Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-26

Frederick Dougiass. the negro, on j ne MISSION
OF toe War" at Rochester. IN its largest ball.
filled By an audience whose applause was echoed
the day after By the Republican pres.
President Sears asserted that this war Is nov
war for the abolition OF slavery. That We may
do him no possible injustice, We quote his Ian
cesge ia inll. this point. from the Providence
Journal
The race IN whose hand. the Sstionai Government
cannot longer msintain ~ freedom without
curing that Of the cooret and you obtain
freedom Tor your people vithoCi helping maintain
Ours
The crest contest IN which We are all engaged Is
whether human being Is, SUCH 10 DE free. This Is
nos the practical Issue The whole civilized world i
watching the progress Of the and xnz the
probable result with interest universal and
more iniense than felt IN such before.
The WeH-being and progress q mankind are IN an i'm
portant respect, committed 20 keeping Others
only interested spectators. Our action alone will,
for ages least decide the grand question q human
liberty. Letu the crisi. let work together
this ba e-K ground Of freedom until the victory IL
achieved, and our ibery-the liberty Of u s-is es-
tsbllshed
Deferring comment simply desire TO place
this utteranee by accomplished scholar and
able man, who i thought to fill not unworthily
the chair once occupied by Messer and a Way
land. alongside the rnder Dhrasiug, but identical
thought OF the negro Fre1 Douglass. Mr.. Doug
lass has been abOlitIOnlst always, of course and
his speech. in such juxtapositi0n, will serve To
show just to what point he and his CO laborers-
Phillips. Greeley, and Garrison-have led the
Republican masses, % what degree they have sue
ceedec In abOlItiOnizing their best and a5lest
men. and what dogmas and principles propound-
ed by these colored aud white abolitOnisIs vet
remain 10 be accepted indorsed, aud enunciated
by their disciples. among whom even the Pres
dent of one OF our first universities has not dis.
aimed TO be reckoned
The Rochester Democrat reports Mr.. Douglass
in the following language We quote detached
sentences. but IN respect represent the speaker
otherwise than as he would wish himself TO be
represented The reader will discover that Mr..
Douglass recognizes the progress of his white
disciples and encourages them in their search for
light and wisdom by such words as these: 81 am
here to say, 60 on. brethren. you'll come out
right alter awhile" And in the Sa me breath he
commesds the President not only Eos. bis political
principles. but also for his superfine breeding
Mr. Douglass said:
The continuation q the war and its increasing hard
ships requisite TO the of the political
tlmen OF the people. He alluded 10 ia insane rawlings
Of the opposition press ~ relation 10 the character Of the
averrng that it lad b changed from a TO-
the Union abolition and he dep the Do
son Of the Republican presses Of the country in dis
claiming that pur ose, when the admitted
TO be az abolition the earlier would be closed aud
the Union restored.
The speaker rdiculed idea should ever
1.-THE Union as II was" thing impraccable
business nghfinu
the old unon after having outsrown the revolving ideas
instilled by the former mis- alliance. The war which
begun for the Union had become for God and lib
erty, aud the conscience Of urOpe could not fight
agalnst It.
a few months ago the idea Of arming the black man
received with horror the emanc patton policy was
termed ianatica-n the Poop mere favor of both
lie there say, Go on brethren YOU II come out
right ter while" Applause.
Mr. Douglass facetousy referred to a personal int
view with Mr. Lincoln. Who he said received him a. one
Gentleman should receive another. Laughter and ap
plause. And be impressed him patriot of the no.
blest y pe-to be known through all time Abraham
the Honest II the country Is saved he belle, ed il
would be under Mr Lincolns administration. YOU may
write his name anywhere beside George Washington,
without doing Arlington any damage.
IL u the duty Of the people to stand by the President
No action Of the Government is eff unless the peo-
pie sustain IL. However slow he may be, he Is a full
length hey ond the people. The moment the people
mand that this shall be wide spread overwhelming war
such.
The rebellion has broken down every institution Of
the South the question what shall be its future
institutions Is now open for discussion Mr.. Douglass
differed with Gerr Smith, that the suppression Of the
rebellion the only thing 20 be demanded First
must whip the rebels the eopperheads Of much
account; whip exterminate the rebels Second abo
ish slavery Third the initiation the negro into the
body pote-make them not only citizens Of the South
but voters
The abolitionsts are the cause Of the war; say tie
Democratic party, and they are logical; II were
logical, Shovd say slavery IN the Of the war
and must perish. The true mission OF the war wa.
TO put the enemy of the nations peace out Of ex-
when the rebellion Is put down the Government will
need friend, at the south. The way them wa.
10 free the slave and give him the ballot Then he would
protect himself the GOV. rnment well Il wou d
be shame to give the negro freedom and not the ability
TO project IT,
the negro knew right from wrong-knew enough tc
fight he knew enough to vote; II he knew wher
sober the rshman does when drunk he enough
20 vote Give the black country and the country
will find in him invncble defender against any foe
domestic or foreign.
This at least is outspoken. The frankness oil
this negro. who openly AYERS that 1.-The war has
been changed from war for the Union To al
abolition war and the straightlorwardness oil
Mr. Sears. who SAYS the practical issue of oui
great contest is whether human being, as such
is 10 be free" will make it harder for more artfu
politicians. like the Tribune, Times and Post. &c
deny what their party has done and is striving e
do. Advocating abolition, applauding abolition
praising nothing but what frees negroes in the
progress of the war. these journals still affect II
sentiment which they do not feel, and protest
that their party has not perverted the war for th,
Union into an abolition war. The Union which
they have spent their lives in deriding and be-
lifting seems now to them a name TO conure by
and they still reiterate the sham and the dece
which Fred. Douglass l. too manly and DR.
Sears too honest To tolerate Tor an Instant
Republicans can perceive what their next steg
is IN The aboliton programme Mr Douglas.
names il 1.-The initiation OF the live negro into the
body p0lItic-make them not only citizens OF th,
South. but voter>-iree the slave and give hiu
the ballot Well. the logic Is good, from aboli
ton premises. President Sears SAYS the race ii
whose hands the national governments now Il
cannot longer maintain it, freedom without pro-
curing that of the col0red race. anu lunless /,
means to draw chronological distinction beiw eel
Mr. Lncolu's ADMINISTRATION aud DemOcratsl, /
twenty millions OF white folks cannot maintait
their freedom without negro help. then the ne
grOes who help had better be freed and given th,
ballot. That's fair. But il had better thea b,
taken from the white man.
Good heavens what insufferable insults ar,
these which are heaped upon the American PEG
pie. the American army. the merican cause
thousand thousands OF brave men have enlisted {,
fight for the Union. the Constitution and th,
Laws. Listen IL is hot for the Union that yo'
must fight but for the abolition OF negro slavery
Congress has declared the sold object Of the wa
/ in a memorable resolution Listen, SAYS AIR
Douglass and all the abolitionized Republican
party-hsten Americans. those records OF YOU
sacred and lawful purpose we're die words. Tn,
object pf the war is TO free the negro aud "nser
the live negro into the body polite"
For the Union. o citizens. YOU ready G,
send almost n generation 90 the held Ol death
but for the negro il il worth while 10 spend NOR
money than the whole cash value OF the who'll
slave population of the South. and to slaughte
OF your sons. man for man. one adult white 70
every adult black And the result, . Americans