Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-10-29

misapprehended or even misrepresented, Jet him
calm his tendency TO excited sentiment; BY that
recollection. Cheers And. gentlemen. il =
the more necessary that should do this. be-
cause | think we are pretty much of one mind a.
% what il 70 come
We know quite we'll that the people, mean
The people IL the Northern Slates-haye not yet
drank of the cup-they are still endeavoring 10
hold IL far from their lps-they have not yet
drank Of the cup which, notwithstanding, all the
rest Of the world sees they must do. Hear.
hear We NAV have our own opinions about
slayery-we NAV be for the South or against the
South, but there Is no doubt, think, about this
jefferson Davis and the other leaders of the South
have made an army-,hey are making, il APP
pears, a navy-and they have made what Is more
than either. they have made a nation. Enthusi-
astIc cheering, which prolonged tor some
time | can not say that for one have We've
with any regret their failure to establish them
selves in Maryland Ii appears to me too prob
able that, If they had been able 10 establish them
selves in Maryland, the consequences of their
military success in any aggressive movement would
have been that political party favorable to them
would have been formed in that State. that they
would have contracted actual or virtual engage
ments with that political party, and that the ex-
istence of these engagements, hampering them in
their negotiations with the Northern States,
might have formed a new obstacle to peace. Gen.
tlemen, from the bottom OF our hearts We should
desire that no obstacle to peace may be
formed. Hear, hear, ami cheers We may
anticipate with certainty the of the South
ern States. so far regards effecting their sepa
ration from the North |, for nv own part can
not but believe that that event is as certain
any event vet future and contingent be.
Cheers. But it is from feeling that that great
event is likely to arise, and that the North will
have TO suffer that modification, that earnestly
hope that England will do nothing to iniict addi-
tional shame. sorrow or pain upon those who have
already suffered much and who will probably
have TO suffer more. Cheers Ii may be that
time might arrive when il would be the duty of
Europe to offer a word of expostulation, or of
friendly aid toward composing the quarrel. If il
even be possible that such time that NAV ar
rive, how important il is that when that word
comes il should address itself to minds which are
not embittered by the recollection that unkind
things have been said and done toward them in
Europe. and above all in England, the country
which, however they may lind fault with it from
time TO time we know holds the highest place in
their admiration and respect. Enthusiastic and
prolong ed cheers.
Mr.. GLADSTONE on THE AMERICAN WAR.
The London Times of the 9th inst, concludes
an article as follows. After discoursing upon
the fact that a Cabinet officer mas divulged an
opinion upon an important subject, the editor
saws:
From the fact which Mr. Gladstone notices he
concludes very reasonably that the Confederates
who are a nation, sill remain so, and that their
nationality will not be absorbed back into the
Union. BY this time this is probably the expec
tation Of ninety nine Englishmen out of hun
bred.
MANY have their own opinions as to the origin
of this war, the results to ourselves, and other
points: yet all agree in the utter mpOssibility of
the old Undion being ever restored. or any Union
effected, unless possibly under military empire
So far, we all agree with Mr.. Gladstone The
effect of the partition the negroes OF the South
ern States is still probematical. We wish, in
deed that We could see our way to Mr.. Glad
stones conclusions. He infeTs that whereas the
whole Union lately stood pledged to the main
| tenance of slavery, and the Federal States will
now be released from that pledge, therefore the
pressure on the slave will be only half what it
has been heretofore. This seems to point to the
better chance of liberty afforded by the nearness
of the frontier separating slavery from freedom.
| Henceiorth, it seems to be assumed, slaves will
only have to cross the Potomac. or such other
boundary line shall separate the two Unions,
and they will be free. This, however, takes for
granted that there will be no such thing rs an
extradtOn treaty for the recovery of the fugitive
"chattel' with other property What is more, it
takes for granted that Mary land or Pennsy lvania
and the Northern States generally. will be a tole
rable place of residence tor a negro just escaped
from Southern master. At present this is far
from the case. and the Federal Government is
evidently as much puzzled to deal with the fugi
tive as with the master. Its only resource is Lii
IBERIA or Central America, or some slave colony
still in the clouds.
Mr.. Gladstones friendly anticpations, there
fore, will not bring much comfort to the Federal
bosom. The question of slavery has still to be
answered BY proclamation that the African is
everywhere free. Call these negroes what we
will, they will still be negroes. and no
more dvest them of their slavish nature than we
can wash them white. If they are to be emanci
pated. anal gamated and what not. il will be in
Heavens own way and in due time, but we do
not see how it is to be done either by Mr.. Lin
coins proclamation by any possible event in
the present war.