Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-09-11
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An evening RepuOllcan paper puOllSned IN tniS
city, which Justly gives to the Times credit for
the utmost zeal in the support OF the Union. finds
fault with in asserting that papers of its party
daily endeavor to force emancipation as an issue
into the present contest. 1t asserts among other
things, that neither the New York Tribune nor
the Iadependent have since the disaster at Bull
Run, published line in favor of that result We
turn at hap hazard to the former paper, and find in
its issue of August 81, the following:
"These facts need to be reiterated and enforced
until they shall be deeply engraven the public
mind, so that the most ignorant, the humblest.
so otter as he shall be summoned to scrimp the
bread of his children TO pay the heavy taxes i'm
posed Dv this war, shall realize that il is slavery
which thus impoverishes him and them. Moth
ers, who are called to send your sons to battle
for the Union and the laws, never forget, or
let them forget, that it is slavery which com
pels the sacrifice. The time may rot have come
may not come for years-for the nation to pro-
claim and act upon this Fundamental truth: but
IL is the truth nevertheless and must not fall un
needed
Now, ask, is this abolitiOnism, or is il not?
Thousands and hundreds of thousands of citizens
do not believe that slavery is the sole cause of
our domestic troubles. Yet this extract asserts
that it rs This, then, opens to the nation sla-
very discussion Thousands and hundreds of
thousands of loyal men believe that under the
Constitution the time can never come for the abo-
Etion of slavery by the ''nation." Yet this ex-
tract suggests. in the midst of rebellion that the
time may come. (for that is what it means,) and,
by suggesting that, maintains the constitutional
right of abolition.
As to the IRdeDeHdent, the New York World,
(Rep } of the 9th, saws:
The Independent of this week is brimfull of
peStilent abolitiOnism. The most Questionable
part of it, to be sure is in articles written by cor
respondents, but the prominence assigned them in
the makeup of the paper and the strong lean
ing in the same direction of its editorial COL
umns, justify US in attrbutng the Independent
a deliberate purpose to make itself vehicle
of abolition sentiments. 1t allows DIR. Cheeyer
90 expatiate the irretrievable mischief pro-
duced by the Northern Government and Admin
ministraton in refusing to direct the war against
slavery, and on the infinite Importance of I'm
mediately striking that blow against slavery, and
which will retrieve our affairs and our reputation
and save us from the dreadful disaster ETC. 1t
gives space to a long article by Charles L. Brace
entitled The Key to Victory which opens with
the inquiry, Why will not we people see that
the only key to victory is proclamation Of ennan-
eipafioR?'"
The World differs from our evening cotempo-
rary in regard to the Independent, and the World
is not only Republican paper, but it is reported
to enjoy the confidence and favor of a member of
the Cabinet
We might. as our evening contemporary has
proved in its columns, from less influential Re-
publican papers here at home, to prove asser-
ton; but the fact is patent our citizens that
If they have patience to bear it, feel it is no af
fair of ours. In all our warfare on Aboliuon-Re
publican journals we have only wished to serve
the country against pestilential heresy which
seeks to dissolve the Union BY dividing the North
into factions of slavery. Generally we think our
evening cotemporary has co operated with US in
the effort, and we quite surprised that it now
denies the existence of the evil which it has so
persistently combatted.
We do not wish to be misunderstood on this
question. We make no charge of general sbo-
itionism against all citizens who acted with the
Republican party. On the contrary, we have al
ways held that there is large element in that
party which Is conservative. and, now that il is
awake to the crimnaiity OF abolitonism. will insist
that the only purpose of the shall De the pre-
servaton of the Union and the constitution We
have only said to these people, "here IS the New
York Tribune, and the Independent, and other
papers heretofore organs in your party Are they
0T0ans still7 Do you approve of their sentimentsf
If you do not, eyince il in some manner. Doyou
ask Democrats to meet you in political unity when
you come 10 them burdened with these abolition
papers. Now, If the conservative Republicans
are really opposed to abolitionism they will con-
cesle that our position is reasonable, and will join
in the work Of overthrowing Northern treason,
white We 90 our DeSt enueEOr against o0utnern
secessionism- We are earnest in our desire for
union OF sentiment in regard to the objects of the
war. We care very little what purpose the Ad-
ministration has IN hossiIities. They must 10 as
the people desire-for even the army the peo-
pie. What is the popular sentiment? is theques-
ton. Can we say that il is or aver will be united,
if half oftle nation cry out for emancipation, and
the other halfbelieve that and
50 subversive Of the Union? This is a question
10 be seriously considered by men of all parties.
An understanding must be arrived at concerning
il. or the safety ofthe Republic will be complete
~ wrecked We, therefore. deprecate the agita-
ton of emancipation, by the abolition disorgan-
zers the backest OF treason at this crisis of the
couEsry's history and we call upon conservative
Republicans, in the name of all that is sacred to
us as people. to prove, by some bold and un-
mstakable enuneiaton of principle. that the abo-
ition journals are no longer their organs. They
can do it with such emphasis as viii really unite
the great mass of the nation in common pur-
pose, and as will evince to the South that the
Crttenden resolution of the extra session is the
real sentiment Of the Union man.---Chicago
Times.