Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 25, Number 9, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 October 1875 — Page 4

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL THURSDAY. OCTOBEK 21 1875

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21.

What a jolly crowd the three will bo the president, old Zach and the quart bottle! The treasury department may have fafted, tat tbere la cow no doubt about the interior gepartment making successful seizures of whisky. - Parson Newman thanks the Lord for the victory in Ohio. The Journal should ses to it that this sort of disrespect to Morton la not repeated. Tbere will b no reason now wby the Indiana should not receive a prime article of spirits. The present interior department knows a good thing .in that lire when it sees it. i One is surprised that the president should have admitted a rival to the cabinet. The interior bureau can now drink the executive department under the table without half trylDg i We notice floating around in some of our täte exchanges a paragraph that the Hendricks Club, of this city, at its regular meeting made an open assault upon the Sentinel. This story is unqualifiedly false. t - i Gen. Grant is making permanent provisions for the friends of the family. iLord Chamberlain Babcock la to be made chief Of the corps of army engineers, a life-long position, with good pay and little or nothing t-do. - - - - - -- - - - - The City Council otOaaaba declines to pay the bills Incurred in entertaining the presidential party. The bills may seem exorbitant, but the price of whisky would naturally have an upward tendency on the occasion of such a visitation. The Journal affords the public the original and long sought information that has puzzled the whole country concerning the cause of Mr. Morton's lameness. It was caught in the pursuit of his arduous duties with the army. He should have a pension. Parson Newman took occasion at the last Sccday service in the Metropolitan Church, at Washington, to return thanks for the result in Ohio. Tho psrson bad better put In bis tlmeprajing for the salvation of his own soul. Of course, his soul is a very -small one hut be will find it to hia Immortal Interact to try his level best to save It. Mr. Morton manifests great sensibility at any-disrespectful personal allusions in the speeches ot other statesmen. Witness Lis arraignment of Governor Ilendricks for a single line in his first Ohio speech. If Mr. Morton's criticism is just, how must Mr. Logan, of Illinois, feed, and will he not have just grounds to complain when he reads in the Sentinel Mr. Morion's allusion to the dirty ehirt? A glcoin has just been cast over the city of Tin, Onio. John T. IIuss was the b ighly respected casbter of the .First National -Eank. The county treasurer demanded hia deposits, amounting to .35,000 which the highly respected -couldn't lay his hands on just then, having spent it in stock speculation. The ready revolver was within reach, iowever, so be grasped that and passed in his check?. The report of the commission, investigat ing the Red Cloud agency affairs, states that the assumption of fraud (n a certain ease requires tbet Its members should believe that six agents, . and their assistants, tho contractor and iis associates, had combined to cheat both the Indians and the goversment. The human mind is capable of conceiving of an aeaumption an violent even as that. It is annouueed on apparently good authority that the coming man for secretary of the interior is ex-Senator Chandler, of Michigan. This will give tto old man a chance to make money eno-cgh to replace the fiO,Oöbat ö3 claims to have spent in testing the Polau! gag law, on A. C. Euell, the Washington. -correspondent ot the Detroit Free 2res9r who said that the senator was druak in the cloak room wLen be was jonly drusk in the Senate chamber. The true prophet of tbe Mormon minions has again been -cited by tbe courts to appear and show cause why be should not be punished for contaiipt, .because he has not obeyed tbe order to. pay to Ann 12Uza tbe Alimony and money for counsel fees, heretofore decreed in the divorce ftoits, in which ho is the defendant. TJia must impress Brigham with the truthfulness of the remark ascribed to that other great and good xnaB, Ben. Butler, that "tkjis a harijear on the rigbteon." The Sentinel is solicits about tfce future standing of the Journal on the finance question. IL started to get on the fence but tht last we beari Gf it, there was a resting tpon tbe top rail, as if looking for a place to aLih t on tbs safe ground where the Sentinel st&nc te. Due notice ie given in advance that it it jumps down here it must not in its new lodged zeal rnn off into inflation.. If U e tands around us it must go lor tie repeal of tbe resumption bill, the abolition of nati onal banks, and tbe substitution of their trrency with greenbacks, and then let tie Volume of currency severely alone. The Se ntinel will not regard the conversion sound if it takes any position different to this. A lot of meddlesome Methodist ministers of Boston are circulating a petition for the pardon of the Jefferson Borden mutineers. Let it be ordered that tbe prisoners can be released upon tbe condition that the petitioners shall take their places ia tbe penitentiary, atid s6 how soon they will lose their interest in tbe prisoners. The offense of the mutineers was one of the moat heinous known to the larwa of nations, and justice baa dealt most leniently with them. The sentence should be strictly Berved otf, aad the prisoner ought to be thankful that they were not hanged at the yard arm of the yeasel tbfit tbey would h.gye scuttled,

bad it not been for the bravery of the cap tain and the presence of mind of his wife.

