Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-05-25

Under THE bead the Journal Of yesterday con-
plaios, and charges us With treason. because we
publish facts in regard TO the prosecution Of the
var. The truth is the best corrective Of error.
and re believe no good object il 70 be accom-
plished. at least so far a. the country i con
cerDsd, D! concealing or exeusing the ma ad-
minisiraton Of the party in power. Is it RICH,
that nation should suffer 70 save the reputation
or position Of some worthless officials, The in
competency and corruption Of the men in power
have procrastinated ire war and ssddled the i'm
mense debt upon the country which will be a
grinding burden upon is productive labor for
generations TO come Does loyalty to the Gov
eminent demand that tins evil shall be increasedi
We think not The Journal thoaght not before
partisan interests demanded the sacrifice Of It's
honest convictions Of right and duty. Then il
was Clearly Of the opiuion that the loss OF a
dozen States. in fact. the separation Of the Union
into Independent confederacies. was less evil
than civil war, but now it apologies for and
urges forward the very evil which il deprecated
a. the greatest calamity which could befall the
nation. not even excepting disunion and the re-
cognilion Of "lhe dominion Of JEFF Davis"
But the Journal charges thi, We represent our
losses 10 battle and the expenses Of the war in
manner calculated to depress the public mind
i The fault finder sinless in that regard2 Let Us
see. In another column OF the same paper that
makes this charge against us. We find. conspicu
ou-Iy inserted. the following depressing view Of
the recent battles Of SIeKL and BurLsR. in it,
special Washington correspondence:
The disaster TO Sigel excites no wonder here
Though the idol OF the Teutons. he has long
since ceased 20 command the confidence OF the
public and the hope is almost universal that be
will ne relieved
There Is feeling here that Butler suffered
severely aud got rather the worst OF il ia the at
tack made upon his lines the other day. | hear
nothing authentic about il, but am strongly in
cined To believed that this feeling is not without
some foundation"
Is IL loyal for the Journal to publish state
mens IN reference to the results of battles calcu
lated 20 deDress the public mind and disloyal for
the Sentinel to publish similar iac,ss Such is
the view taken BY the Republican organ.
The Journal also finds fault because We re-
Published Nh article from the Cincinnati En-
qnirer upon the doctrine of State rights but il
does not. however. attempt TO cOntrovert it,
statements or argument, for il has neither the
manliness or ability to 10 il. The Journal Stands
committed TO 1.-The doctrine of the right Of
State withdraw from the Union at its pleasure"
IL took the ground. and argued the position
eaborately, that secession was revolution-that
our Government was based upon the right ofrevo
luton. and that any State bad the right whdrax
from the Union whenever in its own judgment the
Union. the Federal Government Oppres-
siye TO her. IL conceded also upon the secession
of South Csrolins that that virtually a
dissolution OF the Union and il declared in advance
of the withdrawal Of any State. that no Repub-
lican--it went still further. that no man north Of
Mason and DixoS's line would be in favor of
coercion TO force a dissatisfied and rebelious
State back into the Union. The Journal now
favors coercion not only. but subiugston and
determination Can there be anything more
cowsrdIy than this surrender OF principle and
ayowed convictions of duty to perpetuate party
supremacy for that alone has caused il to change
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