Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-02-01


The radicals take perfectly clear view Of the
situation They know that the day which
the twenty SIX Senators or the South shaii tax :
their seats at the Capitol will be the day onlw hich
they will cease 10 govern The Union, and they
are determined that that DAY shall never come.
We nut here admire the astuteness and ability
which they have prepared and brought the revo-
luton to the point where il now is At the be
ginning of the war, when the North one man
asked the restoration of the Union, the radicals
did not show any intention of changing the insti-
tutions Of the republic in any way; they shouted
Union and Constitution as loudly as did the Dem
ocrats Now, however that the Democrats have
separated from them ana are cr0wding around
the Constitution. which they take as their banner
they announce that instead of the Union and
Constitution as they were. they wish for strong
Union which shall cenrralize in itself all powers
formerly held by the States, and that the rebe
States shallbe held as territories
This machiavelian idea. which had already
been put forward in the United States Senate
where. in April, 1862. Mr. Sumner. Chairman o.
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, adviser of Tho
President and one of the firmest supporters o.
the Administration, proposed to declare that th'
rights Of the South as independent States haC
ceased to exist, was renewed by Mr.. Sumner il
his famous speech at the Cooper Institute, il
which be proclaimed the legal theory by which
he proposed to sustain the constituiOnality OF th
pretended forfeiture of the Southern State
through their so called rebellion. Hardly wa
this theory made public before the ultra journal
fastened TO defend il, and before the orators o
the Administration party went about maxim:
speeches in favor of it. Only few days since
General Butler the MOuravieff of America il
speech delivered at Boston, arguing on tn
theory of Mr.. Sumner, emphatically declares
/ that il the Southern States came back Into th,
Union, il must be as conquered provinces. Som
days after. General Butler was appointed to com
mand the Department of Eastern Virginia ant
North Carolina.
One of the civilians Of the North, who is on
Of the most eminent of the age. Honorable Viii
liam Beach Lawrence, the learned editOrand com
mentator of Wheaton's Treatise on Internation
al Law, has thought it his duty to refute in lie
gal point of view. this dangerous aud wicke
doctrine, which at the same time that il over
throws completely the American political system
opens the door to revolving Injustice His vote
will probably not be heard; political passions ono
let loose no longer listens to reason, and the ia
Mates of the North win continue in their bin
fury to undermine the edifce of the Republic. un
I'll one day il will crumble TO ruins over thei
heads. Such are the plans and views of the tw
political parties in the North as brought to ligh
! toy recent events.
The late elections have shown the strength O
the two parties The Democrats disOrgauized b
internal dissensions, cut up by the personal am
bition of Leaders, fearful Of risking their popular
ity and tirlid in the presence OF power, have nc
dared to take bold aud dignifed position, an
have been beaten almost everywhere Moreover
| whatever may be the superiority of the Dolitica
ideas of the Democrats in other respects owe
their adve-saries, the SOutherners cannot consid
| er them otherwise than enemies. much ben
as are the AbOltiOnistS on crushing our thei
newborn freedom
The marke triumph of the Radicals, their &C
cord with the Democrats to the necessity c
restoring the Union, the new projects OF coDques
and oppression which they entertain, all plaC
the States OF the South in more alarming posi-
ton than any in which they have found then
selves. Not content with fOt cling them back int
the Union, the determination now seems to be
exterminate them. They have no longer choiC
between the Southern Confederacy aud conques
between liberty aud slavery, between life an
death
The triumph of the Radicals and the more dt
cided attitude of the Democrats, destroys the Ia:
hope entertained by the friends of peace that ID
American Revolution could be brought to
peaceful termination. The Federals irritate
by the resistance which they meet with, an
blinded by the blood which they have shed. rus
like drunken upon the South and precipitat
themselves EN- masse upon the FACILITATING an
heroic body of the COnfederacy, while all I'll
world looks on at the murder, and not voice
raised in their behalf-not one in America
Europe. HENRI VIGNAUD.