Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-09-21
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SrPTrNBER -, lcofs
Ma EDrroE:--Hasing. since the Chicago con
vsntion. received in substance. the same inqu-
~ from various persons. to save labor desire to
answer through your psper The Interrogation is;
Why, or foe what reasons. | supported General
AcCLxLLAS. entertaining the views do in refer
ence 70 the war; | will address myself specially
TO that class, who seek information from an hon
eat belief that war il not the proper remedy-in
deed. not a remedy at all calculated to heal the
difference. OF opinion tina, existed among men.
az TO the correct Interpretation OF constitutional
provisions. and the best mode OF maintaining and
administering our peculiar form Of government.
In other words. that believe war should not be
made to force men to change an opinion honest
" entertained-that man should not be burnt
for his reIig ious faith. shot for mere differ
ence Of political belief. To such have word
TO say
Pirst-By putting LINCOLN and his advisers,
State aud National. out of power, personal lib
erfy and private right. riH be better secured than
by -onfinsing them in authority; and III, Union
may be preserved-al,hougb for more THAI three
years the tendency Of the acts of those control
ing the Federal Government. whether so intend
ed or not. has been to the same end for which
southern men have been sighting. namely. to
bring upon We an irrevocable dissolution Of the
old Uniou
!. therefore, set out with the, IL seems to me.
incontrovertable proposition. that the reelection
II A.. \ Ill ~.
tutional liberty in the North-the firm estsb-
lishment Of disunion aud OF au absolute tyranny.
Looking TO the occurrences OF The past three
wears. no candid msnswll deny that. in the
language of our platform. "the Constitution
itself has been disregarded in every part"
The re election Of Mr. LINCOLN would endorse
those acts. and would place him. with whip
and spur, firmly seated upon the necks OF an
already down-trodden. tar ridden. over -buFdened
people. He could then Cypress with more
vigorous hand and more INSCRIPTIONS exae-
tons. By the prosecution OF the war in an
unchristian-like manner and the introduction
Of absurd conditions in negotiations. he has
placed il out of his power 90 make peace and
maintain the Union. He cannot stand still
with such vast armies eating up the substance
of the people. he must then. if continued in
power make war after his fashion and for bis
purposes, that il, 10 strike d0irn Stat, and in
diridvsi rights and TO abolish sIapery Already
since his advent TO power. more men have been
called into the field than voted tor him-s
greater debt has been created than sccnmu
lated in England in hundred years. including
the long wars of NAPOLEON. Besides you,
who have not looked upon the war with favor
from the beginning. there are many others.
equally loyal to the government in every just
sense Ut the term. who have ceased to regard
the war. and the csu-c tor which IL i nor
prosecuted. As entitled to their voluntary as
sistance. Hence the change Of polcy to a
forced mode Of raising men to carry on the
war
The debt is increasing twice fast a. in the
first year OF the war; because the material Of war
il highes in about that proportion. and to meet
this of things still higher aud burdens
must follov. This l. the result of the enormous.
and in many instances urgent OUTLAWS. and the
-
going on. aud consequence. il will still
further depreciite until the point may be reached
a. u was last year in the South. when such paper
promises Of the Government will not buy war
material. aud provisions What them Must the
var per force stop and Southern Independence be
Acknowledged. or will the Government officials
a in the South. seize rhn fheg ,csnf and CIR,
you q rso,ipt therefersl
This j. no, idle talk Unwilling men are
nov. by CONSUMPTION. forced into the army. Why
not, for like purpose. seize property that the
owner does Dot desire In exchange for depre;i-
,ied grcenhlcks
IL j. plain. then. that. ia the way wc are going
~e have not near reached the end that nav pos
silly be arrived at For. If We continue IN this
way. all history fails 10 teach u correctly II We
do not. IN due time inevitably reach the result OF
civil strife. eonvulsions-the forcibie rising up.
OF those who will consider themselves oppressed.
against their 0ppressors. until there will oe dan
Ger that every hesrth-tOne in eur fair land will
be 4renched in blood. When the ceased to
he ior the Union and the laws. but is prosecuted
70 e-tAti-n an toc1s priuetpies every ulaA uf> =
natural right 90 form bis own conclusions IN ref
~rende 10 the CORRECTNESS OF that idea. II he
differs from those who mar chance Ia be in pow.
err he will be prosecuted for that difference sll
the civil var. IN the old world, against religious
opinions shcs Mr. LfNooLN has already sho-
thar prosecuting disposition which has brought
msny an honest religious man TO the IRE and the
stake. namely a disposition harss-. imprison
ard persecuie men for opinion. sake That i.
because they dared Il d.IeT from him sbou,
questions Il policy IN reference 70 the conduct II
the -ar-Eot bec-a-e they we're IA the &c, OF d..
ing something wrong. such .. tn declare stare
out OF the Union
Nov, We are not to suppose hist men ~ill shu,
her eses 60 these facts and conclude that Nj
LlSooLS. Who commands ana eHpend. more thai
fifteen hundred millions OF dollars pef wear. II
YOU give him an excuse 10 20 on in tue old ssr
by giving him q new lease OF poser. will no,
have contractors. office holders. htngers-on aud
parasites enough 90 deluge the land 10 irsterual
blood. rather thsh abludon his f,vori,e idess -
dogmss
Then. az Is has been demonstrated that Nr
LIscots cannot prosecute a successful var and
has voluntarily plscsd himself 10 q position thai
bs cannot hsgosiais an honorable peace; sns