Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-13

The accidental Governor of Indiana made a
speech from the balcony of the Bates House on
Tuesday evening. upon the occasion Of the re-
joicing over the cspitulation OF Vieksburg, in
which he expressed sentiments that may fore
shadow the policy Of the party in power. Slavery.
argued the Governor. was the eanse of the re-
beIlion. hence there could be no permanent peace
until that institution was abolished. He was
therefore in favor of the prosecution of the war
until personal and political freedom were secured
and guaranteed to every enslaved negro, no
matter at what cost TO the public treasury and
regardless ofthe consequences of such a policy to
the white race. He was therefore opposed to the
return Of North Carolina, Louisiana. or any slave
State. now in rebellion against the Government,
to the Union. unless upon the basis of emancipa-
ton, making that a condition of receiving them
back. We do not profess to quote the exact Ian
guage of MORTON, but such were the sentiments
he uttered. He then stands opposed to r resto-
ration of the Union upon the same basis that ex-
listed before the breaking out of hostilities and
the secession of the States that
are now in armed rebellion against
the Government. but like BURLuxeAME
of Massachusetts, and the radical Abplitionists be
is for n new Union, a new Constitution, a new
bible and a new God, for the old Constitution, the
old Union, the old bible aud the God of our faith
ers. under whom the nation grew and p~rospered
in an unparalleled degree for three quarters of a
century. are not good enough for the virtuous
MoRToS. CARRIE FILKIys. ABIGAIL FOSTER, and
that school of self constituted public reformers.
When we have gently limited that the contest had
degenerated into an Abolition war, we have been
denounced by MORTON & Co. as misrepresenting
and t%raducing the motives and patriotism of the
leaders of the party in power; but if MORTON did
not come ont square toed in favor of prosecuting
the war for the abolition of slavery wherever it
existed over all the territory that belonged to the
old Union, then we can not comprehend the
meaning of language. Perhaps His Accidency
was a little too much exhilerated over the glori
Gus news of the fall of Vicksburg. and hence was
thrown off his guard.
MORTON made a speech at Cambridge CITY on
the 4th of July, in winch he took strong grounds
in favor of the Capitalization of power in the
General Government. going even beyond the old
Federalists in the advocacy Of n strong govern
ment. He stated that the States bore the same
relation to the Federal Government that the
counties do to the State. and that they had no
more power or rights under the Constitution.
Our system of State governments. controlled by
a general governments. of specified powers sur
rendered by the several States to promote the
common welfare and for protection against the
encroachments of foreign powers, has been re-
garded by the ablest writer's upon political econ
omy and the theory of government as the best
ever devised BY human wisdom to secure to the
citizen civil and religious liberty. Bus the Gov
ernor is Of opinion that the recen; exercise Of
arbitrary power by the Federal authorities. and
the supremacy of military over civil rulein States
loyal to the Government: the overthrow of the
liberty of speech and the press and the suspension
of the writ of babeas corpus, are better calcu
lated to secure popular rights and the freedom of
the citizen than the government framed by the
patriots and sages of the Revolution. We are
yet believers in the capacity of man for self
government, and are opposed to the innovations
Of self constituted reformers in both morals and
politics.