Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-09-14

ted possession OF the Presidency, would be a de-
struciionof the Constitution
Mr.. Seward proclaims that Mr. Lincoln In LEGO
vas legally and constitutionally elected Pfesi-
dent. and never having had the "fnll accession"
Is yet The President elect, and must continue 80
70 be until be obtains that "full secession, and
for the full term for which he vas elected. Any
other President who may be designated By the
people. therefore, if he attempt 10 Dust Mr. Lin
coin. will be 81 usurper as much a. Jefferson
Davis. aud bis claims must be resisted by Mr..
fLineoln Otherwise the eoasttHtion Gill perish.
We submit tha. this declaration OF Mr.. Seward
Is the boldest announcement OF purpose on the
paFt Of Mr.. bncolnfo "hoit over that has ey
er vet been made. Something like it has been
dropped oce.sionaljy BY sdherents Of the men 10
power, and the fornsi announcement now is evil
IDENTIFY made that in the election shall result
adversely 20 Mr. Lincoln, the claim of perpetual
power. aud Of the right 70 bold The ohce until
he hss had ''full accession" vii not then be
uttered for the first tine It is now uttered that
the people nav be apprised ia advance that II
Mcclellan be elected Mr.. Lincoln viii treat
him as a usurper and will continue 10 rule the
nation.
Comment upon such an infamous declaration
is hardly necessary. We give the declaration
itself and let il proclaim to the people the dan
gerous hands into which our national destinies
have fallen, and the necessity for the most em
phatic decision, that there can be no such thing
"holding over" or retaining the Office on any
such flimsy preteIt as is urged.-Chcago Post.
General ucCieIlans Letter OF Accept
aucc.
We have the satisfaction of placing before our
readers to-day the admirable and patriotic letter
in which Gen Mcclellan has signi6ed his &C
ceptanee Of the nomination conferred upon him
by the Democratic Convention which recently
assembled at Chicago If there be any one who
can read this letter without admiration for the
pure aud elevated patriotism which it breathes. or
without respect for the writer. il must be one in
.hom the spirit of party has quenched all gener-
Gus sensibility 10 private worth or public virtue
outside Of his own political circle Certain it is
that no lover of the Union and no friend of the
Constitution can ind aught against which 10
object in this clear, calm, and frank exposition,
and IL is only "a the minds of men may be warped
by their addiction to some policy or purpose lying
outside OF the Union and Constitution that they
can find ground for even the pretext OF exception
to this cOmpend Of political doctrine Ia our
view it covers the whole duty of true patriots at
this crisis, and coming as il does from man
who, both in public and private lite, as we'll by
the dignity of the one as by the purity OF the
other. has given full guarantee for the honesty
and steadfastness with which he hold bis opinions,
this manly confession of political faith will go to
the hearts of the people as It obviously comes
from the heart OF the writer.
We are not of those who, in this hour of the
nations need, would seek to repose an undue re
lance in the hand of man But as men placed
in high command over the interests and welfare
of the people are the instruments. under Provi
dence, of those counsels, purposes, and policies
on which the veal or OF the nation mainly
depends. We do feel that, in this juncture, the
American people, more than at any former period
OF their history, are called to weigh candidly and
deliberately the character OF the man in whose
hands they shall confde the tremendous issues of
the next four years. so far Gs those issues can be
determined by the action OF the Chief Magistrate
of the country.
The critical times in which we live call for a
man in the Presidential chair who shall look with
single eye to the restoration and preservation
of the Union under the Constitution, without
having his attention diverted by extraneous ob
jects which command paramount adhesion to
the detriment of the L MON and the Violation OF
the Constitution. The revolutionary times 10
which We live call for a man who has faith in the
fundamental principles Of the Government and
who. when the foundations OF the Republic are
rocking to their very base, will not suffer him
self to be misled by the false lights of a radical
| fanatcism The changeiul times in which We
i've Gail loI ultL WIZ s just tenaelOu5 Oi
his purposes one not to be moved from his de
lberate resolve or from his conscientious ccnvc-
tons by any outside pressure of faction3
The solemn times in which we live call for a
man who, understanding his epoch. shall address
himself to the momentous tasks he is called to
perform with a gravity and sobriety which shall
be at the farthest remove from trifing and levi
~. The difficult times in which we live call for
man of vigorous intellect, expanded by ripe
culture, and at the same time sharpened by con
tact with men. and raised to the height of great
emergencies by the discipline of active life
such. all Will agree, are the demands of our age
and land. Two men are set before the poop G
as the candidates named by their respective ad
herentS to meet these requirements On the one
hand is Abraham Lncoln the other il Geo
! B, Mcclellan. Each has made up for himself
the issues and the record on which he challenges
the popular ordeal. Ii is for the people to choose
between them, and in choosing to decide whether
the Union is the paramount object of the nation !:
aspiration in the present struggle, or whether the
destinles of the Union are to be complicated with
/ pledges and commitments which se verify be
ieve must be fatal to its practical restoration
as in theory they alien to the spirit aud letter
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