Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-05-08
From the London Times, April Is
a British View of the Condition q
the Anne riCan Cove rnm ent.

The old curse of America is once more upon
her: the evil spirit has returned with seven other
spirits TO his old haunt. Mr.. Lincoln has held
the Presidency of the United States for two mis-
cradle and disastrous wears. Ii is unnecessary
To dilate cDon the results of his administration.
Ii has destroyed vast mass of prosperity and
happiness, and scattered to the winds the best
hopes of the American people. OF how many
States NAV il be said with truth that Mr.. Lincoln
has found them "A garden and left them "a desert !;
of how MANY hourshing institutions that he found
them a reality. and has made them but name;
of how many families that he found them united
and prosperous, while they are nov decmated by
war and divided bv faction? The exchequer of
America was full. and is empty; her credit was
high, and Is all hut extinct and tie evil OF TO day
is regarded bv those who foresee and calcu-
late the future altogether light and endurable
as compared with the disasters that looked for
from to morrow In little more than eighteen
mouths from this time the people of the North.
or of whatever portion Of the United States may
still he under the Federal Government. will be
called upon TO elect another President.
Ii is "A long while to look forward to. especially
in the present state of things. but the stake 10 be
PLAYED for is vast. and no means of securing It
must be neglected. The Republican majority in
Congress have before separating done everything
i'm their DOW er To secure TO their party another
quadrennial period OF office. These reckless men
deserve a foremost place among those representa-
tiyes of tie people who from time 70 time have
made themselves notorious in the history OF the
world 5v surrendering the liberties of their coun
try into the hands of dictator or tvrant. There
i hardly a right secured by the Constitution to
States or 20 individuals which the late Congress
of the United States have not invaded, principle
of freedom which thew have not overthrow. "A
franchise which they have not trampled under
I - - President nlaiu and rpDuhlf-
can A. IL came from the hands of the founders of
federation. i htrllv recognizable beneath the
mass of powers with which II Is Overland l he
first citizen of the Republic. the servant OF the
peOpe the head OF An executive. exercising Ger
tain few and clearly defined powers. has become,
bv the treason of "a Legislature exercising func-
tons which law had limited with equal care 10
that with which II limited It's own, the most ALSO
lutte autocrat on earth
Yet il j. feared that all this power and all this
volepce NAV be unable to perpetrate itself. and
tine has been found. in the midst OF civil war,
TO get up an organization evidently created for
electioneerng purposes. The word has been
passed 10 say little about the abortive proclama-
ton of the President for the emancipation of the
negroes, and 10 get up meetings everywhere IN Ia
vor OF LOYALTY aud of the preservation OF the Mon
! This movement does not appear 10 have been
crowned with any particularly brilliant success
and now il is succeeded by measure so ces
1 perate and so dangerous that We. who have never
expected much from Mr Lincoln. confess that
We stand aghast at his recklessness aud hardI
hood. The last resource of Mr.. Lincoln has been
10 turn the messroom Of every regiment into a
Debating society, and is soldiers into mIniiure
constituencies. The papers from America are
'H'' OF addresses agreed to by meetings OF regi-
men,s presided over by their Colonel with
captain and a Chaplain for Secretaries
ne regiments from Pennsylvania. New jersey
ana Connecticut have taken the lead in these
poi'lcNl manifestations Their addresses have a
suspicious Likeness 10 each other They are all
manifestations of Republican opinion. They