Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-06
rhe .Ba.tardn Democrats.

This is the cognomen which the Lawrenceburg
Register gives the few men who assume the
title Of "the Union War Democracy" Not one
of them voted the Democratic cket at the last
election, and each of them did all in their power
to either elect themselves or some abolitionized
Republican The Executive Committee of this
new organization have issued an address, signed
by JAMES GAVIN, chairman, patriot whose am
bition was to defeat Mr. HOLMAN Cor Congress in
the fourth district, and failing in that he has Sub
sided to the candidacy of clerkship in Decatur
county upon the Republican ticket This nodes
gentleman and his confederates sei themselves up
as the leaders Of the Democracy of Indiana.
There is one point in the address which we will
notice to show the sympathy OF these bastard"
Democrats. 1t charges upon Democrats the
establishment of secret organization 'under the
name OF the Knights of the Golden Circle" arm
ing its members. &c. This accusation the com
mittee know to be false. The Democratic party
have ever denounced secret politicil organiza-
tions as the foe of Republican Institutions. At
the last two Democratic State Conventions all
such associations were distinctly and decid-
edly repudiated. After slanderiig the De
mocracy of Indiana by attempting to iden
tify hem with what these "basards" call
reasonable societies, with great tenderness
and assumed ignorance they say, III any secret
political organizations exist among Union men.
we oppose it," Now, this committee can not be
ignorant of the fact, if each and all Of them do
not belong to such an organization themselves,
that the Union men," as they term themselves.
have organized all over Indiana secret societies,
"that have gathered arms and ammunition to
execute the higher law of their midnight coun-
ellis" In addition to this. these bogus Demo
Gratis well know that these Union Leagues
infused the poison of their organization into the
Legislature of our State" to prevent that body
from passing the necessary laws to sustain the
State Government and its honor. for he purpose
of placing it in revolutionary condition, and
forcing the dangerous experiment, hostile to
every principle of our political institutions, of
toward their political allies. How very delicate
in their rebuke. "If any secret political organi
zatIon exists among Union men, we oppose it."
How very soft is that opposition.
There is another sentiment in the address
which may be noticed in this connection. 1t
reads as follows: eff the majority can not rule,
democracy is gone. civil liberty is gone" is the
committee honest in this expressionf Let US
apply it to the existing state of things in Indiana
Mr.. LINCOLN was elected by minority vote, and
while his Administration does not represent the
majority. vet he was constitutionally elected and
he should be respected as the Chief Magistrate Of
the nation. Last year the State officers and
majority of the Legislature were elected by the
Democracy They were constitutioually elected,
as much so as were Mr. LINCOLN and the Repub-
lican majority in Congress. Now mark the par
allel We condemn the rebels for refusing to
submit to the will of the people AS constitution
ally expressed in the election OF Mr.. LINCOLN
Were not the Republican minority in the Legis-
| lature of Indiana aud the Republican Governor
lually bound to respect the will of the majority
of the people constitutionslly expressed in the
last election? But with the advice Of the Gov
ernor, the Republican minority in the House
bolted, seeded. to defeat legislation upon parti-
san grounds Says the address OF the bogus Dem
ocrats. and so say we, "If the majority cannot
rule. democracy is gone, civil liberty is gone.
And the action OF the Republican Governor OF
Indiana, and the Republican minority in the
Legislature has struck blow At civil liberty aud
popular rights, which may take. as it did with
our forefathers, long yeals of strife to overcome
and regain.
And while referring to this production of as
sumed Democrats, it may not be amiss to allude
to another point which they make in their
address They smooth over, paliate. and even
attempt 70 Justify the Infamous exercise of arbi
t AIRY power by the present representatives of the
Government in States where the civil power is
supreme. and the mandates of all civil courts can
be enforced by the civil power. Says the ad-
dress: Mistakes aud Ill Judged orders and ar
rests have undoubtedly been made" And then
the excuse is: "NO human judgment would be
free from serious errors in crisis like that upon
us" Said Secretary SEWARD to Lord Lyons: my
Lord, eau ring that bell and have citizen in
Ohio arrested" Did ever despot express q
more atrocous sentmentl
This is enough. Talk about mistakes" and
"ill judged orders and arrests" when the rights
of the citizen are stricken down with impunity
There is no democracy in the men who profess to
be Union War Democrats"
More than this: There is no love or respect
for the principles upon which the Constitution
was framed and the Union consummated. Said
the wisest, the best and purest of mankind: BE
cause thou art not either cold or hot, will speu
thee out OF my mouth" That sentiment will
apply to the professed Union War Democrats. .
They are neither hot or cold; they are not ont
thing or the other. and because they are luke
warm. like puking water, every honest man AND
good citizen will spew this bastard party out Of
their mouths, aud out of their hearts Never
was there greater or more disgusting humbul
than the selfstyled organization which assumei
the name of 'the Union War Democracy"
Smart Tricksters.
The following statement, says the Philadelphia
Age, was received in letter from Harrisburg