It now oomes to the surface that the sol' dler'8 reunion was deliberately planned by Senator Morton to initiate his campaign tor the presidential nomination. IThs whole thing was cut and dried in private caucus, and set in motion with the nicest calculation as to results. The soldiers were used as tools, and though only patriotic and social feeling Impelled them to respond to the call yet Mr. Morton accomplished his purposes, and when they came be violated all the proprieties and decencies of life by inflicting upon them a tirade of concentrated ma lignancy to arouse their passions, and thus secure bis nomination. In tbe plans devised every Republican unfavorable to Mr. Morton was scrupulously ignored, no matter bow much the soldiers would have delighted to honor them. In yesterday's Sentinel we published a sketch of -Gov. Ilendricks, taken from the Chicago Times. The article was quite com pllmentary to tbe distinguished executive chief of Indiana, but tbere are some inaccuracies in its statements that demand correction. The constitutional convention, ot which Gov. Hendricks was a member, was held In 1850, and not in 1832, as stated by the Times. In I8Ö2 be was elected to congress from this district, his competitor being the Hon. John H.Bradley, of this city. In 1854 he waa a candidate for re-election, and defeated by the Hon. Lucien Barbour This fart the Times states correctly After bis defeat be was appointed commissioner of the general land office, and not commissioner of patents, as stated in the article we copied. The Times is alto mistaken in its statement that Governor Hendricks was nominated for governor after bis senatorial term had expired. He made tbe race against Governor Baker in 1S68, while he was a senator, Iiis term not expiring until tbe following March. The Times is correct in its assertion that he received a majority of tbe votes at that election and was counted out. Tho parties chiefly instrumental in perpetrating this outrage upon the people of Indiana claimed, as a reward for the services in this nefarious business, a prominent office from the administration cf Mr. Lincoln. General Cox, f Oaio, the secretary of the Interior, to whom tho application was made, was Indiguant at the audacity of the office-seeker, and to stow his condemnation ot tho infamy, filed with tbe Koverameot a caveat against his appointment. This caveat was respected as long as Governor Cox had influence with the administration, and no longer. norlon't Attack I'poa Grant. The attack ot Morton's organ upon the president was very insidious. It was well calculated to bring Morton before tbe public ab the champion of the war spirit, which is now sought to be made the inspiration and issue ot tbe coining presidential campaign. It was well calculated to incite enmity toward Mr. -Grant for failing to call while passing, when the whole band of veterans of an entire state were assembled to greet blm. Mr. Grant knew ot this assembly. As if waiting for tbe courtesy of an invitation, he remained in the West till the last moment, though urgent business oalled him to the capital. When it appeared that no call for his presence was to be made, bis trip through the West suddenly ended, and he started to Washington. When it was known that he had gone, Morton's organ comes out with words of criticism, which, under the circumstances, were as insulting to tbe president as any it could have uttered. They were calculated to inspire every soldier with contempt lor their president. Mr. Graut bas usually responded with his presence at reuniona of army officers. Now, here at Indianapolis was a chance to meet the rank and file, and be doubtless would have been glad to embrace it. The chance, even if he desires it, o! longer continuauce in the presidential chair is waning. What then so natural as to desire that his term of state service should end with something of that same approbation of the masse of the people that was accorded to him at tbe close of his military career. .But he was net to bo gratified. Mor ton so arranged it that Grant was left out, and then in the public press had it pub lished to tbe world that Mr. Grant had slighted the soldiers. This act -of Mr. Morton, though princi pally inspired by a desire to make himself tbe more prominent as a candidate for tbe presidency, l thought by some to have b?en the -conception ot private malice against Mr. Granr. Though outward warfare be tween Mr. Morton and the president bas ceased, yet tho bumiiiation that Mr. Morton endured over bis abject submission to the president's change of policy on the finance question Las batn rankling in the bosom of Morton ever since, and the lateJndignicy may have been a private s'.rcke of revenge. The exposure ot tbe wncle tbirjg hurts, and the organ of Mr. Morton is striving to repair the damage, But it is now too lata. Though tbe public will excuse Mr. Grant for not coming, they will not excuse tbe studied plan and purpose to ignore him, and thee abuse him for what he could not have done. The Journal was entirely too eager in tbe service of its master. It has overdone the thing. It Boould bave beta satisfied to let Mr. Morton have the glory .of beiogthe orator of the day, of approprUtlug to himself tbe great merit or being the war governor and soldiers' friend. It ougt to have bad its heart ourleited and full, when it saw Mr. Morton, the central figure cf tbe grand nageant that took place her last week, standing up solitary and alone, waving the bloody shirt of wrath Hud bate. There was no one to divide with him that honor There was no one who stood by hi tu to claim any part of the honor of inculcating bate. Standing there before the vast throng, be had a clear field, and he improved it. One would think tbat the Journal woold have been aatisfied, would bave had for its hero glory enough tor one day. Bat no, it runst neeos go out of its way to enhance still farther tie cauae ot lta master, and did it by attacking Mr. Grant. If it bad not been so

