Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-12-16
she Presidcni's f'ian TO Prevent the
restoration az tbc Union.
from the Boston Courier


The President message occupies so much of
our space that we have little left for comments
upon If. That portion OF il 20 which the ewes of
all men will naturally turn first, is the promised
plan of the President for the pacification of the
country, which, have it, must certainly
be rcckoled eSregious. Whatever doubts NAV
have been heretofore entertained If anv. as To
the extent of the radical influences operating
upon his mind, the plan proposed BY him neces-
sarily removes them all. Hesitating as usual,
and avoving that he offers his mode of settling
great civil conflict, only as in conformity with
his present impression" and distinctly declar-
inc that lit must not be understood that no
other mode would be acceptable" to him, he
nevertheless rc-afirms his emancipation proc
lamation, announces thar he shall not ''at;empi
to modify or retract it." and accordingly DEGREES
the acceptance of the emancipation project by the
people of the slave States to be the memorable
condition OF their restoration 10 the Union-that
IS according to Ibis present impressions"
To argue this question seems to u merely
childish Whether our military fortunes i'm the
future prove more or less brilliant than they Lave
been in the past it is clearly not likely that en-
forced emancipation, much less voluntary, will
take effect during Mr.. Lincoln's term. Accord
ing TO his statement, = hundred thousand of the
nearly four millions of slaves in the South have
been ibcla ed by tic advance of our armies, with
IN the period Of almost three wears that the war
has actually ragci. To the most ordinary APP
prehension, one would think it might seem plain
that bis mode Of pacifcation though il might in
time convert the entire South into the wilder
ness which i has so largely become, under the
ravaces of war, and might reduce it, people to a
condition of comparative babarism; vet. after
generations of civil conflict, in comparison with
the horrors and ruin of which all the negroes that
ever existed on the face of the earth are but "a
the small dust Of the balance the negroes in those
States will still be slaves
The pre-ider' cites bl two States Missouri
and Mar, land in which I've ventures 10 assume
that the emancipation theory has nItde ally sensi
be progress. H. the first. the supporters of the
Pre>ideft radical policy have just been deci>
siveiy overcome IN political struggle: notwiih
stsud'rg the fact that lie State is the favor
ibe field OF I'll for trying hi experiment. and has
been perhaI~ "f ali Others. the most mercile~sly
subject ~ frrciife processes for carving that
theory our In Mtr lsud. The election on which
he cIoosc~ 10 ~ i-,tsiiou- mix'uie of
force and fraud. 50 grossly disappearing the
opinions of the mnjnriy. that believe
there il not county IN the Stsie. in which
n decided majority Of the inhlbitanls would
not infinitely preler 20 take their chances
with the Confeierates ut this moment,
than submit 10 the Presidents pacifying policy.
Ii is idle to cherish the idea that IA i any SEN
timent of the slightest practical consequence IA
vorable TO IL, or which can be made favorable to
it, in any other slave State. The Presidest's
mode therefore, and the Proclamation of $50
called) Amnesty, in conformity with it, is a block
to pacifcation, instead of an aid 10 il: and so
long as il i persisted in dooms the nation to in
definitely continued war. The gage is thus
squarcly thrown down; and the people If the
country are to take il solcmnly to heart, whether
they will devote their country TO unparalleled
ruin, by taking affairs into their own hands.
in the legitimate way, will institute different
policy, BY which alone there would be some res-
for hope that the follies and madness of the
past might be in time partially repaired