Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-02


The Chicago Trbone and some lesser light"
of radical black republicanism. are just DOW en-
gagged ia endesvoring to throw shade Of suspi
cion Of completely With. or responsibility for. the
recent dastardly murder on what they call the
/" Comprehend party -. And ia order 10 sustain
its argument 10 quotes from speeches and from
newspapers, densneistory paragraphs and BY $50
Iating them from their connection disiorts their
intent. Isis particularly liberal IN quotations
from The Csicsgo Times While il Is not our
business or our pleasure TO make any defense Of
the course pursued By that paper, its name recall
ed ifs namesake of New York. from which We
append two extracts published in 1862. and which
quite a. Enthusiastically indicates the source from
which the inspiration came for the deed OF
infamy.
We will. Of course. be not misunderstood as
seriously charging the republican party with
having instigsted the murder: but when il
comes to quoting paragraphs from newspapers
and speeches, to show what might have insi-
rectly lead 20 the commission Of the crime by
suggesting IL. re desire 10 show that il can be
done in much less mistakable language than
any that nav be selected from the democratic
press.
In an editorial article on the course of the
President NJ that time, the New York Times
says
We simply remark that the President runs
no small risk Of being superseded IN his otfe,
il he undertakes 20 thwsrt the clear and mani
fcss determination Of the people 70 nsintain the
authority Of the government OF the UEitcd
States. and TO protect its honor. We ia the
midst OF a revolution. and in such emergencies
tn people are Gerry apt 10 ind some REPREsESrA
TIVE LKADEx, II The forms Of the far do sot SiD'
them one"
90 sill another occasion. when angry st. and
rejecting upon the president. the ssrnc journal
held the following language.
IAN imbecile administration has given indis
putable proof Of its incapacity to conduct great
war Even is own friends are constrained Il
confess its impotence. and are meditatinS its dis
placement b. EXTRA CONSTITUTIONAL AsD REVOLT
TToxARY METHODS. tending to hopeless divisions
10 the north. and general anarchy
These might be multiplied by many other
from journals belonging to the same party. bu
We have quoted enough TO show that the style o
proof made use Of may be derived from othe
sources than tho ''copperhead party ."--Detroi
Free Press. AZ N
That Is pretty strong language to DO used b.
leading republican organ. But The New Yorl
Times Vas no, alone in uttering such sentiments
II will be reeolected that 10 the early part o
Mr.. LIScoLS's administration leading republican
members of congress. in the language OF Tn
Times. regarded itas "imbecile." and were icon
strained TO confess its impotence" The projec
of displacing the administration BY extra con
sttutional and revolutionary methods" Was sc
riouslY discussed by that class. and one abolition
senator proposed that Mr.. DoueLAs should b
made dictator. When the party friends Of th
administration svowed such opinions in regar
to It's head, could Il be expected that democrat
would have any more confidence IN i,Y II woul
be difficult. If no, impossible. to find in an.
democratic paper proposition TO dis
place the president. by revolutionary AID extr
constitutional methods by violence-;o "fn
some representative leader, il the forms of law d
not give them one;" ye, the very republican pa
pers and leaders who thus denounced Mr.. Liz
COLIN seek to fasten upon the democracy the re
sponsibility Of his cowardly assassination, 70
no other reason than that they differed with hi
politcsl policy. If the deed Of infamy cam
from any party inspiration. from denunciation
of the president, can papers like The New Yor
Times be free from the responsibility! We re
commend that the republican press first east III
beams from their own efes before they complain
Of the mote in those OF their party opponents.