Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-02-18

the following article i. conceive. ct sufficient
importance TO JUSTIFY is publication IN full. IL
our reader will make il point Of showing il TO
their friends who are. from mistaken but patri-
otic motives. sustaing the Administration, il may
do much good. says lie Republican:
Since winter su-peuds operations why cannot
this time be employed 10 M ke peace NlFtu-
aliy il j. an armisfce: though not having been
80 declared. the Government aud tie people
make 10 use OF H. On cur side We should a
once commence the discussion OF reconstruction:
and On the reDel side the peut 40 feeling sgiinst
the Richmond dynasty. that has been growing
stronger in consequence OF their defeats in sos,
would bnd vent: aud thew. too. would talk about
their tuture condition. RecOnstruetIOBsts ike
those of North Carolina aud Georgia would
speak. aud fuller announcement OF loyal senti-
menls would be made in three months than We
have had ia three wears of war II would be the
death OF rebellion; and il would produce revo-
luton in public sentiment here.
When Charles III. returned TO England TO be
received with gladness. he said he would have
come back years before. had he understood the
sentiment of the nation. A. long men stand
with arms ia their hands in hostile attitude,
they fear and hate each other: but when they
speak. aud look into each others eyes, if reason
j. not overcome by madness, they may be
friends. AL that Is needed for the restoration Of
the Union since the people on both sides are
tired OF wdr-is that tie parties should speak TO
each other There would have been 40 rebellion
ii we had known each other better and the war
could hot continue II u0w We could come % that
knowledge
The South acted on its fears which we're
gToundiess. II they could have seen the facts
as the WERE that three in four al least of all the
people designed them 40 harm. but would have
shed their blood to defend the rights Of South
Carolina. Georgia and NJ ssissiDpi as quick a. Of
Massachusetts, New York AMI Michigan, they
would never have lifted an arm In rebellion
They were deluded aud cheated They coniured
up phaiitisrB-a devl-and gave Themselves 10
its direction: and like S'ndbad cartying the Old
Man OF the Sea. they vail be slaves To that de
ception I'll they riI themselves OF the burden
aud lift themselves to the GIT
Ii We have not been a. much deceived. il Is
very evident that many of our people are labor
ing under erroneous Impressions Hence comes
the universal denuncittion; the assumption that
every nun in the South Is an enemy 20 the North.
the affirmation Of Wendell Phillips that there is
no loyal man ia the South Who has not black
skin; and the resolutions and Propositions OF the
half insane radicals In Congress that the wa
should be tor conquest, subversion of all former
Institutions. the snbJagatlOn OF the white race,
the raising To an equality with ourselves the Al
rlcan population. the abolition OF the States. aud
forcing upon million square miles of territory
anu six millions of people the ideas. opinions and
modes Of lie that belong 10 New England, and
which can be done Just A. easy, aud no more 80,
England implaut her civilization and re
ligiOn on ireland We give it as our opinion
that We labor under delu-iOn; and IT the people
OF the South can ever speak We shall hhd that
we have been fighting against majority m those
States who have been overcome and held in sub
lection and led to the battlefield 10y the armed
traitOr>, while they desired than the pe pet
uatiOn of the Union aud the Constitution theiI
fathers gave them. As long this Is AN actual
conflict OF arms we must uDoD all engaged
in it We cannot inquire how they came To be
in battle gtlnst the government; but we have
the duty OF destroying all who 80 arrayed
But victories over the rebels gained by the up
rising Of the Southern people would be of much
more value in restoring the Union than victories
in the field anu they would obvate the necessity
OF more bloodshed To this we hope - see il
come at last party in rebellion against the re
bellion; and that We shall see, whenever the PEG
pie there dare to discuss the question
The reason why there can he no suspension o
arms and no consideration with the people oil
looking 10 re union and peace, IS sim
PLY this-that the Radicals will not permit il
Jeif DAVIS AMI his friends are contending for in
dependence: they will no; admit the idea of re
hhoD. hey MOuth rather lose zen Ddllie5 lHdl
have one State like North Carolina hold con
yention 30 consider that subject: for every wOrd
spoken would be more disastrous 10 them than
bullet from loyal rifle They have staked all
and viii die rather than submit. 80 on our side
We have party that are fighting for eman
cipaiion. Ii Is ali they about. They hav,
no desire 10 see restoration OF the Government
more than JEFF Davis has. They do not hesitat,
% declare everywhere and IA the most open mun
that they prefer Gi-uHi0n 10 the old Union
With the Constitution il now Is And tbs
they term LOYALTY. and denounce rest0rationi>t'
traitors. Strange enough they MAKE large
part OF the people believe that il IS treason. ans
there very few public men in the country wht
dare To di>cuss-isrlher than the parties will per
NIT them-the question OF restoring the Union
as il WAS established by the fathers OF 1916, an,
understood by ! eiIer>oi. Madison. Andrew Jack
son. aud Joha Quincy Adams While. there
fore, the left DAVIS party rules the South, there
can toe 10 peace, 10 approach 10 peace, there
can be 10 cessation OF war. AMI while the Gar
rison and Phillips men control the popular ear
rent Of the North, there can be nothing but suci
measures will be resisted a. the South tong
a. can be had; aud IN the emf it they rul,
IN that end, they will act restore the Union. bu
give conquered country - be held as RtisSi.
holds Poland aud Austria holds Hungary.