Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-26

SERVES he BODY. IL surely DESTROYS the life Of this
great popular government II secure " a
Union without unity. An agzregaiipu 81 States
Vith'af -ympaihs Ard ii does no more Nbeih
er that aOrth PURCHASING. a tie ie.fial rrce %
civil Var. il j. hstdlv worth wtii- "a sr.re %
sensible men Sscsfsna - Ysrotu-
ton We having st.hiishe our government by
revolution. or the right Of people a. ally time
70 change a government which II oppressive
20 them. canno; deny that right 70 those
Who deliberately declare our Government op
pressise Wha; we claimed a our right We can
Dot deny 10 those Who claim it of us. and helped
Us TO assert our claim at the outset They may
be mistaken In our juigme they are fatally
mistaken. but We cannot Judge for them whether
the Federal Goverumen; J. too oppressive Cor
dursnce ANY more than Eagiand could Judge for
US"
Bat enough. We have quoted the Deliberate
~ expressed views of NJ Own and the Journal
upon the questions OF coercion and secession.
They were uttered before violence had com
menced or the dogs Of war were let slip be
yond our control Mr.. OWN said the sword
never couvinces. il subjects. and that 1.-The diff
ference between rebellion and revolut on lies
chiefly in numbers" He WAS opposed to coer
en,reated to remain in the Union "let US bid her
20 in pence"
Where stands Mr. OwES now2 IF honest in
the convictions he expressed in 1861 and 1851 he
mus; be regarded as recreant to them now Then
he Was for letting the dissatisfied States Ego in
peace" now ne is for coercion. although he
says, it is at variance with The spirit Of our Gov
ernmen, to have. in midst. subjects kept loyal
BY force.
The Journal, as it will be seen by the extracts
we have quoted was far more decided In it,
opposition to coercion than Mr. OWN. Ii said
that If one State more calmly and hxedly
resolved not TO remain in the Union, coercion
would ne at once cruel and useless" IL took
the position that popular govern
ment could not be maintained by force
that the act Of compulson changed il
To q despotism. and that forced union would
not be worth purchasing at the fearful cost OF
civil war And these views have been reiteratet
by the Journal since the commencement OF the
civil war. with its fearful cost The meanes
traitor il the man who is faithless TO his own con
viciions. and especially one who has given then
calm and deliberate expression. Yet he urgfi
the prosecution Of a war which he not onll
costs the nation its consistency. but changes on
popular Government into deSpotsm Al a fearful
| cost of life and treasure. Can man be honest
cin there be particle Of patriotism
or Christian principle in urging such a wa
under such circumstances?
What a remarkable spectacle is here presented
| With such a record. Mr. OWEN is now engage
| in questioning the integrity of his former politi
| cal associates. and the Journal from day to da,
charges the Democrats with being traitors to th
| Government for demanding that the shall h'
prosecuted 10 miint in the Constitution and IT,,
integrity of the Union under the Constitution
The moral deformity and the partisan malice ~
too apparent to require demon stration. ! he re
cord Of the Democratic party is against the sepa
ration or disunion of the States vet the paper an,
its editor. who declared that If any State had de
termined upon secession that it was 1.-THE dictate
| of Christian kindness, no less than political wis
dom, to let her go in peace. is charging treason
shall be administered as TO restore the Union anC
preserve popular government. Enough for to
| day. Dor object has been to give faithful
! portraiture of the men who are doiog all in the
power to stir up civil strife for personal aggran
dizement and base partisan purposes. No meane
or worse enemies of the Government can b'
found. more treacherous foes 10 social order