Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-05-30
The war In the Republican Ranks.

eulation OF the Sentinel during the present campaign, In
every township in indiana. my9
The war I'm the Republican Ranks.
We have charged over and over again that the
men at the head Of public affairs we're corrupt
and selfish. caring more for their personal az
grandizement than the good of the country. We
said so because we believed such to be the fact.
But what has been the response of the Republi-
can press3 They did not attempt &c. controvert
these charges against those controlling the Ad-
ministration, and in fact the Administration it.
self. Their only reply was that it came from a
copperhead source, hence the accusations were
not entitled to consideration by the loyal" men
of the country. But a change has recently
taken place with those who entertain the most
radical views in regard to the prosecution Of the
war and the future administration Of the govern
ment. That class has no more confidence in the
integrity and capacity Of the men at the head Of
the government than the Democracy. While we
agree with them most fully in that regard, We
are as wide apart as the poles in the
sentiments they entertain and the purposes
they have 10 view. A large portion of the Re-
publican party have no confidence whatever in
Mr.. LINCOLN and his associates. We have rs
published lately in the Sentinel articles from the
radical Republican press. taking issue most de-
cidedly with the Administration as to the manner
it is conducting public affairs. No charges have
appeared in the Democratic papers more per-
sonal and denunciatory Of the men in power.
Yet no attempt has been made to sup
press this freedom Of the press, and the
right to ~criticise the acts OF public servants. Our
attention was directed to a letter which appeared
q few days ago in a very %"loyal" Republican or
gan from Washington, commenting with just
severity upon the "unprincipled wire working"
of the Federal officers in the National Capital.
AS the sentiments and facts set forth in that CON-
municstion corroborate most forcibly the charges
We have preferred against the Administration we
appropriate a few extracts from it to convince
the honest but misguided friends of the party in
power that the partisan interests and personal
ambition of the political wire workers in
Washington rise superior to the public welfare.
The Washington correspondent referred to
writes as follows in general condemnation of the
spirit and objects which control the partisans in
power:
/ believe it to be a just and great principle in
a republican Government, that the people should
be imparsially informed of the wire workings Of
the public men in the nations capital But sad
as is the picture, who will have the hardihood to
speak the truth in reference to the uDDrincipled
wire-working now going on here, by the Office
holders, for the purpose of securing the election
of the President for a second termI Every
means, both honest and dishonest, is resorted to,
and woe to him who dares object.
While the people throughout the land, who
have near and dear friends upon the battle field,
arrayed against a hostile and Infatuated enemy,
to defend our common country, and are doubt
less sending I'D their prayers 10 Heaven in behalf
of our brave army and the right. the political
wire workers in Washington are seldom heard to
speak Of anything but the Baltimore Convention;
and they are incessant in their denunciation of
such as do not believe Mr.. Lincoln the man for
the times to be again placed before the people for
re election.
The writer then refers especially to the Office
holders in " ashington from Indiana, who openly
expressed their hostility to all from this State
who do not support Mr.. LINCOLN and the existing
dynasty.
We call the attention Of the reader to the re-
marks made BY JOAN D. DEGREES, Esq in regard
to the Germans. Mr.. DEGREES is Mr.. LINcoLN's
public Printer, and he undoubtedly expresses
the views of the Administration towards the
citizens of German descent, who, entertaining
radical Republican views, r~epudiate the men in
power as unworthy Of public confidence, and
therefore desire not only, but insist upon a
change Of administration. We quote these ex-
tracts at length.
From the prominent Office holders here from
Indiana, the political war is made hot and bitter
against all who prefer some other good and
available man to Mr.. Lincoln, and of the abuse
which is heaped upon such, ne set of men get so
full a share as do the Germans. 1t isa fact with
which every one is acquainted, that the Germans
are hostile TO the re election of President Lincoln,
and will never support him il nominated, and be.
cause they do not bow in humble submission to
the opinions and whims of others, they are driven
from the party by such shameful abuse and in
suits as no one but an office holder under Mr..
Lincoln could be guilty of. II is but a few even
ings since Mr.. Lincoln's Public Printer declared
that "the d-n Dutch should be kicked out of the
party" "The party will get along better with
out them" "They have no business to lntrude
suggestions upon American citizens" Such is
the course Of the friends Of Mr.. Lincoln in their
efforts to secure for him the Baltimore nomina-
ton.
How will such remarks, made in the spirit of
the worst and most hostile feelings of know
Nothingism," be received in Indiana, where the
destinies of party depend upon the vote Of those
who are thus shameiully set apart to receive the
curses and anathemas of the men who are sent
out as agents to coatrol Conventions and Legs
latures in the interests Of Mr.. Lincoln, as was the
case with this ofice-holder, at Indianapolis, on the
sd Of February last?
Certainly no Democratic paper has a~rraigned
the LIScoLSIrEs for sel6shness and corruption
in terms more decided and ses ere. Our German
citizens must feel especially c~omplimented by the
remarks of one Of the most active supporters of
LIxcoLS & Co.
We make one more extract from these Repub-
Iican revelations. and in connection ask every
good citizen, DESTROYS of promoting the true in
terests Of the country, what hope there is in the
future If the direction of our public affairs are
continued with a lot Of political wire workers.
who care nothing for the happiness and welfare
of the country, but only the Derpetuation of a
party rule, by which their schemes Of personal
aggrandizement will be promoted? Says the
correspondent referred to:
What friend of the Administration will not
regret such a course of conduct, by which the
true loyal men Of the country are becoming di
vided and weakened in their strength, as is evi