Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-18

pathy OF at least seven other States, making
common cause with herin 1860, says.
From the indianapolis Journal, Dec. 20, $780,
The cases are too terribly different to admit Of
an application of the same policy with the same
results What was judicious firmness in 1882,
may be ruinous policy in 1860. What was |
wise assertion of national power in 1882 may |
become disastrous and useless civil war in /
1860. Those who urge earnestly the Jack |
sonian" policy, should show the nation that this
is "Jacksonian" cause.
Inits issue of January 8, 1861, and at different
periods afterwards, it advocated similar views to
those we have quoted.
TEE JOURNAL CLAIMS THAT THE SECESSION OF
SOUTH CAROLINA DIssoLvEs THE UNION.
In announcing the fact that South Carolina
mad passed an act of secession, the Journal takes
the position that that act dissolves the Union.
Read:
from the Indianapolis Journal, Dec. o. 1901
South Carolina has seeded. Well,
we are severed nation. We are divided
house. And we are none the worse for it. All
the mischief that the apprehension of disunion
could do, has been DONE and disunion itself
can do nothing if we do not force it to. We
well rid of South Carolina, if only
wise enough TO count it radiance and nothing
If all the South follows, let it. In Gods
name, and for humanity's sake, let them go in
peace. If South Carolina pretends to
be an independent Government, she must control
her own ports, and if we blockade them she must
drive us out 1t is absolutely necessary to her
national existence the air is to individual
existence. BY blockading their ports, therefore,
we only resort to trick to bring the first attack
from South Carolina, instead of making it our
AM flo <r,ol =
ton. If we are right we can begin the attack
without seeking pretexts. If we are not right,
only showing cowardice well cruel
ty in resorting TO such a trick. There is, there
fore, no escape from a war, if we refuse TO admit
the independence ofSouth Carolina.
THE REPUBLICAN PAPERS ooNcEDE THE RIGHT
OF SECESSION OR REVOLUTION.
[FrOm the Tribune of November 20, $780,
If the cotton States unitedly and earnestly
wish TO Withdrew peacefully from the Union, we
think they should and would be allowed to do so.
Any attempt to compel them by force to remain
would be contrary to the principles enunciated
in the immortal Declaration of Independence,
contrary TO the fundamental ideas on which hui
liberty is based
From the Tribune of Dec II, 1901
If it (the Declaration of Independence iusti-
fed the secession from the British Empire of
three millions of cOlOnistS in 1916 we do not see
why it would not justify the secession of five
millions of Southerners from the Union of
1861.
From the Tribune of Februa airy %, 1851
We have repeatedly said, and we once more in
sist thatthe great principle embodied by Jefferson
in Declaration of American Independence, that
Governments derive their just powers from the
consent of the governed, is sound and just, and
that if the slave States the cotton States or the
oh
nation, they have a clear moral right to do so.
4 Whenever it shall be clear that the
great body of the Southern people have become
conclusively alienated from the Union, and
anxious to escape from it, we will do our best to
forward their views.
From the indianapolis Journal Nov. IS, 1861
Secession is revolution. We, having estab-
lished our Government by revolution, on the
right of a people at any time to change a gov
eminent which Is oppressive TO them, can not
deny that right TO those who deliberately declare
our Government is oppressive. What we claim
ed as our right we can not deny TO those who
claim it of us, and helped rs to assert our claim
at the outset.
lFrom the indianapolis Journal Dec. Z, 1850.
The Declaration of Independence is our au-
thority that any State or nation deliberately re-
solving that its Government is intolerable, has
right to change it. And it no where declares
that anybody has the right TO Judge whether the
Government IS intolerable but those who pro-
pose TO change it. We would not permit Eng
land to judge for us whether her Government
was oppressive TO us. We have no right TO
Judge for South Carolina whether our Govern
ment is oppressive to her. = Thus, we
neither strengthen our Government, or increase
ourrevenue, or assist our prosperity, by fighting
the seeded States and we violate right asserted
in own Declaration of independence, we
meanly insist upon an association that is con-
temptuously repealed, and we end in splitting the
Government little more hopelessly than any
peaceable secession could do.
Iron the indianapolis Journal. January 10, 1911
We believed and still believe, that the true
province of Government is not more to preserve
iiself than to adapt itself to the demands of the
governed and that war to maintain one gov
ernment over those who believe that they would
be better off under another, is unwise, cruel and
in Americans, inconsistent.
From the indianapolis Journal, February s, 1851
1t was best Ito let South Carolina go because
our Declaration of independence recognizes the
right of a people to change their Government;
because if retained by force she would not be
member of the Union; because if subiugated she
would be more troublesome than if released; be-
cause, in short, could not maintain the
Union, and anything but the Union would not
be worth maintaining at all.
THE JOURNAL PRoNoUNcEs THE MONTGOMERY
CONSTITUTION AN IMPROVEMENT upon OURS.
From the indianapolis Journal, March 2s ls6i-l
We have read it (thc Constitution of the
slave Confederacy) carefully and must confess
that, except its special provisions in regard to
slavery, it is about as good charter of govern
ment as could have been devised. Probably this
excellence is due to the fact that in all important
rpS r. Il c.lnV nf ~ ono
has just repudiated, though improved in few
points which experience he's shown to be imper-
feet in ours.
After enumeraiing a number of those amend
ments the Journal adds:
In all these particulars the Southern Constitu-
ton is an improvement on ours.
ANOTHER REPUBLICAN ORGAN IN FAVOR OF
RECOGNIZING THE SOUTHERN coNFEDERAcY.
From the Cincinnati Commercial. March 1851
War for the subjugation of the Seceders would
be unwise aud deplorable.
If there are two nations here who have been
living in an unnatural Union, they should, for
the benefit of one or both, be separated.
The sun will shine as brightly and the rivers
run as clcar-the cotton fields will be as white
and the wheat fields golden-when
knowledge the Southern Confederacy
We are not in favor of biockading the South
ern coast. We are not in favor of retaking by
force the property of the United States now in
The possession of the Seceders. We would
recognize the existence of Government formed
of all the seeding States, and attempt to cult
vate amicable relations with It,
THE JOURNAL ENDORSES THE POSITIONS WE
HAVE QUOTED FROM 1T, FOUR MONTHS AFTER
THE PAIL OF SUMTER.
Iron the indianapolis Journal, August 81, ls6i.l