Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-10-02
Special Correspondence of the Chicago Tines
From Washington.
Situation Of the T'seo Arp'ies on fhs Potomac
DesigHs Of fss AbOiitiOnists.

SdH1tt0n 81 tc Itro -iruttes On me fotoaGc-
DesigHs Of lAs AbOiifiOnisfs.
WAsHIxGros, September %.
There has been no material change in the rela
tive position Of the two armies on the Upper Po-
tomac since my last letter. Gen. Lee has a strong
position on the Virginia side. and invites General
Mcclellan 10 cross over and give him another
battle. Gen Mcclellan is too good a soldier TO
crafty him just now, and in the meantime both
armies are being reinforced. Ii is plainly the in
tention Of Gen. Lee 70 retain possession OF the
whole OF Virginia during the fall. so that ne may
be able 10 use the Potomac river as a base OF op
er4tioDs whenever he is strong enough. In the
execution of tins plan. il Is not impossible that
the whole line of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road NAV be destroyed. The Conieierates are
in actual possession OF all that part Of il between
Harper's Ferry and Cumberland. which renders
the whole road useless % the Government.
The tate OF the ? 500 negroes Who were cap
tured by the C0nleierates at Harpers Ferry on
the 18th. and Of those who captured on the
field OF Bull Run, is standing commentary on
Mr. Lincolns emancipation proclamation. They
we're sold at auction at Richmond on the 2lst
inst and were bought by some Louisiana sugar
planters. Poor. deluded, deceived negroes The
Republicans entice them away from their happy
homes, 20 make them work here harder than they
had to work at home, and then abandon them
tr-hiil W tiicif tufa-tu udrttfS+ iui- uotc "ai
indeed, and all its woes. all the desolstions in
families that il has caused and the crushing
weight Of taxation which il has imposed upon Us,
has been caused by the fanatical determination of
the Abolitonists to free the slaves. This they
have row accomplished, so far ms il can be done
by prcclamations, for Mr.. Lincoln has gone into
the proclamation business, be finds that his
time hangs heavy on his hands, and he needs
some amusement
4 1.t..
accompanied 10y his reasons, given TO the Chi
cago preachers. ichy he ought not to issue it. This
was so much appIauded by the radicals that he
followed 1t up by the one ordering the summary
arrest OF all persons who presume TO doubt the
wisdom of all measures OF the Administration
and the entire, universal, and absolute abolish
ment of the writ of habeGs corpus. But it need
not be supposed that he is going 10 stop here
DE has under consideration a number of other
proclamations made necessary by the first two
The Abolitionists here are in their glory. They
swagger around declaring that the millennium is
at hand. They boast that they have the Pres
dent completely in their power, aud that they can
make him do anything they please. They boast
that he has promised them that he will now carry
out their policy in all its details. They say that
they have drawn up the following procla nation,
which they will persuade him to issue in few
days, namely:
a proclamation ordering the I'M meulate arming
OF the slaves and prOclaimng amnesty TO all of
them who will murder their masters (Which will
make every plantation the scene of midnight
bloodshed and rapine. the horrors OF which will
far exceed those of San Domngo3
A proclamation comforting the right of suffer
age on ali negroes in any OF the United States at
the coming elections
proclamation appointing Fremont to be
COMMANDMENT Chief of the army, dismissing Mr..
Seward and appointing Wendell Phillips to be
Secretary OF State.
Such are the bitter fruits of Republican AID
ministration. Where are WEI Whittier are we
drifting? God alone can save our country now
from despotsm and anarchy, forit is past the help
of man.
The meeting of the Governors of the Northern
States at Altoona was reasonable an assem-
blage as the meeting of the rebel Congress. The
purport of the meeting was not understood by
Gov. Curtin, of Pennsylvania Gov. Tod. of Ohio,
and Governor Bradford, of Maryland. or they
would not have attended. The sole object of the
meeting was to force OH the President the adop
ton of the most radical abolition policy. including
the issuing of an emancipation proclamation, the
arming OF the negroes, the comforting upon ne
groes of the right of suffrage, the dismissal of
Gen. Mcclellan from the army and of Mr.. Sew
ard from the Cabinet, the appointment of Ere
mont as Commander in Chief, on pain, in case of
the Presidents refusal, of raising a revolution in
the North. overturning the Government and
tablishng on its ruins an Abolition Government
of blacks and whites together.
The President appraised of this reasonable
intention. Ii is said that he issued his emancipa
ton proclamation in order to steal a march on
them and forostall their action in hopes that,
having made that concession 10 them they would
be content and not press the other part of their
programme. When the Governors met it was
found, to the surprise of the radicals. that they
were not all of mind. Gov. Curtin, Gov. Tod,
Gov. Bradford, and, believe, one or two others,
steadily opposed the traitorous designs of the rad
icals, and they had To be abandoned.
The Governors called on the President yester.
day. and read to him address which had been
agreed on. The had been compelled TO leave
out OF it all allusion to the dismissal of General
Mcclellan and the appointment of Fremont, and
confined themselves to an expression of approval
of his emancipation proclamation. Even this
emasculated address signed by some Of the
Governors with reluctance, and Gov. Bradford
of Maryland, refused to touch the unclean thing
at all.
This is not the end OF the matter however.
Most of the Governors are still here, still at the
White House, still pouring their poison into the
ear of the President. The abolition members of
Congress also here. assisting them in their
nefarious work The President has cause indeed
to complain OF the pressure" TO which he is
subjected | do not see how anything short of a
miracle can prevent the complete accomplish
ment OF NIL the schemes of the radicals.
What. then. will be the result of all thisl L.
there no remedyg l. this nation doomed to fall
prey TO depotsm of the radicals supported by
the swordg The decision OF these questions rests
entirely with the people. Perhaps il will excite
a smile if, in these DAYS of illegal arrests and ar
bitrnry imprisonments | say that the people are
still the sovereigns They seem to have forgot
ten the matter themselves. But the power to
preserve the constitutional liberty of American
citizens is still in their hands. Ii they exercise
that power-if they restore the Democratic party
to power-the country will be saved, and all will
vet be well But If they omit TO do this. the
last vestige Of American liberty will be quenched
in blood, and the glorious temple Of the Amer
can Union will crumble into ashes. X
Address OF southern Governors.