Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-05-25
The Radical Republican Protest
Axain-t ur. LiucoIn's Rc-nom ina =
tion-An Arrangement OF his Course.

Against ur. GiucoIn's Rc nina
uon-An Arrangement OF his Course.
IRON he New York S.- Ss,ion lFremOn; Radical Re-
publican Vrgan,l Nay III
FOR CLEVELAND.
The time has come-in the language Of the
call for the Cleveland Conven;ion-for all inde
pendent men. ali who are jealous OF Tie nationa.
liberty and greatness. TO unite in a common ef
fort 20 oppose an insurmountahle barrier against
The food Of shame and ruin that is pouring over
the country from Washington, and threatens 10
bury even the American name Inaugurated
in terror and cowardce. the present Adminisira
ton tended inevitably 10 The painful end which
ne have before our ewes Error ~ 70 the true
bearing ano character of the contest; error a. 10
its probable duration: looking Only upon CON-
promise as a possible solution of the struggle.
and protecting in slavery the very source OF the
conflict the administration OF Mr. Lincoln could
only and inevitably terminate in the half mess
ures which prOlong crises and never conclude
them: cowardjce in dealing with foreign powers,
which did hot blush TO assinIiate ihemselves 20
revo,ed criminals under the name of belligerents:
cowardice in dealing with England imperously
demanding the Trent prisoners, notwithstanding
the oDen manifestation Of the popular will; COW
ardice in dealing with Louis Napoleon, who in
solentiy trslds the Monroe doctrine under foot
and slaps u in the face with its fragments.
stained With Mexican blood; cowardice toward
the whole world, in suffering, without repr.sals.
our commerce and our flag to be insulted in
every sea by pirates issuing from the ports of
powers which make war upon us under the shell
ter Of netratity: everywhere cowardice
,Amercau~ y this the device which our fathers
LETT usl Il it this which we shall leave 20 our
chidienl Without energy for good. without
force against evil. and without intelligence 20
.s.I .
liberties and What has become of the immense
resources of every kind. put by patriotism at the
discretion OF our executives? Our liberte~l We
have seen chem succumh. one by one, without
murmur, without single popular protest To vim
dictate rigbs aud justice outra ged military pro-
cVnsuls have everywhere replaced the law Dy
caprice. and the Judge by the Provost Marshal:
the habea- corpus n" longer exists and the
PRECIOUS bell OF Mr. Seward sends without power
Of resistance, the best citizens of The Republic
dream IN dungeon over our lost liberties There
is not a citizen to-day who eau be secure in going
to sleep ut night, that he will not awakea crimi-
naf-not by the law. but by the will of pro
consul or his agents
That which England would have defended To
the last drop OF her blood, that which is the
most glorious apPendaee of the Anglo Saxon
race. us pride in, and it, attachment and respect
for the liberty OF the citizen, we have abandoned
without protest.
Ate we descendants Of those sturdy Saxons
vino never knew how To bend their heads or are
we the efemInate sons of the Latin race Of
whom servity il the distinguishing character
is,c?
la fighting for universal liberty, are we going
TO surrender owng Our national wealth is
following IN the wake of our liberties The re-
sources hesped up 10y century OF persssering
labor. that prosperity which was the envy of the
world and our just pride. is flowing off az the
rate OF fcur millions of dollars day. into the
pockets of contractors. scattered and wasted by
Dcrpacity on the battlefield. and corruption in
public transactions. Prostrate, ruined and dis
boGored. have we at least the consolation TO see
all these sacrifices crowned BY victory over our
enemies? Judge Tor yourselves After three
years of voluntary impotence. after having
steadily drained our wealth and our blood in such
way rs just TO carry our existence along far
enough To hiring ~ exhausted To the moment Of
"a Presidential election, the Administration draw
ING together Tor supreme last effort all the force
OF the nation. stakes its existence on last card
III order TO perpeiuate itself ia power. or, il il
fails. to leave with its successor only ruin
and RENEE brance of greatness destroved for
ever
All our resources are engaged In those
combats of civilized people where modern sci
ence wins victory while ii spares life, but in
human hecatomb like the recorded struggles OF
barbarian antiquity. where masses take the place
OF intelligence aud where exhaustion and dea h
take the place OF victory triumuh of darkness
over light. History will mark with her bloody
finger this ierocious butchery. shame 70 hu
manity aud stain upon this age of civilization
and progress.
We have lost at least 40 900 men in less than
ten days;~we push forward cur militia; what af-
terwardr Is it enough to pay dearly the gno
rance OF those who instead of leading our men
10 victory lead them 10 deathf The imagina-
ton refuses 10 look at the consequences OF n
disaster IN such circumstances. Under this Adj
ministralion. sold TO foreigners by fear or by
interest. we have that saddest and most
incredible spectacle of the work Of our ancestors
b flied aud overthrown before il had vet reached
century of existence. but which Was also a
century of snexampIed prosperity
Shades OF Washington, of Jefferson of Mon
roe ami jackson. OF Adams. of Clay. OF Web
ster, and OF Benton. tell our counrrymen il YOU
recognize that republic which Won knew how to
make So great Bloody shades OF the heroes of
independence. YOU who have founded the republic
by herOSm and suffering against the numbers aud
treasures Of England. rise up and tell Us if YOU
recognize your battles of giants where energy
and valor supplied the place OF numbers, in
these humiu hecatombs under incompetence
Tome iTNaFu. ltucn Win NOur lnEer TIE
bodies OF these contractors filled with the peo
pies gold. knocking at the devastation and smil-
lng over the natoaal ruin: touch and tell us II
your antique virtIe realizes the existence Of these
human vultureS
Peone. There j. vet time for YOU rise up.
There J. yet time tor YOU 70 pass in review the
acts of guilty administration which has be-
rayed your confidence, and u arrest it course.
The moment has come To launch ont from the
new world the great truth that administrations
are made by the people and for the people. and
not the people for the administration; and that
howsoever great may br their forhenrsnce for
their >ervants. hoSevsr long nav tie their tor
getiune>s OF their interests, when the measure ia
full the people will declare that they alone are
sovereig "a and change their administration. TIE
time has come TO change thst which tor three
wears past has occupied the White House. the
time has come 10 clean out the Augesn stables
and 10 select the Hercules charged with that
task. On 10 Cleveland,
How Tom Losr HIS SHEEP-An old far
mer in Tennessee sent his son Tom TO Memphis
with -, ..f IL Ill IL