauied for their contempt OF orgtuc PRINCIPLES
and their superiority 10 the meshes OF legislative
restraint
To dwell upon these symptoms &C coming an
archy l. 20 he Denounced alarmist. pas-
sinuist Copperhe,d The people are aglow
with the hectic excitement OF q ievcriSh prosper
lty Mruev & q drug the reports of the market~
a~Sur" u, lui more N iiicning drug Il truly j.
IN 'n heubiue or mindr,g CORA We are c"nsum-
inG y a. The Chinese consume opium. From hi~
greet laboratory A. Washington the Muster
chemist pours hi narcotic out Ia lie ully sweet
protu>ipn. and thousand voices At his budding
summon MI the land 20 eat. he Leaute,i. hu,
stocks and lard. borrow dla ouds usury. drive
IN the park. AMI give grand dinners. Loud A.
the CRY OF the cr,itsmr of E3he.us goes up
over all the land she shout, 81 eati~ Chase OF
the greeubicA-, Compute the numner OF the
shOuiers no matter how hastily. and see how lille
al warning and rebuke must be "Wb,t can
rets0n do with lhreid of @ voice cried No
lere. "ag iiu,t such euliei "a, tlusT'
Ia ordinary times IL uSei % be held that about
eight, thousand persons we've interested directly
~ "fl h"llerS IN supporting the policy ct
FEEDER administration II we muitrliei this
number by Eve. il give us Tour hundred thousand.
til Il mil ION of men. women ani Gull
dren more or less immeliriev dependent upon
the powers that happen 90 he for Their meat and
drunk and the ~herewith,l they should re ciuthei.
Yet who MS Forgotten tho strength which this
powerful clique contributed 70 the pc, and The
permnuence 81 each successive notwithstanding
But what are the proportions which this mighty
organic ton has 10 DIV attained?
The deptrinenis of the Treasury and the Po~.
Office alone now rally around them a larger body
OF clients than thronged all the ante. h mber> ut
power IN the days before the war The otfre
has H. agents IN every CITY and village: Provost
MAr,hlls are more numerous Row thin pick
OF the country has wsnel and shruuk; the navy
cannot keep the seas safe aud open Tor our shns
OF peace. But the venerable Weiles j. COM
merce IN himself; and 'tIieon's band" prti-e>
Abraham in chorus, from Nantucket to Oregon,
on the docks of myriad transports and beside
thousand busy docks.
An army OF nearly million of men has sup
planted The South in the trade of thu country
his vast growth strikes it, roots through The
whole fabric Of society To supply it, nee1, the
farmer, the iron master, me gunSuith. the >hod
dy miller. the button m ker, the leither-dresSer
producers AMI distributors ~ithout number, Il
work from morning till night. By il the rail-
roads are made to grOan with an urwoned
freight of traffic. By it coal rises ia the
market more rapidly than il can he lifted
fsom the mine. Il, il water wheels turn and
steam engines pant. By il banks multiply
discounts and hotel keepers raise their r,re- ot
charge Bv Il. contractors without number ,r
purple and hue linen, and the cattle thou
sand hills are stenel Before he war the n.
tiOntl government vas hut one oi a mighty host
of consumers ludividu, enterprise aud indvd
ull uees then controlled btltncei. and gave rn
enduring. healthy imuuse the ement ct
NATIONAL Industry and national wealth But in
the progress Oi the war. the national government
has gradually become the monnpplizer aud main
spring o.! national industry aud national wealth.
The basis OF mems Interests has. as ia day. been
shifted. We are living from new centre into
new life. Not by the law. hot by force oi ind
yduil repuie and muIud confidence. do men
now work their way To profit and pr,-neritv The
breath Of power it i which now makes ard
uuinakes them OF the i've millions of active
adult men who are To day determining The ua
tons character and po,ics and future. fully one
third, AT the lowest computation. IN ditect re
lations OF persona interest with tie government
ami with the Never such i spectacle
seen before ia the history of men-no not even
IN the W.T. m Iddeued France OF the Nlp,eonic
age That IT. ISSUES must he VAST. aud strange.
AMI profound hey0nd all past experience. - PLAN
a. the sun in the heavens : y Y World.
new Jersey Election.