Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-03-26

From at directions Ne receive most gratifying
assurances Of the increase of true conservative
sentiment. and the desire and Determination Il
tie eople 10 sustain the Union and tie Constiti
uon The ISLANDERS ~hich political opponents
hurl AZ the conservative msiarity in the country
are falling harmlessly u the ground and the
truth s gaining power everywhere.
There are certain conservative principles which
are so manifestly true that they ought not 10 re.
qure any repetition. But they canno, be too
often repeated in times like the present. when
among men who make the louiest protcstations
of loyalty found many secret enemies of
the country.
The Constitution must be sustained supported
De ended the supreme law Of the land Tie
specou- doctrine that an enemv 0f his country
his forfeited right tn claim the protection uf s
Constitution il hefe.y 90 be every where put
down The murderer may claim All the prolec
ton of the law he has outraged and violated
/ The Lynch law doctrine that man Who i motto
rously guilty of great crime msy be hung
without conviction. j. no law for u. Our own
/ lives and property are denendent on enforcing
ALWAYS and everywhere the light of the criminal,
the murderer. the parricide the traitor. To all
those formal projections which the Constitution
throws around the accused, whether Innocent CT
guilty Abandon the principle. and we have the
mob law. DENY enemies Of their country any
rights under tho Constitution. and YOU nj once
encourage the violence Of maiorities and Aboli
tionsts here and conservatives there would be
aliudged traitors bv the mob. and hung in spite
Of protestations OF LOYALTY.
In defending the Constitution conservative men
keen practically before them the support of con
stituional officers The worst possible fate that
could befall the country would be a break in the
constitutional succession Of Presidents The
most dangerous plot in the North was that plot
devised bv radical men in New York TO super
sede Mr. Lincoln. which progressed much fsrth,s
than men may imagine. It's history will perhaps
come out before long Mr. Lincoln il the con
stitutional President and will remain So IL he
lives. ill the 4th Of March, 1865. He il recog-
nzed rs such by every loyal American, and no
conservative man will have any connection with
leagues, plots. conspiraces or plans tor revou.
tionary purposes looking 10 a break in the sue
cession Of American Presidents We trust the
day of such ideas Is over. The insanity of radi-
calism alone could seriously look on such propo
sitions with favor
The maintenance Of the supremacy of law
everywhere is another conservative principle.
Weignore the so called higher law doctrine We
derry the right of every man To erect his con
science into law higher than the law ofhis coun
try That doctrine s not To he pleaded on the
one hand to Justify resistance to Government
and its demands. the other hand TO justify
mobs and popular violence nominally i'm the
interest Of the Government No illegal act can
be IN the interest of the Gov ernment
These are all general principles, hut they have
practical value II the people adhere TO them
| we shall sustain the Government of the United
States through is present troubles, and the iu.
ture prosperity will he greater than all that Is
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