Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-10-02

We are rejoiced to see daily evidences that the
President fully comprehends the wishes and feel
ngs Of the people, that the present war shall not
degenerate into mere contest TO free the slaves,
but on the contrary that il shall be prosecuted for
the purpose of restoring the Union in all of its
integrity. His letter to General Fremont was
not only right in substance, but the spirit of il
was admirable and although the first feeling in
the community was one of fear that it might be
the commencement of advisor ofopinion which
would work much injury 10 our Cause, yet the
moment the letter was read, and its candid and
kind tone known, this fear subsidized The letter
of Judge Holt, on this subject. clear and POINTED
rs everything from him IS, whether il comes in
the form of a speech or letter. goes far to prove
to the people that he ard the President are act
ing cordially together for the accomplishing of
the one great object of the war, the restoring of
the country TO its former happy condition. As
these proofs multiply, our hope and faith increa-
ses that the love of country will finally triumph
over the extreme views ofboth sections, and that
both Northern and Southern States will return to
their allegiance, and obey the Constitution and
laws of the Union. We say both Northern and
Southern States, for both have intentionally yio-
lated the Constitution-the North in deliberately
passing laws to weaken and destroy the right of
the reclamation Of fugitives, and the South in
setting at defiance all laws of every kind passed
by the Uuited States. One has simply refused
its obedience to the Constitution and laws upon one
point, but that point OF extreme sensitiveness
to the South, while the other smarting under the
wrong and disregard of its rights. has madly at
tempted TO overthrow the whole system of gov
eminent, and trample the Constitution in the dust
Both have done wrong--both are guiIty-both
have seeded from the solemn obligations they
took upon themselves when becoming members
of the Union, and we are in hopes that both will
return to their allegiance when the mad passions
of the hour shall subside. The wrong deeds of
one section furnish excuse whatever for the
wrong acts of the other.
Its an admitted fact that however remiss the
Northern States, as such, have been in the dis
charge of their duties under the Constitution, the
General Government has neYer wayered nor
shrunk from the performance of its duty to each
and every State. The attack of the Southern
States, therefore, on that Government for wrongs
committed by Northern States, is wholly indie
feasible. 1t shows the blindness of the passion,
the ungovernable fury which has hurried them on
in this course when we look at the effect likely
to be produced, if they should succeed i'm des-
troying the Government. Instead of Kidding
themselves of the evils complained of, they would
rivet them with tenfold strength. If with all the
obligations Of the Constitution pressing upon
them, the love of country the desire to perpetu-
ate the institutions handed down to us from the
Fathers of the Revolution, the deep and lasting
interests OF lraue anu commerce which interiace
and bind the sections tcgether-if these and a
thousand other bonds not sufficient to induce
the North to perform their duty under the Con-
stitution, will the destruction of these ties do it?
Instead of that, human nature must have chang
ed if it does not aggregate every evil complained
of, thousand fold But, as we said in the be
ginning, the evidences of right feeling are be
coming more and more frequent daily, and we be-
lieve the time viii come when both sections will
acknowledge their wrongs and unite in support of
the Consttution.--Detroh Free Press.