Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-04-05
Tne po,,cv of the Covcrnmcn,.

Secessionism Is not the only danger that me
naces the Government. 1t is probable that
armed rebellion will soon be overcome Then
comes the more difficult task of reconstructing
the Union. This duty will require the most sa-
gacious craftsmanship. 1t is no easy matter 20
determine in what way the Southern people can
be induced 10 resume the exercise of self govern
ment under the Constitution of the United States
The Abolitionists are unwilling that there shall
be full recognition of the rights of the slave
holding States. We can not expect the people
Of those States will return to a full and hearty
allegiance unless the people of the Northern
States can satisfy them that they will respect and
defend their rights under the Constitution as
faithfully as they will their own. 1t is here
that abotionsm stands in direct antagonism
to the reconstruction of the Union There is
but little hope for peace and amity until aboli
tionsm conformity with secessonism is subdued
In this connection call especial attention to
the following article from the Louisville Journal,
which contains suggestions and reflections emf
nenty worthy of consideration at the present
time by all who desire the perpetuity of the Con-
stitutlon and the Union unimpaIred:
continually becoming more and more man
ifest that the friends of the Uuion in the United
States have hand two great and important
conflicts, and that success IN both is absolute
ly necessary the accomplishment of the mighty
purpose which they have at heart Both of
these conflicts for the preservation of the
CoustItutlon-one To preserve 1t against the
wicked and atrocous Southern rebellion, and
the other to preserve it from the m rlignant
and deadly assaults of Northern fanatics in
and out of Congress. The conflict with the
! Southern rebels, thanks to the courage and
strength of our victorious armies. is making glo-
rious progress, and promises soon to be brought
TO a triumphant close, but even this result will
not secure the happiness and prosperity of the
nation III, in the other conflict. that with the IA
naties of the North the champions of the Con
sttution shall fail 20 be victorious. La that
we shall at best have mere nominal Union,
hollow mockery OF Union the body of Union
without the soul. Union that after little time
must in the very nature OF things evaporate in the
surrounding atmosphere. liz is impossible To say
what kind OF Union the irresistible power of arms
might establish, and for brief period maintain.
bet any supposition that the thirty four States
which constitute or have constituted this Repub-
lie can be bound permanently together as a Re
public upon the principles and on the conditions
insisted on by such politicians as the Senators in
Congress from Massachusetts,. is absurdity
that only fools and fanatics could possibly cher
ish
Ii every Southern rebel were disarmed to-mor-
row, the reconstruction OF the Union would be
most delicate and difficult undertaking. Diferen-
ces OF views even among conservative men would
be enough 20 render il so. And probably at this
very moaIent, greater danger menaces the
restoration policy from the action of the radicals
than from the armed legions of rebellion. Radi-
casm. innovation, subversion, abolition. is per
haps the worst OF our mortal perils Ii is a the
Baltimore American says, the dry rot which
unless prevented, will cripple or sink the great
ship of State which has been triumphant when
met only by open assaults. In this relation. the
rulers at Washington must certainly see that al
though they may do without the Aboltionsts,
they cannot do without that great Union party of
the Land which Is unalteFably opposed To all Ill
trasm. A few months since. aud the questions IN
Volved seemed for the time 10 be mere distractions
or little better. because no advance of any mo
ment had been made upon territory such a now
demands for Us right government a decided and
conservative policy. But now the Government
Is made by the force of imperative circumstances
To stand face 20 face with the difficulties OF the
hour: and il and the nation must unmistakably
condemn all extreme rsdcalism, all mistaken
philanthropy wherever wild theories conflict with
the provisions OF that instrument, every day anew
demonstrated To be the very ark OF our safety. ii
We are 90 be saved az all Already the arms OF
the nation may fail to pro,ecs the nation when the
Constitution, the instrument which should keep
all in sub 'ection. may be broken with impunty
Let the reverence Of the people for that great
charter of rights aud liberties be once lost, aud
neither armies proclamations viii avail as a
substitute IN the preservation OF The Union and
of their rights