Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-04-08
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Anti-ssvery agitation has been political gam
bling from the beginning IL neither hal the
good OF the country. the good of the slave, or
the good OF any section at heart. And the in
fanny Of that agitation has cuminatd just where
all clear headed good men and patriots foretold
would euminate-in hOrTid civil war.
The FIRST outbreak that to Thomas Jefferson
sounded like fre-bell in the night" was of
the unconstitutional useless and wicked devices
which have characterized the whole agitation
since. The hrst effort was to deprive the people
OF a Territory of the right 20 form a State Con
stitution and be admitted into the Union. unless
that people would submit 10 the dictation Of
Congress Suppose the relative positions of the
North and the South were at that time the re-
verse OF the tacts-suppose the South had the
numerical majority of tie electoral votes of the
Union, and were likely to retain that majority
would this first outbreak of sectional agitation
then have been commenced, or would il have
found prominence from that day TO th;sl Not
that those political gamblers ever expected to
use that majority to destroy slavery, fe. they
could not but it afforded the sure way to power
when that majority could be combined. Nor
was this all. The leaders OF Federalism. when
their doctrines and measures were repudiated by
the people-the leaders of Whiggery, when they
were rejected by the votes of the nation-shen
selfish and demagogue politicians in the Dem
ocratic party were shaken off for their faith
lessness-al, all rushed to anti slavery agitation
to mend their fortunes or TO cover their intamy.
united North. brought together by SO stimu-
lating and fanatcal a topic-was their argument
will be a fortress of strength aud the spirit OF
the organization will cover every political sin.
The rejected political heresies OF the past, and
all manner of plumber and uncleanness, can hold
high carnival with the spoils OF the State Govern
ments, and finally with those of the Federal Gov
was N m
could not reach it if they had desired to. They
might just "a well have organized their exertion-
against slavery In Cuba or Brazil for any practi-
cal result, except that of strife. hatred and civil
war. But what matters it with them whether
civil war stand in the way, and national destruc-
ton threatened-what matters it whether they
were destroying all Legitimate efforts toward
emancipation-what matters il that they had nc
responsibility for or power over the question
what matters anything that was sacred IN the past
or hopeful in the future with this band of gam
blerS who set out to lay their hands on the powel
of the Government and the treasures of the
people?
They know that they must first mslead, de
Jude, and make fanatics of the people. How
adroitly this has been done the history OF the pas
shows. Ii is not very creditable to the ntei
gence of the people, it is true, but they wer,
made mad and in their honest decisions hav,
iouo"eu llelr WlCheu leiuefs VII everything !;
brought to the vortex of ruin.
There never was any excuse for this anti
slavery crusade 1t brought some tart reptile
from the South, which served the purpose of fur
ther stimulus To the North. It made both sec
tons mad, till all the base passions OF human ma
ture were aroused and brought into collision
And we have the results Who has an excus,
for this foul spirit? Has it done any goodl Wa
there any good that it could do? Nothing bu
unmitgated evil has followed in its train an,
now desolation and woe are writing in letters 0
blood the infamy OF the political gamblers
reveile.-Chicago Times.