Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-03-12
Third Letter Addressed To the LOya al
Citizens OF Indiana.

AThird Letter Addressed 10 the Loyal
Citizens OF Indiana.
Perhaps it would be well enough here to
state 10 the kind reader that the author OF these
letters has, since the beginning of the present
unhappy war. been a correspondent OF several
prominent loyal papers published in she various
States also OF several European papers. That
he has always in great measure opposed the
war, believing il To be out of place, that this war
will serve more to bring about a final general
dissolution of the Unon-every State declaring
her independence-rather than to restore the
Union OH a durable basis
INDIANAPOLIS. March IA. 1862.
Gentlemen and fellow countrymen: With your
permission / have come to the conclusion to ad
dress YOU a third letter. At the commencement
| will say shame, shame. on the individual who
despses good and lawful counsel, that person is
no better than fool The editor of the Journal
may with great proprety be considered mem
Ter of this class of citizens. Do you not think
so. gentlemen! Ii you do not, by the time YOU
become as thoroughly acquainted with his past
acts as am, you will come to the conclusion at
once that he should be admitted as an honorary
member Not that wish to detract anything
from that genteman's merits, or that he has been
abusing me. The gentleman is a friendly kind
hearted man, but not worthy of being instruc
tor nor editor. He is very vascilating in mind,
and much wanting in firmness, he does not hest
tate 10 say one thing day and the next day
virtually deny the truth of his own assertion
| noticed the other day in the Journal, the editor
remarked that abotionism the institution of
slavery had not occasioned our present national
difficulties. When after spending few moments
in perusing over some COPIES printed some
four or five days before / found in one of them
assertion in substance made precisely contra
dictory to the one above mentioned. Given as
follows. that the institution of slavery is the
great life giver of this present
Which resolution | affirm to be true. it needs
no confrmationt is seli-evident, the Republicans
and AbotiOnsts have proven and demonstrated
this to be the fact about seven million and a
quarter times already, and vet Honest Abe seemed
to have believed that it required still another
sage to give all the evidences of his designs, in
short. the finishing stroke came forth OH the 9th
of March. | do not find particular fault to his
resolutions contained in his message any more
than this, that he ought to have brought about
the abolition emancipation of the slaves in all
States t0lerating slavery in lawful and constitu-
tional manner and with much less cost of blood
and treasure.
So AS TO enable Others not to msrepresent or
misunderstood me. will explain yself fully
before close, As | have already done in part.
here insert part of Lincolns message, in his
own words:
IL recommend the adoption of joint resolu
ton by the Senate and House of Representatives
which shall be substantially follows:
"ResOiUed, That the United States ought to
cooperate or fellowship any State which may
adopt gradual adjustment of slavery"
How dare an honorable man deny that the con-
test is not over slavery, after hearing such a
speech from the Executive chief of the War De-
partment? Not TO co operate with a border slave
State, or announce peace to Its troubled cOnstl
tutiona inhabitants, until they consent to initiate
gradual emancipation of their lawful property.
their servants,
Now | should like to see all of those black
creatures set free consttutionally their owners
being fully compensated for hem, they provided
with the necessary means of life for season,
and Immediately banished to their native Africa.
To improve and cultivate the country which suits
their nature and baroarous mode of living. for
they are cannibals by nature There are many
among them who have become intelligent, and
deserve our sympathy, but they should all 20 to-
gether.
mentioned that these things should be done
constitutionally and agreeably. or not at all.
Now Honest Abe" has been great while
learning what child ought To have known and
put in practice, IL right, in the commencement
One of the things he says is. "that practical
knowledge ofthe national authority would render
the war unnecessary" That as he is determined
To do all in his power to rid slavery from the
gress with the census tables and treasury reports
before him. retdily see for himself how very
soon the current expenditures of the would
purchase at fair valuation all the slaves in any
named State"
This makes known ut once the purposes Of the
war. well n the unjustness of the thing. They
for the sake of freeing few would-be cannibals.
have sacrificed the lives already of twice AS many
Americans they will ever gain freedom Of the
negroes. causing degradation of our own coun
trymen almost below the African Also think of
the widows and orphans. fatherless children. this
daily makes. all for the sake af a few ne
groes who would steal money of of your ewes
were YOU dead and laid out in their presence. if
they could get half chance.
The Journal stated in one of its columns the
: other week that jefferson Davis wantel to com
promise upon the basis OF calling National Con
ventlOn 10 provide new guarantees for slavery,
OF couse. this l. mistake that he has
just now offered 10 compromise He has al
WAYS been willing TO compromise TO come back
into the Union. if the Administration would
would only give his subjects all the rights consti.
tutionally a. above stated and protect his slave
property and theirs. Such men Gems. Nc
/ Clellan. Grant, Morris aud Lewis Wallace, al
though they are not immortal deserve your pray
ers. that they NAV be enabled at last 20 restore
the Union. with the Constitution.
The great question asked by all loyal men az
present l.. how shall the two great parties ensa-
ged in this unconstitutional be forced TO
come to an honorable speedy and durable peace.
We are aware that their weapons, like unto those
of 'JOSephs brethren" are in no small degree
reeking with each Others brother blood but for
tunately there have been considerable number
OF bears and kids slain. the blood of which they
have used 10 stain their swords and garments
with instead of that of Americans
8 answer the question by stating that the Union
mon ought 10 force those dslOyalists into cOnsti-
tutiona measures. and that Immediately before
they will have spoiled our country. and the coun-
Try Of Washington. forever ,--,
Your obeiient servant. JoHS HoKSADAY