Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-09-14

L oon A.. esudinal points they agree As 10 tbe
pover Of ! 5tate 70 secede they gree completely
Tie Richmond Administration contends that
Virginia by her &C, Of secession ceased TO be
State OF the Uuion. and caEno; return to the
Onion ~ithou, seeding from the Confedcracy
and being "Fesdmitted' 10 the United States.
Alr Lmeoln's idminkffstiosi, By repeated aets
and resoluiohsiof Oocgress and Executive Proc
lamatioas, has declared that the States tha, have
seeded have ceased - he states ~ the Urien.
that to become entitled 20 resume their political
status ia the Union, they must be ''readmitied y
that in the meantime they are territory belonging
10 that power that by military force can conquer
nd held iiroih, and While initlnt coalition they
sre ~tject n -ucls conditions n. the conqueror
may dictate Both sides a1mii aud insist that the
seeded States have BY their acts ceased 10 be
States OF the Union. both admit and insist that to
recover their former position in the Union they
must be 'readmitted.' As this point u the vital
one IA the contest. upon IL hinges the whole
question OF right and authority to 90 TO war
10 conquer a State that claims to have left the
confederaey, there is an eternal abyss between
Mcclellan and the Democracy on the one hand
and the Richmond aud Washington Admin
tons on the other.
But the most striking coincidence OF doctrine
and purpose il disclosed almost simultaneously
by Nr. Seward aud the Richmond government
IL Is rendered the more significant because the
disclosure is produced in both cases by the nom
ination of General Mcclellan. The instant Nc
Clellan's nomination Was known az Richmond
that government proclaimed aud endorsed the
secret policy of the Washington administration
/ 10 retain the command of the government and to
repudiate the election OF Mcclellan: and upon
tie same day the Secretary of State. Mr.. w n.
& Seward, left Washington. proceeded to his home
at Auburn. New York and delivered a carefully
/ prepared speech announcing the same policy and
intention. That our readers may see that we
DO neither party Injustice. publish these extra
/ ordinary disclosures in the words OF the respec-
/ tive parties: i6Isl .tl
"THE RIcHHoxD ASNoUcEMEST.
From the Richmond Examiner sept ..
The nomination Of George b Mcclellan. by
/ the Democratic Convention at Chicago. uniting
upon him both the peace and war sections of that
party. opens quite a new act of the grand drama
which occupies the stage of this continent. The
very first thing which is now 10 be determined is
whether Lincoln and Seward. with their powerful
and compact party in possession OF the Govern
ment, will stand quietly by and suffer the power to
be wrested from their hands by an ordinary Pres
idential election in November? Their mission is
not yet accomplished-LineOln is not get aekRO,rl
| edged President Of the trh0ie of those United
States Of ,rhieh he elected Chief Magistrate
/ His term, therefore is not vet overt has not
ready several times. aud in several forms init
| rLsted that there can be no constitutional cleo
ton of President of the United States again
! until il shall be concurred in BY the whole body
/ OF States and until after he shall have employed
his own: you might as well have stolen from him
has fat boat on the Ohio, and put it openly up at
! auction. Besides, the mi hty achievement. which
| he says God raised him up and 'drifted him
into that apex expressly ia accomplishing less
I han rpde min hol nd yinC ne
last hope OF free government for the human
species, is not vet accomplished; and the hosts
of champions of human freedom that surround
4 hiin have not yet extracted the "last dollar
frsm the treasury. He is ready and willing 10
81, hi- glorious mission; his mutitudes of bold
army contractors are still willing 10 save their
cz.ntry; he has an army OF half million at bis
offers, and Generals to lead Il on whom he and
ID. human species can depend Is 10 to be sup
poeed that he will nov permit "a disgraced off
ces. one whom he has not found worthy even-to
: lead corps in that army, to be set up by fac
ticD. 10 be quietly elected, 10 hnrl him. him the
emperor OF thirty six States, from bis throne, in
the very midst OF MS mouentous labors. in the
very moment wheu the backbone Of the "rebel-
lion i as il were broken. and the reUnte,i
States ate on the very point OF dazzling all crea.
ton with open effulgencc before unknown. and
throw all again into confusion and chaos, blast
the hopes of posterity aud infliet cruel disap
point n1ci,t a3d dismay on two hemispheresi IL
Is not to be thought OF Lincoln must make
coup d'etat; there lie precedent for it in Europe
for we know beYankee nation would DO moth
imp without precedent in Europe in The French
coup d'etat of y December
''nR sEwARD's OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
Sewsrds Speech at Auburn, Sept I'd.
We accepted the war in defense of the Union
The only grievance of the insurgents was that
their choice of John y. Brec knridge for Presi
dent, was constitutOnally overFuled in the cleo
ton of Lincoln. They rejected Lincoln and sci
up a usurper. The Executive power of the
United States is now, therefore. BY force pract
cally suspended, between that usurper Jefferson
Davis. and that constitutional President, Abra
ham Lincoln. The ,car is ,caqed by the usurpe,
10 tIpel that Constitutional President from III,
capital, Vhich in some sort is constantly held in
siege, ami 10 conquer the States which Loyalty ad
here TO him The war Is maintained on side
to suppress the usurper, and to bring the nsur-
gent States back, under the authority Of the con
sfitutional President The war is its crisis
II is clear therefore that are fighting 10 max,
Abraham LincOin President Of the trhOIe United
States. under the election of 1850, to continue
until the 4th of March. In voting for Pres
dent OF the United States, can We wisely or safe
" vote out the Identical person whom with force
, and arms are fighting into the Presidency
! Mo- no. You justly say no. IL trould b.
nothing less than 10 oire up the rery object Of tn
tcor al the ballot boz. The moral strength which
makes our loyal position impregnable, would
pass from US, and when that moral strength has
passed awav. material forces are no longer eHec
tive, even available. BY such proceeding
we shall have agreed with the enemy. and shall
! have given him he victory But in that agree
ment the Constitution and the Union will hav,
persisted, because when il shall have at once beer
| proved that minority can by force crcum
vention. defeat the full accession of constitu
: tionally chosen President no President there
: after though elected by ever 80 large majority
can hope TO exercise the Executive powers un
: opposed throughout the whole country One Of
two things must follow that fatal error Either
a contest betN cen your newly elected compromise
President. aud the same usurper. in which tht
usurper must prevail. else combination be
tween them through which his usurper or his sue
cessor subverting your Constitution and sub
verting HE own. will become President. King oil
Emperor of the United States without foreign
aid If he can. With foreign interv ention. if neces
sary. That's 80 To be sure it is so; nothing
is more certain than that either the United State.
and their constitutional President. or the so
called Confederate States and their President
must rule within the limits of this republic
The reader will notice that.those two pronun-
mond. Nv the government organ: and at Auburn
by Mr Liucolp'. Secretary of State They arr
identical in the assertion that Mr. Lincoln wa.