Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-05-08

The New York Tribune on the war.
The Tribune expresses itself opposed TO any
truce. Il vet thinks Washington in danger, as
20 600 troops are already embodied in Virginia,
20 900 more can be raised in week, which can
be Joined BY 10, 900 more from the States further
South, and 10000 from Maryland, making an
army of $4,000. 1t says;
A smaller force than or-s can lombard and
batter down a good part of Washington from the
nights across the Potomac, rs no prudent com
mantier would risk the division, of his forces in
volved in a determined attempt to dslOdge them
We trust the peril OF capture OF Washington
is passed; not so the danger of its destruction
Washington once safe, our next peril is negoti-
alton. We shall then have more Border State
proposals of truce, TO give time for conferences
and protocols. And truce, if once concluded,
will prove our ruin. II will check the enthus
asm of the masses. stop the rush OF men to the
defense of our flag, smother the righteous indg
nation now burning in every breast, and break
the spirit of the people The universal Ameri-
can heart, and no less the universal reason now
say, "s Let us make clear end of this business.
Let US have no cessation Of hostilities short of
complete and final settlement of all our Difficult
ties" So say we all. Let the Government take
heed, and be strengthened
1t anticipates that Maryland will soon be as
much out of the Union South Carolina, and
Baltimore will then occupy the same position
against the Federal Government that Charleston
has long occupied. The following is its advice :
! Maryland and Baltimore, now in open rebellion
against the United States, will then be at open
war with them. This treacherous State. this pes
tilent city, lie between the loyal North and the
national Capital. Surveying the field from a
military standpoint, and using a military phrase,
| then must be reduced. This must be done at the
earliest practicable hour. The entire work can
not be performed in day, nor in a week, perhaps;
but bold, stunning blow can be struck at the
| heart of the Zoe. and that Immediately. Wash
ington can not be safe no matter how many troops
occupy it. while Baltimore stands in arms be
| hind it, Now the most dangerous, as il is the
most despicable city in the rebellious States, it
must either surrender to the Federal forces on
being summoned, or Il must be destroyed. How
can this be done2
Fort McIIenry, with such suitable vessels as
can be promptly gathered in its harbor, must de
molish its streets with shot and shell. Though
the entire city can not be reached from the fort
and the harbOr, vet all the business and com
mercial and banking portions of the infamous
town can be laid in ruins from those points. ne
spot to save Washington is at Baltimore. The
impregnabe defense of the former depends uEOn
the immediate destruction of the latter. Tie
Federal Capital must not be exposed to an attack
in the rear from a large city filed with fighting
men, with munitions of war, with provisions,
and easily reached from the sea. Let il be prompt
ly be reduced
Baltimore subdued or in ashes. our loyal troops
can advance leisurey, in two huge armies, from
the Pennsylvania line toward Washington III
Maryland resists our march, she doubtless
will, we must pillow up her rebelous soil with
cannon balls. and SOW it with gunpOwder.
This vigorous policy to maintain the integrity
of the Union, comes with i'll grace from paper
which but short time ago argued with great
ability and postveness, that any attempt to force
the seeding States to remain in the Union would
be contrary to the doctrines contained in the go
rious Declaration of Independence, and to the
principles upon which human liberty is based.
Such advice should come from some OtheI
source-from those who have regarded the
preservation of the Union as of the highest i'm
, portsnce, and worthy of any sacrifice. We have
no confidence in these latter day Union savers
Can any one believe that it is for the preserva
ton of the Union, and the constitutional rights
of all the States, that the Tribune now recon-
mends war to the knife, and the knife TO the hi
against the entire South? Does it not hope thai
the present war, if waged as it proposes, viii
result in the abolition of slavery and the African
ization of the slave States?
Perhaps the following item, which we extract
from its columns. will explain its sudden CONVEX.
sion to a war of determination:
The slaves of Maryland are naturally greatly
excited BY the tumult around them, and are emf
grating by whole families and in great numbers
into Pennsylvania. 1t is estimated that not less
than 500 have escaped within few days past
Nothing is more likely to bring the shareholders
to realizing sense of the nature and tendency OF
their rebellion than such facts as these The
sudden disappearance of 500 pieces of property,
valued at half million of dollars, is phenome-
non calculated to strike even Plug Ugly with
dismay, especially as it is likely to be followed
by much more extensive experiences of the same
sort.