Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-22
1880 and lsC3.

The court organ, and in that IL is faithful
representative OF the Republican leaders. is i'm
PEELED and guided by single sentiment. and that
- intense hatred Of Democracy In 1850 and
1851 II favored a separation Of the States-it
proposed letting the dissatisfied States dissolve
their connection with the Government and estab
lish m independent confederacy. upon the ground
that such policy would establish its party
premacy over the remaining States II pronounced
q civil var. ssch the country has experenc ell
for the past two years. a evil than the loss
of dozen States In 1863 it advocates the Wig
orous prosecution of civil war. notwithstanding
the very evils which il predicted would result
from it are upon the country Why this incon
sis,ency unless to CRAFTY its partisan mslevo
lenceT
In 1860 the court organ occupied exactly the
same position toward tho BREcKINRrDaE move
ment Of that year as il does toward the War
Democracy" Of this. Ii gave all the aid and
comfort IL could To the former movement and The
men who we're engaged in il. and IL 50 Ike just a.
kindly aud encOuragnGy OF them as it does OF
Oh. "Wsr Democracy" now And why? Ithad
discussion or division in the Democratic party
On the 3I-t day of July. 1850. there mass
meeting OF the "BEEcxTSRiDGs Democracy" held
IN this city The court organ and the
Republican press of the State urged the attend
snce OF all LOYAL" citizens to give it character
Exactly the same support was given to that con
vention that the War Democracy have re
-.
composed mainly of Republicans We quote
from the court organ of August / 1860. its com
mentS upon the Breckenridge convention of the
day previous to ILLUSTRATES it, motive in encourag
ing that division in the Democratic ranks. IL
said:
The comparative strength OF the two factions
Of the Democracy in this State is point OF
great deal Of Importance, and not a few will be
disposed 10 determine il by the magnitude
Of the crowds attending their State meet
ngs. This Is undoubtedly an Elusive stand.
ard. but. next 10 an actual count. il is the best
accessible Judging by il. the Breckenridge party
in Indiana are strong a. their rivals. Their
crowd of Yesterday was quite as large as that Of
the 18th (the State mass Democratic ratification
convention There NAV have been more
Republicans present. but saw about as many
at one meeting another. and. taking all the
indications together. we should saw in all SINGER
ity. that the two meetings were about equal in
numbers. spirit and responsibility.
The jud ment Of the court organ was that the
Democratic parties were about equally divided in
1860 What was the result? Notwithstanding
the Democratic State ticket was defeated the
vote in Indiana stood as follows: DoreI,s us.
5Oe. BsrcxIxKrpeI IL. 295 Thus il will be seen
that the Democracy stood by their organization
a. Il will stand now.
The comments Of the court organ upon the
mass convention of the WAR Democracy " com
posed as il was mainly of intense Republicans,
corresponds with those it made upon the BEEoK-
IxRIpeE convention in 1860. Speaking of the
numbers in attendance and the character Of the
convention. il says:
But more reasonable effort would mike il
10 100 to Is 900 The crowd around the main
stand large IS that which heard .
Dan Voorhees, At the copperheld convention.
The eAs; side OF the State House yard was
mass of men what whopper.l Such
demonstration Of the strength aud extent OF the
LOYAL feeling in the only party from which the
country has now anything TO fear. from which.
indeed. the rebellion bOrOws all the strength il
has. and without which the Confederacv would
fall In a month. Is most cheering"
The court orgsn EXHIBITS just exactly the sa me
intense partisan hatred Of the Democracy in 1864
As IL did In ls6o. Gen. Cas-. whom the War De
nocr.cy announced as their big gun. wrote 20
the Democracy Of Peansy lEania. a short time