Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-03-03
Isthe Country Betrayed!

The fact that General Mcclellan is not an Abo-
litiOnlst. and that he will not sanction the
ployment of the army in war to emancipate
slaves; that il. he will not make the ema aepafon
Of slaves the object of the war. General Halleck
in his address To the army entering Tennessee and
Arkansas. bid them to observe the property of
the people, aud in way 20 disturb IL; % exclude
all slaves who might seek the Federal lines and
have nothing 10 do with fugitive slaves Slavery,
he said, was question between the slave and his
owner, and one with which the army had nothing
To debut was question belonging exclusively
Ia the civil courts To decide. The army should
not interfere IA any manner with the institution.
General Sherman. when he landed upon the shores
OF South Carolina, gave To the people of that
State an assurance that the Federal army would
not in any way interfere with their property OF
their Institutions General Phelps when he land
Ell on the guilt. told the people OF the States of
Mississippi ard Louisiana that slaverywas wrong.
and would be cleaned out by this war but Major
General Butler. General Phelps superior officer,
took prompt occasion to repGdiate the Troclama
ton, and poor Phelps has since been set
down a. "A lunatic Fremont undertook to issue
deeds OF emancipation, and Fremonts official
head was cut OF. Secretary Cameron thought
the slaves should be emancipated by our armies.
and then armed, and Mr. Lincoln suddenly re-
marked that nj dinner one day many months pre-
viOusly, Secretary Cameron had expressed de.
sire To leave the office, and forthwith acted
on that wish by asking for his immediate resgna.
ton.
Ana now comes the last evidence General
Burnside ut the head of legend OF New England
troops, with Pennsylvanialls and New Workers
swelling his numbers to forty thousand, proclaims
To the people OF Virginia net like Caius Mdrlus
freedom To the bondmen." but .'to close the
desolating war" He invites the people of Vir
ginia, not in the name of universal freedom, and
the ObliteratOn of slavery. but ''in the name Of
:he Constitution, and in that of virtuouS Loyalty
and civilization to separate themselves from
the rebel leaders. "The Government. says Gen
eral Burnside, ASK only that iis authority may
be recognized, and We repeat that in no manner
way does il desire To interfere with your laws.
consttutionally established. your Institutions of
any kind whatever, your property OF any Sort or
your usages in any respect"
Now the question which we wish to put is, are
Mcclellan, Halleck. Butler Sherman and Burn
side soldiers in the cause of freedom" or are
they soldiers in the cause of the Constitution
III this be war for the enforcement OF the Con
stitution and the laws, and the preservation of
the Union a IL was, then these Generals are do
ing their work nobly and well But il the Con
sttution has ceased To exist, if instead of being
war to enforce the Constitution and the laws it
be war To exterminate slavery and establish IA
perpetual military desDOtism over the conquered
States of the Potomac, then the army IL in the
wrong hands and the country is betrayed Our
readers must decide for themselves whether Gen.
erals Mcclellan. Halleck. Burnside. Sherman
and Butler understand the real objects of this
war; il they do not understand their duty, and
perverting the for the purposes of con
tinuing slavery ami slave recognizing ConStitu
ton, then let our readers unite with the Chicago
Tribune IN denouncing them traitors and be
trayers OF their country. II the war. as waged
by Burnside. Halleek and Mcclellan he success
full, then slavery will not be abolished, but the
world will have the knowledge that the American
people. even under strong temptation and provo
cation, suppressed the most formidable rebellion
of modern DAYS without violating one letter of
their Constitution. and without doing violence to
one private right Chicago Post