Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-11-08
From the National Intelgenoer.
THE PREsfDENTIALC CAMPAIGN
To Aii These who Favor Extermins

are laboring for that very resultg Some already
perceive the end TO which they are tending, and,
callous 10 the touch Of human pity or urged on
by some overpowering motive. openly avov their
final purpose OF virtually exterminatng the pres
ent Southern population, and supplying their
places bv new and more loval race Others
close their eyes aud refuse 10 contemplate the re
suit which their reason tells them Is Inevitable;
while BY far the greater number. with moral per
ceptions still in part unblunied. are acting more
or less as the unconscious instruments Of this
monster crime
The policy which has been avowed by one of
the great parties IN The political struggle now IN
progress can have 10 other ultimate result. The
subjugation Of proud people, after arousing
their intensest hate, and giving venom to their
innate and cherished preiudices by every act
which the most subtle ingenuity could invent,
can be effected IN no other way From all We
know OF their character and all we learn of their
present determination, we cannot but feel con-
scious that the great mass of the Southern peo-
pie will welcome humiliation rather than submit
TO such terms as you seem determined TO exact.
And yet with these considerations in full view.
to those who will turn and look, you still urge
onward the car which bears the god of your idol
airy towards his final triumph, though other hun
dreds of thousands of your chosen youth must
yet be crushed beneath its bloody wheels. Are
you madg Will nothing make you even pauser
Have you duly reflected on the ultimate dan
ger of this fearful enterpriseI Are you not aware
OF the energy that springs from desperationY Is
there object before you sufficient 20 induce
you to court a final contest with those who have
left all hopes behind? who listen only 10 the voice
Of vengeancer Turn your attention for mo
ment TO the lessons of history
When the long struggle for the worlds mas
terry between the great rivals, Rome and Car
had cd tha Ot 10 or
mer, the conquered city was forced to accept of
the terms imposed upon the vanquished. That
unfortunate people were first required TO send 200
of their noblest youths as hostages 10 Rome.
This harsh requirement was complied with, and
the poor children were torn from the arms OF
their weeping parents and consigned to the cruel
custody of their tyrant masters. They were
then informed that being now under Roman pro
lection they would not thenceforth have occasion
to engage in war. and that they must surrender
| up all their arms and warlke engines. This re-
| quirement was acquiesced in from their con
scous inability TO resist, and the cup of humiIia
ton seemed drained to the very dregs.
But the fact was far otherwise All power of
resistance being thus taken away, the Roman
Senate revealed its ultimate purpose, and the de-
cree that Carthage must be destroyed" was
made known to its astorished victims. TheIi
burst forth wild cry of horror and despair from
hundred thousand homes Then was evinced
the strength which springs from weakness when
stimulated by the frenzy of desperation A peo
pie that had bowed their heads in meek subms
sion to the resistless will of their masters, and
tamely given the strongest proof that their spirit
was thoroughly subdue1, was all at once aroused
| by this final atrocity and filed with the courage
and energy OF those who cherish no hope and
know no fear. They bid defiance TO their faith
less and astonished enemies, and prepared for
the worst.
The gates of the city were closed: the wall:
were again manned. Arms, rude in structure
but made efficient by earnestness, rapidly made
their appearance under the spur of inventive ne
cessity The women contributed their long
tresses to form strings for their new warlike en-
! gines. The temples of the gods were converted
into workshops. By night and day, through e.
cry street and in every private dwelling wa:
heard the constant din OF warlke preparation
Every hand was busy, every soul was on fire
The foe was compelled to retire from before the
devoted city
For three long years, with varying fortunes
did they successfully hold at bay the then proud
mistress OF the world, and then at last only sue
cumbed to the superior military genius of the
Second Scipio. aided by domestic treachery
The army finally lost heart and hope, and provi
ded for their own safety by surrender The man
hood of the general failed in the hour of need
and he weakly sued for life From the burninJ
citadel his brave wife witnessed his craven act
and, reproachng her husband with his coward
weakness, cast first her children and then herself
into the flames and thus set the power of the
hated conqueror at defiance
Such are the scenes which NAV be expected
when brave people are excited to the EXTREMIST
| pitch of fury and desperation. Shall we attempt
the re enactment of the like tragedy on a so
much grander scale? The disparity between the
belligerents in the present contest is trifiing in
comparison to that in the instance just recited.
If restrained by no worthier motive do not our
own self interest and safety dictate course OF
policy very different from what We are now pur-
suing?
1t should also be remembered that the de
structiOn of Carthage commenced the down
/ fall of Rome. National sins, like those
OF individuals, are followed by their ap.
propriate punishments. Retributive justice
never slumbers long. The wanton wrongs
committed in qualification of a selfshness
as unwise as it was wicked-the cries of
innocent infancy and lovely womanhood and
aged impotence sent homeless upon the world,
seemed to rise to the Throne of Heaven, and to
call down vengeance on the heads OF their cruel
| oppressors. The destruction of Carthage in
volyed the ruin of Rome. History is philosophy
! teaching BY example, and we may profit by this
example
! But, if nothing formidable is to be feared from
our antagonists in the execution of this bloody
| purpose, can We fully trust ourselves? What
American heart is proof against the pleading
voice of pity when woes like these of which we
daily read shall extend, augmented and ntensi-
hed. throughout all the plains and valleys of the
South! Who can rely on the staunchDess of his
own brutality when he shall read of and perhaps
| shall see, a territory of imperial dimensions
swept as with the bosom of destruction its build.
ings in ashes the traces of its late civilization
obllterated; It's strong men given to the sword
Its helpless survivors fleeing to the mountains
and forests, where they shall be left shelterless
comfortless ana foodless to famish and to die
There is point beyond which endurance will
surely cease in all those whose bosoms thrill with
the faintest impulse of common humanity. Let
those who would try this diabolical experiment
| take warning. Caucasian blood will curdle at
such sights as these.
If you would achieve such success you must
at least employ as your instruments those
whose hands Will not be palsied by their hearts
those whose instincts are purely African. Such
beings as are wcps. without tremor, TO supply
the larder of the King OF Dahomy with its daily
store of butcherei children. Such as ia Hayti
! could march exGitan;ly beneath their character
isic banners consisting OF white infants impaled
though breathing still-upon the points of
their bloody pixies. his is the class of creatures
on whom alone reliance can be placed in carry
ing out to its full extent purpose such yours.
Nor are you wholly unprovided with your
proper instruments Two hundred thousand
4 African troous are said 10 have been already al