Indiana State sentinel., 1863-08-24
1870 anl ISg2.

10 work at once.
1860 ana Is03.
The court organ, ana III That It Is A faithful
representativ. of the Republican leaders, Is inn
PEELED and guided by single sentiment. and that
is intense hatred of Democracy. In 1860 and
1861 il favored separation of the StAtes-it
proposed letting the dissatisfied States dissolve
their connection with the Government and estnb
lish an independent confederacy, upon the ground
that such policy would establish its party SUI
premacy over therein inning States. 1t pronounced
n civil war. such as the country has experienced
for the past two years. worse evil than the loss
Of dozen States In 1868 it advocates the wig
orous prosecution of a civil war. notwithstanding
the very evils which il predc,ei would result
from it are upon the country. Why this incon
sistency unless to crafty its partisan maIero
lencei
In 1860 the court organ occupied exactly the
same position, toward the BREcKrSRIDGE move
ment of that wear as it does toward the War
Democracy" of this. 1t gave all the aid and
comfort it could to the former movement and the
men who were engaged in it. and it sp ke just as
kindly and encouragingiy of them as it does OF
the "War Democracy" now. And why? Ithsd
no other object or motive in 1860 but to create
discussion or division in the Democratic party.
On the 3lst day of July, 1869, there was a mass
meeting of the "BREcKISRIDGE Democracy" held
in this city. The court organ and the
Repaolican press OF the State urged the attend
ance Of all "loyal" citizens to give t-character
Ex ietly the same support was given to that con
vention that the War Democracy have re-
ceived from the same source: and both we're
composed mainly of Republicans We quote
from the court organ of August I. 1860. its com
ments upon the Breckinridge convention Of the
day previous to illustrate its motive in encourag-
ing that division in the Democratic ranks 1t
said: ~
The comparative strength of the two factions
of the Democracy in this State il u point of a
great de..l of importance and not few will be
disposed to determine it by the magnitude
OF the crowds attending their State meet
ings. This is undoubtedly an iIlusive stand
ard but. next to an actual count, it is the best
accessible. judging by it. the B7eckinridge party
inindiana are as strong ss their rivals. Their
crowd of yesterday quite as large as that of
the 18th (the State mss Democratic ratification
conveatiOn) = = There NAV have been more
Republicans ptesent. but saw about as many
az one meeting as another and, taking all the
indications together. We should say. in all SINGER
ity, that the two meetings were about equal in
numbers. spirit and respectability.
The judgment of the court orgar was that the
Democratic parties were about equally divided in
1860 What was tue resultf Notwithstanding
the Democratic State ticket was defeated, the
vote in Indiana stood as follows: DouoLAs u.s..
509; BaEcKixnIDeI Il, ,295. Thus il vii! be seen
that the Democracy stood by their organization
as il will stand now
The comments OF the court organ upon the
mass convention Of the War Democracy. com
posed as it was mairly of intense Republicans,
corresponds with those IL made upon the BrEcK-
psRiDeE convention in 1867. Speaking of the
numbers 10 attendance aud the character Of the
convention, il says: r. sIfIll. 81
"But a more reasonable effort would MIKE il
lO,OOO TO Is 900. The crowd around the main
stand was as large that which heard ;
Dan. Voorhees, at the eopperhet td convention -
The east side of the Stale House yard was
a mass of men (whsEa whopper.l Such
demonstration OF the strength and extent OF the
loyal feeling in the only party from which the
country has now anything TO fear. from which
indeed. the rebellion borrOws all the strength it
has. and withoutwhich tive Confsderacy would
fail in month, is most cheering. 3. srn4a n
The court organ exhibits just exactly the same
intense partisan hatred Of the Democracy in 1863
as il did in 1860. Gen. CAss. whom the War De-
mocracy announced as their big gun, wrote 20
the Democracy of Pennsylvania. short time
ago. that the great danger to the countrv, and
which II had TO fear, was from the "Jacobins and
radicals" who had possession of the Govern
ment- The court organ says that the rebellion
borrows all the strength it has from the Dem
ocratic party. Yet to Illustrate its consistency
Il publishes extracts from the leading rebel jour.
mails, denouncing the Democracy of the North as
the worst enemies of their cause. The only hope
OF preserving the Government as it was framed
by the men of the revolution is in the return OF
the Democratic party to power. This is the re
suit the Jacobins and radicals fear. Most true
IL IS that the Confedsracy would fall in month
IL the Democracy were again placed ia. power;
but those who now control the administration
and TO perpetuass their rule, and they do not de
sire the contest to cease as long as there is q
dollar in the treasury TO appropriate to theft
use or it will be the means of continuing po
litical power In their hands
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