Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-12-11


on inresard - the policy that the government
should purspsin its conduct of the war
He stafes the g,,ree ~ Tho sr,.,, q,
he 66l on Of Which Sao 6s7 are yoInn,ssrs M -
90 .334 regulars :. =,
He estimates that the aggregate force might,
snouio exgencies require re increased 70 S,VO0
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al armory at Springfield, Mass. to an extent that
viii enable il 70 supply the government with all
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convenient place. of national armory for the
manufacture Of cannon.
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nrotscf tben, in reT.ir;,,g their road -
With :, view "a the fature saserv of the Ped
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In this connection the secyetayv thipl,s that
Maryland in consideration of the ACQUISITION of
= l.,e ,s;,v 'shsrld sr,s,,a bsr cars,;,,,;on
so that her has;s of reweseDtation wonld he only
whites This wonld h. AN execution tn the gen-
Gal ,,Ie In an the States NEGROES art, ssof
representation. 80 aiI1ssf.- -
, He recommends that the District of Columbia
he restored To its ORIGINAL boundaries.
-, $3.50, ~. $500, :. no, 80
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radical as was anticipated, out ne eyidenuy leans
sympatheticaly toward the SREnosT proclamation.
The idea of giving slaves freedom and emnlov
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folly but 1t Is ImpraeucaDle We give IN full
what Secretary, c AMERoN saws in reference TO the
d;s,o,;,;or ,ha. slo,,ld 10 r,ado Of y,aves ,;aw
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oi 'he question: 'n"' mas p'ooao's TIC appfo'u vi
the Administration:
Ii has become grave question for determine
ton, what shall be done with the slaves abandon
ed 10y their owners on the advance of our troops
into Southern territory as IN the Beaufort district
OF South Carolina. Ihe whole white population
therein Is SIX thousand, while the number OF ne
groes exceeds thirty-two thousand The panic
which drove their masters IN wild confusion IRON
their homes, leaves them in undisputed possession
of the soil. Shall they. armed by their masters,
be placed IN the held to hight against US, or shall
their labor be continually employed IN reprodu-
cling the means for supporting the armies of re-
belllonr
he war into which this Government has been
forced by rebellious traitors. is carried for the
purpose of repossessing the property violently
and treacherousiy seized upon by the enemies of
the Government, and to re establish the authority
and laws of the United States in the places where
it is opposed or overthrown by armed Instruction
and rebellion. Its purpose is to recover aid de-
fend what is Justly its own.
War, even between independent nations, is
made to sabdue the enemy, and all that belongs
to that enemy, by occupying the hostile country.
aud exercising dominion over all the men and
things within its territory. This being true in
respect to independent nations at war with each
other, it follows that rebels who are laboring by
force of arms to overthrow Government, justly
bring upon themselves all the consequences of
war, and provoke the destruction merited by the
worst of crimes. That Government would be
false to national trust and would justly excite the
ridcule of the civilized world, that would abstain
from the use OF any efficient means to preserve
its own existence, or to overcome arebellious and
traitorous enemy, by sparing protecting the
property of those who are waging war against it.
The principal wealth and power of the rebel
States Is = peculiar species of property, consist
ing of the service or labor of African slaves, or
the descendants of Africans. This property has
been variously estimated at the value of from
500, 000,0 900 to 81 000. 000, 600.
Why shorld this species of property be exemp.
from the hazards and consequences of disas-
trous war?
Ii was the boast of the leader of the rebellion,
while he vet had seat in the Senate of the Uni
ted States, that the Southern States would be
comparatively safe and free from the burdens of
war, ii it should be brought on by the contempla-
ted rebellion, and that boast was accompanied by
the savage threat that Northern towns and cit
les would become the victims of rapine and mill
tary spoils,' and that Northern men should
smell Southern gunpowder and reel Southern
steel No one doubts the disposition OF the
rebels to carry that threat into execution. The
wealth of Northern towns and cities the produce
ofNorthern farms, Northern workshops and man
ufictories. would certainly be seized, destroyed,
or appropriated as military spoil No property
IN the North would be spared IRON TIE hands OF
the rebels, and their rapine would be defended
under the laws of war. While the loyal States
thus have all Their property and possessions at
stake are the insure ent rebels TO carry on war
fare against the Government in peace and secu-
rty TO their own property $500 ~
Reason and Justice and self-preservation for
bid that such should be the policy of this Gov
eminent, but demand, ON the contrary, that. be-
ing forced by traitors and rebels to the extremity
of war, all the rights and powers of war should
be exercised 10 bring it to speedy end. -
Those who make war against the Government
justly forfeit all rights of property, privilege
security derived from the Constitution and laws,
against which they are IN armed rebellion; and as
the labor aud service OF tneir slaves constitute tne
Chief property oil the rebels, such property should
share the common tate OF war TO which they have
devoted the property OF loyal citizens
While it is plain that the slave property OF the
South is justly subjected to all the consequences
of this rebeilious war, and that the Government
would be untrue to ITS trust IN not employing all
the rights ana powers Oh war 10 bring " 10 a
20.