soon exposed, doubtless other leading generals would bare come in, too, for a abarein its blame. Sherman was but a abort distance from here, and away for the same reason that Grant was away, and other men and favorites of the soldiers Each in turn would, doubtless, have received criticism In order to add more glory to Mr. Morton. The littleness and the meanness of this whole business must bring upon Mr. Morton the contempt of every soldier, and that odium that be sought to heap upon tbe president will fall upon himself. In view of this transaction, ft becomes necessary to set ü tth before the soldiers of Indiana, that thi jon9aled and real design ot the late gathering was to glorify Mr. Morton, to Rive him a chance to inaugurate a canvass of bate, enmity and wrath, as the spirit of a new political crusade, of which he himself was to be leader. That crusade was to perpetuate continually enmity between different sections of tbe Union and above all and over all, it was to further tbe interests of Oliver P. Morton as a candidate for the presidency. Kenator Morten as m KevolatloHlvt. Senator Morton bas entered the lists as a

candidate for the presidency. That he will be a strong man for the nomination his competitors will realize at the Republican National Convention. He has a personal organ to advocate bis claims, and other appliances at work to secure tbe nomination. He is tbe ablest man of the Republican party in tbe West, if not in the Union. Iiis ambition is equal to that of Lucifer, and he never tires in any of bis undertakings. These qualities make him formidable in whatever he attempts, and, having set his heart on the presidency, Grant and Conkling, Wa9hburne and Wilson may look out for squall that will capsLzj their political crafts in the nominating convention ot 1S76. Is he a fit man for the place? Has be tbe requisite qualities for the presidency? Can tbe country safely entrust to him the management of its executive affairs? These are important questions, and they demand of the American people the most serious consideration. The president should be an able man; the ability of Senator Morton is conceded. Robespierre was able and so was D-iatoa, but no one will claim that tbe rule of these men conduced to the glory and hap piness of the French people. They wete vindictive; so is Senator Morton. They were ambitious; so is he. They allowed no impediment to stand between them and powr; neither does be. To reach supreme autho.-ity tbey used the Bistilo and the guillotine, and to quiet France, tbey drugged her with terror. To secure power, the Indiana Danton is stirring up the pas sions ot other days, and to gain the presidency he rekindles the bitterness and i hatred of the civil war. Moreover, he is not only vindictive, but he is unsafe. His pass career proves him a revolutionist, and bad he ruled Franca in 1S51, he, like Louis Na poleon, would have issued his decrees, and been council of state, legislative and execu tive at once. Tbat the readers of the Senti nel may know that this is no idle assertion, we propose to give an account of his usurpa tion of all the departments of tbe state gov ernment in 1S63. At tbe election in 18G2 the people of Indiana sent to the legislature a majority of mem bers opposed to the Kenublican rartv. At a - that time Senator Morton was governor of the state. lie was surrounded by soldier?, and his every wish was law. He placed guards about tbe state bouse, and to reach his office one had to pass tbe soldier armed with the bayonet. Tho men enlisted to de fend the integrity of the Union were employed as a body guard about his sacred person. He would brook no opposition to his wishes without imputing disloyalty to those that diflered with him, and considered devotion to him as the true test of patriot ism. From the day the legislature met until it was broken up by the secession of the Republican members, tbere was discord and conflict between the executive and legislative departments ot the government. To the Democratic members be extended neither consideration nor courtesy. They were in a majority in both houses, bnt encompassed as he was with armed men sub ject to his authority, he assumed the air of a despot whose every wish was law, and every act an edict. In the House, the Democrats were led by Judge Niblack, an able and a prudent man, and whose reputation as a statesman is co-extensive with the boundaries of the state. On the 27ih day of