Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-12-11

FRIDAY MORNING. DECEMBER IL
the Message.
The annual message Of PresideDt LTSooIS is
before the col Try In the present crisis of our
national afs il will be regarded with deep in
terest Its positions of the state of the country
IL suggessioIa and is recommendations should
receivs the csssful consideration Of every citizen
Our instituticSs rest upon the theory that man Is
capable Of sell government, that ours i gov
eminent OF I. people, hence both the right and
the duty Of people TO carefully scrulinire the
acts aud the 'ommendAtions of those who rep
resent them e servants or the should be ser
wants Of the ySblic will
The last nssage Of the President is written in
better taste ttssn those which have preceded H. Il
l. almost free irom the idioms or the peculiar e1
pre~sious OF lie President. and the exemption
may be due 9 bis reported physical disabilities.
As coo,emforary remarks. the varioIod may
account for T. e absence of those quaint iiustra-
tons and lAessi0ns which have characterized
the communal tions OF the President, aud which
have lessene their dignity There are many
omissions in the message. IL does not dis
cuss those quf stiOns Of political economy which
deeply affect re prosperity of the people, indi-
vidually and collectively. The tariff question
is not even allSied TO. perhaps the President has
not had time 20 study il, and the currency svs-
TEN has but Erief mention. These vital ques.
tons which occupied the ANXIOUS consideration
of bis preiece? ors are subordinate to the single
and absorbing Flea of negro emancipation. The
emancipation at the negro from his condition of
seryitude Ia wyatt are termed the slave States, Is
regarded by ~ party in power as the panacea or
remedy for al the troubles of the country So
the President ates il. So Le argues the rep
resentative Of ne Republican party. If the mes
sage foreshadHs any idea, il is that every interest
OF the country FAUST be subordinate to the abroga-
ton of negro siaveFy. The message of the Pre-
sident is aboIii. N. The policy Of the Admins
uation is abb tion. IL is the purpose Of the
President andl the party in power to force the
country to yie,l submit To that policy.
Our nation sas prospered in a remarkable de-
gree. and its power and greatness have been at
tanned by accommodating itself to its diversified
interests and iAtitu;ions. This policy has been
our strength. hd if it had been continued. it
would have Il In u increased power and great
ness. But an Sfort is being made by the party
in power to iErce homOgenetY--tO fasten an
iron rule upon people whose interests the pro-
auctions of IT. soil. climate and labor-are nee
essafily DIVERSE and can never be otherwise. No
government ca regulate the laws of climate and
production. am the attempt 20 do so must result
in failure. IL The nation is ever split into frag-
ments. that wiz be the delus ion that will
occasion it, TIE i,lea of the message, flom be-
ginning to end is 20 centralize power That is
the object of II proclamation which accompanies
the message. u proposes to give the control of
State Government To Que tenth of it, popula-
ton upon the s.ge condition that it is entirely
subservient to BE policy OF the party in power.
That is the Ut of loyalty which the message
proclaims and insists upon Need we say that it is
in direct CONTRADICTION to the theory of our govern
ment2 Populat governments and free institutions,
such We have enjoyed, cannot be maintained if
State rights Gie stricken down and power is
centralized in She Federal government. The
history OF even empire will attest the fact that
the effort TO frce a homogeneity of policy and
institutions, wten the interests OF the different
sections etessarily agonstic. has resulted
in disintegratics. And in the present instance
under similar circumstances. history will only
repeat itself nhis is the rock which we should
avoid. And id conclusion we repeat the warning
of one whose agacity and patriotism will
now question He said:
1T is we'll fknowE there have always been
those among us who wish to enlarge the powers
of the Genera. Government; and experience
would seem to Indicate thas there is a tendency
on the part of this Government to overstep the
boundaries mars,ed out for it by the Constitution.
Its legitimate Authority il abundantly sufficient
for all the purposes for which it created; all
its powers being expressly enumerated, there can
be no justification for advising beyond them
Every attempt to exercise power beyond these
Iimita shousl he f,romntIv and FIRMLY onDosa3 =