Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-10-16

matte policy OF the administration Mr.. John
son bls been President half year he found
himself suddenly at the bead OF the most vigor
Gus Government on earth-its naughty enemies
on their knees asking for clonency. Disguisng
all other thoughts OF his mind, be procIaimed %
the echo bic unchangeable Intention 70 puoisb
treason. From April to October, this promise
has bad no fulfllmsut: and the telegraph reports
from one hundred TO I'VE hundred pardons day
Moreover. While bis martyred predecessor lay
Jet unburied, the Dew ruler, as IL 10 maintenance
OF the policy of the old, stated the following az
guiding principle: III q State is TO be nurscd
until II gets strength. il must be nrrsed by its
friends. not smothsred By Its enemies" That d
10 saw the rebellious States, in their reconstruc-
ton, we're 70 be moulded By loyslsts. not mis-
shspen by rebels. Since which pledge, the States
Of Alabama. South Carolina. Georgia. Missis-
sppi and Loui.ianA-Ploridat he only exception
have each and all, 10 express accordance with
the Presidents policy. snd 9Th many praises OF
that policy, denied the rights OF loyalists. and
lseslIfed the usurpations OF rebes--tra ping
justice under foot, and framing iniquity into a
law.
Throughout the North the party tia, bitterly
opposed President Lincoln TO the day OF bis death
have become the special pleaders of President
Johnson-championin his policy, claiming him
az their own representative. laudng him to biz
iTl-fsme, and winning elections pfofe:sedly in his
support. The Chicago Times, the worst of
newspapers. is bis best Of friends John Van
Buren-who, as far back as We can remember,
mas nominated all the unsuccessful candidates for
the Presidency-has already nominated Mr.
Johnsnn as the next Democratic candidate The
Daily News Of this city eulogizes the President as
il be were another Fernando Wood. The World
seeks To be considered special depository OF Mr.
| Johnson's confidence. Is il pos
sible for plain and simple minded men to witnes,
these gaunt and staggering signs Of the times
without bewildermeut and ioreooding2
| Against the judgment OF some advisers whose
| judgment, We hope, will prove better than our
own, We feel constrained 20 put our hand 10 the
rope and ring the alarm 5el-arousing the party
| Of justice 20 the perils of the hour. No. tina,
radical men are forced, as yet, to resign their
much abused good hope Of the President. But
| our first allegiance is to principle not 10 party
| Standing on the Christian doctrine OF equa
| rights--from which, as Christian men We dare
| not depaTt-no, not for all the kingdoms of ths
world I'VE look tosee N the Chief Magistrate
of Christian nation is grounding bis admins
| trstion upon this only sure foundation. Making
this inquiry, regret 10 be dissatisfied with the
present moral attitude of toe Government.
the President, after sz
months trial is at last equally claimed as the
| exponent of each of the great political parties
II
/ or grayf Between these two
| opinions we are entitled to our own; which is
that President OF the United States who lands
in SO equivocal position ought to receive, not
the joint praise of the Two parties but the Just
rebuke of both s ~ r31..s =
Mr.. johnson has pinched and withered the fair
es. bud OF promise put forth by the Republican
| psrty-we mean the present prospect of equal
| suffrage. During the early summer if The mas
ter spirits OF the Republican party had been
asked what shall be the vital issue in the fall
campaign they would have replied, Equal
rightsp This issue was accordingly
made in Conneetcut--our readers know with
what result Now we reiterate what We said
last week, that the defeat OF equal suffrage in
Connecticut was due to the whisperings of Office
holders in that State that the President was more
willing for the defeat Of that measure than its
| success. and accordingly it was defeated in the
| interest Of Republican Administration! /.
| A prominent representative of the Federal Gov
eminent in this city said to us, last week, "The
Republican party has thrown equal suffrage
| overheard" With here and there brave ex-
ception, we suspect the confession is true, that
the Republican party, fearing storm. has cast
negro suffrage into the sea.
Now, if the President, months ago, had pri-
vately announced TO that legion ofinfuential gen
temen who from all parts of the country made
pilgrmages to the White House, TO treasure in
happy ears the droppings Of Presidential lips
Ss-'e~ ~. nssiV.-i ponvy VI EqdsI nIgnts,
every Northern election mi ht have been fore
ordained into a vote approving such a policy
Moreover, If be had announced at the same
time co his Southern guests--merely expressing
his opinion, not threatening his authority"Y our
politicians will probably never be readmitted to
Congress till they can come bringing, as their
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