February, 1SÜ3, some ten days before the time fixed by law for tbe legislature to ad journ, all the Republican members of the house with a few exceptions, left Indianapolis and went in a body to Madison. Their pretext for this revolutionary act was tbe pendency of a bill to reorganizs tbe militia ot tbe state. They declared the bill to be unconstitutional, and to prevent its passage, broke up the legislature and left the city. If the bill was constitutional the majority had a right to pass it; if unconstitutional it would bave been inoperative, bo tbere was no justification for this action of the minority. The Democratic members remalued in their seats and prepared all necesary bills tor maintaining the government, and payiog tbe interest on the public debt. Had a tear of the passage of the military bill been tho true reason for the Republican boit, the minority would bave returned to their seats in time to bave passed the nececsary appropriation bills. As all tbe bills mast be read for three consecutive days unless two-thirds of the members consent to a suspension of the rule, and as they must be presented to tbe governor two days betöre the legislature adjourns, tbe constitution and the veto would have prevented any legislation tbat was obnoxloui to the governor or his friends. The miaority could, therefore, bave aalely returned to their seats and allowed tbe passage of the bills to carry on tbe state government, and to maintain tbe state' honor. But tbey would not do this, and the legislature adjourned without these necessary 1 iwi being enacted. Tbe proper course for the governor to have pursued under tbeee circumstances was to have convened the legislature in special session, that provision might be made for the running of

the government tor the ensuing two years. But Gov. Morton would not.do this. lie chose to usurp the authority the law did not give him, and like Louis Napoleon, became "couucll of state, legislative and executive at once." He went to Washington and got $90,000 due" tbe state from the general government, and instead ot putting it in the state treasury, where it belonged, he placed it in . a safe in his own office. He borrowed money from several counties In tbe state, and from banks and bankers, and placed it in the same depository. He designated this department of bis office "the financial bureau," and at oncecommenced appropriating the funds to persons and objects according to his sovereign will. He kept bis own accounts, settled with himself, and did what be pleased with tbe money thus obtained. When he was doing this he knew that the law of 1859 provided that all moneys belonging to the state should go Into tbe state treasury, and tbat tbe law ot 1861, approved by himself known as the embezzlement law visited the penalties of fine and imprisonment upon all public officers that used the public money contrary to law. But ho was aware thst he had the army an the federal government at his back and he took the chances. Kvents proved thai he counted not- without his host, for at the next election, by intimidation, by force, by ballot box stuffing, and by the rotes of soldiers living in other states he secured a majority of bis friends in the House, and enough senators to make a tie in the Senate. He soon, however, obtained a Democratic senator to act with the Republicans, and thus secured control of both branches of the legislature. His borrowed money was repaid with interest, and his usurpations approved. With the light of this example before tbem, will tbe ' American people trust Oliver P. Morton with the presidency? It he will usurp power in Indiana, will he not do it at Washington? If he will Ignore all tbe departments of tbe government, except his own, at one tioief will he not do it at another? If be will over-ride the constitution oi' tbe state, trample on laws approved by himself, seize tbe public money and pay it out on his own volition in 1SG3, may he not do it in 1S77 if the opportunity is offered him? With the army ot the United States at his command, and surrounded by men upoa whom he could rely, he would do anything, or dare anything that bis ambitious nature might dosire. Ho miht not te averse to tho role of Cisar, and if be craved the purple be would put it on. Tbere is no safety to the people when such men rule, and if Senator Morton succeeds in his aspirations the American poople will have in the chair ol Washington the most dangerous man that

