Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-15
Deeep,,on Of inc Admln,s,ranon.


consistency. The whole truth u, the people
have lost confidence In the integrity OF the Presi-
dent aud his advisers. and what ho or they may
say. touching the policy OF the Administration,
ID very apt 10 DO interpreted by contraries. IL
would be q curious investigation 10 40 back.
since the 9TH Of March, 1861. ana place the pub
lie expressions Of ME-. LrSooLS and Me SEWARD,
In regard 10 slavery. In JuxIaposillon, and zee
how phamefully both have deceived the country.
We may do tha at our leisure, for the benefit Of
all who have yet any lingering respect for these
exploded functonaries AZ present, wo have a
word To say about Mr. SEWARD, who manages
our foreign affairs.
The publication. by Congress, OF Mr. sEwAnp's
official dispatches To our ambassadors abroad.
has developed some dsgraeeful opinions In
writing 10 Mr.. ADAMS, accredited 10 England.
under date OF February IL. 1862, Mr., sKwARD Is
evidently apologizing for the non issuing Of a
proclamation Of negro emancipation, whion no
doubt ADAMS, true 20 his Abolition instincts, had
urged upon the Administration. Mr.. SEWARD
and the President were, at that early day. eau
tlously feeling their way for the proclamation Of
September 22i, aud Mr.. SEwARD thus encourage.
the ambassador 10 hope for an emancipation
crusade" The following language Is worthy Of
the wiley New York Senator. He tells ADAMS
What Il the operation Of the WARP We have
entered Virginia, and already five thousand slaves.
emancpated simply by the appearance Of our
/ forces. are upon the hands Of tho Federal Gov
eminent there. We have landed on tho coast of
/ South Carolina and already nine thousand SIM
larly emancipated slaves hang upon our camps
Although the war has not been waged
against slavery. yet the army acts Immediately
as emapcpating crusade. To proclaim the
crusade Is unnecessary, and II would even be In
expedient. because il would deprive "a of the
needful and legitimate support OF the friends Of
the Union who are not opposed 10 slavery, but
who prefer Union without slavery 10 dlsunOn
with slavery.
Does france or does Great Britain want TO see
n social revolution here with all Us horrors like
the slave revolution Ia ST. Domingo? Are these
powers sure that the country or the world is ripe
for such a revolution, that IL must certainly be
successfully What. IT inauguratng such reyo'
luton. slavery, protesting against it, ferocity and
inhumanity should prove the victory
Who SAYS this Administration is false TO human
freedomg Does il not acknowledge the citizen
ship as we'll as the manhood of men without re-
spect TO colorf
No crafty dplomat-from RIoHKLIEU down to
SEwARp-ever wrote hidden words of deeper dis
grace than those. He tells of the thousands Of
slaves which chang upon our camps" and he
cares not if they belong to loyal masters. al
though" says he, "the war has not been waged
against slavery, yet the army acts Immediately ms
an emancipation crusade" ITO proclaim the
crusade" continues Mr. SEWARD, "is unneces.
sary, and it would even be inexpedient, because
it would deprive us OF The needrul and legitimate
support of the friends OF the Union who are not
opposed TO slavery" &c The meaning Of all
this is very plain: The border slave States, and
those who not Abolitionists the free States.
must not be shocked and Disguised by proc
nation, but the army is 10 carry out an "emanci-
patton crusade - In other words, the gallant
soldiers who few to arms to uphold the Union
and preserve the Government as il was made by
their fatbers, were turned into a band Of Adolf
IiUuis,e at tho bidding of this Administration!
This the programme in February, 1862
But that process was too slow-the army did not
like the dirty job-and that fact fastened the I'M
wise and disgraceful proclamation of September
last. 1t was the last desperate chance to secure
the darling object of Mr.. Stewards hopes At
the risk Of losing the "neediul' support Of the
border slave States, and the Support of the
friends OF the Union who are not opposed to
slavery" this expedient was resorted to, and the
proclamation came upon the country like a clap
/ of thunder from "A clear sky.
Mr.. SEWARD proceeds to reason with Mr.. AD-
ANS, and, like true Yankee, he asks dozen
| g,.iIo
He begins thus: "DOes France or does Great
Britain want to a social revolution here, with
all its horrors, like the slave revolution in st.
Domingo?" In other words, do they want
proclamation of emancipation. like that of Sep
TENDER 22df-admitting, by logical inference,
that such proclamation would bring about these
''hoTors" And then, to make himself thor
oughly understood, he asks-and asks il in cold
blood: care those powers France and England)
sure that the country the world is ripe for such
revolution, so that il must certainly be success.
ful2 What, if inaugurating such a revolution.
slavery protesting against its ferocity and inhu-
manity, should be the vctor?"
There's the rub Will a slave insurrection,
like that of St. Domingo" with all its hor-
rors," be certainly successful in the South2 Can
Mr. ADAMS and "these Powers" answer that in
the affirmative? Mr.. SEWARD does not stand
aghast and appalled, at the horrors of a slave
instruction like that of St. Domingo-at the
murder and de6lement of women. and the butch
cry of children of Il kindred race; but he coolly
asks. is Mr. ADAMS and these Powers sure that
such revolution must be certainly successful
The success, and not the atrOcity of the scheme,
was the point to be decided in the Pious mind OF
the Secretary of State. And then. if the South,
protesting against the ferocity and inhumanity
Of the Administration, 'should prove the vic
tor"-ohl that would be worse than all And
this is diplomacy This the fruits of our first
civil warl
We have never read three dozen lines more
full Of cold bIooded deception and audacity than
the extract given from Mr.. Stewards dispatch to
Mr.. ADAMS, quoted above. The history OF
American diplomacy, thank God have no
parallels to il. We question if the letters of any
civilized Premier in Europe can be found so
lacking in the elements of a Christian civiliza-
ton. They are positively unworthy of his
hitherto high character. They exhibit him as a
prevaricator toward the loyal men of the North,
and the wicked computer Of chances in the bloody
drama of negro emancipation. which is being in
augurated at the hearths and homes Of the South
When gentleman of his learning. bis position
and character can coolly set down in the State
! i II.