Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-30

OF Congress. IL has been 50 In All our subse
quent discussions. which have filled the land wIth
STRIFE II vas more manilestly - in ils alliance
with miscslculaing politicians in the Fremont
campsign, sad more decisively in their demon
sriiion al Chicago. IL Wss - not les remark.
by "a IL appropriation OF reli gious men and The
conventions OF equally miscalculating Representa-
uves o. The churches. Many Of these good and
patriotc citizens, lay and clerical. meant not
what They did. Their ewes we're holden We
blame them not for bad intentions. but a bad
mistake. On Tie stormy sea of politics, and IN
the clouds OF speculation aud romance thes had
lost TIER reckoning They we're blinded by old
prgndices OF sect and party. They needed not
those great men who died uttering the voices Of
reino1sirsnce and OF warming They perceived
MOI mat true conservatism had been Obliged By
the new idolatry - change its residence: that
party names we're no longer significant of things;
ana that our issues must be changed. They I'M
aers,ood not that American liberty had lost its
balance; that they who should thencefOTIh follow
It's mimic watch cry would. without a miracle.
iai INTO confusion. and probably open the way for
= bloody despoiism that would lord il over the
heritage OF God. They had not studied that
suotie power power of the air-whch, by is
apparent subseryency. actually ruled them, and
sun claims to De their master. IL has, indeed.
ITS hold upon them. IL insists ruthlessly upon
the bond. IL will have il, for is pressure bears
lie blood OF the Church and State. il another
Daniel come not TO judgment. or if Faneull Hall
introduce not an era Of deliverance, and reverse
the Judgment OF Altoona and the capital
90 we made good our case. AbolitiOnism lie
NJ fault. lie j. false and wrong. IL destroys The
ancient landmarks. 1t obterates the old paths.
tputs It's heel on constitutional relations. Ii
sunders what God has united, and unites what
God has sundefed. ltwould subvert the Govern
ment of the conatry. which is OF Cod and whose
resisteih the power ressteth the ordinances of
Tod and all the worse for affecting to keep IT,
Aud 1t Is madness, though there is method in IT,
what Tor should we commit this wrongl What
Tor should we violate our nlighted faithl What
Tor should We reject the dictates of religion, the
usages of civilized and Christian life, the claims
OF humanity, the provdential enlargement OF su.
perior races, and doom, as necessarily must, an
inferior, imbece and dependent race, which God
has committed 10 our trust. to a condition worse
than slavery-tO "A lingering, miserable and hope
less deathT What for should we affect to change
the spots OF the leopard, the skin of the Eth
opian? What for to equalize qualities that God
has made Jud'ciously unequal for the better con
servation of tile sinful world aud the safer dis
trlbuton Of It's selfish forces I'LL its probation shall
naturally endf To undertake what is impossible
i absurd. To force AN absurlitv where such
great Interests are at stake is to violate the con
sutution of the universe, the happiness of man.
and the honor of the Creator. To DO il ut IA cost
of blood which fills the land with mourning. and
of untold millions. if not of gold vet of promises
to pay 1t, which could be redeemed only by the
bloody sweat OF an abused and suffering people
Is AN evil passing all the powers of computation
We are bound 70 look at these things not techni
cally not politically. not speculativey, but NOR
ally anu practically rs they are. We are bound
to protest against them, and against the Admins
tration OF the Government, if need be- for the
sake OF the Government itsel; not fOrcibv but
by free speech and free votes and an appeal TO
Him who deals not with images, but realities
and "wlll render to every man according to his
work.
But what of the secessionists? They belong TO
another category. Their question is reerable to
different test. One thing ne a time Yet
though Abolition be wrong. Secession is not
therefore right. One extreme may not be held to
Justify another. In some morbid states of the
body polite. even natural remedy may be worse
than the disease. But that is not here the cues.
ton. That question takes US tn different reckon
ing-of technical definitions, of legal subtleties
OF special pleadings, of speculative theories. of
political expedients, Of financial calculations
labyrinth where we soon lost without moral
cew. We leave that To those whom IL more es
pecially concerns. We simply commend to them
not To leave ont of their reckoning the moral
government of God, for now the issue between
the contendin9 parties is taken up to the Court
OF Heaven. The God of battles must decide
between them. Or, if there be an earthly
arbter. it's slone the people But they are better
casuists than civilians. and their Judgment, after
all, will be mainly determined by the moral sense
God will ultimately decide. not after the forms
of the law, but through the conscience of the
people. Our main concern. therefore, is to keep
our own hands clean, and our conscience clear
When We put ourselves right our adversaries
will be likely to correct their wrong Then the
healing, restoring influence will descend, and
union, peace and happiness again lie the portion
of the people, and the inheritance of their chill
dren