Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-21
Nnr Democrats.

you may -av against my emancipation policy, my
negro soldiers, the suspension Of hsbeas corpus,
and the other minor matters OF which Democrats F
complain. If you will bot 20 for he Nar Tor The
| Union which ! sm uow engaged Welt
might Mr Lincoln thus address bis political op-
pouents. II he could persuade them TO go for
the war. be could vel afford to suffer their
| croakings and cOmpianiues respecting those sec
ondary matters which naturally result from the
Nar So long IS his prolessed opponents are will
/ ing aid tie growth OF the tree which his party
planted, an which he Is nov watering With the
the blood and maBuring with the bodies of his
| fellow-citizeBs, IL Is no consequence 90 him how
bitterly they may curse its branches andibe bsne
! ful fruit they bear.
II Is simply ridiculous for Democrats TO favor
/ this war and complain of the abuses OF power
and the atrocities resulting from it. Such abuses
and atrocities, 20 some extent NJ least. II not TO
the extent developed BY Mr.. Lincoln manner of
/ prosecuting the war the inevitable coucOmi
tants Of such war this. Under even Dem
ocratic Administration. they would result from
such war Democratic President ii determ
ibed 10 coerce the seeding States. would, most
/ probably have concluded il necessary TO coerce
those who might have opposed .ds policy or
sharply criticised his administration Such war
inevitably leads to tyranny. The spirit of force
once let loose the spirit of liberty must sue
cumb. and. indeed. if such a this = neces
sary, it may as well be admitted that tue desuuc
ton Of liberty North as well as South, is ne
cessity. Ii it is proper for Mr. Abraham Lincoln
to sutjugate the South, il is not proper for the
people of the North to censure him for attempt
ing to do So and those who consider this right
eous war should not complain Of the suspension
of habeas corpus i'm the North
Though the present policy OF the AdmiDistra-
ton is not consistent with its professions. made
on coming into power, and for some time after
ward il is consistent with the theory of the war
itself II is entirely consistent with the doctrine
of coercion and that i the primary principle OF
the war Ift il proper to compel obedience from
the South il is proper to compel Obedience from
the North In fact. such war could not pos
siblg be carried to a successful issue without the
assumption ON the part of the Presiden of uncon-
s,itutioDal powers, and. therefore we saw, Dem
ocratic President. though he might have assumed
fewer OF such powers than Mr Lincoln has,
would. had he started AZ this course OF coercion.
have rendered himself liable 10 the same sort OF
censute which our War Democrats are neon
sistentiy heaping upon the head OF that Junction.
ary The exercise Of the coercive principle Is the
natural parent OF all the abuses OF which they
prate When that princp pie was adopted. with
the sanction of Democrats, the Administration
furnished with both the excuse aud the power
to crush all opposition to its policy and practices;
aud. We repeat. no man can consistently approve
the theory and doctrine of this war, and, a. the
same time complain of Mr. Lincons arbitrary
exercise of power
A. To the Presidents emancipation procla
ton, all Democrats admit that il could have
amounted to nothing without the war. 1t is
operative onl, lar the Federal army pene-
irates the Southern country. and emancipation
would have resulted from the to that extent
il Mr. Lincoln had never issued his "bull against
the comet" 1t is. therefore, very palpable folly
TO cry out against the proclamation and for the
war in the same breath.
The atrocities committed in the South by the
/ Federal soldiers, another natural consequence
OF the war. anu night readily have been t0reseen
by any one acquainted with the ungovernabe
character of large volunteer army especially
q in civil war. Fewer Outrages might perhaps
have been reasonably expected. but no President
: could have prevented them entirely They in
evitaby result from such "A The very prin
cipe of coercion upon which the army was called
into existence and sent into the field, begot the
desire ami furnished a license for outrage; and
! the atrocious spirit thus originally brought into
play has increased IN strength the war has pro-
+ ceeded and engendered in its course the feelings
OF hatred SO natural to such a contest.
While We believe that little, IT any, regret Is
felt at Washington for the atrocities resulting
from the war; and that little, if any. effort would
be made by those in authority TO prevent them
(if such effort could prevent them)-we, never
theless. believe that they unavoidably result
0
TO amentable extent. under any Administration
: prosecuting such this; aud. therefore,
we maintain that the only consistent policy tor
Democrats to pursue Is to strike at the root of
these and all the other minor matters complained
Of by striking at the theory OF the ritseli, the
fruitful parent of all these evils. That no posi-
bic good can ever result from this war we have
I ever believed Wecan forsee in its consequences
, nothing but evil, and the longer it shall continue
} tue greater and more numerous must be the evil
, | to enSue fro it. II persisted IN ii must pro
, duce 4 permanent dis membermeut OF the cOun
try: ncalculable destruction of life and property;
the overthrow of public liberty. and the entail
ment upon posterity OF hopeless debt and
q de~tituiion as we'll as a legacy of internal dis
! grace. The evils which have already resulted
g from il are Acknowledged 0y even such Demo
Gratis as favor its further prosecution. and such
evils will continue TO How from it. increasing IN
number and magnitude a. il progresses; and
what possible good can arise in the end from a
20 destructive TO life. liberty, happiness and
/ honor in its coursel Can a cOnfagraron that IL
raging IN a and consuming house after
) house. become blessing by being permitted to
: 20 on until the whole town is laid in ashesl II
this war IA our War Democrats confess. is des
trovng our liberties and producing deSoaton and
, national disgrace in It's onward course is its
, longer continuance desirable2 Can il bring us
blessings after il shall have 0verruu AMI desoat-
. ell the whoie Siutil anu muLIieI ana HlaiiaCieu
the entire North
n That an intelligent Democrat, even At the be-
ginning of this war. could persuade himself to
justify il has ever been surprising 10 u; but a f
= ter two years experience 10 II, after having wit
messed the developmen. Of It's destructive and "
rannicsl tendency. and having bad 80 full an op
portunity discover it, utter hopelesSness for
good, the Democrat who favors its further prose
cution, in anv possible manner, appears 10 IT, a
mailman Why should such man continue To
call bimselfa Democratg Why profess u oppose
@ the abolition party? Practically he is as much
an abolitionist a Mr. Sumner for his support of
4 the is ali that the Administration needs from
him in support OF its abolition policy. The truth
is, War Democrat belongs TO the Adrninistra
ton party, aud ought, in honesty. 10 join IT, as
y have the Dickinsons the Bradys, the Mckeons
: and the Forneys. Ii he favOrs a vigorous pros
ecution of the war" he does all that Mr.. Lincoln
requires. and is fully entitled to high seat IN the
' abolition synagogue.-[N Y News
4 The Delaware Election.
q The ORGANS of the Administration in this city