Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-04-10

Has Lincoln Decided upon a Policy!
Printing. arrived at home on Friday evening and
reports that President LINCOLN has decided upon
policy. He states that the Administration at
Washington have determined upon the reinforce
ment of Forts Sumter and Pickens at all hazards,
the blockade of the Southern ports and the collec
ton of revenue ship board outside the ports of
the Confederated States. II this be true, and the
activity displayed in itfiug out vessels at all the
lsurtnern navy yards and the concentrating of
troops at all those points give some confirma-
ton to the report, we may expect that COL
lision will soon take place and civil war be
inaugurated. If Mr.. LINCOLN attempts the
re enforcement of Sumter and Pickens and
blockades the Southern ports, by his act hos
Titles will commence. Without molestation
and openly, seven States have organized a
Government and adopted a Constitution Not a
step has been taken, not even a protest has been
made by the Federal Government in opposition
to this action of the Confederated States. The
New York Tribune, the organ of the radical
wing Of the Republican party, admits the right of
n respectable number of States to secede from
the Union and organize an independent Govern
ment, if they consider they have unredressed
grievances of sufficient importance in the opinion
of the people Of those States to take that step,
and that the Federal Government could not deny
them that right, without violating the principles
upon which the Union is based as set forth in the
Declaration of Independence. And the Journal.
the organ of the Republican party of this
State, took equally high ground against CO.
ercing seeding States into submission. In
the strongest language it has taken position
against civil war and in favor of peacable sep
aratioD, if the antagonists between the two sec
tons could not be adjusted by mutual agreement.
This is its record, urgently advocated as the true
policy Of the Northern States.
why this change Of policyf Has Mr.. LINCOLN
found authority for the course which his friends
say he has determined to adopt Why this va
cillationf 1t was announced to 'he country that
Fort Sumter was to be evacuated to avoid the
necessity or apology even for collision. And
then the President has given repeated assurances
to the Union men of the South that no attempt
would be made to enforce the collection of the
revenues, or precipitate collision. Even the
Commissioners of the Confederate States were
assured that the policy Of the Administration
was and should be pacific. 1t cannot be denied
if the last reports be true as to the present nten
ton of the Administration that duplicity has
been practiced or else since It's advent into power
it has had no policy, but all has been uncertainty
and doubt, driven hither and thither as the pre-
vailing political wind happened to blow.
What excuse can the President offer for his va
clating course? Will he say that "lies haze &C
fa1lly been t,cisted out Of him7 Will he offer the
same apology that he did to Mr.. DENNY, the ap-
plcant for the Dayton postoficei When he pre-
scented his application Mr.. DENNY says the follow
lowing conversation took place:
I told him that confded in his integrity and
fairness, and that believed he ioould eramine The
papers and do right, To this he responded: II