Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1856-07-10
-Disunion Boldly Avowed.

tehtion OF the people 10 correct and honest
avowal Of the ultimate designs Of the lead
ing spirits of the Black Republican party
Read Il as often as yos,r time lsiH permit.
There was time when our neighbOr Of the
journal would Join US in denouncing snch
sentiments. but that paper no,O being EN-
barked in the same nnholy crusade against
the Union. is as dumb as an oyster.
The editor Of the National Anti- Slavery
/ Standard Is entitled to credit for his canSor
and frankness, which is more than those de-
serve who are supporting the same oAxdi-
dates. hut avoTing other purposes
THE ABoLITIOEIsTs AS PRoPHETs-Whq-
ever has been an attentive reader If ana
slavery literature aud journalism for the Ia /.
fifteen or twenty years cannot but have bee
struck with the spirit of prophecy that ra>'i
through il all. To be sure, Ah0litionists may
be said TO belong to tina. large class Of proph-
cts who help to bring about the accomplish-
ment Of their own predictions. But II is
proof that they have known what they want
ed, and also how best TO bring il abVet.-
] They have had a clear vision from the be-
! ginning of the way in which they were %
walk, and the work which they had TO do.
They acted on certain fixed principles, bas-
/ ing their measures on the nature of things
ard the nature Of man; and as their princi-
pies were eternally right, and their yievs OF
man and his ways founded on reason and ex-
! perience, and as their speculations and their
practice bad 10 faint Of sel6shness in them,
il was almost inevitable that they should see
clearly and act sagaciously. Only, they have
not seen half that was come 20 pass, aud
the times were hidden from them, so that
they are astonshed at the haste with which
the procession of events hurries past, In spite
Of the Second Sight which discemed their
coming shadows in the distant future.
Among the many predictions which they
have uttered, or rather the many statemenls
they have made, as TO what must come 70
pass, the one which five or six years age
seemed the widest was the necessary diris-
ion of the nation into two parts-the Month
ern and Southen-of which the principles
should he slavery and anti-slayery. Fves
years ago what seemed more unlikely than
, that the nation should be divided into strici-
ly sectional parties as it is now? The Whigs
were running mp their bids for slaveholdine
support with desperation SiIaaSik 1SoS7
that they had abalasss4 ~ other hone o.
success. Daniel Webster had abandoned al
hope ola North, and had flung himself and
, all he had at the feet Of the slave masters as
his last and only chance for the eminence he
sighed for. They spurned him away, to le 7
sure and sent him broken-h hearted into nj, |
grave; but they appointed both the candl
dates, and elected the one they loved :
best
= The idea Of Northern party pa
Il - .L1,,l1 -
into the Southern States-was regarded
something worse than chimcra, as a .po5
4 tive imagining ofthe Death Ofshe Repuhl
D as positive misprison Of treason. What
change has come over the dreams Of the ned
pie sincethenl The Wing party, FIVE veal
ago in power, and with reasonable prospect
of maintaining it, now dispersed, is deInol /
c ished and ground to powder. Their vcrv
name has vanished from tbs face Of The =
earth, or exists only as a mockery or a laugh
lng-stock. The Abolitionists foresaw thai
this must come to pass; but they did not
e dream Of its accomplishing itself SO soon
That the national parties should sooner
= later divide on the only real matter Of III
quite existing in the country, was inevilabl
But the lines are drawn, and the hosts an
encamped over against each other. The Al
tempt TO keep MP delucve alliance vii
A natural enemies has been abandoned
!, The AbolitoEists have been telling Ties
b things in the ears Of the people Tor a. quartz
: Of century. They have had double pai
D in what has come 20 pass. both by urepsJil
: the minds Of the people Of the North, an
by compelling the people Of the South B
the very atrocities which have startled ths
North into attention. Nothing but the mad
ness which nshers in destruction. ard n
, pride which goeth before fall, on the ps
Of the Shareholders, could have reused N
! sluggish North from its comfortable dresmir
Of wealth, and made il put itself even into
posture Of resistance.
The North is IN a slate OF ercitemeu
temporary perhaps. bat real for the time, al
. the widening lines Of division between II
North and South are growing deep and a
tsurs.
II is long since this paper took the grouu
that the first thing though by no means q
only thing, needful, was the formation OF SC
iional parties-Of parties distinctly Northel
!, aud Southern, and, OF necessity, slavery an
anti-slavery. We rejoice that our eyes behol
the day Of that beginning Of the end. n,
that we have any very exalted hopes froI1
the success Of the Republican party, even
we considered its success a very likely thin:
All that il proposes TO itself is 10 keep SLAYER
out Of Kansas, provided the actual settles
there DO not want 10 have il in. This is
very small platform for great party to stan
upon, il must be owned and in rejoicing
see it, We certainly are grateful for very mod
crate mercies. But it is not the platform IN,
is signi6cant-it is not the point nomissal
at issue that is the material thing. The 10
sition is everything. 1t is the attitude tbs
is expressive and encouraging Ii is the Ell
tire separation Of tie party from ali South
ern alliance, and from all possibility Of slave
holding help, that gives Il its encouragir
aspect, and makes it, with all It's shortcon
ings, thing to thank God for.
We need hardly say that we do not look
upon this new party as one that should SUI
percedc the aEti-slayery movement. II has
sprung from that movement, and whaieA
of strength and hope it has lies in the anti
slavery feeling Of the Northern mind. II i
vain that servile men-pleasers seek 10 sepa-
rate this effect from It's anii-slavery origin
The shareholders stamp il with is real char
acter, and describe il better than it likes 10
do itself. lt is true that the different sagac-
tiles OF the SHAREHOLDERS and the Abolition
ists both discern that this must be the ulti-
mate result.
or We clip the following extract from he
Cattle Market Report Of the New York 7ri1
J,ule of Thursday last, and call the attention