ever occupied it. AMnmption. Tbe Sentinel thought that the newspaper over the way under tbe new management was. to be simply a journal of the ordinary fashion, but it appears that a terrible blunder has been made, aud tbat tbe Journal bas about it some mysterious quality, by which it has been suddenly transformed into an impersonation the of vast body of citizen soldiery, the Joyous reunion of which has just taken place, and the doing3 of which during the last few days bave been so elaborately chronicled in tbo Sentinel. While tne Journal, when tbe reunion was first proposed, sceffed at the suggestion of their assembling here, the Sentinel extended to them through its columns tbe invitations and promised greetings of the citizens of Indianapolis, and welcomed tbm upon their arrival, and gave so complete a report of all that was said and done that the editions of the paper were exhausted early In tbe day, while the newsboys hawked the unsaleable Journal through tbe streets, "stuck," as tbey term it with their scanty purchases. It was, therefore, a great surprise to wake up and find that we had insulted the gallant veterans by giving a clear and unquestioned statement of the animus and spirit of the new management of tbe Journal. And it was no greater surprise to us than it waa to the soldiers, who ara inferontially made to say: If you kick my dog, you kick me." But we do cot mean by this that that relation even exists between the soldiers and the Journal. There is no relation existing ol any kind that is not founded on unwarranted assumption, and the brave soldiers here would spit upon the paper tbat would impute to them such principles as the Journal advocates. Soldiers never intuit a fallen foe, they never carry wrath and enmity toward the conquered. Such a spirit is only found in the breasts ot skulking cowards that rant and rage about true loyalty in the rear of tbe army, safe Xrom danger and harm. Soldiers will scorn to associate the cause lor which they fought, and their accomplishments in gallant deeds, with the irate twaddle of the demagogue who bas stripped from the back of some thieving carpet-bagger ol tbe South his tattered shirt, stained with the flagellations justly received tor felonies committed, to wave it through the North to give point to his speeches and awaken enmity in breasts tbat have long been peaceful in the exercise of forgiving spirit?. Soldiers, the Journal will find, are not to bo driven about like cattlo and used forever as the convenient tools of politicians. They do not wish the memory of past deeds to be associated with mere political wrangling. They fought for the Integrity of tbe Union, not for tho perpetuation of the rule of a mere party, and much less to bolster up the political aspirations of any man. Mr. Morton's organ bas commenced rehearing peanB to his prai33 quite early, but vet too late to catch the ear of soldiers. When the soldiers yesterday selected a mouth-pleca to utter their sentiments on this subject the gallant Gen. Gresham was called to the stand, and his words reached their feelings when he bald of those for whom he spoke: " They cherish no feelings of hatred 'against their late enemies. On the con4 trary, tbey entertain toward them sentlments of sincere regard. The soldiers dei aire that all uulnendly feelings engendered

by the unhappy conflict shall be forever 'forgotten the past buried In oblivion." The soldiers, therefore, can not be in sympathy with the wrath, bitterness and malignancy which the Journal seeks to arouse, and by which Mr. Morton hopes to place himself in tbe presidential chair. No soldier could be insulted by the Sentinel's scouting at tbe "bloody shirt," which the Journal desires to make the insignia of battle in the coming political content. The insult was from ths Journal, and though the Sentinel did not employ a lot of claqners to raise a shout in front of its building as each regiment passed, or perch itself in the windows waving a cbeap flag, yet the Sentinel was serenaded by the soldier bands near a dozen times during tbe day and night, ar.d received unsought other kindly manifestations of recognition. The spirit of this personal organ is clearly seen in the innendo inciting to mob violence, but that was to be expected. It is all of a part, low, mean and despicable, and is best characterized by aam'ng it Morton ism

