Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-09-30

home AID does this. = patriot he Who goes
70 Sar aud hghts rebels J. neverthe'ess traitor.
II be votes the Democratic ticket lf Demo
crst 49, % give Ill he ha, 10 the supr.,ft al the
Governments and 20 nto The rank Of The army
and light rebels. aud. after fighting. come
home lame, halt and blind. from the effects OF
the service. and vote the Democratic ticket. stAi
be would be a rebel sympathizer
Such tales the above are invented by base
politicians for the purpose OF inducing he send
ing OF soldiers TO Sullivan. hoping conflict be
tween soldiers and citizens might follow. which
might rebound TO the advantage OF their party
BY such the minds OF soldiers have been 80 poi
soned against the citizens of that county. that
when sent there on duty they have gone among
the citizens With the same feelings that they
might go among the people Of a county IN South
Carolina. boluing all to DE traitors. and in come
cases acted accordingly. which in ore or rso
instances threatened conflicts. For this. not the
soldiers. but the base wretches who have engeI-
dered this feeling are 20 blame IL the Admins
iration should Use her soldiers everywhere Ter
tie purpos's for which they were q med-to fight
rebels. IL would be infinitely better tor the
try, and will vOuch that no citizen will be ~
Iured either in person or property by the called
"copperheads of sullivan" for political reasons
unless occasionally some iBsoleDt puppy should
get his head broken tor calling a better Union
nan than himself a traitor
A for nv self. while Southern States were
cediDg from the Union. was denying their right
To do so and asserting the right of COERCION, aud
was in favor of its exercise in the prosecution ct
the war To maintain the Union and preserve the
Constitution
Southern leaders were engaged in publishing
and circulating papers and pamphlets telling the
people of the South that they had right Ia sc
cede. and that this Government had no right to
tho Ss.ufbar.
tempt it The object Of this was evidently to
prepare the minds of the Southern people for the
work OF secession by removing the dread of war
] he editor OF the indianapolis Journal was en-
gagged in aiding Southern leaders by the publ;ca
ton Of such language as the following:
They 1.-THE Southern States know very well
that II they are determined leave the Union,
no Republican will care. "-[Nov 10, 1860.
There will ne no collision of hostile forces
unless she (SOuth Carolina) makes il For the
people OF the North will never raise or use an
army To force any State to stay in the Union. /"
Nov Is. 1860
III coercion means anything, it means pre-
serving the Union OF what value will an Union
he that needs links of bayonetS and bullets to
hold It togetnerr'- Nov. 10. 1860
We deem it superhuous to argue that pop-
ular government can never be preserved by force
The act OF cOmpulsion changes il to e-pOtism
so far "a the parties affected by t are concern
ed - Nov. -, 1860
"How long would the war last think YOU?
Ten years. Yes. fly yeArS-fnrever, for the
enmty begotten OF il would never die Let
them, the seeding States, 90 out We can not
keep them in this Union though We conquer
them. and il would he better to have them friends
out OF the family than enemies in it, Dec II
le60
I'll South Carolina comes To the Union ask
ing TO be let go. deliberately assuring u that she
Is not "a well of here rs she would he alone that
association with is oppressive to her and in
furious To her institutions, we should say coy
SENT. With thousand voices, if we had them.
with every fibre of every tongue in the Union. IL
we could command it. We would say CONSENT :"
dee "a. 1860
III South Carolina pretends TO he an nie-
pendent government, she must control her own
ports, ard if we attempt to blockade them. she
must drive MS out. BY blockading their ports.
therefore. We only resort to trick to b ing the
first attack from South Carolina, instead of max
Ing il ourselves, and that trick is unworthy
great nation
1.-The Declaration Of Independence Il our an
thorlty. that State or nation deliberately resolv-
ing that It's government is intolerable has right
To change it, And il nowhere declares that any
body has the right to Judge whether the Govern
ment Is Noticeable but those who propose 10
change 1t. This is the way jeff Da-
Wis talked; how well he and the Journal worked
together BY fighting the seeding States we
violate right asserted in our own Declaration at
Independence and We end IN splitting the
Government a little more h0pelesSly rh IN anv
peaceable secession could do. - Dec %, leo
The author Of these sentiments il Il patriot |
am traitor. The New York Tribune, Cincin-
natl Commercial. Chicago Tribune. aud Repub-
lican and Abolition journals every where. were
INDUCING in similar strains. The Chicago Tri-
bune at Dee. LIST. 1860. said, "The drift Of opin-
ion seems to be that if peaceable secession is
possible the retiring States will be assisted To
go. The truth il. that at the beginning of the
present rebellion there were more Republicans
and AbolltiOulsts who advocated the doctrine of
secession and opposed coercion, than can now be
found in the whole Democratic party of the lovaI
States. The editor of the Journal was very elo
quent in favor of consent. with a thousand
voices. with every fibre Of every tongue ia the
Union he would say consent That a popular
government can never be maintained by force -
was too plain 10 be argued. He thought a gov
eminent linked together bv blyOnet- aud bul
lets g! value: and oh how he nbhorred the
unworthy trick of block aiding Southern ports
Ito bring the tirst attack from South Cirolina "
His language quoted above outstrips any ever
u>td DN the WO~rt OF Northern traitors. ' IL
hndigham never used language half so strong.
He was always opposed TO consent In the very
speech for which he was banished, ne WIS proven
by the Governments own Witnesses he in
voked' his he 'rers under no circumstances ~
surrender the Union II james Buchanan had
at the beginning of the rebellion hung all seces-
sonsts, rs it is now often said he should have
done. what would have been the condition of the
carcass of the editor OF the Journal by this timer
" Wondering in the ground
Whether his soul would be marching or. !" or
according To the doctrine of the "transmigraion
of souls, he animatng some huge swine this
deponent saith not. What would a man who
nos honestly entertains such opinions as he has
expressed support the prosecution of the ,r tori
lt could not bee Tor the purpose Of maintaining the
Tn on. I'VE can not keep the Southern States
in the Union though conquer them" ami
II We could lit is better o. have them friends out
OF the family than enemies Ia it," "Bv metnlv
insisting upon association that is contemptu
ousy repealed we will end in splitting the Gov.
eminent little more hOpelessly than any peace
able secession can do" So il is said Nalandig
ham reasons Why is not the journal man ban
ishei too? He votes right. aud barKs when bid
by Master Abraham. All things else are non
essentials But enough about him He isa pa
triut and sm TRAITOR. ~ undsguised ~ Val.
landigham" How is thsT Vallandightm saws
he would give life and all that he has or hopes
% be ia the present future To see that glorious
banner OF the Uniun. known and honored once
over the whole earth and the whole sea. with no