Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-01-25

An Important Avowal-Mr. Summers
Reasons for Continuing the War.
The Rev Dr. Massie the British "emancipa-
ton" agent. having recently returned to England.
is now giving an recount Of his reception in va
rious parts OF the United Strtes.- At = late
meeting of the Glasgow Union and Emancipa-
ton Society," Dr. retired 70 his interview with
Mr.. Lincoln and Mr.. Sumner. in which the Mas
sachusetts Senator laid down the real doctrine of
the abolitionists who now govern the country,
viz: that their great obect is 10 prevent the war
from being ended before negro slavery shall have
been. abolished. -
That this is, and has been, the real position Of
the abolition party, we have not doubted. Bot
the leaders in the guilty project of continuing the
war have not, as general thing, so openly and
pointedly avowed the truth as one OF their nun 8.
Der did in this instance to Rev. DIR. Massie. That
Mr.. Sumner permitted himself thus 20 speak out
bis real feelings as he is here shown to have done
is only to be explained by the fact that he
talking to a foreigner and brother aboIitionist,
TO whom he felt IL safe TO unbosom himself BE
states, very poIntedly, the real sentiment and
pose of those who control the .'conduct of the
war; to-day. II is an atrocieus purpose; and we
ask every reader Democrat or Republican to mark
we'll this significance of the declaration he makes.
-fHartford Times lst ~ booze 1888 I'd la.
The Times then quotes from the proceedings
of the Glasgow Union and Emancipation Society
in Scotland as follows: ie sri lad saa d re-
Mr. Masse described the great change that had
passed on public opinion as to slavery. referring
particularly to the city of Washing ton, where,
after an address, the minister of that place said,
Had you delivered that address year ago, you
and all the meeting would have been mobbed,
and the church Quilted" He believed that every
disaster had been to the advantage of the anti
slavery cause. % Mr.. Charles Sumner had said to
him that he feared more their successes than
their defeats. Their successes were likely to
make the people ready to say, Let us patch it
up now" Their defeats were prolongatioD of
the war, and gave the people reason to put the
question to themselves, why is God fighting
against usl Why is he delaying the day OF peace?
1t is because of slavery. Therefore let US abol-
ish slavery"
To the like effect, as the public may remem-
Der. was the avowal of HENRY WARD BEEcHER
in his farewell speech at Liverpool Said he in
that speech:
Allow me to say. therefore. just at this point
and in that regard. that, while looking at it
commercially or sentimentally, the prolOngati0n
of the war seems mischevOus, il is more in SEEM
ing than in reality, for the North has been edu-
Gated by this war. Like men sent to sea in a
ship half built. with just bulwarks sufficient to
keep out the water, and having TO sail their
were precipitated into this revolution and war,
and the prouess Of education has been going on
in the battle field, in the drilling camps, at home
among the people, while taxing their energies for
the maintenance of the war-ind there neveS
was so good school master as war lhear, hear
But every month that the end OF this struggle is
DELAYED unites the North, aud prepares the
country for that uuion and peace which require
the utter destruction of slavery. Cheers. There
/ u old rhara Inc in l.iSn
Let me transmute that proverb, and say
There's emancipation in delay" Loud cheers
! And every man here-every commercial man
who takes a comprehensive and long sighted in
stead Of narrow view of the questionable say,
"Let The war thus uger until it has burned
slavery to the very root" Renewed cheers
! The Louisville Journal, which has from the
beginning advocated the vigorous prosecution of
the war. thus remarks upon these avowals of Mr..
SUMNER and the radicals who are CO operating
with him: "Seuator TRUMsULL. of Illinois, said
virtually the same thing in public speech, last
summer. and so did Senator WILSON of Massa-
chuset,s, who is trying to effect the expul-
sion Of Senator DAVIS, for no other offence than
an indignant dendnciation of such nfamy. The
Anti Slavery Standard sometime ago openly
''thanked God for defeat" and prayed that re-
verses might continue until the war was pro-
/ claimed to be not 'for the Union,' but
ga war against slavery" And such is
spirit which has animated the radical
leaders in general ever since the Ultimate
suppression of the rebellion became a recognized
fact. Hence, they have pressed measures of
confscation, of emancipation, and of obliteration,
knowing that measures of this description. by
consolidating and stimulating the people in re-
bellion. would prolong the war, thereby increas-
ing the chances Of the forcibIe extinction of
slavery. Their purpose is. and has long been, to
accept OF permit no peace except on the basis of
the abolition Of slavery without regard to the
/ Constitution. sit is our New England con-
Temporary says. IAN atrocous purpose" It a
purpose which coolly weighs the blood anu treas
ure and liberties OF the people against the de-
monical vengeance Of set of party leaders. It
is devilish purpose.
But it can be defeated. And it viii be. 1t
must be. In the course of a few months, the
loyal people of the country will be called upon to
say at the ballot box whether this purpose shall
prevail or not If. by eleeting conservative
President, they say it shall not prevail it will not
prevail. In that all-glorious event. peace on the
basis Of the Union and the Constitution will be
speedily restored. And We will not presume that
the opposite event lies within the verge of proba-
bility. Yet this event surely cannot be brought
to pass without the most vigorous and enlightened
action the part of the true men of the country.
Ii is only because we con6de in such action that
we do not doubt the issue. Nevertheless we
confde with anxiety. Seldom it ever before has
an issue so mighty depended upon the integrity
and fidelity of the patriots of any hand. God
grant that the patriots OF our land may not be
found wanting in this sovereign juncture."
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