Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-01-25
FROM WASHING ron.
The Purpose OF the Radical Kepub.
ticans to DcmOralize the Supreme
Court-Capabititie of the south TO
Garry on the War-wiIi Richmond
be Evacuatedi
Especial Correspondence of the Chicago Times. /

Especial Correspondence OF the Chicago Times
WASHINGTON, January ls
There is We, one bulwark of our liberties which
the impious hand of Mr.. Lincoln and his crazy
administration have not been able To strike down
/ refer to the Supreme Court of the United States
which Is made. by the Constitution one of the
constituent branches of the government. and
without which the government could not exist a
day. Indeed, there would be no government
without the Supreme Court And vet this Ad-
mnistration is plotting for the destruction of this
court. As long this court remains as il is At
present constituted, il is bulvsrk for the liber
lies of the citizen, sure and steadfasi. and that
cannot be moved The waves of fanlricism may
dash themselves against It: the jlckalS and ours
that fawn and cringe arouhd the footstool OF
executive power mly yelp and snarl around IL:
falthess President. with his Inauguration
oath trampled beneath his feet and his cor
rupt Cabinet rotten with the sDoils wrung from
the people, may bu>ter and threaten il: but il
stands as 1t stood in the times of Washington
and Jackson and Van Buren, and Hirrison.as
1t was constituted by the founders of the repub
lie, hrm aud immovable, incorruptiblc and um-
shaken. Whenever the acts of the last Con-
gre~s, and the acts of usurped power by Mr.
Lincoln, are brought before this high court for
aIJuaication. they will be pronounced unconstitu
tIonal, null aud void Mr. Lincoln and his adj
ministration know this: and therefore they are
devisins all possible means to change the JUICES.
ana, 0y Tue appointment of new ones. to secure
minority OF voices in favor of their illegal acts
Ihey have been expecting, month after month,
ever since their party came into power. that the
hand OF death would remove the venerable Chief
Justice from the seat which he has so long
adorned; and they are chagrinned beyond meas
at the tenacity Of life exhibited by that won
derful man. Bu, God, who will not utterly
de .ert Us. has mercfully spared his life: and even
his bodily health Is usually excellent His mind
however, mini which has no equal in Amer
ica,-preserves all Us vigor and Gle lrness un
impaired His voice i not near 80 strong as
formerly. But all his decisions are as promptly
given ever: they are clothed in the same
chaste and elegant lsneui ge that he always uses:
and his constint reference to authorities. both of
recent and of long Standing prove that his mem
DRY, that faculty which fails first, and long before
any other powers OF the mind, is as strong and
retentiye as ever Yes God il would seem has
decreed that this old man. trembling to all ap-
pearance on the verge OF the grave. should out
live the wicked administration that seeks his
death. and that seeks, in smiling him down. TO
smiIe down the ouly remaining obstacle in the
way OF their atrocious desisns
The administration is still endeavoring to make
the public believe that the rebellion is sti on its
last legs. and that the var will ne ended with the
campaign OF next summer Never was there a
greater delusion. To those who know the real
facts. IL i evident that the end of the war 80 far
as the conquest or suhiugation of the South is
c-ncerned, Is as far of now as IL was two years
ago The South may not have y many troops
IN the field in 1861 thew had in lsS3. But il
they only have 10000 tney can give abundan ne
employ ment to over 600 600 aud. II they have
400, 900. they can attack Washington besides IL
is understood that thew will act entirely on the
defensive, and will seek u draw our armies IS
far IS possible into the interior Of their country.