Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-12-17
1sAfuaDAY aoRSIke. ! DECENsERlI
cevernor Merton. Message.

Governor uertohs Message.
The telegraph dispatches. specials. from this 1
sisy 10 The Cincinnati Republican papers inform
us that "Go.ernor MonTo~ has his message veil
under wsy We are slso advised that III "ill
be Of more than Ordinary length. and - main
feature will be Al attempted Justification Of hs
usurpasious Of power during the past two years
These clsp.irsp, sensational notices Of the
forthcoming message OF He EIeellency. from
supoEcisl souFces add nothing 70 his reppp.
800 Cor true nera Or staicsru.nlik quaIities IL
iooks IKE m Effort 70 give an undue importance
TO document which needs putting. ike some
Quack medicine. 10 gain public notorieiy
IL has bssa inlina,ed by some Of the
soecisl friends Of the Governor, those Who
hang upon his Official skirts for the
bonef, Of the public drpping'. that IL ]. bis pDf-
pose aud shat he i. using hs "indomitable ener
-syy % ladise message which will cast into The
shade the recent effort Of Nr LISooLS in that
line To thst end. ~enre advised His Excelien-
ey has placed under contribution all The military.
legal literary scientific and rhetorical ability Of
his political friends from the center 10 the CIR
conference Of the commonwealth. Several die
tinguished liIerateurs and politicians Of marked
ability and large experience have been engaged
for several weeks in preparing the materials for
the document. which explains the telegraph an
nouncement to the country that the thing Is
well under sAy While tho Swans
diplomats and statesman Of Europe will
be disappointed In the uncommon common
place character of the annual communication of
the President Of this great nation they will be no
les Disappointed. but upon the ascending scale.
VAN the comprehensivebess, profandlty. sagsc-
ity. scamen. literary polish-in word. with the
orthogriphy. etyuology, syDtax aud prosody,
with the chief officer or che province of Indi
ana will exhibit in his biennial state paper. Step
by step. we presume. the world will be advised of
the progress Of the message The eIorjium. As
ve have been informed. will be elaborate psthet
ic. humiliauve. but wiihal. eloquent. while the
peroration will .stonsh the world and the rest of
mankind. with lie brilliant climaxes In word.
the message il intended to gain for its ostensible
author the reputation Of a statesman. scholar.
and patriot and 10 make party capital ia the
ed production.
His Excellency enter tains aud industriously in.
cucates the idea that States bear the same relation
to the general government tina, the counties do
10 the States. This view of the political rea
lions between the States and the Federal govern
ment, robs the former OF the dignity aud impor-
lance which have heretofore been attributed to.
aud has CHARACTERIZED them Under this new
idea the Governor OF State Is quite an unim
portant parsonage, and az the sentiment II
strengthened in the public mind that public
fanctionary will become officially small BY rapid
degrees and beautifully less State lines and
State distinctions. If this nsw party sentiment
prevails. will soon De ovcrshsdowed by Federal
authority. and ere long the states will be SO com
p -ey ssbSidized that theJ riI lose their poti-
OF. influence, and will hardly DC fecognix
Ell IS independent political communities.
What consequence coNsraCt's message
or even State legislation IL the political ideas and
doctrines % the purity in power prevails
The power OF the military commandants OF de-
partments aud States infinitely greater than the
civil officers of the States within their iursdic
ton aud they only responsible to The federal
authorities for the exercise OF the trust conf5ed
TO them II the present condition OF s1airs is TO
become the governmental policy. the Governors
message ia the future will have but very little
Consideration or consequence. State legisla
ton and State laws OF Indiana have had but
very little respect II any at all. from the State
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ministrsiion OF public affairs