Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-09-27

mined to leave the Union. no Republican rill care
10 haze fhsrs sfag A Union preserved only by
intimidation and force j. mockefy. and II u
tsft,r brok>a than rhoie If South Carolina and
her associates IN folly really want 10 leave the
Union. they can 20 without a word OF objection
from any msn north of Mason and Dxon's line.
We do not believe IN resisting any Sc.
cession movement in the least-N0rember Is,
I-60.
Again:
OF what value will an Union be that needs
links Of bayonets and bullets TO hold IL together.
What better of shall We be with South Carolina
in the Union than out of IL. IL she Is 10 fester
with the wounds inflicted by our hands. chafe
with the memory Of defeat and degradation. and
seek the first opportunity Of reyeneeg Is fam
ny better of with member in it who has to be
watched perpetuaIly to keep him from firing the
housed We say no. Common sense and human
ity saw no. Ii any State WILL 90 from us. let IL
90 The price OF retaining il, IL il is 20 De paid
in blood - far gre ter than the worth Of il when
we have got il. We are, therefore, clearly OF the
opinion that any attempt TO resist by force the
secession Of any State. or combination Of States.
from the Union, would be unwise and calamitous
in the last degree Ii is better to preserve lives,
and all of frieadiness We can with seeding re
latons. than 10 preserve the Constitution at cost
of r--Noresaber 49, 1850.
Again:
As To the seeding States. We say,
Let them go out" We can not keep them in
this Union. though we conquer them, and il is
better 10 have them friends out OF the family
than enemies in it-Dee. I. 1860.
Again:
An alliance between the two sections NAV ex-
list. but never an union. This philosophy of
secession. then, in our judgment. justi6es US in
advocating the peaeeable departure of the Cuff
Stafes.-Dec. III, 1860.
Again:
South Carolina has seeded Well, we
are a severed nation. We are divided house.
And We are none the worse for il. All the mis-
chief that the apprehension of dsunion could do.
has been done, and disunion itself can do nothing
il we do not force il to- We are we'll rid of
Sonth Carolina il we are only wise enough To
count il radiance aud nothing worse. Ii
other States follow, let them. II all the South
follows, let il. In Gods name, and for
humanity's sake, let them 90 in peace-Dec. %,
1862
Again:
Secession is revolution. We. having estab-
ished our Government by revolution. on the right
of people at any time 10 change "A Government
which j. oppressive To them. cannot deny that
right 10 those who deliberately declare our Gov
eminent il oppressive. What we claimed our
right we cannot deny to those Who claim il of
IA. and helped u To assert our claim at the out
set-Nop. %. 1860
Again:
IL was best ITO let South Carolina go) because
our Declaration OF Independence recognizes the
right of people to change their Government:
because If retained by force she would not be "a
member OF the Union; because IL subjugated she
would be more troublesome than IL released be
cause, In short. war could not maintain the
Union. and anything but the Union would not be
worth maintaining at all-Feb. :, 1861
In the face OF these declarations, and IL space
permitted We could give many other instances OF
a similar character. the Journal has the impu.
dence 10 assert that all IL believed said in
favor of letting the rebel States go was that IL
the seeded States. which had not then made war.
would come to the Union aud ask permission To
leave. thus acknowledging the right of the Union
To hold them ii deemed wise to do so, t, for one.
would vote TO give them permission. rather than
begin war to keep them in Aud this too
alter South Carolina had gone without permission.
IL took the position that il WIS best TO let South
Carolina so, because our Declaration of indie
pendenee recognizes the right of people to
change their government And these are the
views which the Journal says commend them.
selves To the practical good sense of the country
II the Journal was not engaged in conspiracy
TO dissolve the Union. at the time it arguing
in favor Of peaceable dissolution of the Union,
what motive had IL in advocating that policy 7
Could IL have been anything else than TO perpet-
uate the control of the Government ia the hands
was willing to sacrifice the Union.