Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-09
NASHVILLE, December 4.

There Is more in this and its concomitants
taan Horatlo ever dreamed of in his philosophy
or than the wisest statesman comprehend, by
merely putting together the facts of olden times
and deduct ng conclusions thereirom Occasion
ally hear men talking OF how Romans did when
Rome lived. aud how Grecians dii in the DAYS of
Greece. Excuse me; have no notion of telling
everybody that are neither Grecians nor Ro-
mans, and wherein differ from every body else
We are Americans, and you might as well try TO
guess what would do by knowing how my Irish
forefathers did generations ago. conc Ide that
Americans will do thus and so because people did
so when there were telegraphs. railroads.
newspapers and negroes; for my Irish blood has
been vastly corrupted by mixing with some
Welsh, some Scotch. little English and great
deal of pure Hoosier; and this nation is all its
own, ignoring presidents, and setting up for
itself in war matters, no less in the originality of
our institutions, pure and mixed
Yesterday took ride 10 Fort Neglev built
on the summit OF hill in the south edge of
town known st. Cloud Hill. and overlook
ing the country for miles. and also the city. The
fort Is garrisoned by the. 18th Indiana battery,
and will be, when finished. one OF the most com
plete works of defense ever built in this region
Ii is believed that forces could approach the
city from any direction with this fort well
manned They have guns there already which
command "A radius of three miles. West of this
Is Fort Ccnfiscatlon, so named because the hill
on which il is situated has been conhscated By
what authority know not, but surely not BY the
so called cOnhScaton act of Congress | have
not seen that law for long while but have n
very distinct recollection that when it appeared
no conhscaton in il except through the pro-
cess of courts-nstitutions which don't 20 now
very vigorously in these parts Ii might be called
Fort Appropriation, Tor the property, belonging
10 a noted rebel. has been appropriated, and
so have hundreds OF houses in the city now occu-
pied as headquarters for somebody, or "a hos
pitfalls or barracks | have no sympathy for the
rebels. who are thus approximately getting their
rights, but II is TO conhscaton under that act of
Congress, shch il, think. one humbug.
In Eiy travels yesterday fell in with a native
Union man. and as | had nothing else to do
concluded l would try 10 learn what UniOnism
II, as represented and understood 10y him In the
hrst place be - IN favor of the Union provided
the Cove nment will agree TO redeem Confede
rate bonds with Lincoln greens. He thinks that
all rebels should be parioned in full. and South
ern war expenses, including the cotton burnt.
farms. railroads and bridges destroyed by both
parties. and the general expenses. should DE as
sumed by the " aShington Government and then
the Constitution should be so amended as To
guarantee veto power at least 10 the Southern
States Perhaps slightly intimated to him that
that kind OF Unionism did not go in our country
lie assured me there vas o0ther IN tins country,
eNvepta few fanatics of the ANDY Johnson school
who could not muster Corp0ral's guard i'm m
Tennessee. l guess the man is more than halt
right
Conclnding that might learn a little about the
universal negro from Tennessee stand point.
introduced The eolorod individual. Here he Mas
At home: aud beginning at the Presidents Procla
matiOl. he travelled backwards through MI the
moods and lenses. He pronounced the procla-
nation an instigator OF rebellion We'll. said
|. that will be only the influence OF bad ex
ample. The South re5elied because they did not
hike our way OF voting 1.-THE Douglas men who
went 10 the Charleston Conve ntion, had not been
80 stubborn and had allowed YOU 10 dictate both
the platform and the man. and then il a majority
Of the voters OF the North had approved. there
would have been no rebellion "Thafs Just the