Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-02-27
Union Wen of the outh.

We publish in another column the official re
port of Lieutenant Phelps, who commanded the
CUR boat expedition sent up the Tennessee river
after the capture of Fort Henry. While the
value OF the prizes captured and enemy's property
destroyed proves to be much greater than the tel
egraph asserted, the surprising stories of Union
men discovered in Mississippi, Alabama and
Southwestern Tennessee. are more than confirm
ed. Lieutenant Phelps states that everywhere"
IN the region he traversed, "mOst affecting in
stances greeted us almost hourly. Men, women
and children several times gathered in crowds of
hundreds, shouted their welcome, and hailed their
national flag with enthusiasm there was no
mlstaking: il was genuine and heartfelt These
people braved everything to go to the river bank
where sight of their flag might be once more
enjoyed and they have experienced, aS they rela-
ted, every possible form of persecution. Tears
flowed freely down the cheeks of men as well as
of women. "-Ereniag Post
Are these patriots of Tennessee and Alabama
these men who have suffered such wrongs as we
at the North know nothing of, to be American
citizens again, voters, soveregBS, like oursev esl
No say the radical presses, they are slavehold-
ers. and cannot be admitted TO the coulrsels of
the nation. IT they revolt and overturn the tenn
porary force which now holds them in subjecton
II they re establish in Tennessee the flag of the
Union, and the strength of she Constitution shall
they be regarded as loyal AmericansI No, say
the radical men, they must receive blow upon
blow contest upon contest. until the army repos-
sesSes every inch OF the Southern territory, and
then comes ia the new plan of governing them as
inhabitants of "a territory Ii is "lunacv" we
are tOld,to imagine these Tennesseeans revolving
against the Southern revolt, and overturning IT,
and lunacy To encourage them in doing so.
1t is a waste OF words to reason with such men
as these anti Union radical Abolitiohists Now
Is the moment when the loyal men of Tennessee
should have in their hands every possible evidence
OF the fact that this war is prosecuted Tor the
Constitution and not for the abolition of slavery
hey the men around whom the repentent
sons of the South may be rallied. Every convert
to the Union, by the influence of Southern Union
men, Is worth ten prisoners OF war captured by
Union armies.
1t is time for congratulation over the great
accomplishments of the army, but it is no time
for believe the work done We have
still the grand labor before Us of uniting Northern
and Southern hearts for the one country. one
hope, destiny. The future brightens when
we hope for such Union, it lowers with dark
and threatening clouds when hear men re
jectng the idea of receiving back the Union men
OF the South, or denying the possibility of those
men doing anything to restore their States TO
loyalty.
1t any fact is well understood now, it is that
the grand gulf between Northern aud Southern
Union among the rebels which they desire to
keep strong, Is their universal fear of Abolition
ISM Thanks to God, and under Him To Presi
dent Lincoln, the nation has been preserv ed from
attaching itself in thought, word or deed, to any
OF the mad and murlerous schemes of the radi
cal Aboitionists. We honor the President for
this, and ardently desire that every Union
man in Tennessee could have in his hands the
record of Mr. Lincons steddlast resistance to the
fha.n nh has lrou LA.
him. 1t is months since the South has been
able to read word Of Northern news except
through its own newspapers, The leaders have
carefully represented to them that the war was
prosecuted by Abolitionism. The result has been
to keep them united. Even the Tribune, speak
ing OF Louisiana, says:
The Union cause in this State frightfu-
~ prejudiced by j., ridiculous proclamation issued
10y Colonel Phelps, from Ship island, last De
cember"
\ great deal of useless clamor has been excl
ted 10y the suggestion of the propriety OF placing
In the hands OF Southern Union men some assn
rance OF the conservative policy of the Admins
tIaton, and the constitutional objects of the war
The allies we now need, are Southern Union men
But when IL Is suggested that the Government
should take means TO obtain them, and TO put
moral weapons in their hands, 10 be used in con
yerting their neshbors. the entire bevy of radical
men rise in fight. and imagine that we prppo-
sing some compromise" IL is strange, this fear
which the Post and It's friends express. of the
possibility of having the Union of North and
South made cordial. What does il meant VIII
orr neighbours. instead OF finding fault with us Tor
advocating the cause of the Union. and the Con
stitutlon tell its readers frankly whether it lie
sires the restoration OF the Union, the preserva-
ton OF the Constitution. than Its desires the
abolition of slavery Or it that question be too
difficult, then. simply, does the Post desire the
preservation of the Union nj all, on any terms!-
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