Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-10-27

The last number Of the Boston Pioneer has
the following remarkable article:

From reliable source-the most reliable
which can be desired-we learn a fact which
stands without parallel in the history of repub'i-
can government and representation. aud whrh
renders il difficult To decide what We ought 10 be
more surprised at: that it at all possible. or
that it has not vet become public. Those Who
have preserved the least understanding of the in
terests Of this republic and the least sympathy
for the maintenance of its honor have been inSt:
not merely surprised, but outraged at a policy
which, besides allowing the arch enemy Of all re.
puhileansm to nut his foot on Mexican soil
without Offering a word of remonstrance did
moreover aid him in his enterprise, by allowing
him Ia take his war material from the ports of
the North American republic. while the shipment
OF arms refused to Mexico Even this was
justly characterized not merely ms "A humiliation
but almost treason to the country. But what
name shall be gwen to an act which puts the
knife INTO the hands of the murderer of two re-
publics, that he NAV murder the third one. and
soon after the fourth The fact of which we
speak is this: Mr. Seward. at the time when the
French invasion was in progress. delivered TO the
French Minister. MERCER from the archeves of
W i~hingtnn. all the plans and maps from the
campaign ol General Scott, in order thereby To
facilitate the assassination of the Mexican re-
public I'm a country like Mexico such plans
AID maps have quite a different value from
what they possess in open. cultivated
and topogra phcdiy known territory They
have The value OF deadly weapon: but even
were they worthless their surrender would he an
act of low di>houor. iu6 lelity amd infamv. which
no government could commit without becoming
the object OF universe, contempt For scch au
extraordinary act there must exist au extraOrii-
nary motive Whatc4n beg Dia Mr. SeWari
by >ervility which intended TO prove it, re
liability by throwing away all honor and self
interest turn aside at the expense Of m unfor-
tunate neishhoring state the invasion with which
powerful ueighhuring despot seemed "a threaten
this repuhlcI In that case, he WIS not merely
the bbnde>t. but also the most cowartilv at all
statesmen who have ever been entrusted wifh the
representation ct republic o. did he think TO
charm the threatening enemy into trap. in
which he might accomplish his ruinl This
would only be thiukahie. If m impossible blind
ne,s had made him overlook the power OF the
enemy. and the no'orors isst that he supported
the SpLthetn rebellion Or shall call the
unsrsteiul assumption 10 our assistance. that the
first statesman Of merica dad really see a true
friend End ally in the French murderer of reuub
lie! Whichever way We urn. whatever exblan
alton we NAV seize upon, there j. none which
does not shaw DC Seward and hs chief TO be
totally incapable and unworthy OF representing
this repuhlie-either from blindness or coward
ice And vet this jude ment j. the only escape
~ e"e stil etNtteF ae>uuipN'h thht hi SS"''N
did not Knowingly aud Intentionally sell the
Republic 10 the most horrible desPot OF the
world
To render assasSinating services as sccompliceS
of The criminrl of second December in his at
tempt 10 DESTROY friendly ne ghboring state.
and then Ia ki~- the han> Of the bloody butcher
OF Poland. r. orier o. pr',tect ourselves from the
first mentioned criminsl-such j. the role which
the successors of Washington and franklin and
Monroe play 10 the face of the world. in repre-.
senting this republic in 1853. Poor republic