Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-06
From the N. Y. Journal Of Commerce
LovaI OF DfSIOval.

From the ". y. Journal OF Commerce
Loyal or D%isIOyaI.
From the commencement of the war there
have been two classes OF people in the North,
the one calling themselves loyal aud calling the
other dislovaI. The line of distinction was
drawn by these Pharisaical people ia this N inner:
II a man was for freeing the negro s wheIherth
Union Was sased or not. he Was loyal; b0tifhe
was for saving the Union at any rate. he was dis-
loval. This was the only test. We state plain
truth, susceptible of abundant proof The worst
enemies of the Union, men who have a thousand
times taken solemn oatbs in the presence of
crowds that they would it possible destroy the
Union. because they regarded it AS n covenant
with death and an agreement with hell. these
men were accounted loyal. were placed in houur
able position 9 we're welcomed on the floor Of the
United States Senate. were praised by the whole
party of self STYLED loyalisrs. When the neces-
sity for volunteers became urgent. these men
counseied citizens not TO enlist unless n PROCLAIM
ton of universal freedom were nude. They dis
couraged enliSimenis everywhere. l his IS sim
pie truth. We extracted from their papers the
most vinlent appeals TO the people against enlist
ment. Their orators declared that "if JET.
Davis would proclaim freedom they would rather
fight for him than for Lincoln and The Union"
We challenge denial of this statement. But
while UniOE men were arrested, and Union pa
pers suppressed. these enemies Of their country
were neither mOlested nor warned. but on the
contrary were patrouized and petted. So. by the
most natural process in the world, the people
began To be divided, and fatally divided. And
now il is worth our while to ask which party is
the truly loyal party, which has done the country
true service.
From the outset the conservative party has fur
niShed men and money to the Government, while
the self styled loyal party has shouted for negro
frooIOm The GRAND Sarvira rendered. nv the laf-
ter may be summed up in the procuring of the
emancipation prOclamation-that, and nothing
more. What has that amounted to- After all
the promises of the three times three hundred
thousand volunteers, where are they in the hour
of need? What supreme folly has been the no.
ton of these men tfat the negro was q grand
wenpOn of var for US 20 usel Before the war be
gan thew told us the South dared not rebel be-
cause of its negroes. That thew would rise and
destroy their masters. That failing, they said If
we would proclaim freedom. the negrues would
settle the war. and volunteers from the Adolf
tiOnists would 'swarm the roads" That failing,
they see the Rebels pctually invading the free
States. and they now propose hat il we cannot
beat them back at once we shall acknowledge
ourselves conquered. This is actually the atti-
tude taken by the LEADING Abolition Journalist
Meanwlile the conservative men work steadfast-
", faithfully for the cause The work has been
iuCTttctu AuTctioiu. ttnlOlus Nv tue AOp-
litior measures which have been adopted. In
stead of being aided, we are trammeled. and
our enemy is strengthened by these foolish pro
ceedines. Yet the honest. noble heart of the
conservative American does not wholly despair,
but in al parts of the land we see il pledged TO
the Union. fighting and dying for the Union.
Whence now do we herr cries of desnair7 From
the journals of the Abolitionist-i Who said. last
january, ''If three months more of earnest fight
ing will not serve to make "a serious impression
on the Rebels: il the end Of that term sh u find
ms no further advanced than its beginning. n = =
let las bow to our destiny and make the best at
tainable ~peace9" The leader of the party who
told US to trust our DESTINY on negro emancipa
toni Who now SAYS. IF the Rebels beat Grant.
and water their horses in the Delaware, . . e
we shall be under foot. and NAV AS well own
itr" The same prophet of the glories OF eman-
c%ipation!
Why. men o. America, this whole negro de
pendence theory has been your ruin. Ii ia the
widest folly on which "A nation ever went to
destruction. What has negro slavery or free
dom to do with the strength Of Lees army.
that strength which we desire to destroy and
scatter on the winds3 II is men and
cannon that we war against. not n theory.
not "A system. We want men and cannon To de
stroy men and cannot. and these visionary enthu
sidsts tell US to use the wind of words. We have
used them, and the men and cannon laugh at
them. and the thunder Of their derisiou shakes
the soil of Pennsylvania. Shall We awake TO
reason before il he too late? When will il he too
late2 Thee are questions which We must nm
swer as r nation row. We have no time TO deal
in discussions. We want two hundred thousand
stslwnrt. patriotic men in the feld-men with
hands and rms ard hearts. The promises of
The self STYLED lOvnlists have failed us utterly.
What remainsf We speak To n class of readers
in some respects superior 10 that addressed nv
any journal in America. You are men or wealth,
% education. OF influence. Srme of YOU have
been acting with the party who placed Their de-
pendence on this negro theory. You believed in
il. to some extent yourselves. But now that YOU
see in VI ,ryland and PENNSYLVANIA the evidence
of It's vanity, we heseech of you as patriots. as
YOU value this glorious Government. as you hope
for The salvation of the American Union. we be
seech you to throw the weight of your influence
into counsels that will induce the abandonment
of this policy which divides and disrrlcts US. and
let US make one grand effort for a united North
and a triumph of the Union.
Do YOU ask what good il will do now? We
beseech Of YOU do not Weld 70 despair. There is
no hour darker than that which precedes the
dawn. We never ha,e despaired of the Amer
can Union. We never will despair of il, until its
abandoned fragments are visible evidence of its
destruction. From all parts of the North we
have evidence that the people are ready to unite
on a policy which shall mike the Constitution It's
grand platform. and class this mad Abolitionism
where il belongs. with Sonthern diSunionism.
with which 1t once openly affiliated. and which il
nov l"bors to aid. When such men 80 Sey mOur
and Parker are exhibiting the magnihcence of
their patriotism. who can doubt that there is low
atty of the nob. est kind in the hearts of the con.
srrvatives of the Northf The utter failure OF
radical measures and men is. alas too plain now.
Try the other plan, and save the uationi