Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-10-20

party IN Kentucky which can be claimed IS Re-
publican. While the changes 10 political lssuse
resu ting from tie war have led very many IN
that State 10 regard TIC Institution OF slavery
much les favorably than they did q fss years
ago. and TO vIsh for 10 extinction. there exists
there the old feeling Of hostility 70 those who
began the Anti-slavery agitation and continued IL
as they increased in strength until they precipi
tated the late contest between the sections. The
people Of Kentucky look upon the Republican
party as an abolitioH orgauifstioo differing n an
essential respect from Gauisoniles, and legiti
mAssly descended from thsm..Herein, At least,
they evince a sagacious and accurate judgment,
which the proceedings Of General Palmer have
done very much TO confirm.
The Republican press has, With what IS az IN
usual exercise Of liberty on ia part, been pleased
10 concede The "loyalty"o OF Green Clay Smith
and Governor Brsmlesse. The case made out
Iby the former against General Palmer IS conelu-
sive proof that be IS not disposed to accept The
higher Law" doctrine Of Abolitionism, though
he wishes the State TO ratify the proposed con
stitutional amendment. The correspondence 10
relation 20 the removal Of the General, between
Messrs Smith and Bramlette on the one side and
himself on the other. has lately been given 20
the public, and il OF interest aside from the
subjec. matt. TO which is relates. Ii discloses
that there is but little feeling in common be-
81 tuC UE0UAt " h-AsAAhI a. hAE H.
whose policy and IDEAS General Palmer has been
prompt to enforce. This, 20 be sure. might have
been with reasonable safety presumed. but il is
we'll TO have The fact clearly established
The President. although be did not remove
General Palmer, has shoru him Of his power, by
releasing the State from martial law, and order
ing the withdrawal Of the negro troops. That
he has taken from him the authority to c~ontin9e
the policy he had adopted. can only be construed
as a disapproval Of il, and al approval Of the
yiews OF Messrs. Smith and Bramlette. Ii is in
fact another evidence that he has shaken of the
Republican party. nine ienths of which demanded
hat the General should be sustained. The EN-
| phasis with which President johnson, in his
| speech 10 Z Southern delegation a few weeks ago,
| proclaimed himself "a State Rights man" will
oe remembered, asd VIC may judge therefrom
| with wha. degree Of favor he would con. ider
such Foasoning as the suejoined from Gen. Pal
mer. The General, in the sentence Immediately
| preceding the extract. had said that by Federal
action a majority Of the slaves IN the State had
| been liberated:
eff these classes, numbering from reliable
data l65. QUO persons. may be ~adjudged free
without supposing the repeal of the slave code,
why may not the remaining 65 900, the mode OF
whose emancipation has not been pointed QUIT
rbey once had aws in some ofthe States against
| vitchcraft; but | do not believe they had neces-
sarily witches. They have laws in Kentucky ia
reference to slavery, but in my judgment no
slaves. The mere existence Of the laws as well
prove the one as the other. Slavery did not
| originate in law, bat in force. The laws of kea
lucky only profess TO regulate, not create slavery.
aud their present existence proves nothing. Sle-
very did originate in force, and when tina. vital
element of force ceases it necessarily perishes. 4"
General Palmer does not herein materially diff
fer from the majority of his party. IL claims the
right to exterminate slavery, regardless Of State
laws or constitutional provisions, because they
sllege il 10 De unjust and dangerous TO the public
welfare. The answe of Green Clay Smith on
this point very effectually ~disposes of the Gene
rails assumptions. We append il:
Congress passed q law by which slaves in
Kentucky were enrolled and put in the srmy,
and said, because OF such service, they might be
free. Subsequently another law was passed
freeing their wives and children. Now, these
people were freed by solemn acts OF the national
Legislature: not by General Palmer or any other
Military man. We found 10 objection, nor has
any been urged, TO his favoring those thus made
free; but it does no; follow because he favored
them, that he must assume the power, go beyond
Congress and the President. and free l00, 900
more, and, after the exercise of this arbitrary
power, leave the negro unprotected and 80 the
mercy Of indifferent people.
THE negroes all knew they were seOn 10 be
free by virtue OF law, and were generally staying
at their old homes at work, and comfortable, but
THE pass system of his interrupted the entire
quiet of the State, and threw these people BY
thousands together in towns. cities aud camps.
He says he does not regard the slave code in
Kentucky, and therefore struck a death blow TO
the Constitution. This very slave code pro
vides for the prosecution, fine, imprisonment and
punishment of white and black who hire, harbor
or interfere with the black man, and does the
same with the hired or harbored. Now these
things have occurred, and are occurring in the
State, and the General does regard the slave
code, aud permits il, and has never interiered
with the civil courts in any case. Why are
those suits and prosecutions had in that Statef
Because OF the disorgsnized aud unsettled condi-
ton of slavery. produced, 20 Il very great extent,
and ] may say solely, BY General Palmer's
policy"
The wide difference between Kentucky Union
lists" sad those inhabiting more northern lati-
tudes than here, we think, fully revealed. The
former are really of the opinion that coDstitu-
tons aud laws limit official duties. The gross
errors of General Palmer--te call them by no
harsher nsme--are co clearly set foTta by Nr.
Smith, that the loyal" will hardly presume TO
challenge his statement. In cOnceding bis ''l0y-
atty" they conceie 10 him ali imaginable virtues,
truthfulness of course being included. IL sp-
pears by his testimony that although military
government in Kentucky had been more mildly
administered under Gen. Palmer than sny other
loyal" commander, he has been guilty of ex-
cssses and abuses, and has perpetratsd cruelties
upon the people Of the State that demand DIS IL
slant removal. Thus day bY day do the ma,eri-
ais for truthful history appear, connecting pre-
sent criminal usurpstions with precedents es,sb-
lished during the war, jusiifying those who as
sailed. and c~ondenning those who committed and
upheld them Chicago Times.