Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-10
The EVIL Signs.

One Of the most luminous signs of the times is
the fact thst our military successes bring out in
new force the old Abolition notions which have
been cherished 10y designing advocates for many
wears. hut which others, protesting more mOder-
ate views. and less courageous. though actuated
by the : ms sentiments. have not dared to con
Tess To liuse men. victory is not so much the
harbinger OF reace as a~ffording ground for more
eyac,ihg demands ia the interests of Abolition
ism, as conditions az settlement. They would
not consent to 4 settlement With the old Union ms
a basis. We say This iu N" partisan spirit. but
rather 10 convince The unlelieving. such AS solace
themselves with the thought that all j. well. while
these mischievou> deniaeogues and fanatics are
so earnestly forcing their couusels upon The chief
national Executive and his Cabinet for their
guidance. A few extracts from leading news
papers viii show what we mean. The Washing
ton Chronicle. edited by Col. Forney, and often
inspired by authority, says in plain words:
THE extinction of slavery in the seeded
States should be made a condition of their restor-
alton to the Union"
The Tribune. in nearly the sam language,
SAYS:
mo member (of the Cabinet) harbors for a
moment the idea of reconstructing the Union on
a basis Of slavery. and no hag of truce has been
or will be entertained from disheartened rebel
leaders which foreshadows an idea in conflict
with the emancipation proclamation"
And the National Anti Slavery Standard:
cit is a great revolution in the midst of which
we live. Ii is not an insurrection to be quelled
and punished, and then all things to 60 on as be-
fore. II is "A revolution which is to change the
institutions OF the nation, and to give it a very
different government from what it labored under
before il began. For any final ar
rangement that shall leave slavery alive. will
amount to a surrender at discretion"
All these organs, speaking in terms almost
identical. and encouraged Dy these expressions
by the achievements Of our victorious armies,
will carry home to the breasts of many reflect
ing men the conviction that no effort will be
spared to drive the Administration into Il straight
out anti slavery war. There may yet be in the
national capital too much enlightened patriotism
to prevent such n deplorable consummation.
Should such a policy succeed, however, none
can foretell the years of war and desolstion
which are vet before US; noEe can estimate the
blood and treasure to be wasted in this fratricidal
strife. Nor is il certain that the free North. even
10 preserve for itself the form OF civil government
could be held together for the prosecution Of such
a war. Indeed, the public safety depends on the
overthrow and complete discontinue of these
visionary philosophers who, In the pursuit OF
Utopian ideas Of universal emancipation by force
Of arms, would spurn the thought of peace aud
reconstruction till the negro millennium, 90 often
described from the platforms of anti-slavery 20.
cieties, Is ushered in.
Let US pray aud labor that wiser counsels may
prevail.-[N. Y. Jour. of Com.
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