Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-11-27
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Under this head, on Friday last, we noticed the
resn:s Of the elections in several States during
the fall, and stated they gave evidence of
healthy reaction in favor of those principles that
offer reasonable hope for the restoration of the
Union as it was and its permanent perpetuity.
The Journal one of the few dsunion papers in
Indiana, can see nothing in this upheaving of
popular sentiment but "a growth of disloyal
feeling" and asks what sentiment is recoiled
from?" This question is veiy easily answered
The reeoil is from the Abolition sentiment which
is represented by such prints the Boston Liber-
atOr, the New York Tribune and the Journal
which with its twin sister secessionism, has pre-
cipitated upon the the country civil war which
threatens not only to exhaust its resources, but
the existence of the Government under which we
became of the powerful nations of the earth
The Journal, with its co-laborers the Liberator
and Tribune, openly and decidedly advocated
MISUNDERSTANDING the States that desired to
withdraw from the Union to go in peace. And
since the war commenced the Journal expressed
its entire willingness that the rebel States might
separate, leave the Union, upon the single con-
dition that the rebels should first lay down thei
arms. We have no doubt JEFF. DAVIS & Co.
worad accept the Journals proposition promptly
if it was made in authoritative form and in
good faith. These views of the Journal have
recently been repeat ed by one of the leading Re
pu5licans of New England, who entertains the
same idea of public policy as that print, without
any rebuke from the abolition organs Mr..
EMERSON, to whom we allude, in recent lecture
in Boston admits that the teachings of the Jour
nal have resulted in a division of the Union He
says: 1--WE are already two nationaities." This
is admission that the rebellion is success and
that the political philosophy of Messrs. LINCOLN
and SEWARD has practically illustrated that
the Union could not remain half slave and half
free. After acknowledging a complete division
of the Union Mr.. ENERsoN thus philosophers:
.'Henceforth the advocacy of slavery and free
dom would not be absurdIy united in the same peo-
pie The foolish compromise which our fathers
made had been dissolved by the spontaneous ac-
ton Of the other party; and the North would
never again put her head into that yoke" Such
are the sentiments put forth by prominent Repub-
licans and Republican prints with ippunity when
the people of the North are putting forth every
energy to maintain the Government.
The late elections indicate a reaction, !" Gre
COLI in the North from such ideas, and hearty
approval of the sentiments of MCCLELLAN. of DIX,
of SHERMAN, of HALLBcK and of other Generals
who have put their bssls upon Aboltionism and
proclaimed that the object OF the war is to put
down rebellion, not 10 interfere with the consti-
tutional rights domestic Institutions of the
loyal citizens of the rebel States and that the war
shall cease when they return to their allegiance
And why does the Journal urge that the object
ofthe war shall be the abolition of slavery, and
why does il sympathize with all movements to
that end? 1t well knows that when such poll
CIV is announced it will make reunion of the
States impossbility. Let it be put forth that
the purpose of the war is the emancipation of the
negro, and the result win be TO firmly unite all
the slave States in a common cause and divide the
North IN sentiment. The Journal well knowing
such would be the result of the policy il advocates
adheres TO it for no other purpose that we can see
thanthatthe theory 1t advocated with great earnest
ness and persstency last fall and winter that civil
war would result in dsunion, may be practically
demonstrated Thus its sympathies are with the
rebellion and it only makes loud professions of
loyalty to retain hold upon the patronage now