Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-11-03
r u IN! PEACE!
W hitheE Drifttag-Ihe Constitution
ucpudtassd and an centralized Des
potism Declared

when. early ia the rebellion, the designs OF
the leading men in LISCoLSs administration 10
overthrow the Constitution aud erect upon it's
ruins strong government" in the shape Of a
centralized despotism were Swallowed forth. al
warnings Of the threatened danger were re
ceived with incredibly and secuted al by the
masses Of the people To-day those designs are
unequiyocally DECLARED and made to form q q
fundamental basis Of Republican doctrine The
Hon TuAD STEVENS, OF Penusylvatig Is the &C.
knowledged leader of the administrative party
on the floor ofthe House OF Representatives He
has frequently in his place there uttered senti-
ments not a whit less hostile 20 tie Constitution
and the Union than those emanating from :he
ultra secessionists OF the South. Flushed with
recent success in the congressional elections of
Pennsylvania. he appeared before the oath
bound Union League organization in Union
League Hall. Philadelphia. and delivered him
sef OF an overbearing. revolutionary speech. OF
which the following bespeaks the tenor of the
whole:
From the Speech Of Hon. Thsd. stevens
The Union party could. thank God prevent
the Vaccinations OF the Chicago machnators
They whine about the liberty Of the press Why
their miserable press-whcther IN be the Age IN
this city, or any other miserable Organ-giyes
daily proof OF the lie that they utter Had the
speaker the power. he would not only let them
see but feel the power of the government And
though no more honest patriot ever lived than
Abraham Lincoln; though he loved no man
more: though America never had a more upright
patriot. yet he wished he had differently eIer-
cised his power. and had made these traitors
squswk. (Lsughter.)
There are those Of tender conscienccs who
think ve are restrained by the constitution from
permitting the abolition Of slavery The consii-
tuition was a mutual agreement. ratified by ma
iOrity Of the States Every part of IL. whether
liked or d-liked. was binding upon all. IL indi-
viduals Of States violated 10, such infTactions
amounted TO crime: but when whole States rose
in rebellion. and nearly half these quasi sover-
egns threw of their allegiance TO the cOnstitu
ton. they have been acknowledged as belliger.
ents by all the Laws OF By the we'll known
Law of nations. war srrogates all compacts Aud
such compacts are never to be revived they
We are now governed by the laws of war
and the laws Of nations alone
There YOU have il. in al It's length and breadth
the constitution no lcager 4 bond OF agree
ment-' are now governed by the laws of wal
sud the laws of nations alone" and Mr.. LINCOLN
l. the Supreme Dictator and Dispenser Of those
Laws SO SAYS THsD. SrEvKss, the Republican
Congressional leader. and not single public man
or public journal OF his party disseat=l
Turn to the New York Times. edited By the
Chairman Of the LINCOLN National Committee
and in recent issue we find writer there elab
Grating the same idea
FrOr the New York Times
We have the Senate. aud If get two thirds
of the House Of Representatives. We can control
the government in any contingency whatever
We can propose amendments to the S'stes-by
two thirds-shich. If IN accordance With public
opinion. xil be adopted by three f0urlhs of the
States aud then ~e can complete the anti--lsve-
~ and anti secession revolution without snv de
turhing questions ia regard 10 constitutional
powers. In the next Congress must gain
tSenty-iWO members 70 get two thirds We need
not disguise TO ourselves the fact that this great
var and m ghty crisis will not leave this cOGn
try As ihey found il Ii j. a revolution. and we
must shape that revolution 10 good and salutary
ends
Over year and half ago the present chair
man 81 Ihe Republican Central Committee Of
Pennsy lvania, SiNsS CAMERON. confessed in .
moment of presumed triumph in the Senatorial
contest. to similar antcipations. on the basis of
Acknowledged Sputhern independence. a. thus
epitomzesi IA Republican journal.
j. Boyer. meGiheF Of the Pennsylvania
Legislature. published \ circumstantisl state
meat of the attempt OF Simon Cameroa 10 buy
hi, vote for Unitel ) ates Seuatorshio Bower
feignei In enter into the arrangement and va
oferei s9D 100 tor his vote. tse money being
placed in the hands Of third person Mr.
Patterson The original ides OF Cameron was
tOhre three Democratic members 10 STAY away
from their seats. and give him an accidental
Dsss<ssy, bat bower. whose resl object was TO
defeat Cameron. objected 81 ans decker With any
other member. a. his vote Tor Cameron would
accomplish the osjeri Bower saw thar soon
as Mr. Cameron Supposed the business vas SET
tiled. he threw himself upon The bed and ex
claimed: Il shall be Q Senator I will then be
the most powerful man in America These