Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-03-09
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UDoer TIE ABOVE caption wilkes spirit OF tie
Times. an aItrs sati-MccLELLAs paper contains
the following slashing criticism OF the schemes OF
the men Who have control ofthe Government. TO
pepeiaate power 10 their hands. The portrait
Is most vivid and truthful and cOnnot fail to in
teresi the reader. The work OF disinlegration Is
going on in the Republican ranks. and nothing
but the cohesive power of public plumber will
bold the organization together through another
political canvass, and IL is doubtful whether that
infunee will be powerful enough 10 cement the
ciscordant materials OF which il is composed.
Already we have the evidence that there il as
much. IL not more. bitterness between the con
tending factions. than either have manifested to
ward the Democracy. Says Wilkes Spirit of
the Times
II cannot have escaped the observation of the
public that two distinct campaigns are being
pressed from Washington. One of these Is the
war against the rebels in the field; the other a
raid against the voters Of the country for the cap
ture and control of the nett four years Of spoil
In both.these Abraham Lincoln is the general
issimo. His principal sub commanders of the
military stamp Grant, Butler, Banks and
Meade: his chief lieutenants in the second enter
prise are Weed, Seward, Blair aud Bates. The
ostensible aim OF the first of these campaigns Is
90 recover possession Of the seeded States; the
object of the second is to sublugate the expires
sion OF the loyal North. and take the next Presi
dency and lie plumber BY surprise. As the latter
campaign is by far the most important to those
who manage both. the military march - suoor-
dinated to the civil one. and our arms are con-
star,ly required to pause. that the latter pro-
gramme may be incidentally hitched forward to
is degisnated prominence. The civil campaign,
moreover. has n natural advantage over the mil
tary one in the fact that it, leaders are station-
my, through the favor of the President and not
subject TO perturbation and removal on the point
OF being too successful. The cases OF Fremont
and Butler are striking instances OF this superior
strategy. The early opening of the Mississippi
by the former, aud the premature conquest OF
Texas by the latter, were decorously postponed
BY the Administration, in order that Gen. Seward
might FIRST conservative Missouri. and next bring
in. IL possible. the malignants OF the lower
States 10 vote for Abraham Lincoln out OF sheer
gratitude for scotching the malice OF the ultra
radicals, and for his practical abrogaton OF the
coufiscation acts. The theory laid down in the
Seward dispatch of April, 1861, that the rebels
should not be subjugated by the force OF arms,
was to be maintained ill it made an impression
on their hearts; and they we're then to be tolled
in with ten per cent. olive branch, to support
the leaders who so magnanimously sheltered
them from the penalties OF treason.
The main triumphs Of this policy over military
progress were undoubtedly the prompt counter
manding OF Fremont's emancipation edict in the
West. and the suppression of the first Texas ex-
petition by the sudden displacement of Butler
from the Department of the Gulf Its secondary
successes were the abandonment OF Pope to the
Joint treachery Of Potter and Mcclellan the COM
plete immunity of Lee from pursuit after his dis
as;rous defeat at Gettysburg, and the late fur
Tough TO imperiled Richmond. through the mis-
sion of the reprieved assassin Boyle All oil
these incidents doubtless were considered BY our
civil notables as wholesome checks TO military
rivalry; but should Sherman now be cast away
in the endeavor 10 carve out Lincoln delegation
from reconstructed Mississippi. as Gilmore wa
wrecked in the late ill-advsed effort to- snatch
three dominating votes from Florida. We doubt i
the people will not decide that these Presiden
tial gamblers have overplayed their hand.
Though Mr.. Lincoln is not entirely TO blame
for this subordinate aud selfish scheme, he must
as the main party ostensibly in interest. be heiC
responsible for its disastrous effects. The true
criminals however, those unprincipled polit
cal Bourbons who have involved his feeble and
unsteady nature with false ambition, and who,
instead of insfrucfiug him to thank Heaven hum
bly, for the undue honors which sarcastic Fortune
careiessy pinned upon his back. have tempted
him to believe that the sway of great ruler is
his natural Inheritance. Unfortunately for the
country, this Sancho Panzan dream of Mr. Lin
coin has not been imposed upon him. were the
simulated royalties of that equally illustrious
character, Kit Sly. for the mere purposes of mer-
riment Ii is not designed BY his scheming
courtiers that he shall cast aside the ermine at
the proper point, and, sufficiently honored by a
broad gugaw, return with a grotesque caper to
his ,boat or his ass; but il ID deliberately medi-
tated he shall be showed again into the robes
of State. that they may hold the line which
marks his range, and grind the music to regulate
his paces Ii il they who are to be the Govern
ment-they. not he They To receive the silver
he to attract the audience: and that simply is the
reason why We. though loyal to the warIike poll
CIV of the Administration, are opposed to the
whole Of this underpiot aud play. The game is
entirely for Seward, Weed and Blair Poor
Abraham. whom they Gagged rs he was
caught. Is the mere screen from behind which
they strike the country and accumulate theil
spoil: and To vote for him again, is merely to
repeat Seward and bis cold Bourbons as the mas
tiers OF our future. That Is tho truequestion now
proposed. Bankrupt in character themselves
below the possibility of public chance. they dan
gle him forward for the amusement OF the ground
lings. in the hope, while lurking artiully in In
groteSQue shadow. 10 seize upon his skirts ant
swing once more upon the platform OF control.
The manner in which these tricksters hsv
worked" this misplaced gentleman is character
istic of their practice and their principles Fhe
took nm fresh from an ardent programme. an
counseled him 10 recede To harmonZe the cOun
try. With souls too small to appreciate the time
or IL they do, with veins too cold TO sympathiz
with its progression. they made him deal will
treason like an old policeman. and Weld ibert
and per centage to the rate often lers that the
might not be discouraged OF future exploits an
partnership together. Political corruption is tn
meanest form Of treason. Themselves dsloys
through the very intensity of seihshness, tbes
Bourbons naturally look with a lenient eve upoI
transgressors who differ from them only by th
phase Of courage; and due sequel to their earl
pledges TO protect slavery and the rebellion.
the late repeal of the Contiscation Act. throug
their attorneys of the districts. The Emancips
ton edict. on which they now repose for do
Tense. wrung from them by the clamor c
the people: and they would not even invite ID
rebels 10 repentance. in their Bull of Amner,
without giving them till the eleventh hour c
doomsday IN persist in the experiment of arms
There has been neither principle. good faith no
dignity In ther Administration: and IL Is mere ia
pudence 30 ask that they be perpetusted in the
power.
Indeed. there il something worse than imPu
dence in the manner they have attempted I
forestall the expression OF tie country and dicts
themselves Tor the succession. Like the notable
of Mexico. who elected Macmillan, they hss
uscrped the functions of the popular conven
tons. and, through unlimited promises and
monster patronage. have induced the Hessans q
the State Legislatures to domiueer the iude mer
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