Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-01-26

and in his language. but mischief is intended in
its publication at the present time. There may
be men in Indiana who entertain the views and
purposes charged in the article alluded TO, but if
so, they are few in number and exercise no con-
troll over the public mind. So far as the Demo
cratic party is concerned. know that the i'm
putations are deliberate falsehoods They are
and only one with bad heart and evil inten-
tons could have conceived and penned them.
We quote extract from the article as a text for
a few comments, and to show the nature of the
charges against large portion, if not the majori
tY, of the people of Indiana:
The separation of the North Western States
from the Union and their attachment to the rebel
Conlederacy, in the hope that SO vast addition
to its power will make it the predominant Gov
ernment of the country, into which the other
States, except New England, will be forced 10
follow, is the avowcd object of the radical Dem
ocracy of Indiana. 1t has long been Known by
those who had means of reaching the real de-
signs Of the leaders that they aimed at this, and
in quiet way, without shocking public sensibili-
ty By an open advocacy of secession, they have
been working toward IT,"
W uO was atuOnB Tue utSt, u uOb tue uIots W
broach the idea of disintegration of all the
States of the Union in case of the success of the
Southern rebellion? 1t was Governor MORTON
himself. in a speech in Washington City months
ago. He then declared it would be impossible to
hold together the States which now yield allie
glance to the Federal Government. in such
contingency Immediately after the Presidential
election of 1860, the leading Republican papers,
including the central organ of that party in In
diana, openly and strenuously advocated the
policy of permitting the dissatisfied States to
withdraw from the Union in peace, and to estab-
lish an independent government For months
this policy was urged upon the people Of the
Northern States. 1t was contendei that the ad-
vantages of a separation infinitely greater
than any attempt to pin the Union together by
bayonets. Even the right of the seeded States
to withdraw from the Union conceded, and
that, too, upon the doctrines on which our gov
ernment was founded-the right of revolution.
Said the Indianapolis Journal. the New York
Tribune and papers of that class. secession is
revolution" And only day two ago the
leader of the Republican party in the Indiana
House of Representatives admitted that seces-
sion and revolution were identical. and that mi
norities had the constitutional right to revolution
ze secede. for the protection of their rights
when invaded by majority. If these doctrines
be admitted, and the New York Tribune says
they cannot be denied without repudiating the
PRINCIPLES set forth in the Declaration of Indepen
dence che justification for tie merican Revo-
luton, then the right of the Confederates States
to withdraw from the Union and establish an
ether government cannot be successfully dis
puted. This conclusion necessarily follows from
selves
We know not the motives which influenced the
leading Republicans in 1860 to advocate the
policy OF peaceabe separation of the States
Our opinion 1T the time was that the object in
view was to secure the permanent domination OF
the Republican party in the Federal Government.
regarding the division of the Union as inevitable
at distant day. The cost of coerci ng the dis
satisfied States to remain in the Union NAV have
been regarded as far greater than the advantages
to be derived by thus holding it together. The
radical Republicans may have thought they could
thus get rid of all connection with and response
bIity for slavery, while other members OF that
organization may have been willing to consent TO
separation upon the ground that minoriies had
the right to withdraw from the General Govern
ment when in their opinion it failed to protect
them in their rights. in the objects for which il
was established. Whatever may have been the
motives for doing. it cannot be denied but that
the leading Republican press for months after
Mr.. LINCOLN was known to be a fixed fact were
willing to let all the States that desired to lie ave
the Union go in peice. More than this. from
New England and from other portions of the
North. petitions, numerously signed, had been
presented to Congress since 1895, praying for IA
dissolution of the Union, and Abolition news
papers and orators during the same period had
openly advocated and elaborately set forth the
benefits of a separation from the slave States.
During all this time the Democratic party was
the bold and determined friends OF the Union of
the States. They believed that the Government
as established by WASHINGTON and his compa
triots. ii rightfully. justly and impartaly admin
istered. was of general advantage to each and all
Of the States. They believed that Union com
posed Of free aud slave States was not incomphti
BILE. These views they entertain now. Secession
would never have been attempted If the equality
aud the rights of the States. as advocated by the
Democracy, had been maintained by the Federal
Government.
If there had been peaceful separation of the
States in 1860, as proposed by the leaLing Rspub-
cans. would the disintegratiou of all the States
have necessarily followed? Would the same eff
feet have followed il the disunion Of the States.
as for years PRAYED for by the Abolitionists, had
taken place? The same considerations and
causes would have Influenced and controlled the
remaining States, in these events, as il the rebel
lion should now become successful; and in the
latter case Governor MORTON says the disintegra-
ton and reconstruction of the States now volun-
tarily in the Union mEst necessarily result
Those who have for years labored to bring about
dissolution of the Union. and those who in
ls6O-6l, advocated peaceable separation Of the
States. responsible for the very state of af-
fairs which Governor MoRroS and his party pro-
fess to deplore. There are others equally ard
more directly responsible They are the party
and the men who, in the winter and sprug Of
1861. refused every overture to compromise the
sectional difficulties of the country. The Crit
rExpES amendments would have held the Union
together, and all danger of the Northern States
disintegrating and establishing separate confed-