Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-19
From the RichmoBd Examiner, December 8
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eniaucipatlCtl. TO hich almost the Whole of bis
message i appropriated deserse~ "a least the
Praise due 20 per~evefance. Thfs scheme. whether
- stated u the beginning IN his propo-itiof 10
Corsres- sf,d el-s,sruted IN - interview With
she border State Congre-smen. OF whether taken
iu The Lev dress given II IA the message, has
perhaps. little ia il nytbing hat ever come
from an official source III pleases Lucoln
doubtless; rs he turns u over in ss mind be for-
gets the alarms of the crisis and feels that he is
solving problems and winning fame. IL is puss
piAyiag with a ball
His proclalnstiOu viii 90 into effect on the Ist
of January, so Tar be can give IL effect or
course his grand specific Tor the present nmladies
will then fail through Compensated enamel
patton" will have been superseded by the procla-
nation OF universal and unconditional emancipa-
ton 30 that Lncoins plan for Saving the
Union rests upon the adoption of bis proposed
constitutional amendments By two thirds of both
Houses OF his Congress. and then upon their rat
ihcafion oy every State in his dominions and by
seven ut the States of our Confederacy; all 10 be
done between the present time aud the lst of jan
uary next just three weeks and two DAYS by the
calendar
Neither House will probably adopt the pro
posed amendments by any vote. at any time,
much less by twothiris vote, and without de
bate There is no probability in tue world that
majority OF LincOln's States would ralify them
much less, II possible. that all OF them would. II
Is the extreme of rbsurdity TO suppose that
single Confederate State would listen To the
proposition at all: much more, it possible, that
seven Of them would adopt IT,
To imagine that all these impossible things
can be done betw cen this and January next. i
another circumstance OF folly that aids to stamp
the whole scheme with inelfabie stupidity IL
looks indeed more like little Joke" than
a serious proposition.
The above remarks refer to the practical diff.
culties which beset the adoption of the plan But
the plan itself il 10 less absurd IL proposes 10
restore the Union upon the condition that the
institutions OF the Confederate States shall be made
TO agree with thvse OF the present United States
IL puts the yoke OF despOtism upon Us IN the very
beginning. Ia dc not leave TO regulate our
domestic matters ia our own way, but requires
Us TO conform them To the will of the Yankees.
This l. simple >ubJugatiOn. Lincoln proposes to
reduce ~ To t by offers OF purchase after failing
BY attempts nj force. He will hud Confederate
honor equal te Confederate valor He NAV fl sure
il out to his satisaction-lnd he does it plausibly
enOugh--that he would save money by thus bay.
Ing instead of conquerng US. The argument
may bea forcble one with his own people; but he
should know, and he shall know. that Conleder.
ates are hot To be bought. Our liberties and our
independence are not on sale
But what condition il is to which Lincoln
would reduce us by his pIani II would turn loose
among u population which. without sub0rdina.
ton. would be our ruin. The ircan and the
Caucasian cannot live together on terms of
equality without mutual ruin il could not and
would not be endured here. Our very enemies
concur IN the sentiment. In the State where
President Lincoln has his home the ingIess of
negro is not allowed The laws permit him TO
lind no shelter and no home there The same
sentiment unfutn1 eVerx "A hara ia IN. or.,,,f,
country few are tolerated. but chiefly on
condition that they be runaways from their horles
aud duty
Ia the event contemplated by Lincoln. the
freed negroes would not be allowed To go North.
Lincoln expressly tells his people they can always
determine that question for themselves. They
have determined IT, Even now something like
pane. with symptoms of riot. is visible. because
at the stolen negroes who have been carried there
from necessity
Lincoln. indeed. in his "plan." says something
about deporting the blacks 20 some other coun-
try. but. alarmed 40 the opposition which Yakee
dom would make 10 the proposition. he carefully
explains that Il means nothing. The consent OF
Congress that is of the Yankee States. would have
20 be obtained. The consent Of the negro would
have 10 he obtained The consent of the foreign
country To which il would be proposed to send
them would have 20 he obtained These three
IT..
would al fail. The North never would consent
The negro never would consent. And, of for
eisn governments, Lincoln tells Us in bis message
that he has not rs vet found one that will allow
him TO transport thither the sroes he has stolen
from Us. II they reject these comparatively few
of course they would reject the multitude Ii
IBERIA and Hayti are the only places open to the
negroes and To Liberia and hayti Lincoln saws
they are not willing To 20
IL fail, RI 4
to lincOlh's "plan. inevitably remain here under
circumstance ruinous To them and intolerable to
rs. From such a condition of society every feel
ing OF our nature rcvolts To such a condition
L'ncolns ''pian" proposes to reduce US The
man who could propose such scheme might we'll
speak. as Lincoln brutal, does OF the compara
tive unimporiance OF people who inhabt
country II lie destroyed u he would congratu.
late himself that .'the land" remained But il
would not be "one generation" and one race
alone that would feel the curse The ruin would
come ss al abiding blight upon land now one
of the brightest spots on the earth. and the tenn
porary interruption Of whose industry throws a
cloud over the happiness OF the world
plan thus impossible OF adoption. and dia-
bo'ical in its results. is Lincon's bid for mmor-
taliiv. Truly he "wiH mot escape history
The fact is, when the Creator est iblished the
different races OF men. he established their posi-
ton ana adapted them TO their places. That
which harmonizeS with the Creative will is happi
ness That which opposes it is discord ami IN.
happiness The negro, from the time of Cainan.
has occupied the petition OF servant He has
been fitted for il by disposition and instinct and
i. therefore. happy ia it. and Is not happy out
OF 1t. ln his place he is useful Out Of il he Is
A mere savage: and if out of it and in The bosom
Of n community OF the superior race he Is a pest.
IL is the effort OF the Yankee States TO dictate
nur institutions. and in doing To ruin Us hy at
tempting ca amend decree of the Creator so as |
10 make e suit their ideas. that has caused the
present troubles. Lincoln is as blind rs ever and
seems more stupid