Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-03-25

Rosecrans could gef none, and ~hD has scarcely
been sble 20 hold. With the immense resources At
bis command. the ground which hi. predecessor
gained in spite of you by his own talents
You have offered "a the distressing spectacle
Of toe sacrifice of merit TO caprice and personal
political interests. and this in a republic, 10 the
name and under the plea Of popular sover-
eighty.
And 20 cap The climax we are obliged % hear
definitions like this I: 40 Internationally loval
man j. one VIII. although not satisfied With the
measures taken BY the Government approve.
them al aud gives his con-t,n; support.
It seems almo-t inrreiible Are We ia Con
staniinople. in 81. Petersburg. IN Rome. or in
Pari-f Are we the descendants Of those proud
Saxons zho refused y succumb TO any woke. or
the Legitimate offspring Of cardinals seeking TO
secure fortune and greatness by a perpetual
worship! Are we really the descendants OF those
disciples OF Luther and Calvin who. rather than
subject Their reason 70 authority which they
despised, preferred 70 expatriafe themselves 10
those shores, where. through the agency Of
liberty. they founaed our national gre,tne-s.
which YOU are now striving % drown IN a sea OF
cOwaniice and adulatiou. cOrruD ti0n aud iucORs-
peteucyf Were our ancestors To visit the elr.h
they would certainly be surprised To see that,
eighty years after the Revolution which gave life
and Liberty % the nation. the Lincoln party could
submission TO the DEGREES Of the Government
But We have exercised this blind and mute sub
mission during three years: during three years " e
have kept silent-and what l. more generous
than sileuceg
Some true radical patriots said no, long -ince
I'VE have lost confidence in Fremont; VIII has
he done said TOR year pastl'
What could he dog What could he say? he
has done for YOU what Butter aud S,gel have
l.f al - H. IL.
trble enough to keep silence aud that is more
than he should have done. In the face of 50
much incapacity and corfu ption patriotism soue
has kept u silent. L ,ch time that A fresh de-
feat or a fresh concession 20 foreign powers
brought an indignant exclamation 10 our lips
We restrained lt, utterabce And vet have much
grief. and love. and admiration. accompanied
each hecatomb of these unknown heroes. mar.
tyrs To their country, Who had fallen, through
the IncOmpetency aud tie cold ana iucapOble
ambition OF the men whose mission it was to
lead our sons 10 victory. but who, being blinded
by political considerations for their personal
Advancement. led them only to prohtless
death
And YOU have not displayed more talent or
energy abroad Napoleon has trampled upon
the rights of friendly republic; he has inso-
lently notified Us Of the blockade OF the Mexican
coast. and thrown the Monroe doctrine in our
face We ask. then. who Is the master now in
America. he who lays down the law, or he who
submits to the crimel Is il Napoleon III, or
the successor of Washington
God alone, by bestowing upon the country in
exhausribIe natural wealth. and that ardent pa
triotism. which makes every soldier hero, has
saved the country from the ruin intO which YOUR
selishness would plunge il. This is the secret of
the difference between your currency and that of
the South
We have been imposed upon long enough
The ruin which YOU have been unable 10 accom-
pilsh in tour years would certainly be fully con
summated YOU remain in power four
years longer Your Military Governors aud
their Provost Marshals override the laws aud
the echo of the armed heel rings forth as clearly
now in America in France or Austria. You
have encrOached upon our liberty without secur
ing victory, and we must have both
You have dishonored Us abroad by shameless
misrepresentation a 10 our true condition
Places that occupied in le62 are now again in
in the hands OF the rebels and God knows wheth
er your preparations for the approaching cam
pagn adequate. Corruption has entered
into every department of your administration,
rendering it a very Augean stable. which needs a
Hercules a. your successor. lt is time for the
light to shine forth aud for the truth to fully ap-
pear that all sincere patriots. all men who
look for nothing further than the advancement
OF their country and OF liberty, NAV rally in one
compact body around the great principle of lib
eralsm and form liberal party really worthy of
the name. Such a one only can save the country
Away with all the impostors who have invaded
the temple of liberty and turned it into "A vote
market. Let there be an end of this ridiculous
farce Of unconditional loyalty. which is only f,
To secure the votes of those fools who. instead
OF del,ing To the root of the matter, bnfy be-
leve all the interested ftl-ehoods published bv
journals that paid To applaud and submit
whether right or wrong
Mr.. Lncolns honesty is of n strange descrip-
ton. IL consists in nearly running his country .
aud in disresarding lis interests ~ order to make
sure OF power tor four wears longer To our
ewes. the man who has deprived his country OF
the services OF some Of It's best citizens who has
been unable to make any better use of the in
credible resources coufiei TO him. and who
after sgitnting many public questions without
solving one OF them. disregard> his own utter in
capacity *. of all the citizens OF the United
States, the least honest and the most dangerous
But even if President Lincoln were the honest
man that his paid organs represent him to be,
how dangerous would his recollection prove TO
the liberties of the people. under existing cir
cum>tances. surrounded "a he Is with the military
influences that he has AZ his hack Let
member the teachings of history and the instances
united in despotiSm. Sxtus V. the half stupid
monk in hi> cell. Napoleon H. the scottish de
btuch. belong To the same school. The men
who have had tn endure them. elected them a.
unmportant individuals. whose election would
give time for reflection and consider alton: IL will
soon be sixteen Years that France has reflected
and pondered over her lost liberty Fearing the
unknown and shrinking from lh- pertubatIons
incidental to change. they have had despotism
L - /, l..
the most terrible of all the revolutions that his
tory has hitherto recorded Americans of the
old schools will not believe IA: they say that our
liberties are firmly Implanted IN the blood of
our Anglo Saxon race that none dare disturb
them But We think differently. and say with
the poet
Zee &C enfarine ne me dit ren qui vaille.'
Ohio Democratic state Convention.
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