Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-07-29
For the Indiana State Sentinel


Mn. EDITOR: Please publish the following
D1rGLAs he was charged with having opposed
the Mexican war. Mr. LINCOLN replied:
wherever the Democratic party tried to get
me To vote that the war had been righteously be
gun by the President, icould not do IT. But
whenever they asked for any money. or land war
rants" &c.-Barfieft's Life Of Lincoln. "a.
Also the following words upon the Abolition
crusade against the South by EDWARD EvLRkTT;
suppose il to be the almost universal mpres
sou-it il certainly msne--that the existing
state OF affairs j. extremely critical. Our pc
litcal controversies have substantially assumed
almost purely sectional chlracter-thai of u
fearful struggle between the North and the South
lt would not be difficult To show at length the
Ierilous nature aud tendency OF this struggle. but
| eau only say, on this occasion, that. in IN,
opinion, il can not be much longer kept up. with
out reDding the Union. | 10 not mean that either
OF the great parties ~ the country desires aims
at "A separation OF the States rs final object.
although there are extremists in consiierab e
numbers who have that object in view. While .
potent aud bilelul influence L. exercised by men
of this class. IN both sections OF the Union, II
portion of the conservative masses are in>enSlblv
and gradually goaded into concurrence with
opinions aud sentiments with Which, ia the out
set. they had no sympathy. Meantime. almost
wholly ueSlecting the IN I'm public interests. our
political controversies turn more and more on
questions. in reference To which. as abstract Tor
e. the great sections OF the country differ
IrrecOncIlably, though there Is nothing practically
inn ortant at stake which requires the discussion,
To lie kept up. These contlo, erses are carried
with steadily increasing bitterness and exas
peraton The passions thus kinded have already
led 10 acts OF violence and bloodshe,l, approach
Ing to civil war In tile Territories, and attempt ell
seville Instruction in the States The great
lIgi0us AMI phanthrOpc associations of the coun-
try are -undered. and the kindly social relations
of North and South seriously impaired. The
National House of Representatives. lowering on
the verge oil anarchy, requires weeks To effect ana
organiz ,tion. which ought to tie the work uf AN
hour. and II holds It's sessions, MANY OF III mem
beers. am told. armed with concealed weapons. }
on the crust OF a volcano. The canlida'es tor
the Presidency representing respectively the dom
innt sectional ideas. will. at the ensuing election
IN all probability, be supper Ell by purel geu-
graphical vote In other words We are already
brought To pass, ut which North ami S ,ulh can
not and will not co-operate in the periodical reor
ganzation OF the Government.
Can such state OF things long continue. Is
pecIally With the ever present risk OF new causes
ol exasI Grafton! | own it seems to me impOs
sible. unless some healing cour is adopted. that
the catastrophe, winch the mass Of good citizens
deprecate. should I've much longer DELAYED. A
spirit OF patriotic Iteration must be called into
action throughout the Union. or il will as-uredly
be broken up. Unless the warfare of ind ,mm,-
tory speeches and incendiary publications is dan
dUied. and good citizens. ~ in lao and 1851
North and South. will agree To deal with the
elements of discorsl-sOr they existed then
a now--as our fathers dealt with them, We shall
but fora very few years longer be even nomnay
brethren family. The suggestion that the
Union can he miiutainei by the numerical pre-
dominance and military pioweSs OF one section
exertei coerce the other into Submission. Is
j.. my Judgment, a. sell contradictory "a il j:
dan. erous IL comes loaded with the death
smell from fields Vet with brothers blood. Il
the vital principle OF all republican government
Us the consent OF the governed. " much more
does union OF co equal soverei2n States require
"a its b,sis. the harmony OF lis members and
their voluntary CO operation IN it, organic func
tinns -Eoer,rs Letter. dated Boston. May. 90
ls6l. accepting fhe nomination OF The Ben and
Eceret for Pice President.