Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-01-30
Prom the Detroit Free Press.


last. That paper is the ablest anti Democratic
journal in Western New York. and for wears has
been ole Of the rankest Republican organs 1t
now SEE and deplores the result Of the Anti
SLAYER, crusade which Northern fanatics" have
been waging upon the institutions Of the South.
and which Northern demagogues" have aided
for political purposes and personal aggrandize
ment The article which we copy clearly states
the causes Of the difference between the North
and the South. precisely the same as the Dem
ocr.,tie journals have often done, and points
out the proper course for Us to pursue when il
says: by coneedng State rights to the South
and declining to NEEDLE with It's purely
domestic institutions, the North withdrlws every
possible pretext for Southern complaint, aud at
the same time will accomplish all that its most
blatant phiIanthropists could desire" We can
not too highly commend the frankness Of the id
perfiser's article and could only wish that other
papers heretofore acting with it might come tor
ward AMI act as canddy and frankly.
We rejoice exceedingly at these evidences
which come to rs from every quarter. of are,usn
Ing sense among the people, for it is only through
such change that We can see hope for the coun-
Try. We say these things not boastingly, nor
have any taunts for those ybo acknowledge
their wrongs, but rather words of commentator
for all who are willing now to conquer their
prejudices. and unite in hearty and patriotic
effort to save the country:
a few DAYS ago in an article upon The Fruits
of Treason. We undertook to show that tie re
suits OF Southern rebellion thus far, had been de
cidedly and entirely adverse 10 Southern hopes
and desres We then stated that the great ques-
ton OF slavery was, To all ntents practically dis
posed ol. and that the people OF the North are al
ready convinced that the old issues which have 30
long vexei them have no longer a place in our
national politics In the same connection we
said:
Northern fanatics can now see that all our
woe has proceeded from their foolishness Had
it not been for their agitation. aud the spirit OF
resistance which II engendered, the present border
slave States would now have been free. and re
belion would never have dared 10 show its head
BY conceding State rights 10 the South. and lie
ciung to NEEDLE with its purely domestic institu-
tons the North withdraws every plausible pre-
text for Southern complaint, and. at the same
time, will ultimately accomplish all that lis most
blatant philanthropists could desire Slavery can
not thrive without opposition. Its doom is writ
ten upon the barriers which God has placed about
1t. When 1t shall have grown beyond the require
ments of Southern sloth it will become burden.
1t viii thus begin to gnaw upon the vtals of
Southern life. and will be cast off II means of
self preservation.
"For nearly forty wears n sectional estrange-
ment has been quietly but surely growing among
this people ear by year il has strengthened,
and gathered bitterness and venom. a contest
for supremacy has been, during all That time 20
ing on between the North and the South o.
tenSibly commenced by the South. under the guise
of free trade. the real issue with her has always
been the propagation of slavery and the extern
sion of slave territory. Southern statesmen have
not been influenced by love for the peculiar
institution a by desire to maintain numer-
cal ascendency in the Federal Senate. During
the constant struggle which has gone on, radical
fanatics upon both sides by their extreme and
wicked acts and words. famed the sparks of sec
tiOnal feeling until, finally, 1t has burst into
fierce flame of rebellion.
Northern ahulltiunists and Northern dema-
gogues have been busy upon the one side and
Southern abstractionists and fire eaters upon the
other. until our nstionalism obscured. and
the hearts of our people were eslranged The
warning voices OF our elder states men, though
loud and earnest were UNDECIDED BY the angry
disputants
The political struggle of 1860 was at once the
elimination OF this sectional strife and the death
blow OF every Southern hope for national suprem
acy. Thenceiorth slavery was dome>ticated-it
was driven back To those States which chose to
have It. Our public domain emancpated by
the overwhelming verdict of great people, ex-
pressed in a constitutional manner. To the PEG
pie OF the South there remained the alternatives
OF submission rebellion In their fOolishneSs
and wrath they have made their choice The pro-
gress OF events Is fast proving how false and un
tenable i their position. Although this rebellion
WAS iuaugurated by an overt act of Southern
Hotspurs, vet We can chtritably look back 10
Sumter and see the springs of their action in the
bitterness which has for many years been engen
dered by f.tnaticism and ATTRACTIONS. Our ma
tional councils have been the laboratories where
in the lepruuS distllment of treason has been per
fected There are Northern ingredients as well
a. Southern ones in It's composition.
We believe that the people of the North are
fast awakening To n sense OF these things They
see that the Southern people have been goaded
and exa>perated by u, and deceived and msled
by Their own leaders into a wicked. uuluSthabe
and suicidal var. This VAS no excuse for them
vet il J. and Of right should be an appeal to the
generosity of the North The loyal PEOPLE of
this country are fast becoming conservatized and
liberalxed. The great exponent OF the people
whom We have placed 1t the head of our Govern
nent has initiated and now leads this great move
ment. through which j. the only path OF safety to
our country. Even tie great founder OF the Re
publican party. VINO now preside, over our De
partmeut of State has seen that the necessity
which prompted his early political action. and
made 1t wise has passed away The issues
upon wLich he bulk hs iame have been decided.
lie. too. stands side hs side with the President Ii
was in view of these iacts-and the growing change
OF sentiment. that We used the words We have