Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-07-07

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the speech ofGoyernor MoRros. at Centeville,
in reply, bat not in answer. 20 Judge PrkxISs
speech At the sane place In The opening he re
marks that was intended for rhetoiical -four
ish. but bis expressions have significance which
every honest and rejecting citizen cannot bu, ap
preciats. he said: =.
This has been sad day in our town Of Cen
terville, day Of general mourning, a. you car
ried 70 the grave The body Of young. gallant
and proven Officer one who has been honor TO
himself end friends, Who fell bravey 10 the front,
setting gallant example which Others will do
well TO follow. All remember Frank Bethel.
and all remember him as a credit TO this town.
Words ftly spoken in memory o. brave and
gallant officer. "He tel bravely in the front,
setting gallant example which others will do
well to follow" Will MoRrox follow the gallant
example c. BEIrzELLf l. il less bis duty than
any man in Indiana: No He will never fall
bravely in the front He viii never set the gal
liant example which for over three years be has
been strenuously iDculcatng 10 be the duty OF
/, Others. He Is willing that thousands. tens OF
thossAndz. gallant spirits like BETTzELL should
be sacrificed while he stays at home ingloriously
10 appropsiate 20 himself the honor- and benefits
Of the sacrifice.
BEIrzELL and thousands Of equally gallant and
brave Indianians sleep in soldiers grave
needless sacrifice aud who Is responsbleT This
war. or at least the proportions it has assumed,
could have been avoided if the party in power had
desired To- Bot they did not. Such will be the
record Of impartial history No honest effort
l. - a. f.. 80 De-,
lican party 10 the terrible sacrifice Of blood
and treasure which this strife has already coca
stoned. What is the record.
During the winter Of 1861 commissioners
presenting the dissatisfied States were in Wash
ington to pcaceaby arrange the existing sectional
differences. Encouragement was given them by
the then incoming administration that compro-
mise could be effected. That such assurances
were given we have the indisputable statement Of
Judge CAMPBELL, of Alabama, whose integrity
has never been questioned. Subsequently Dor
der States Peace Convention assembled.
by the Republican Governors Of the northern
border Statesi Ultraists-men who were known
to be. IL not pledged against any measures OF
compromise and cancellation. Every overture of
the southern delegates for peace and re-
construction were rejected by the delegates
appointed by this Republican Governor. If Gov.
MORTON had appointed delegates who entertained
national sentiments, and sincere desire to pre-
serve the Union upon the basis of the Constitu-
ton, the citizens of CenEervle would not have
been called upon to mourn the untmely end OF
the gallant BETHEL. But he thought more of his
own and his party's sggrandizement than the
blood of the thousands of gallant Indianians who
have fallen victims to the Republican policy aud
schemes Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
In July. 1861, the Federal House of Repre-
sentatives passed almost unanimously (only two
dissenting votes a resolution, which, if it had
been faithfully adhered to. would not only have
enitei the North in sentiment, but would have
! divided the South. We refer to the CRrrrESDES
resolution. IL was reaffirmel by the Republican
State Convention of Indiana, held in
February, 1862. aud of course had
the approval of His Excellency o. y. NJ. That
resolution declared that il was not the intention
of the government to conduct the war in a spirit
Of luminosity, or for the purpose of interfering
with. or overihrowing the domestic Institutions
Of The States in rebellion. but solely to restore
the national authority, and when that object was
accomplished the war should cease.
How long the promise or the spirit of that
resolution adhered to? Just long enough to de-
ceive the country to he purposes of the party
in power, and to carry the pendlug election
Like the Dead Sea fruit, all the Republican
pledges have turned to ashes upon the lips, and
especially those contained in the CRIrrESDxS
resolution Of July, 1861. Every assurance con
tanned in that resolution has been violated by the
party in power 1t has in every respect proven
utterly faithless to its recorded promises
The individual promises OF President LIscoLN
have been equally faithless From the inangu-
raj address to the! present time he only exhibits
record of brOkelvows as to the policy which
should govern him, in the administration OF the
Government IL ;he sentiments contained in
the Crittenden resolutions of 1861 expressed the
true policy OF the Goyernment. and it bad the
approval OF the Republican party--the 80 called
Union party-how unjust the record of the Ad-
ministratioa be regarded since then Can it be
otherwise than feithess and dshonestl No
true say otherwise
The Governor in his speech inquiries "wbo is
responsible for thd continuance of this war, to
this iayf" Who. but the party in power. who
BY their policy haze hardened the people o: the
rebellious States iato a solid mass against us.
exhibiting devotion To their cause and individ-
ual sacrifices whish have no parallel in the
worlds historyl Ne say the responsibility rests
with the ,rar snehks of the North. Of whom
Governor MoRroN is a 6t representative. In
his speech upon which We are commenting. he
remarks:
''In this campaign men are mere nothings,
'trifes light ar. when consider the vast
issues at stake. theiterTbe Importance of the oc
casion What are bur inds idaal lives in mpor
lance. compared y. III the interests of this coun-
tryl"
We have but one; comment TO make upon this
rhetorical flourish If His Exceliency and upon
the course of the 4, at home patriots like HIM
self To use the Governors own language never
will il be said of hih
This has been sad day in our town OF Cen
terville; day OF general mourning. as YOU have
carried to the grave the body OF a Young. gallant