Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-10-12

1sEarH scoRss DEoErTi0N."
The RepnbIicsn party has lived for the past
Eve years upon fraud, deception and villsiny. ~
deceived the country IN the FIRST place ss 10 10
principles and purposes ana then lie leaders snd
presses have constantly and unblushingly mis-
represented the doctrines and policI OF its oppo /
reois. Thisis the way il succeeded 10 obtaining |
political power and the same mesns have re-
tanned IL. And all this has been done under the
hypscrtiesI plea Of patriotism +" loyalty" and
..loss OF Ualon 20 II The Republicans had no,
Obtained possession Of the Government, st the
election OF 1860, they would have opposed Co
srcoe" 20 restore the nstiosai authority over the
rebsllious States. And even after they bad got
into power. according TO the testimony Of AosT-
eoxrsr BLAIs, Mr.. LiScsLSs Postmaster Gene
raj. the leaders and Cabinet onesrs agreed not
70 make sny hostile denonaFssions against The
South. thus giving the rebels ample time TO con-
struct their Confederscy. rsise armies and capture
United States forts, which took four years at an
immense sacrifice Of blood and treasure. 10 re
possess.
alleged against the leaders aud presses Of The
Republican. or Abolition party. We quote an er-
tract from sn article in the yesterday issue Of
the high toned organ Of that party in this State
Abiding TO the Sentinel. it says:
As teIt for its dying testimony ia favor Of
Democracy az il uuthfully 10, instead OF the
painted deception I've healthy devotses present as
the genuine article. the Sentinel copied the fol
loving remarks Of the New York Tribune:
"sn vs have 10 power to demand mani cod suffrage,
thea ne have no power whatevsr and our deeds have
been usurp .tion. right abolish slavery.
and 10 make var 70 eonGscste property, divide Viz
GINA into thus really doubling that sections
Senatorial po~eraad every extraordinary manifestation
Of power 10 us 4rpston.'
ITO THE the solemn and dying organ of the
johnson Democracy responds: True you bad
no right TO do any Of those things. but YOU had
the poirer 10 do them Every ex-
trsoTdinsry manifestation OF power made by
your faction tras usurpation. and was so de-
clAred by the Democracy of the North at every
STEP aud 80 on Tor quantity"
The editor of the Journal. when he attributed
10 us expressions We never used. well knew he
was lying wilfully aud maliciousiy, and he did il
with the greater impunity, knowing that few Of
the readers Of that print would ever see the cor
rection. That's Just the HONORABLE way in
which Republican papers nave been conducting
political discussions during the past i've ysars.
The political editor of the Journal is an elder Of
q Presbyterian church, but such samples OF
christianity populate the Internal regions. unless
BrKcsER is correct in making such locality a
fiction. IL there is sueh place there ought to
be one for just such characters.
Now, what foundation had the Journal to base
its lying article We simply repubshed, as we
have done thousands Of articles from Republican
papers, an article from the New York Tribune.
without note or comment. giving its construction
Of the results OF the war. The Tribune, in that
article, said:
80 IL we have power TO demand manhood
suffrage, then We have no power whatever, and
all our deeds have been usurpAtons
We made no response TO this declAration-no I
. word-but the Journal. with a scoundrelism
which is eminentIy Characteristic of the political
management OF the Republican organ. quotes IS
coming from the Sentinel response never
uttered, for as We have said We made none wha.
ever There is no of holding discussion
with paper devoid Of all honor and manliness.
And the only excuse that it can plead il. that Ii
has no other means TO sustain IL cause but re
sort to fraud aud deception. We quoted the
ticle from the Tribune TO show the remarkable
position taken by the leading Republican organ
of the country. We do no; believe that the
Federal Government has any right TO demand
manhood suffrage" polite term for negro
suffrage-5ut that the Constitution leaves 70 the
States the right 20 6x the qualifications of
voters This position both Governor MoRroS
and his organ copceds to be correct. Ii il is
right, a. every sensible man must admit
that il is, then the Tribune saws the Feds-
raj Government has no power whatever, and
all its deeds in the Inauguration aud conduct OF
the war have been usurpisions. To quote still
further from the Tribune, says, if the Federal
Government has no right to demand negro suf-
frsge then, "it has no right to abolish slavery.
and to make var, to conhseats property, TO
divide Virgins into two States-thus doubling
that sections senatorial powers, and every extra
ordinary manifestation c: power Is a usurpstion y
This is the position of the leading organ of the
Republican or Abolition party Of the United
States Aud what is more singular. the Tin
whistle organ Of the Republican party OF Indians
has not q word Of dissent from the Tnsune's
view Of the powers OF the Government So then
she Journal mus; be considered IS occupying the
ground thar the war. and all the acts of the war
we're usurpations if the Government has not ia q
right to demand negro, or for fear Of offending
its delicate negro sensi5ilities. We Sil say man
hood SURFACES We leave it TO work itself ont
Of its own dilemma.