31 ort on versus Orant. The Journal on Saturday contained an article touching tbe absence ot Mr. Grant from the soldiers' reunion that occurred here last week. The inference from the article touched directly the respect of the president lor the soldiers. The Journal seems to be in some way Infatuated about the soldiers, thinking, doubtless, that because it was persuaded to spend thirty or forty cents in cheap flags, aDd wave one of them out at the window while its claquers below raised a shout as tbe regiments passed, that everybody else slighted or insulted tbem. Tbe attack upon Mr. Grant was hardly to be expected, but since tbe matter of his absence bas been noted by bis party friends, it may not be out of place tor the Sentinel to make a few comments thereon. It may as well be stated in tbe outset, that Mr. Morton is not Mr. Grant's choice for a successor, and that is a matter of some special interest to the president. Mr. Morton knows this. He knows that Mr. Grant bas enough Bourbonism about him to never forget anytbing, and though the veto feud has apparently been healed, it is only because Mr. Morton ceased to contend, and concluded that his presidential aspirations would not be aided by continued open warfare with Mr. Grant. Besides, Mr. Morton is cotsuroyer, nor is the party generally, that Mr. Grant will not yet be necessary to party success in 1876. It would not do, therelore, to continue tbe strife. But Mr. Morton can, and does, take every opportunity for personal aggrandizement, and that explains the absence of Mr. . Grant from tbe soldiers' reunion. He was blamed by the Journal for not coming. At the risk of being told that we have no business to interfere with this Republican family matter, we yet venture to ask tbe question: Was Mr. Grant invited here? Was he wanted here? Who heard of any letter or dispath to him? Mr. Grant seemed to be hovering atound out West longer than was necessary as if inviting an invitation. He could bave reached here at any time on a dozen hours notice or less. But who said to him, come? What committee waited upon him? On tbe contrary the Sentinel has inlormation direct from the chief management of the reunion that Mr. Grant was not expected and the announcement that soon got out, doubtless was intended to draw a crowd that was wanted to accomplish other purposes. Mr. Grant would not have been so uncivil as to not reply to an invitation from such a gathering' of soldiers! But no reply came. None was read. Not even a telegram made his excuses or sent a word of greeting. Mr. Grant's failure to come or respond was like Jack's, who would not eat bis supper having none to eat. Grant had no invitation. He was not wanted. He would have been in tbe way. Mr. Morton wanted a clear field. He in tended to take advantage ot this reunion to reinaugurate tbe canvass of malignancy and hate of which he is the chief exponent. As the hero from Ohio, he wanted no other laurel-bearing hero near him. He did not want attention directed from himself. And hecce, Mr. Grant was snubbed, though tarrying away from his waiting cabinet, as if ready for a call to come. But Morton remembered that Mr. Grant, at Des Moines, gave another keynote for the coming cam paign, appealing to religious prejudices. Religious things do not trouble Mr. Morton, and be did not care to have tbat issue in the campaign. Mr. Morton's stock in trade does not lie in that direction, and he did not wish things mixed. The bloody shirt Mr. Morton deemed much more formidable than the shadow of the pope's toe. This being the state of tbe case; it seems that the blame heaped upon Mr. Grant was not only not just or merited by the president's negligence of the soldiers, but is only a part of Mr. Morton's scheme. While he reaped the benefit of Grant's absence, that absence is made the ground ot disparagement to the president, and thus Mr. Morton's excellence is enhanced by the fading light of those who would otherwise out-shine him. This is pure Mortonism. Tbe Ohio Canvass and the Democracy, Tbe result of the Ohio election, while not so disastrous to the Democracy as telegraphed yesterday, is still a defeat, and should be a lesson well studied by these who aim to direct and shape the policy of the Democratic party in the coming presidential campaign. That there has been unwise leadership and mismanagement in the selection of candidates, and errors in the conduct of the canvass can net be denied, which have contributed to lessen the power ot the real issue with tbe people. The course of the New York Democracy, in advising the defeat of Mr. Allen, was unwise and prejudicial to the cause, and ought not to have been pursued If the unity of the party was desired. In the absence of a national platform to guide, with new issues forced upon the country, the Democratic party had a right to form their own plat

