Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-09-30

policy. re commissioned Cav u Mister ~ RUSS,
where he Is t-iay on : salary Ut 8 ? 900 wear,
the reward Of Republican. unconditional Union
ism.
February. 1880 Joshua Giddings introduced
petition into Congress. asking that some plan
might be devised for the dissolution os the Amer
icsu Uninn.' and he HIS ever since teen cnusist
ent ~iih this record Nov. by appointment from
the President. he j. Consul General To Cansd4,
on a large salary While VslIaudigham. who,
in his last act in this country invoked his fellow
CIT zens under no circumstances 10 surrender the
union. IL there an exile. suffering punishment
which Blackstone saws is unknown 10 English
common Law. and is never inf cied by the British
Gov ernment. except 10y act Of ,rlament upon
the meanest of felOns. pursuant 90 their own
choice 10 escape captll punishment. These
facts fairly illustrate what constitutes patriots
and traitors. in the opinion of abollfionists
and. IN view OF this. every real patriot ought to
esteem il "A high honor TO be called traitor by
an abolition journal Ii one should call me a
patriot. ! should instantly ask. who his been
telling the editor that | like Wendell Philiip~.
who WIS received with IN ,rkei distinction upon
the floor Of Republican Senate, and the hon
Ord guest ola Republican Speaker Of the House,
cursed the Constitution AMI the Union. and en-
deavored 20 break it-and thanked g 81 that
il is broken" and th,t | am opposed
20 the restoration Of the Union under
the Constitution, according to the pur
pose declared in the Crittenden resolution of
July. 1851. IT, like Clay. preferred diSunion,
to tins. or if in rhe language OF Tn ID Stevens.
we're To say, This Union never shall with my
consent be restored under the Constitution AS il
Is, with slavery protected by it" or THAT there
can be no Union until slavery is DESTROY all
according TO the present position of the Admins
tralion, | might he called an "unconditon, Il
Union man" AS il is am a traitor or copper
head, which really means no niger on the
brain All who have not niger on the BRAIN
are copperheads: or. in other words all who are
not more for emancipation than for the Union
and the Constitution traitors tn he u patriot
i. TO be either really or practically an abolition.
Isl. real abOlitonist is one who is for eman-
cipation for the sake OF EN- lncipation. The prac-
ucal abolitonist Is one who processes 10 he for
emancipation for the sake Of the Union, on the
Pretext that the Union can not be restored ami
preserved without emancipation as a condition OF
the restoration The former is honest; the latter
dishonest. One is himself; the other is himself
disguised. A | am not vet impressed that abo
litionsm is the "chief good" nor believe this
Union, made by the hands OF Washington, ia
necessarily house divided against itself, and
must fall unless reconstructed different plan
! must decline Icing either himself or himself
di- guised
Ii slavery, during the course of the war, fall,
let II tall But let the war he prosecuted for the
sole purpose OF restoring the Union; and at the
earliest moment that peace and Union can he
had on honorable terms, let the war be stopped
though the schemes Of abolition disunionists be
not cGnsummated.
ii I'd it not been for these schemes we might
have hid Union and peace long ago They have
divided the North, united the South. and exas
perated and prOtrncied the war, IA Gov W Wright
in his first speech in the United States Senate
said they would; and to day they stand in the way
of speedy restoration
The worst part OF INV case is, that nv treason
j. undiSgused IL il undisguise.i because lido
not conceal nv opposition TO policy which in
the beginning was condemned by its present sup
pOr;ers and by lis own authors 10 Wit: The
>ett'el policy of the United States in regard to
ne roes
April 81, 1861. The President through his
Secretary OF State in a letter to Mr. DAYTON, in
France. "repulated all intentions imputed" To
him, and his party, OF emancipation. saving thar
such "eif,rt would he Unconstitutional"
Som after this he revoked Fremont proclama
ton. and in che winter of the same wear he also
revoked General Phelp~' procla mati"n and mod
ihed Cameron report W favor OF arming slaves
On the 18Th of December. of that wear the gen
eral telegr TINS from Washington announced the
fact. that 1.-The procla IN ,ron OF Gen Phelps was
condemned hy all classes of politicians " About
this time even Henry Ward B.erher preached
-ermnn in shch he id thar such an act would
in effect he declar ton tn rhe world that our
institutions were failure and that We ought 10
conduct our affairs within the provisions of the
G Institution. All were copperhetds then Next
ane the revoc ition of General Hunters proca
marion. My l9. le62. In September following
the President had an interview with delegation
Of phars in oh 81. 4,
issuing OF proclaim ,ton OF emancp,r on To the
issuing of bull by Pope against the coming
OF comet. AMI t',ld the preachers, that il had
heen demonstrated that negroes could eat and
th,t was all "
Within the next few DAVIS (about nine mir
aculoas chinge came over the Esprit of his
Dire 'ms " Suddenly he discovered that 10 fling n
bull at a comet WAS a" III and necessary measure
far suppres>ng the rebellion" and mule the
"brlve resolve to il. On tn. % dav of Sep
temher 1862, he gave notice that on the lst d ~
of Jauuaty. le63. he would "bv virtue of the
power vested IN him 10 Commander in Chief of
army and navv." perform this wonderful feat for
the good of lis country.
liz il done A. it's effects Montgomery
Blair of his ,binet in letter of March The see.
Oud ls62 said il was the IRE "a of emancpation
that brought the MISUNDERSTANDING whites of the
South up to the fighting point. and such a policy
IL
quernble. Whether he was right vet remains to
he seen. have never doubted that the North
C 'uld aud would whip the South But to whip il
one thing aud To conquer - another The Gin
cmni'i Commercial Of March IL. ls62. saws:
The message of President Lincoln suggesting
to Congress the ADOPTION of a resolution declar
Ing the reainess of the Government Ia co oper
ate wi h any State in system of gradual
emancipation completely sQuelches the accuse.
tion trumped up ter partisan purposes; that The
administration is in favor of emancipation by
radical mems. AMI regardless of constitutional
obligations"
That's IT, This illustrates the whole subject.
That 1.-The Administration in favor of eman
cipation by radical means" was '.an accusation
trumped up TOR pstisan purposes" They VIII o
did II were demaggues, of course
But now the Administration. having resorted
TO such means. regardless OF constitutional obl
CATIONS" they who do not indorse the act are
"copperheads.
When Republican papers were using such Ian
guage | was esteemed Union MN Now | am
cause they have md have not changed with
them According To the standard IF the editor
of the Journal, b be patriot man must have
gone from one extreme TO another. First have /
been u secessionist opposed To all coercion as A
means Of maintaining popular Government.
and. lastly. in favor of coercion and opposed 20
all other means.
stand where ! started. denying the right of
secession issertiIg the right OF coercion. snd in 4
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