Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-09-30


dent Lincoln, in their celebrated manifesto ad
dressed Ito the supporters OF the Government,
in animadSersion on the conduct OF the Presi-
dent ia the matter Of the reconstruction bill
which he refused 10 sign, but which, IN some Of
its features and applications nc adopted by
proclamation. Mr. Wide At the meeting re
lcrTed 20. said
Il believe that the American people are not
Ike owls. and can bear the light am unlike
many petty politicians Of our party vho come
out only 70 laud their candidate. and don't dare
20 cFiiieise bis acts II cur hbeiiie. are lost.
such syeophauts will De responsible for IL But
II any man taxes a position opposed 10 my ideas
of right meet him openly Let u see how
this document came To- be issued. The Presi
dent vetoed an act which Congress had passed
He had perfect constitutional right 10 do so.
But he went further. and issued proclamation
appealing to the people in support OF bis position.
In doing so be cast im?utaton on Mr.. Davis
and myself, who were in measure instrumen-
tai in preparing tie bill. He put forward his
side Of the question. aud whoever does that
shall meet him BE lie President king. or
peasant shall put forth my side, too. APP
plause | am ashamed TO say my party up
braided me because was unwilling 10 admit
that our President was infallible and could do
wrong
/, for one, am not afraid to place the truth be.
fore the people What would you think of judge
the bench who should rule out part of the
evidence. lest the truth should mislead the iuryf
IL | opposed the President 1 did so because
thought him wrong, and Tor rather Mr. Davis
and were frank enough to set il forth.
have little say for myself. but / cannot suffer
Mr. Davis to be attacked. Ii free principles are
dear to you. Mr. Davis has more merits than
any man / know of. lie has done more to rid
Maryland of slavery than all the rest OF the men
IN Infinitely more than all these pitiful
ceoakers who assai him. He has stood ike a
rock for the truth, aud has won noble victory,
and his enemies shall not traduce so glorious a
champion of Union and liberty without protest
from me twill not boast for myseli-though
one infinitely greater than i boosted little
but doesn't il show that Mr.. Davis could elevate
himself above the miserable trammels of party
when he announced what he deemed truth, and
what is and soon will be the truth. Politicians
object that We hurt the party. But our cause
doesn't constran Us 10 cover up the truth APP.
plluse think my position vas right, and that
of the President wrong. and 40 believing, | will
declare it though the heavens fall and no earthly
dignity nor station shall stand between me and
the truth"
Our readers have not forgotten the charges
contained in the document which Mr. Wade
thus defends and reafirms In that paper he and
Mr.. Davis wrote that, cas- the supporters Of the
administration are responsible to the country for
its conduct, il j. their right and duty TO check
the encroachments of the Executive on the au-
thorty of Congress and to require il 20 con6ne
itself to its proper sphere" They declared to
the country that the proclamation which the
President had issued in regard to- the recon
structiOn bill, was not only a document un-
known TO the Constitution and the laws, but
that $50 far as it contained an apology for not
81. q.
against the friends of the government. while $50
far as it proposed TO execute the bill, which il
not law, il was grave Executive usurpation.
They averred that "the President by prevent
| ing this bill from becoming a law, holds the
electoral votes OF the rebel States at the dicta
| ton of his personal ambitions" and they Illus
| trated their meaning and the abuse Of executive
power which they meant to denounce by citing
the shadows of governments which the Presi
| dent had caused TO be established in Louisiana
| and Arkansas-goy which they charac
| terized as "mere creatures OF his will -" mere
OIigarchles imposed OH the people by military
orders under the forms Of election, which gen
erals, provost mlrshals, soldiers and camp fol.
lowers were the chief actors, assisted by hand
fol of resident citizens, and urged on to prema
ture action ~ private letters from the President
They charged that the President, by his illegal
and unconstitutional proclamation thus issued
at the prompting Of his personal ambition, had
''held for naught' the deliberate judgment OF
Congress, discarded the authority of the Su
| preme Court, and ''strOde beadlong tow ards the
anarchy" which he had inaugurated by his an,
nesty proclamation of December, 1863.
They affirmed that tue President. by purposing
to execute the emancipation bill as law but
only SO far as it was made law "by his plenary
dictatoral power" had "perpetrated studied
outrage on the legislative authority Of the peo-
pie" They charged that the President. by de
feating the bill of Congress, had arrogated to
himself right 10 persist in 1.-The dictatcral as
| SYMPTOMS" he bad already exercised in Louis
lana, and which that bill was meant to limit
They affirmed that the Presidents declared pur-
pose Ito instruct his Military Governors to pgo-
coed according to the bill'-t make .hift to calm
the disappointment its defeat had occasioned-
was not merely grave usurpaticn but trans
parent deluson" They denounced the procla-
nation and the proposed action OF the President
under il as "a rash and fatal act--a blow at the
friends of his administration, at the rights of hu
manity and at the principles of republican gov
eminent" And they closed this formidable in
dictment with the following significant words:
"The President has greatly presumed or the
| forbearance which the supporters OF his Admin
| istraton have so long practised, III view OF the
| arduous conflict in which are engaged, and
| But he must understand that our support is Of a
cause. and not of man; that the authority OF
Congress is paramount and must be respected
| that the whole body of the Union men OF Con
| gress will not submit 10 be inpeached by him OF
| rash and unconstitutional legislation; aud, II he
wishes our support he must confne himself 10
his executive duties--tO obey and execute, not 10
| make the laws-to suppress by arms armed re
bellion and leave political reorganization TO Con
| gress Ii the supporters OF the Government fail
TO insist on this they become responsible for the
| usurpations which they fail to rebuke, and are
Justly liable to the Indignation OF the people,
whose ri ghts and security, committed to their
keeping. they sacrifice. Let them consider the
remedy for these usurpatiOuS, and. having found
II fearlesslv execute IT,
Such, then. are the charges which Mr.. Wade,
in his first appearance before the people, takes
| occasion 20 reafirm We make note OF the fact
| merely for the purpose oil saying, that perhaps
there are some persons who, taking him and bis
| political colleague at their word, have gravely
considered the remedy for these usurpations
and. having found il" purpose "learlessly 70
| execute il =" And Il i safe TO say that all such
| persons Will take good not to perpetuate IN
power the authes of the "usurpVion" which Mr.
Wade has 20 solemnly denounced. and the truth
of which he now 50 Ssemnly reaiiirms : Ma
tional Intelligence
| THE Lincoln Central Committee OF New York
city, it appears. after their evening meetings
have negro balls in the club room, in which the
leading Abolition leaders OF New York partici-
pate. Greeley. OF the Tribune. Presidential
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