Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-01-26
A Plea for Pence.

The Metropolitan Record, the official organ of
Archbishop HUGHEs. is strongly in favor of peace
and convention for the settlement of ma
Archbishop was a decided advocate for the vgor-
Gus prosecution of the war when it, declared OBJ
ject the restoration OF the Union and the
maintenance of the Constitution. but now his
mouth piece is outspoken in favor OF different
mode of reconciling the sectional differences of
the country. 1t is now for stopping this unnaIu-
raj war; and urges reasons for so doing which
should have consideration and influence with
e7ery true lover of his country.
We commend the following extracts from a
leading editorial in the Record to the attention of
our readers, and they have significance at the
present time, considering the source from whence
they come:
The people long for peace; even as "the heart
panteth after the water brooks" the pant for il
To obtain peace they would sacrifice every thing
we honor; but the miserable fanatics who brought
ON this would not give up one of their Daltry
preludices to save the country from humiliation
With a ruthless exultatiOn, worthy of savages
they drive their miserable hobbies over heaps of
slain and through seas OF blood, over that revered
document which patriots call the Constitution,
and foul mouthed radicals ''sheepskin - over the
wildly thrObbing National heart. over the nam
moth graves of our slaughtered citizens, and over
the mangled form of prostate Liberty. For
what? To realize the Ethiopia OF some fanatic
ultrast with little brains and less ballast; to carry
out the wild scheme OF some heartless visionary
though the result should paralyZe nation and
"Ses the clock of the world back century !"
Shall they be permitted 10 drown. with their noisy
clanor. the still small voice of wisdom inculcI
ting pence? Shall the passions and preiudices.
the vices and 0ies. of Il contemplate minority
be permitted to work the ruin of the country
To prevent it, earnest thought is necessary as
prompt action, and what is earnest thought with
out bold utterance?
The longer this is continued the more en-
Filtered will become the feeling between the con
tending sections; therefore, "let hOstilties cease
and let armstice be declared, which will give
angry passions an opportunity to cool down and
reason to assert her sway" We, the cOnserva
tive masses of the country. have freely given to
| the country our blood and treasure; is il too
much to ask that radicals shall sacrifice their
darling isms? Let the radicals NJ longer sit with
4 folded arms, calling upon every one to save the
country Those who have been so careful to
preserve their lives, should least be willing to
sacrifice their hobbies; and this done, "let the
people meet in convention, and agree upon the
basis of Union for all time.
As an aggregate of sovereign States, il be-
hOoves US to cultivate regard for the rights of
Others, and to show respect for the opinions of
Others. One section should not assume to be the
conscience of the whole. nor claim that ts ideas
of right and wrong should dominate the entire
COnfederacy. We have had enough Of political
Phariseeism We, 1T the North, have been too
long in the habit OF regarding Ourselves as better
than our neighbors; the war has done good
deal toward dispellng this illusion. Surely.
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and settle as best we may our National troubles
bv home intervention, the only Intervention that
is not derogatOry to the dignity of great nation
nor distasteiul to the pride of true patriot.