Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-12-16


this respect mat IL announces the future policy Of
the Administration as wholly opposed TO concili-
alton and in expectation Of peace only a. the re-
suit Of total and absolute conquest The terms
Of peace 70 be not only unconditional submis- /
sion 20 the Constitution and the laws but still .
worse, an individual oath 20 support" the meas /
ures Of the Administration. The New York 4
Tribune, with curious effrontory, miSrepresents /.
and conceals from It's readers the extent 10
which the requirement Of the Prcsidentgoes; that
paper says and repeats that he requires nothing
but that the rebels shall "sub;ni To- and acqui-
esce in" he proclamation, which is q very differ
ent thing from the Presidents words, which de- |
mand thai they shall swear to support bis
measures. -
If VIC should apply to this requirement the
reasonable and anti-Union language of the Tri-
bune and the Aboliiiouists, we should probably
be accused, BY these very same persons of dis
loyalty. The Tribune has strongly expressed
its total adherence Of the plan of pinning Que
part Of the Union 20 another by bayonets. Ii l.
curious part Of the history Of our times that the
radicals are so constantly in the habit of charg-
ing as disloyalthe sentiments Of which they them
selves have been the most strenuous advocates
and which they seek 20 fix on their adversaries
as 10 save their own necks.
But LAYING aside all questions of oyalty or dis
LOYALTY, for the people are sick OF the radical hy-
ton presented to the honest patriot in examining
the Presidents proclamation and message is this:
Does il seem TO be born of a true and honest de-
sire TO restore the Union! IL is only a method
of estimating the true character OF the radical
policy that we suggest this question Would
true lover Of the old Union, or Of any union be-
tween the Northern and Southern States, patri-
OF sincerely desiring to bring the war 10 close
bv the achievement Of its original object take
"a g dosn III no find NO haiti
1t Is fair and most important question. The
President doubtless thinks the plan the best that
9 he can devise with bis peculiar views. Indeed
he saws as much. II is then the elimination of
the radical policy, and the only visible method,
in the view of Mr. Lincoln and his friends, by
which peace is to be attained Unjust be consid
cred The absolute sum total Of the wisdom of the
present Administration the only means which ii
can devise for restoring peace to our distracted
country.
The effect Of the adoption of this uItimatum.
by the Administration, tho people of the
North must necessarily be to draw line between
those who think with it that the Union can only
be restored by total reduction and submission
of the rebels and those who think that peace
could be hasteaed by wise and siatesmanlik
disposition or conciliation. Mr.. Lincoln fclici
tates himself ON the result of the late elections,
aS if the course of the nation on the slavery ques
non nan Dccn nccfucu ri tDelfl, anu tnat 700 DN
immense and Interchangeable maiorities. We are
inclined to think he mistakes the fact while il is
certain that ne forgets the enormous expense of
money men, and reputation which it has cost his
Administration to carry those elections And If
the question came up, fairly and squarelv before
the people, shall the emancipation proclamation
and the coniScaton acts be rcpudia;ed shclved
erased, if possible forgotten, provided the South
ern peo pie repudate their secession acts and re-
turn TO their duty rs citizens and subjects, We
say if this question came before the people of the
North the immense majority of them would vote
Ave with a shout We think this fact Mr.. Lin
coin leaves out Of his account.
The prospect seems 10 be that the Presidential
election will afford an opportunity for testing
how far this is the feeling of the people. The
policy of the Administration has been to make
war on the rebels by making war on their pct in
stitution. The result, according 20 idea, has
been that the war has cost five time much as it
ought. aud has been indemnity prolonged by the
mistake. We have wasted our time and money
in strengthening the enemy and binding his loose
forces more and more closely together. Now we
have the rest of the policy laid out. No end of
the war except by the total abolition of slavery
and that policy is 10 be submitted 10 the people
for approval Will they sustainit by continuing
il for wears longer. The message of the Presi
dent is intended to submit this question II is the
last message, in the ordinary course, before the
Presidential election, and it is tolerablv certain
that it secures Mr.. Lincoln renomination.-lN.
Y. Journ. of Com.