Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-08-15

longed at lessf tro Years by TIE alo ano encOuf
.s.uent which treason received from The Cop
perbesd press OF the North.
This 10 the apology that The Cincinnati "a
reste ofsrs for the enormous public debt. which
the Republican Administration has fastened
uoon the country. and for the present unsatisise
tory condition Of public sG,rs generally. Afe-
facts -ill show most conclusisely the utter
rroundlesness Of the GsIetre's assertions. After
she Presidential election in 1860. large nun
Der Of The lesdine Republican press and the
prominent members Of the Republican party. in
GLIDING the idol Of the Gazette. lis factotun Of
tire willingness TO ies the dissatisfied States
sever their relations with the Government.
When the delegations of the Southern State
lsft the Halls Of Congress. stating their reasons
for going. scarcely a word OF objection vas
expressed By the Republican members
against this demonstration of secession. 10
fact the New York Tribune. the Chicago Tri-
bune. the Indianapolis Journal and papers OF
that ilk all over the North declared over and
e-s. hey would help the dissatisfied States out
Of the Union if they desired to 60. for. they in
quired, Of what value an Union ia which one
half Is pinned to the other by bayonets, II
ever people we're invited to dissolve their po-
hticsl relations with the Government and organ
ss one Of their o-n upon basis satisfactory TO
themselves. il vss the people Of the States Who
have since been in rebellion. BY the leading
msmbers Of the Republican party. Immediately
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they sas no evil 10 disunion otherwise. they pro-
fsssed to look upon separation as advantageous
g. the North When these facts are considered.
s,n the Republican party avoid the responsibility
Of having aided materially in precp,a;ing upon
the country the terrible civil war which has just
endedf The Gazette adds:
Had the whole people Of all the loyal States
90 once coslesced in the grand resolve OF crush
ing the rebellion at all h,zuds, the war could
not have been maintained two years
The whole people Of all the loyal States did
eos'esce " in the grand resolve Of crushing the
rebellion at az hsztrds." in tho CaIrrrsDEs re
solution which, with the exception of Two votes.
received the unanmous approval of the mem
bers OF the House of Representatives. on the ~ l
day of July. 1861 II the had been con-
Quoted in the spirit OF that resolution. the rebel
lion would within two years" have been crushed
and the Udion restored, not merely in name,
but in the bonds Of concord aud unity. But
who are responsible for the prolOngition OF the
var? The Government. during it, entire pro-
gress. from It's inception, sas under the com
plete control oil Republicans. and no Democrat,
from the beginning. was invited to participate in
the councils Of the Administration. The Demo
crscy were as much ostrscsed ss if thev bad no
interest whatever IN the Government. These are
facts which cannot be disputed. All the Nor
thern States. but tvo, New Jerse, and New
York. were under Republican rule. but those
two responded as promptly TO evsrv call Of
tbs General Government a, those which
claimed TO be most "loyal"-in fact. they
never attempted to evade. did some Of the
others by uickery, to fulfill TO the letter not
only. but ia spirit the fell demands of the party
in ppwer. IL canno, be deEied that every call
Of the Administration for men and money to
suppress the rebellion was promptly responded
to. and whatever nav have been the individual
opinions Of citizens in regard to tho character of
the var aud the policy Of the party in power,
virtually the entire North ga. a unit in m ain
tanning the Government aud prosecuting the
war. Every war measure of the party in power
was sustained. and never did party admnstra-
ton receive more generous support from polit-
cal opponents AID nov MAS the war conducted
until the Presidential election Of 1852 Ii can
not be denei by any candid per son that the OBJ
jecs in view seemed TO be more to perpetuats the
rule Of the Republican party than TO suppress
the rebellion. The files Of the Gazette will
show that that very loyal" paper often
pressed the sentiment that the defeat of the Re-
publican party at the polls in 1864 would be
greater calamity than rebel victories in the field
aud the sentiment found an echo 10 every Repub
lican p-ess of the land
If the Administration had manifested that con-
flence in aud respect for is political opponents
TO which powerful party vas entitled, and if il
had prosecuted the var in the spirit and for the
purposes which we're 6rst avo-ed. the restoration
of the national authority over the people in re-
kelou-" to defend aud maintain the supremacy
OF the Constitution. and TO preserve the Union
With all the dignity. equality and rights Of the
several States ulimpaired the North would
have been sn unit in sentiment, and the South
would have been house divided against itself.
which must have fallen. But such policy would
no. have accomplished the objects of the Repub
lcan radicals II the war had ceased from the
policy We have named. had been maintained
two years" only, their occupation would have
been gone The war vas protracted by the lead
of the party in poser first TO psrpetu.te their
hold upon the Government through its in
Auence and its patronage; and secondly.
By its continuance TO force the purposes
which they openly avo-: the abolition
Of slavery aud the enfrsnch sement Of the black
race. To accomplish these objects the var vas
prolonged. and lis cost in blood and treasure,
With all the evils which il has entailsd upon the
country. are justly chargesols to the party in
power And this will be the judgment Of the
sober second thought Of the people when reason
resumes It's sway over The public mind. and that
period is rapidly approaching The charge of
the Gazette aud the Republican pres. tia, the
war vas prolonged Or The I'D and encourage
m-nt the rebellion received from the Democratic
press OF the North is a. idle AZ The Ii.tle-. Wind
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