Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-31

placed by the niggerhead journals upon a remark
made by the Richmond Wing lately. that the only
chance OF the rebels was ga determined opposi
ton by the conservatives of the North To the
abolition faction which has the control of the
Government at Washington" Recent events
have demonstrated most conclusively that the
rebellion has nothing to hope from the Democro-
CIV Of the North. II has been charged by the
Republican press that It was the intention of the
Democracy of the Northwest to slide The North
western States out of the Union and unite them
with the Southern Confederacy. JOE WRrGBT,
in his stump speeches a year ago. in this State,
made that his main argument, and he openly de-
clared that if the Democrats succeeded in
~eIecting a majority of the Legislature that
their first act would be to pass an ordinance of
secession by which Indiana, through som hocus
pocus operation, would be landed like a fat boat
load Of corn in the Southern Confederacy. In
stead Of the rebels meeting any sympathy or aid
in their recent raids in the Northern States. the
most decided and active opponents they had to
contend with were Democrats, or "copperheads."
if the Abolitionists prefer that term. MoReAS's
Adjutant General made his escape during the
raid of the rebel chief through Ohio. In his re
rort of the operations of MORGAN while in Indi-
ana and Ohio. which first appeared in the Rich
mond papers, be says that "copperheads and but
ternuts we're the mostbitter opponents they met"
that they ''were always in front opposing them"
The Mobile Register. the ablest and most deci-
ded of the secession papers, recently said:
eve want separation. Give US rather men
like Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner.
TRey curse the old Union and despise IL. and so
do te."
The Democracy constitute about one half of
the population Of the North. If that party had
any intention to give material aid and comfort
to the rebels and assist them. as has been flip
PANTY charged BY the abolition papersand speak
ers. for the past two years, they intended TO do.
the recent raids of LEE ard MORGAN gave them
the opportunity. The rebel flags were hoisted
by LEES powerful army in Pennsylvania, and by
MoRGAS's well disciplined corps in Indiana and
Ohio, and what was the result2 The testimony
of the rebel generals is that 1.-THE copperheads
and butternuts were always in front opposing
them" There would have been no better chance.
IL il was desired. for extending aid to the rebel
cause with men and money, and to have assisted
LEE in his scheme of capturing the Federal CAPT
tai. But the first to send troops into Penn
sylvania to help drive back the rebel forces, were
the Democr-t;c Governors of New York and
New Jersey. While the conservatives of the
North are determinedly opposed to the abolition
| c.of,o, ,b1 a., fo-tr,otai hara d;roofion IF tho
National Administration, that opposition
is subordinate to their determined purpose to up
hold the overnment-to sustain and preserve
the Union under the constitution. The Mobile
Register says-and that is the voice of rebellion
-"Give us rather men like THADDEus STEVENS
and CHARLES SUMNER" That class of politicians
have been playing into the hands of the rebel
lion. and their ~fanatical AMI revolutionary course
have given the rebel cause its unity and strength
On the 22d day of July, 1861. Congress passed
a resolution. declaring "that the war should not
be waged in the spirit of conquest or sub
jugation, nor for tine purpose Of overthrow
ing or interfering with the rights or institutions
of the States, but to defend and maintain the SUI
premacy Of the Constitution, and to preserve the
Union with all the dignity. equality and rights of
the several States unimpaired; and that as soon
as these objects are accomplished, the war ought
to cease" This resolution received the vote and
approval of every Republican member of the
House, and of all it, members except two. If
the war had been prosecuted in the spirit and for
the purposes expressed i'm that resolution, ere now
it would have ended with a restored Union. But
different %counsels prevailed. The character Of
the war was changed; it has become one of sub
jugation; and it is openly announced by the radi-
Gals that there must be no re union unless the
rights and institutions of the Southern States are
overthrow, The leaders of the Southern rebel
ion hailed these radical measures as giving
strength to their cause, and they have
been their chief reliance for success. They
r~ejoiced when men like THADDEUs STEVENS and
CHARLES SUMNER gave direction to the policy of
the Administration for alike they cursed and de-
spised the old Union, and that policy united the
South against its restoration The secessionists
will know that the Northern Democracy we're
against separ alton upon any condition, and that
they would always be found in front opposing all
schemes of disunion. Hence the only reliance
the rebels c,n now have upon the conservatives
opposed to the abolition faction who control the
Administration is. that like honest men they
will faithfully adhere to the solemn pledges made
by Congress as to the objects of the war. which
were to restore the national authority and nation
al Union as they were before it commenced.