form and At er into the canvass, and battle against republicans m and for victory, In the way which seemed best . to them. In their struggle they should have had the earnest tympatby of tfe whole party, 4 East and Wet, even though ther might not be exert barrrony cf views In the statement of political doctrine. This same spirit is now exercised, in retaliation, by the Cincinnati Enquirer, which is likewise to ba regretted, touching; the New York campaign. It Is injudicious and unwise, and can only result in evil and discord, that will weaken the general effort to overthrow tbe Republican party. The Enquirer should bave helped coals of fire on tbe beads of the New ' York Democracy that sympathized with Hayes, by urging the party to stand together and re-elect Gov. Tilden, and then refer any difference on finance to the future national convention of the party. It will be then time enough to urge the defeat of any state ticket that claims to be Democratic when it ehall take positions in its state platform different from the doctrine laid down by tbe representatives of the Democracy in national convention. It is well known tbat neither tbe press of this state nor the majority of the speakers sent from Indiana to assist in the canvass In Ohio were in exact accord with the spirit of the canvass there, yet, truly sympathizing witb tbe gallant struggle tbat tbe Democratic party was making to defeat a corrupt party, tbey gave them hearty sympathy and sincere and earnest labors, and by this there will be greater hope of coming together in harmony at the approaching national convention. In this the Sentinel does not mean to imply tbat the position of the Indiana Democracy is in harmony with the New York platform. On the contrary, it is more in unison with the letter of the Ohio platform, for the views advocated in the Sentinel at least, on this subject, comprise the resistance of the resumption act, tbe repeal of the national banking system and tbe retiring of tbat currency and replacing the same with the greenback currency. This , we are persuaded, will be tbe financial basis of doctrine on finance that will be eventually adopted by the national convention, and upon which the East and West ought to unite, and all divisive utterances of retaliation is to be deplored and avoided. In tbe face of an unscrupulous foe it will not be good policy foran army to divide. The Democracy of tbe West will take no steps backward, but will continue to urge tbe absolute necessity of such a policy as above set lortb, and will demand tbat the ruinous policy dictated by the money power monopoly ot the east ehall be reversed and the resumption of specie payments by force, regardless 'of the commercial interests and wants of the country,. abandoned.

A. Military Monument, At some opportune moment, like the present, when the sentiment of patriotism is awakened and grateful memories of the slain soldiers of the war are unveiled, it is necessary to act promptly to perpetuate their record. A great reunion of surviving veterans, such as we have just witnessed, may serve to rekindle those sentiments which do honor to the dead while tbey ennoble the living. Bat when a generation or two shall bave passed a way, even tbe fragments of old regiments which lately filed along our streets will have dissolved entirely, and the visible nvidences of Indiana's work in the war will bave disappeared. Reunions of survivors in such numbers as to impress tbe eyes ot posterity can not long be effected. But it must not be forgotten that generations and centuries, yet future, will lay a claim on us. They will read the history of the great conflict, and ssk where are the monumants and records of those stupendous events? If unanswered, the unpaid debt of this generation will stand to its discredit forever. A moment's reflection will suffice to show the value ot permanent testimonials to great events. The communists tore down the magnificent shaft to Napoleon in the Place Vendome, but France has rebuilt what she could not spare. Wha. consideration would satisfy ths loss of Bunker Hill monument or Independence Hall at the end ot but one century? Tbe cities which possess them are made illustrious thereby. Yet at the end of a thousand years their millen nial worth will be more than a thousand fold tbat of the present. Antiquity is priceless, yet ail things must have a beginning, and tbey who consider tbe wants and welfare of tar off ganerations In the future are truly friends of the hurnaa race. Indiana should build a monument to ber soldiery and to her history in the war. Indianapolis should present to the eyes of every visitor and passing traveler on her thoroughfares which diverge in every direction, a suitable suggestion of those military operations by the state of which she was the center And this is the proper time to agitate and act. The late presence of so many thousands of her surviving soldiery urges the subject for immediate attention. A movement is already taking form, tbe outlines of which will soon be made public toward the ob jact suggested. When fairly star.ed it must not be permitted to flag for an instant Somewhere within the city a suitable monument recording and perpetuating the military history of this state, tbe names of her heroes slain in battle and surviving the war, the part she bore in tbe conflict whieh brought more or less of renown to all the states, preserving her mementoes and relics of untold value, and doing simple justioe to her posterity, should be begun immediately. There are eligible spots which themselves suggest tbe work and silently ask for it. One of these ir. the C.rcle, now surrounded almost entirely by elegant architecture and located at the center of observation and public resort . No thoughtful stranger of cultured mind ever fails, when visiting this part of the town to ask what is to be done on this suggestive space? Why is it not adorned and made to speak in honor of the Intelligence, taste and public spirit of the city? The