Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-24
~. u For The SentneI.
n rev words from n Plain Farmer.
LOWELL Nuts. BARTHOLOMEW CO., 1SD..i
Auuust 10. 1863

dE0 - ANOR
Eplron SrNrlsEL: I live in the country. away
from the noise nnd confusion incident 10 city
life. and like IN nv others. do not fully realize
the extent of The trouble With which we are nr
roundcd | I'm no politician or preacher. and
had il not bern far this unholy rebellion. doubt
less would never have bothered M brains about
the pniii ii affairs of onr country; but these de
generate DAYS ot secessiOniSm. aboliiionism and
disunipniSm have aroused the latent energies oil
the mind Off The masses of the American people.
and c.ns-d then, To- rally in defense of hose great
principle which actu ted our fathers when dan
ger rlreaieped our national existence. That the
people are loy-l 10 the Constitution and the
Union rs our fathers Yi ,de them. needs no argu;
ment. a,rl The recent rail .; John Morgan into
our State HIS shpwn coprinsiveiy shat the charges
made By some .h,i we hqi 50 INV $, mpathizers
here are false. anl aHly show the h3low
heartedness az tllose who made such declarations.
Why all this excitement aud cominolion in our
once peaceful but now DISTRACTED and bleeding
~countryf I cannot answer The question, unless
it is because we have not needed the admonitions
of the fathers of the country Washington. in
his farewell address, SAYS: In contemplating
the causes VIII CHI my disturb our UHinn. il oc-
GUS MS a. m latter of serious concern that any
ground should have been furnished for charac-
terizing parties by geographical discriminati0ns-
Northern and Spu~rhern--Atlantic aud Western;
whence designing. men may eudeavor o encite a
belief tl,al there is a real difference Of local in.
terests and views" Will any one pretend to
DENY but whit we have had these designing men,
North aud South Of whom Washington said.
Eve should frown upon with Indignation I" The
trouble, however. l. now upon rs. aud the great
and important question which comes home di
rectly to the understanding OF every'pauiot. every
lover Of his country, is. what shall I do in this
hour of our national distress, Ny doe
trine would be, to submit to every law
until IL is repealed or else decided
unconstitutional, and seek redress for every
| grievance at the ballot box This is what my
Democracy tells me to do under the circumstan-
ces. aud I think il is good and wholesome doc,
trine. and full of comfort 1t is not necessary
that the Constitution should be disresarded be
cause there ia a rebellion. If the Constitution is
good in time of peace it is better in time Of war.
Nor is il necessary that a man should cease to be
a DEMOCRAT; If democracy is good in time Of
peace it is better in time oil war Nor is it ne
cessary that y msn should cease to be a Repnhli-
can; II republicanism is good In time of pesce Il
is better in time OF war. Principle are eternal,
and will triumph over all reteliionsi and commo-
lions that may agitate our country To the Con-
~s,itutron and the Uuion we should adhere with
the utmost tenacity and coudemn whatever our
fathers CONDEMNED, aud ere long the boisrerous
waves of human passions will subside and peace
dawn again upon our beloved country. A.