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

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"ENEM MIS- OF THE GOVERNMENT
The Central organ, the other day, in 8 notice
ofGovsrnor MozroS's Richmond speech. claimed
.hs, his poIiey on the negro suffrage question
shoulS be adopted BY the RepublIcan party to pre-
vent tie success Of the " enemies Of the Govern
nent" This y an errression which the Repubh-
cans nov use and have used during tbe past four
years, when .llaaing to their political opponents
= Eremies 10 the Government This v The
term applied 70 American citizens. born upon the
soil. aud all Of whose interests depend upon the
perpetuity Of Just. wise and economical govern
nsnt-men Who have no other purpose IN life but
70 hand down 20 their children the same benifceut
political institutions they received from their
fathers. What an abssrdity to class near one
half Of the voters ofthe 'ioya State. yenemies
70 the Government" The charge Is 80 ridicu-
lous upon its face that il hardly requires serious
REPUTATION, and we only allude 10 il ~ show the
desperate means the party 10 power use to con
tinue their party rule Last year there was an
important election held m Indians. and two prom
inens citizens wefe candidstes for the position Of
Governor--one, the Journal says. was friend .
and the Other al, enemy" TO the Government,
What possible motive had OLIyKRP MoRros to up
hold the Government not the party in power that
did notinf uence JosRPH Z McDoSALpl And We
may say the same Of the voters that sustained
each Of these candidates ia that political canvass
Were not the possessions, the worldly interests,
ths h2nes and the children and friends Of those
o.voted for MCDONALD as much involved 10
the future of the country as were those who
voted for MoRToSl Upon what ground. then.
can il be censsuded. when the interests Of each
we're equal, that one party were the friends
and the others the "enemies" OF the Govern
mentl As citizens they had the right TO enter
tain their own views as to the best means eff pre-
serving a free constitutional Government-a
Government in which the rights and liberties
OF. the citizen should be preserved and main
.tsIssd --snd that h just VIVA, COZ stitated the
difference between them. That was the pro-
blem TO solve, and some oftho most slgacious and
honest men in the Republican ranks have since
that lime conceded that different policy than
was pursued would have saved the lives Of a
quarter Of a million Of mep and at least one
half OF the public debt. with came results as
now. But this makes no difference so far as the
question under discussion is concerned. The
issue Is, what right has one party. numbering
abou one half Of the voters Of the country, to
charge the other with "disloyalty, with being
enemies 10 the Government The Govern
ment belongs TO the latter jus, as much IL does
to the former, and both should be covered by
the Constitution. made not only to define
the rights privileges. and restraints OF all,
but TO protect minorites from overbeaTing
msjorities, in the enjoyment OF their rights.
obedience to the Constitution ia the only test
of loyalty There can be none other required.
Those who are unfsithful to the obligations of
that instrument may be termed enemies 10 the
Government" bat certainly those cannot be
whose only purpose was to defend and maintain
il just as il came from the truly pa
triotic men who formed il This is the crime OF
the Democracy In Republican ewes For stand
ing by the Constitution and unfolding the great
rights of guarantees to the humblest citizen. as
well as the highest. the Democracy are classified
by the men who regarded it no more than a rope
of sand when il stood in the wav of their
schemes, as enemies 10 the Government"
Would virtue. patriotism, and even the Govern
ment become extinct II this class who charge
'disloyalty" upon the other, should be swept
from. the face Of the earthss Not whit of it.
IL such an event should happen their loss would
not be known, except the mere space they filled
the remembrance of their evil deeds, and the
enormous public debt they would leave as their
only legacy and memento. When man charges
his fellow citizens, rho have the same interests
in maintaining the Government as he has. as its
enemy. amply because they differ upon matters
of public policy. put him down as a fool or .
knave-a fool il he really entertsins such SEMI
ment, and If he does not, knsve for charging
crime upon neighbor simply to promote his
partisan interests or the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of his
party.