Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-10-13

without materials for an intelligent reply Our
young men are all pre- occupied with other views.
Still, if a real call for three regiments is made
believe we can raise them in forty days. The
arms and equipments would need to be furnished
here. Our people have never marched without
them. They 60 into camp while forming into
regiments, ana are drilled ami practised with arms
and muskets as soldiers. To attempt the other
course would dampen enthusiasm, ard make the
men feel that they we're not soldiers but mob.
Again if our people feel that they are going
into the South to help fight rebels who will kill
and destroy them by all means known TO savage
as well as civilized men: will deceive them by
frandulent flags of truce and lying pretenses as
they did the Massachusetts, BOYS at Williamsburg;
will use their negro slaves against them, both as
laborers and as fighting men, while they them
selves must never fire at the enemy's magazine,
think they will feel the draft heavy their pa
triOtsm. But if the President will sustain Gen.
Hunter, and recognize all men, even black men,
as legally capable of that loyalty the blacks are
waiting TO manifest, and let them fight with God
and human nature on their side, the road will
swarm, If need be, with multitudes whom New
England would pour out to obey your call
Always ready to do NV utmost, | remain, most
faithfully, your obedient servant,
JOHN A. ANDREW.
As under the original war policy Massachu-
sets mas not yet nlleu ner quota OF tue drafted
militia men, and there has been some resistance
to the draft in Connecticut (where, as in Massa-
chusetts, il has seemed "heavy draft on their
PATRIOTISM, it is to be understood that the effect
of the Presidents proclamation in those quarters
will be magical ''The roads will swarm" with
volunteers. No draft will now be necessary in
all New England. TO doubt it would be to ques-
ton the sagacity of Gov. Andrew and to do dis
credit TO the willingness of New Enelands sons
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side
For ourselves we shall watch the result with
much interest, because on the success of the pre-
limnary experiment which the President is try
ing with prOclamations will obviously depend the
degree Of his confidence in the advantages of the
new policy" he has concluded to adopt.
The Gubernat0riaI Convention at Al
tOOna and its Effects.
Nothing has occurred since the beginning of
the war which goes so far to recognize the right
of State secession as the meeting of Northern
Governors, without any warrant of national or
State laws, and without cause founded in anv-
thing like exigent public necessity. The Gov
ernor could aid the Government by an unhesitt-
ting compliance with military requirements, IA
extended at the beginning of the rebellion; but
now they talk OF submitting to laws which may
have been or NAV be duly enacted. and to the
with this State view, they are now holding troops
back under sundry pretences as to their disposal
and control when passed over to the General
Government, but really for the purpose of pro-
longing the war until after the lst of January, so
to insure the liberation by proclamation Of all
the slaves
General John Cochrane states says the Tribune
correspondence hence, that if the Northern Gov
ernors will send Oh troops to infuse new blood
n.
Mcclellan could sweep on to Richmond in six
weeks Now, if Richmond is taken before Jan
uary. winter campaign can be carried on in the
South, which can not be if the war is confined to
the border until January, and operations in the
South during the winter will be left to gunboats
and insurgent slaves, recommended by the
Tribune
The result OF the scheme of the Government
and the Aboitionists will be to prOlOng the war "a
year or two more than 1t need be, at an expense
to the people Of at least another thousand million
OF dollars. There is no likelihood that the Pres
ident will take the responsibility of authorizing
the raising of one hundred thousand volunteers in
the Worth more than the laws call for, in order
that the Governors may have standing army at
their control whose support at home, and not at
the Iheater of war, will add hundred millions
of dollars to the public expenses But it seems
these Governors are anticipating authority by the
President, and are keeping back great numbers
of volunteers in camp at home when they are
needed here So hereafter there is to be stand
ing army at the North, to be supported by the
people, who in turn perhaps are to he controlled
by bayonets. If the volunteers will carry out
the desires of these Governors, who, among
other things, may dictate a suspension of cleo
tons, or perchance act upon Old Thad. Stevens's
idea, of treating elections if they never had
taken place.-N III. Herald